New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1879-06-23

Transit Commission. The commissioners may do
this themselves OF any member Of the board may
offer the report 1t is probable however, that the
Mayor will transmit it with his recommendations A
veto from him would require three-fourtns woe W
override. The members OF the board are al Oh
record in opposition TO the giving away OF the pro-
posed franchises and to the spoliation OF privats
property without proper remuneration In hPrll
isst resolution was passed unanimously protesting
in the emphatic terms against the further use
of the streets for elevated railways without COM
pensating the injured property -owners But Com
mon Councils OF tins city have not, rs run: 40.
preyous votes on any question affect their actions
at any subsequent period where interest OF primer
pal was involved.
cidedly opposed to the proposed Fourth-ave road"
Alderman Morris said =" / think 1t an infamous
scheme" ,.,.,,.
opposed TO il. II is very funny how careful the
Mayor was in selecting his Commissioners TO get
men of the utmost respectabiilty, and YET tnuso
very men have played right into the hands OF the
corporation" -, IL
EXPRESSED dsapproyal of the proposed road go
lin view OF the fact that the route as LAID out VIII
allow Mr.. Vanderbilt to place bis depot rght IN
front of the City Hall, or as his Tenesentat'yes
claim almost anywhere over the street from the
Post Office building to the Staats-Ieitung Bullclng
there is much inquiry as TO why the commissioners
laid ont such route hat Is oS tb s" conn
miSSioners with the gentlemen who asked LOT the
Toute are made known. IL Is sufficient Tor the puDnc
TO know that MeSsrs Plerrepont, JeWett, Depew
and others. who appeared before the commissioners
an behalf of this scheme were the same persons
who obtained from the Common Council tho grant
for the st. Nicholas and Forty second Street hal-
way and who are also nov lighting Tor Inc cplhOId
steam heating scheme"
WHAT THE CENTRAL MIGHT DO.
II was urged BY those most strongly opposed to
the building of another elevated railway that not
only was none needed by the public, but that no
such road was needed by the New-York Cen
trail Company The tracks of the Central Road
could be carried TO the level. and connection
made with the New-York Elevated Road
~ FNrty-sccond-st. 81 far less expense than
that for which a tunnel could bo built under
Forty-second-s The present ROAD tnIouem ln'iu,
ave- extends by branch through Chatham-st' 10
the CITY Hail, the very point when u Is CANNED
Mr. Vanderbilt wishes 10 reach by another route
That route experience has already pronounced
failure WHY it is asked, " should SlO,OOO,OOO
more OF property be practically destroyed TO test he
question whether or not another route with me
same terminus in the AR may prove successful =
ChaunCey NJ. Depew, the counsel Tor the New
York Central, said on saturday tbaJ inc HaIleu
passenger traffic of the road had been eonpleteiy
destroyed by the completion OF the eIeNatr IVau IN
Third-ave. Co the Harlem River. MI. vanderbilt
has apparently determined to take measures 10
recover il. The charter granted Cornelius Wander
bilt in 1873 had expired so that the only method
of extending further southwark the roads centrlLg
at the Grand Central Depot was through charter
obtained from the Rapid Transit Commissioners a9d
the local authorities. The Rapid Transit Commits
sioners had done their part toward providing MT
Vanderbilt with the power 10 cAtenu lbs IOauS. AZ
row only remained for the Common Council
10 grant its permission, and the work could
lie begun at once. Ii was obvious that the New
York Central aud Hudson River Railroad Corpora
tion was he only Que that could avail Itself of the
route marked out by the RAPID Transit Connls-
siOners. as much OF The route covered already
bv tue tracks of the cOrpOratOn, and talone owned
tie tunnels beneath FOurth-ave. In reply 10 ques-
ton Alr Depew said that the proposed road could be
Iun as far south as the Clty Hail. or opposite
IrankiOIt-st
EXTENSION OF THE WEST SIDE line.
The West side Line of the Elevated Railroads
was opened Saturday to public travel as far as
One hundred aud-fourtht. The first train left Rec
tor Street station at noon; after that trains were
run regularly at intervals Of three and five minutes.
The travel was larger than had been anticipated by
The friends of the road. Ihe opening OF the line
was greeted by residents along the upper
part OF the route with demonstrations of ap-
prevail IL ia expected that the road viii be COM
plcted to Northumberland foTty-h fth-st. 10y Au-
gust Arrangements have been made for running
stages from Observation-Disclosures fth-st to
Washington Heights in connection with the road
During he rebuilding of the Greenwich street Line
trains viii be run to the One Observation-Disclosures
terminus only on the Sixth Avenue Road. No trains
were ran yesterday on the sixth Avenue Line.