The New York herald., 1878-03-02
RAPID TRANSIT.

THE QUESTION OF NIGHT TRAISs--AssEssMENT
OF PROPERTY DAMAGES.
The work OF raising iron columns on the Third
Avenue Elevated Railway was vigorously continued
yesterday. While one gang OF men were working
down from Twenty -nrst street another was working
up from Eighth street. Great crowds Of people were
watching the progress OF the work, which probably
excites greater Interest than any public enterprise
ever undertaken in this city. There are Thousands
and thousands OF residents OF the east side who hull
with open pleasure every inch OF progress made in
the construction OF the Third Avenue Rapid Transit
road feeling they do, that their days Of street car
at last numbered, and that they will soon
be longer compelled to spend or three hours por
day going to and coming from their work. The as
surauce given by Mr. Cyrus W. Field, president OF the
New York Elevated Railway, that night trains ''woud
certainly be ruun the Intrd avenue road
was opened o Sixtylrst street, ELECTED decided salts
night down town. In reference to this pont-that OF
running night trains-a statement made yesterday ny
Mr. Brewster one OF the directors of the road, con-
tanned additional assurance that night trains would
be run.
not running night trains Ninth avenue
road. You know well as ! DO that there
is no night travel worm spsaxns ensr .h on Grssn
(refcrrng 10 the points adjacent TO The compapys
offices, No. roadwayl-.'everytuing is perfectly
points where there IL percept,ble night ranAc az
there undoubtedly along the Bowery and Third ave-
nue. We shall undoubtedly run night trains"
Mr.. Cowiug The secretary Of tie company, said
this pontn order 70 night trans on our present
Ninth avenue road we should have to double our
working iorce, wh,cn would entail upon US heavy
pecuniary loss, i0r the night trafc along tho Nntn
avenue - OF very small account"
GILBERT ROAD.
On the Gilbert road The supcrstructure has now
been erected down TO Murray street. The contractors
the required. Gangs have bccn working day and
night for several weeks past Every night between
the street cars West Broadway, while the longi-
tudinai girders BONG hoisted The drivers finding
IL often possible 70 reach the Vesey street
have been compelled 10 let of their passengers ut
West Broadway, drag their cars across 10 the up
track and start on their trip uptown IN order to reach
the depot IN the time required As one oi the officers
OF the Gilbert road said yesterday-"ln
couple ol months tue people Will thank US for
this apparently disagreea0e delay" ihc Gilbert
road has reached one OF It's most difficult points,
Murray street, where Two sharp curves are TO be &c.
complisnec-the hrst from West Broadway into Muir.
ray street ana the second from Murray into Church
street, building having been partially demolished at
the latter pon 70 make more room Tor the track. As
these form by lar the most difficult portion OF
work, and require special and labor, the con-
tractors -Messrs. Clark, Reeves Co.-will leave
them last in the order Of complexion and Tor the pres
ent the road Is 10 be pushed from US downtown
terminus Morris street upward until the curve at
the work above Forly-socond street to the Park 1t
should be stated that the steam derrick al Forty
second street already IN us place. aud next week
this section will be actively taken in nand. The
contractors beieve they can finish II IN the course OF
two weeks Mr. Pullman, president OF the New
York Loan and Improvement Company, who may be
said to control the road more tnan any other in.
dividual thinks that possibly the road may be opened
even before May l.
rnE NINTH AVENUE LINE
Tho new track ON tue Ninth avenue limo between
Leroy and Christopher streets, and between Twenty
iourtn Thirty second streets, inspected yes
terday by the writer and 10 nd0u0tedy every way
inlutey superior 10 the old STRUCTURE. Tho lattice
CONSTRUCTION of the columns ana girders gives abun-
Cant light and makes the railway lar less OF an OBJ
struotiUn 70 the street. DuIing the past mouth
twenty eight days-29l 3l2 passengers have used thus
road against 225 0ol IN The Same month Of last year.
showing gam oi &C. 250 or over thirty por cent The
company regard this proof that the people OF New
YORK are steadily dscardug their old timo prcud
against riding on elevated railroads. Tue extent
OF road both years Was the same,
and the company claim that there Is no other Reason
account Ior the than that OF the growing
popularity OF elevated railways among ali casses
During February OF this year over Two thousand
people per day more were aiming 10 ride along the
bousetops than during The same month Ia 1877.
PROPERTY DAMAGEs.
Messrs. Orion, Sherwood and Mitchoi. tne COM
missoners ior the assessment OF property damages,
went the line OF the Gilbert road yesterday and
then adjourned MI next week. when the question OF
damages Will come up Meanwhile the commission ers
that they not at liberty 10 form express
any opinion in reference to tho amount oil damages
any property along the line oil the GILBERT road
may have sunerod