New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-09-07
RAILWAY NEWS.
~ ROAD Under BROADWAY.


PARKS AND PRIVATE RIGHTS.
Nm. ~ the franchises which are to become tho
,,one,tv of the newly formed New-iorK ohoei
sround Railway Company gives the right 10 ou''u
sn,face stations in any of the parks OF Squares Vi
the civ. The right to tunnel under them IS gwen
and TO open holes for purposes OF Ventilation no' "
exceed 2 feet square. When some OF tne poi'o"'
,omea in the dictatorship of the new enterprise
were spoken to yesterday on the matter oil ou'iu,
.,,focs stations at the City Hall aud
Tnion and Madison Squares, they all us
o,o,med any desire to infringe on THESE
hIc resorts further than the people anu
the proper authorities are perfectly Wiling 10 allow
They saw that they will have no CONNECT WIN pun
lie opinion If they are not allowed TO pnlio 'heSo
stations in the parks across the streS5 III sumo
building will do as well. The engineer. waiter q
Morris claimed that there would have 10 De one III
tho civ Hall Park for the eastern track. ms lie
would like to place in Broadway near 'no oS
one He had not considered its size, but sa'd IL
built at all II would be n"huSo"0 on
"Ybc cost of construction" said Mr.. Morris mas
ot heen definitely estimated, but according TO some
calculations have made | put the cost al ABOUT
100000 per mile, and SFooOoo poSlueS
Ger conlpment making the total expense
g 600 600 a mile There will be about
seven miles Of tInnelling uhat Is. seven Ih'les
of excavangl but as two tunnels are 10 oul' theio
will cf course be fourteen miles OF singe tunnel
In this estimated cost is included all damages 10
rr,vote propertv aud to the city. such as the III
f;r~.no on vaults the destruction of water pipes
and sewers and gas mains. All these pipes ana
liver. will have to be replaced; ana as n"l VI
fbe pincs and sewers are compHatiVeF u>eieSS u,
,,nr. az thcir having been down 50 long tne ClN
aunot bnt profit greatly by their Replacement As
me I TPn,s's,oner Of Public Works de-
msudS. In this estimate Is also lnci't ecu
the cost Of property along J., u, Rroa r9 vii
~ cou~.e he very much greater than eSe"heIc.
Vine tnnne.lmg in Broadway the entire pavement
viii be taken M and the company VIII elt"eI .u'n
~ .,1nrs or completely repave tho street az may
be required 10y the authorizes so tnaV ~ '"u""'
will any event be t@0rouRuiy IePAvc1 Iii. or+or
How many men VIII DC e'"P'oS0" j." '-
Prise I" asked. -. >, ro,lio1 Nr
That cannot pos lively say as Ne, Ie.'l,er "a
Morris. bu ,ou can safely put II down az CONSTR
..r.Llv ovrr g OOO MGdis0n-dve. VIII also oo 'o';l
nncxcen, between Thirty fourth and ortN-seColu-
81. where the ground Is high. Inc r'du"ay
81, W. 10 feat uuder the surface of the street
NJ Tins point lulne 'iaielv aller the nee,'it IA
Thursday We Will proceed 10 make GOhi!Ho'', an"
en- fortnight tho whole PROJECT VIII uo"o-'oS' ' y"
loot" 49,. 4h. tho Urdson
River Tunnel Company Is III no way lhteiesSu III
~ nov scheme though some OF the persons Inter
,,tcd in ihc are directors IN the 9tleI ed
II was matt # of considerable ann ;uity u Inu
ont insI what Colonel NandenburghT property IN
The franchises ne holds amounts 10, or whether We
new enterprise really ANYTHING more t.an tno
Ir2e.'S ., oft%e GIrrrtors was questioned this
rout he first desired to have lis name e;V Vi' VI
Iuf rRlBCNL's report and then assured tno ho
,rfr that II was not only actual enterprise be,
cum IN good faith but that the COMPANY "u"1t y!
have no difficulty In obtaining All 'hc no1cS ~
wanted aud once the company was lHN ols1u-
i,ed lie said the public would be consideIaDS 81,
priscd at the rapillty with when tue "or" "o"io
-, WuI Won please state the amonnt Colonel Van
d4u6urri is to be pad for his franchises was
asked of tins director. -, ..,1 ,;,l ,,o
rcctinr on lhursday. winch Will 1t heln IN, IN i1e
Office If George TcKnor Gurus IN the Nlo!,a bUaiu-
;"rot - m | do know. however, that the New
NIX Central Underground Raiiway Company :
fr.u his. was uOrtga"ed - Colonel Nan''ehp''e x
III the OF 100000 and at t9e 1 ~
ordered by the supreme Court he bought IL III ''
that tgurc." ., o,., ... ,,,,,,o,. advanced ~
That | cannot say rather think not
What did II rcpre'ent A., ,:x.o.or ,ol,
"s nP fa = that General Mcclellan is to be the
first rrcS dent of the company
know nothing 10 the contrary. so uhoer
s' Ihe director further said taat Mr. Monis in al
PROBABILITY would be made c!Iei cngln'ef ' ta
Underground Railway Company n n, l9o'
was ycfy elastic. but he T., s di4 no .,
think that the new COMPANY would De en 'I.i -
imr,nr" on the parks III any way nv ITS pIoVislnn-
lice would be- no blocking o! thoriugnI"I"s ~hl'
tie road IN courSe OF construction lie Saiu' T'
tbe me nhcrs If the company TOOK sle', ot"I "
comfort in the rejection that II woala cost hotah
fer repairs and tne maintenance oi the ne" roa
when finished
LETTER rRnM GEORGE TicKNoH CURTIS
10 the RAZOR Of rhe Tr'1""e.
SIR: In editorial remarks in yEuT ptp r
Tins date. concerning thr liop''cu '""'' -i"-"
Railroad. find the io'IpNlhG'
one important question suge SIS itself in conreciio
win tbs scheme Is tDiS tie cnt ger wen "h'i %
,'E iLH r AK , IioT yor hen s.rfcnacr
~ M n
ininncrmcnt> upon the parks. IN Haiiety Faih -
mouuMen; 10 SHo" 'f'' Wa ia 0 Wv '
rcady
IbaXe heretofore on careful considerations giy"
,lc opi.ion that Colonel Nanderhureh Is, ana IL
under his conveyance the newly lncorP Ia,'' CON
prnv vii be. tie owner 81 al Tue Ha'
iI''s .,r ,lT'' char ', to the HcwYor& CIT
Icrt,al I'nGeTgruuid Railway company !
IsGs and lsG9. his Is Sc not ONLY by vinue q
tbr decree Of foreclosure ahH sale under Wuc
Colonel Nandcibu'ch putcha,'i' nui a." Nv 81
Very important rights and prHi''EyS
the IN I's SQUARES ,oi n,lN' I'm, ana ihe nnh.
Interests are ve;y caIciuliy guarded, ana III
company docs not propose TO ,X"iGNe o. cI:n
a an i,tcr},rs '' with the surface Of any
the PARIS, SO aieSSi e'f; r Inc io' "gpot Sona
md Madison square viii BE- below the suIiac
and although in e process # construction 1t vi
De Necessary 10 make excavations ana openings
he strcets. aSeiue,. squares ana gfonndS una
which the tnYuel aud railway are 10
cons racte4. IN all cas- the snn'
mu-.. Ly Nh, toms oi inc cnI. rl '. u,
,st,,.d IA il. former condition near aS posslp
Ihc cl,r:er Was NOT mDroyidcnty drawn oI'si
sliy aud IN 1860 1t WAS very caiciuiiN rev, al
amended 80 "a 10 protect all the intcrcstsoi the ca
ana fi,e pa5I,. answer one OF your qWSt'o,,
trrcforr. bY sAsfII that 40 ugnt Hfai'ed
fLe c,ar,rr has ever been surr@nd red or VII
drawa but hat her j. no z a. granted thc 'At
cise of wnicn csp permanently hliIlhgc upon l
p..S.n: use ~ aGV If the par~s, squares or Ntcc
s,.s leave 10 y r.-s the thanks OF the pIOJ -Cio
fu lour favorable opinion oi t1o enterprise, q
remain very respectfully, your nnrdeht serF'.,
~ ono. TCaNOR Curtis
Nca- York Sept. g, 1880.