New-York tribune., 1879-03-07
REVIEW OF THE ROADS PROGRESS.

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The receipts from the sale of tickets on the
Ncvyorl, Elevated Road on February % wero about
S6 600 At an average fare OF cents. 10000 passen-
gers were carried over the road larger number than
on any one day previous
The most important new work now in progress IN con-
necton vita the road the construction OF the car ana
repalr shops These will cover the two blocks bounded
by Third and FOurth-aves Niuety-eghth and Ninety
nintn-sts crossing over L-xingtonave. THIS site Is
well fitted for the purpose being nearly on level Win
the road and its rocky formation ahordinG secure
foundation. The land was purchased cheaply, as IL
wou require a great expend ture 20 NJ IL Tor ordinary
building purposes The general depot for the road VIII
he here and room will be afforded for the storage OF all
rolling stock now numbering 90 engines and 200 cars
RepaIrlng and proDaby the building OF new cars as
needed will be done here furnishing employment for
LARGE number OF mechanics. Temporary provision Tor
sheltrring and locomotives has already Dee mace
and switchps have been constructed. Tne permanent
structure will be erected over what is now ouh Inc
arrangements are being FASTENED at this depot from the
fact that the buildings in the rear OF NO broadway,
where the engines are run in for ceanng and re-
pairs must be abandoned by May. That property has
been purchased for the extension Of the Metropolitan
Road which from this point will cross Broadway TO
Beaver-st The New-YOrk Company will also be COM
pelrd TO find new rooms for its business Offices which
are at No Broadway,
The foundations of the branch OF the NewYOrk Road
full whether trains will from the main line down
this branch The franchise OF The company allows the
building Of branches 10 al the East Sde ferries Dt
only the to Grand street Ferry IL kel 10 ne oi'
ITS length the number Of passengers ukey 10
be secured would undoubtedly make large returns fOi
York Road a large custom which would otherwise be
drawn the road In SecOnd-Ve Iut dllncutY OF the
two roads crossing IN has been met bv
the en- gineers have arranged that one shall pass
fouI teen icet above the other To accommodate the
thr ngs that crowd platforms At The busy hours,
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as they called, are being constructed between me
man tracks below Ffth-s one having been lin shed at
Frapkn-sduae 10 support these the ligt girdrrs Of
pounds weight, put III To steady tue structure, arc
removed and ueavy ones, OF twice that weight suDst
tuted This being done ~ Tie Harlem end from
Oue- nundr dand-twenty y-uinth-st. to the depot at
Ninety ghth at, and third track !ad by extending
these spuls the wnOle length the road track for
through express trains could be constructed on which
they might one direction during The busy hours
In the morning and the opposite direction at night
relieving the local Trains OF through passengers.
EFFECT OF HEAVY GRADES.
Although the East Side branch OF the NewYOrk Road
straight from Fthst to Harlem. ana the curves are
slight below Fhst yet the heavy grades and frequent
stops prevent a high rate OF speed TIE running time
from South Ferry TO Harlem Is iOrty-Our minutes; i;
during the commission hours the time is prolonged to
fifty minutes, while when passengers are few the run
can be made easily forty minutes The quickest time
made by the train, which leaves FulOn-s
AT 4:15 a. M and masking no stops. reaches the upper
terminus in twenty-five minutes, papers being thrown
on the stations good IDEA OF the contour
of the surface which tins civ Is built may be gained
from the rear platform Oi ran Phsshs the lehgth OF
the BY of the grades, the engines on tire
East Side heavier nan those on the West and the
new heavier than those first ordered. The ghtest
used the East Side weigh eleven ons aud the heaviest
The terminus IN whtehast is so far completed that
ties being put place before II be used and
station adjoining Island Ferry Will have to be
with the arrangements completed AZ this point
remains to be cOmrleted the CITY Hall branch In
Cnatham-s the laying Of ties and rails The terminal
f.lff uf he ha4n nf he
and 1rvOB-rOw. is ready for use some complaint Is
made that the light stairs on the east side OF tho STA
ton occupies hall Of the narrow sidewalk, which Is
thrOnRed wi people during business hours The dllh-
Guilty viii be increased with the opening OF the station
WIN the opening Of the Chatham Street branch the
pressure the lower stations on the line especially
one-haf 1t Will probably be ready by March
10; The best paying station on the East East
taken from there at all hours of the day The platform
watng-rooms at the ends, which with the roof ada
greatly It's appearance. The station which pays tie
least IL the one IN Eighleentn-s nis being part ally
due to It's proximity TO the Fourteenth and Twenty
Eig6ry.pnth.st to Harlem has not added more than
1000 day to th tiayel During all except The
MISSION hours expenses are scarcely pad BY trans
cars with steam nave been overcome by method
OF connecting the pipes, aud all the cars are now com
iOrtaby warmed
IMPROVEMENTS on THE WEST sIDE BRANCH.
On the West SIDE branch Of the New-YOrk Road. the
greatest projected Improvement is In replacing OF the
old structure with the newer form. L.. original work
in Greenwicnst. and Nlnth-aye, built ten years ago,
was not designed for locomotives After experiments
with stationary engines hight locomotives sub
stItuted. These unable draw heavy trains.
The old road will be replaced with structure like
built for the second track There three
miles Of the Old work. extending from The Battery to
GanseyoOrts the east side OF the street. ami from
that point the west side to fnirtyfOur,h-st. The
superintendent that ne old structure Is safe but
afford the quickest transit III the city, from ts freedom
rom curves aud heavy grades The track on this side
is Iad TO y-SecOudst, bu, vet beyond
Fify-nintist. Al this point all the rolling stock The
road IL drawn up all inclined plane from the street. to
the eleydt" track. WOrkncn were engaged recently
hoistinS ten cars which had been brought from
Troy by the Hudson RIVER ROAD 10 Ihlrtlctst.. and
Drawn by horses Toe Belt Line. The ordn-
AIRY cost e.jOO while those known palace cars,
with cane seat. used chiefly on the Grand Central
trains. cost @l 800.
PLANs FOR INCREASED TRAFFIC.
With the replacing Of the old structure the West
side, changes In stations Will be- made and all
Of crossing the track Will bo removed
The TWENTY first street stat will be removed Twen-
ty-lhird Of the ferry there aud stations Will
be built in Barclay and ChrlstOpher-ss., and the old
stations near them will be down The ferries are
the great feeders to this line, and during the tho
river steamers and those making excursion trips to
ROckaway and Long Branch furnish many fares. The
station ia Ibertyst. is the most profitable the West
side aud that III Fourteenh-st. the least rcmuneratye
The company has IN Its employ about 800 men.
Thi- includes 53 eucucer.. 1872 nremen, 10 conduct
ors 900 brak-nru ll2 ticket aud station agents aud
Isl g,jCmcn. the remandcI being mech mics and com
mon lADoTer5. The payroll IS 100000 u month
Ia regard 10 the by both companies of the same
track rom Brayer-st. To Chathau-Squarr, through
Iearst and the Nrw-BOwery Is deemed an oversight
OF the Rapid Transit Commission not providing two
routes instead OF one. still was impossible for the
rush Of travel to De aud provided for years ago
II trans run bOth lines as frequently III
IbT-aye there Will be many trains each minute going
up aud down on present tracks and III Division ana
Cnathamsts., ana all crossing at Chatnan~quare. max
ing "a complication winch VIII cause delay and lia-
bIIty 10 accident. 10 has been proposed that the
two companies should divide the business, and the
New-IOTk Rod take al The Chatham st. travel,
leaving that from uth Ferry and Chathamsqnare for
The MetrOnoliian Road This, the officers Of the former