New-York tribune., 1879-02-28

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abundant action. he will vastly improve his
work and make it dangerous rival in pop
ularity TO "H. NJ. :. Pinaforc."
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II IS good S'heru RUE .''t '"i '''
ways should not be Eld III 'i'e S'''''' VI
large city without the consent OF inc Pr"P',"
owners nut IL Is no' ~ III ''''' '" ''''' '''''
tHat inc properly "o'"''N 90" III. 80 l.,
"hl'h lhtiF io'S H""'' anu ''O
termihc III Wnh' iha""'' ana "i",
dlti"h8 the p"pHc s"'"
the thorou@hiaTrH' IU may w
Tor the good Il tAe community ~ u''''-"''
tho interests Oh tHe occupants u ''i'''I ~
OF shops and houses for many !'"''
Broadway merchants io"2i' L'AO'''oN :,
'i PI'"e''H '1i '''.'''"N I,oo.,,sa tLcv
Our Phnc'P'l ouN'"''' SUI .-,-
.u""-n' !. '..;,,.,o on NOT 70
Nhclhef 1t "oulu pI 'o' N.1.,..
the p"0uc lhoE "" ""' t'o,.
are SUlN1ea '''' 'h'S WIZ ''''''
opposition; they ASK IoI '".'" "S
I'D me nope oI E''',"7 JAN 'I'i
customers, ana aGHh lheY IA" " '""H'''
whether to the rest oi me i'ih''''"",' u ''o
metropolis the cars "ou'" oe o"'"'o,' VI
nuisance IhS IS natural 10 DC SURE "u' '"'
question OF a "lIf0ad Oh b'oaUN'9 u WV
general Importance 10 DE deci"eu y! 'H' '0'''
OF the occnpIer' OF any one s'i'e''
Broadway Is now the one great '""I'uI"
iare between IN" upper anu i""cl P'I'' W NV
city which can be used at all times by All 'oris
Of vehicles. The gradual disappearance oI
the Omnbus,s, in consequence OF the
diversion of passenger traffic to the SIDE
streets, has been some Iehet to broad
way, bat the probability Is that hereafter
the crowd Of carts, wagons, ctc VIII HteaulN
increase Elevated and surface railroads are
making the avenues less aud less available
for trucking and driving commercial traffic
toward the single street which remains clear
in the centre OF the island. The extension oI
the city and the uptown movement oi the re-
tail trade also add to the crush ON Broadway
and with the revival OF prosperity uHIa CiuS"
will be aggravated at an acceiclatnS pace
Before we add anything more to the diilrtu-
ties. already serious enough, Of communlca-
ton between the region below Canal-st.
and the region above Uni0n-squlre. we
ought to look carefully at the consequences
and the cost. 1t might have oeeh more
prudent to consider this matter some
years ago, and to ask ourselves WheIhel
it would not be best to reserve Tor genera
traffic some other street than Broadway; Dut
it is TOO late for that now; II we do not
keen Broadway for clear thorOughfare, we
shall have none at all.
A horse-rairOad is always and necessarily
an obstruction, often nuisance III tue
river streets the Bet Line cars create 4
difficulty which can hardly pe dt-
scnbed in too strong language. la most
of the railway avenues general tTaGc has
been practically driven into two mar
row channels. one ascending, the other de
sccnding; and the avenues are 100 feet wide,
while Broadway is only 50. Bat it Is III Win
ter that the trouble rises to its height. The
tracks must be cleared of snow as soon as 1t
falls, and the sweeping machines throw up
ranges of dirty hills on each side, along which
the struggling cart-hOrses founder slowly and
painfully. Matters are not so bad III this re-
spect as they used to be; but the spectacle OF
streets like the Bowery and Thlrd-aYe dur
ing Il considerable part OF the present season
-, ,,, IN -t,untiva insson to flp aIVn-
oates of = Broadway railroad.
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