New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1879-01-27
rlPID TRANSIT ~ TWO CITIES.
PLANS or TIE METROPOLITAN ROAD.
THE Cy,IPANY's EARNINGS II SIN MONIHs-WoRh
~ I'm. EASI SIDi..

THE Cg,IPANY's EARNINGS II SIX MONIHS-WORK
or III. EAST SIDE.
The official statement of the metropolitan
Elevated Railroad Company fer ISIS shows that the
earnings Of The road from June =, 1e1', 10 nuIy J.
1s-9 we're $G3e 80 3D. the expenses $3.50 go o. cay
inc q net income Of S3l9.0s9 49, Tie capital STOCK
o The company is S3 coo; the first ortSace bonds
- 0OG O1H, and the second mortgage bonds - 'oo0oo
The cost Of the property ard construction was T1ou0O
600 The road equipped with tmrt} ave locomotives
and 100 passenger cars. The projected icHgih
Of the road is twenty miles double track :;
,loro ore actually built six and half miles.
officer. Of the company say 1t Ia expected 20 run
Trains 10 the Eic,-yc. station or tac Ilfy-ihird-
ST. Branch in two weeks. II is not vet determined
whether trains VIII start for that station from the
downtown nd of the road or run on the branch III
connection with those the main line, messengers
peiu ~" junction. Connie At Ninth
ave j, being made with the NcwIorG Elevated Road,
and - soon as stations are built the trans viii I'm to
lirbtvtrdSt. Beyond that the work Of erecting Tie
roluio. is alvau ING HIS expected o have tic road
ready i,r travel to the Harlem River ny JHiy 10.
On tie East sid. the engineers are cr2aS il making
tic positions for the pillars. The work OF laying the
foundation, viii begin The route for IN" extension
Of tac ROAD from Morris and Churcirst.l sodth to
Bowling Green, across broadway north through ,i"aNer
csri aud W-i}OWcl1--tS, CnSjhaU-SGu1r, II'I>i'n
a Il ,I ,,o Tb1 .i,r1 Xii he rigt
miles The complete circuit of me CITY VIII bc made
me, lft\N'it III tii CT il'l,
l,.lt fTnm >rcoun-qve 10 Ecith-oyc The buildings Gt
trc lower OF CuurCh ~. have been pm fa>'u ~ hc
company but some OF the leases 90 not expire u Nay
they cannot be demolished 10 ioe maj iinc ihr
Roadway on the East side viii be heavier thaIi
-" I'' t6tce uacks, the thld Oh, 10 be used
to. fast trains or frrElt. Tie structure VII pes -
INT o it. IL me marrow streets IN" iunns u beat
lie edge OF the Sidewalk, but where the di,aucc ron
ccnirc 81 me 'tirr,' ~ 1lU ", m AZ a., ~, G % &
In lttt Nyiflr : 70. IftI LII if
~ IN" contract 10 stand strain o1 Joodn pounds 10
,Ic square lucb. Clark, Reeves Goa Of PE"hlXyill",
Nlit tmI"S 20" 'ii ""I , ''S' ~, Sc"fanI,cr
80 mat thc i"'' nav y" '"I i 49,, ,,t 'ii ,,nrosed
~ qsr of TmTd-lvc rs likely To become u law.
"i i ,,, rt,cIts If Division and hiIr->t> IN
opposing inc road offset by the acii9 OF the res dents
Ialt.ned III expected TO have the work under way
on tlc Eat SIDE within month. HE MtiioPoit"li
C"unanv viii run trans from CIy Han to Chatham
silarc on HE same track as the NcW-1Oik company
llicy OWING naf OF thc structure. 49,, ...,.,
so,t recently: d" We are building hc road 10 acconiio-
date the puilc II astonishing what "a orIna1 the
,tro, HON Of rapid transit has created. The surface
elevated road IN Ihi'daN". i1IS 10 lToN"c adequate
fr,IIsroriation for the mult.tndcs VII" want u" rue
ne coryary laS not considered yet IN" Possibility %
gong hey ud liJr!'n! laFei. We VIZ I'i '.-.l1
Siut'r. iyuha;iy. Wien warm weather comes mere
Mi l., man, persons wanting = 20 10 Icuiih I'iA'
End VI, W i'm Iu. trains then on sunday II MT before
ON. ta ci insists OF two classes: Men whose h'isi
MO-. =. H.. frm up and down DIV are Cur re- It
MESSENGERS We have moro II them IN the dih moon
inau the morning. Men liz" TO ,i@{ 4oWh'oTfh 'I1
$40 anI then -Ct home 10 dinner al ,i"ck Ih'n' III
Am. uiddr Of The day, have large numbers OF "u'S'
who shopping 81 cong 10 ana rom In",ii'v ~
fnriranccs The number Of these Il greater ~ ak
thou.aud on Saturday than On any oihei day. MANY
.n,.. nom BROOKLYN. Jersey city and staten Island
Mich has pccu SAID about the danger III running curves
Now ;Hc act u.s. that rom the "i, oil '' 'o',
n s lalr Tor the trains 10 leave Tue Track, even
mo. ,yrr, ram 20. tull speed"
III. Norfl- side Association on saturday az MOTIF
s,,, c,,,rr.>,d raiIfcitlon at the prosItsS made
nl lie Iitvat,d railroads. AMI opinion was expressed
i.tin would nc necessary before either
- nm, Is could cross tho Harlem J!NcF ana traverse
The annexed districts. The following omc'TH were
~ I. T,rs,Irut N,rucl Il. Iuicy c~iIc.lGru;-,
,,,in g. Arnold ana Henry T. Sparkling; secretary,
- :: Ir,s3cc treasurer, Richard NJ noe.