New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-08-15
RAILROAD INTERESTS
STEAM TRANSIT IN BRooyt w
HOW THE WORK or THE sECOND RAPID Je,y
COMMISSIONS II EFGAEDED--Nn ppo.,n,.. n

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| HOW THE WORK or THE sECOND RAPID rs,...
COMMISSIONS Is REGARDKD-No PROSPECT ,,s'I
ROAD WILL SOON BE BULr-ruy s,'
RoUT S COVERED BY TWO COMM ssIoNs
| The report Of the Rapid Transit Con,,,,s,
| fixing routes for steam railroads in the c,,r~,
| Brooklyn. has aroused very little interest an,
owners OF property along the routes prescr,las
while among those pergons who are 10 be direo,''
| benefited by RAPID transit facilities there il evas
| less interest shown. One noteworthy fart IN a.
report Is that the nam IOute raid ont BIS this co
mission along Fulion-si. Is identical with that III
out by the frst cOMlmssIOn. charter "
| granted 20 the Kings County Elevated Ra;lwS
| Company. Of which Judge Bond "a presiden, ~
| buid road over this route The companv -
Oidcr u get the consent OF property owners n ,i
| building OF the road, had the matter detefroinnss
by commission appointed bv the Suprgme on,.
but before the work was begun IT became invalid
i'm litigation which still continues in the Com, ~
Appeals II the Kings Comfy Company seenres VI
verdict in it's favor there will be a conflict betwe.a
il and any new company which may claim ~
right TO build the route laid down Dy The e,, 80
mission.
The work of the commission has been dons {.
secret but 1t is understood that there much ds
cns,ion over the question whether the trunk lin.
shOnd be in Fulton.st. or in AhantIc-aye tn
fact that the cOInmIss0 on lad ont no r0ute in N.
Eastern District is unfayOrably commented mr.
by people living there. who feel that very lar,s
and important part OF the city has been DverookrS
From the outskirts of the city at East New Yo,t
which. with dllUOSL ZVUbO lDnUDltInf.. ia
largest suburb of Brooklyn, there are two maj,
thoroughfares leading to ferries TO this etT
iulton-st. and Broadway. Starting from the sam.
point they reach the river fully three miles apart
and each is the main artery of a district Of tbs
city, To provide for steam rapid transit in Fulton
ST. and leave Broadway unproylded tor IL REGARDED
as an unfair discrimination in favor Of Fuiton-.t
1t is thought that the commission should hay,
reported route IN Broadway. as the first cOmmis
SION did. so far expression Of opinion has been
heard in Fulton-st., the opposition on the part a
F-nN Ia farm.
rapid transit IN the street continues In thai
portion of the street between Fulton Ferry and The
CITY Hall this feeling ~ not strongly deve oDed
rs elseW here as the completion OF the bridge IN
thought by many viii cause a cl ange in it, char
actcr unless an elevated road - buit Ia ~ The en-
trance 10 the bridge upon the BROOKLYN SIDE viii
be i'm Slnds-st near Westinghouse. and runs in a
direct line 10 the intersection o. ulon-st at The
City Hall This VIII naturally become the reat
th0roughiare to the bridge.
The fouI existing companies bch are chartered
to build elevated roads IN BROOKLYN. by then
various main lines and branches. VIII be- able 70
furnish all the needed RAPID transit accOmm0da-
tons. Only one of these roads b. under way. hsV.
ing land the Foundation, Tor rs me from fulton
Ferry TO last New-York. This Is the brooklyn
Elevated Road, of which W. Fohtalne buii Is pres.
dent. The line runs an no mann street. ana hence
the opposition 20 1t has bern u gt urk upon il
is proUessiug slowly. The Kings County lie.
vated Railway Company j. waiting for the De.
cision OF the Courts before beginning active opera,
tions while Of the two lay formed companies, tie
Brooklyn Elevated and Atlantic Bea % Company
il SEEKING for the approval of the Boar Of Alder.
men, and the Newly Ork and BROOKLYN Elevated
Company has only filed u prrlimnaTs map.
The report of the commission Wll have 70 he
approved by MAYOR Howell. y be- i5 aisrui IRON
the city, IL has not vet been trtu-mitteI o mn.
I'm consequence OF the c.Or the BioOaly n and
Long Island City Railroad Company l.Dl 5eslefday
an amended map OF their rOute. Ih' original route
was from the proposed termluus OF llc c0nien,
plated bridge across BLACK wells l-la ii u Long
Island City, by an elevated railway, thence aens
Ncwtown Creek. Fust-st.. Eeut-aFc.. 'fi,. 0n-lye-
Park ave-, TO Iludson-aye.; thence through L,vYs
saughteT-h0usc dIagoually 20 Hilary -sfa I.ay
10 Pearl Pearl to Fulton. Fulton 90 ta'1Ush-ayc,
Flatuush-aye. to Nmtb-aHc.. thence to Dlre lwood
Cemetery. with two branches IL follow: one rua
ming from Iiiiary-st. through PelI. to sands snd
Slhds-,t 20 the East River Bridge terminus; tho
other from i llary-st. through Bridge 81 to b abr
and Watcr-st. to Fulton Perry. he aiIcn tcd map
does away with the HTidge-5t route AIN 2 thtr aad
alters the Peari-st. branch 50 that D. ou.y goesio
Highest. but from that street it goes tAiCugh 70
NaShnigton-st. and thence following thn casierg
side of the Bridge property passes through pfig&e
property and over Prospect. Nam. York. 6Jfrls0h
Marion. Front and Dock-st-. ~ Wat'r-st., tAca9e
curyng under the bridge to Fulton Ferry.