New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-10-19
RAILROAD INTERESTS
sTpURBAN RAPID TRANSIT.
REPORT or TIE COMMISSIONERS FIXING A IISE OF
THE ROAD.

REPORT OF TIK COMMISSIONERS FIXING IlSE OF
THE ROAD.
The Commissioners appointed in June last
10 fix upon line of rapid transit IN the annexed dis
rct completed their report and ratred 1t 10 the
Mayor. They have fixed upon the following ~ inc
route:
Copmencirg ON the soutseriv side If the Harlem River
at Sec0HG-aSe, opposite or nearly opl"ne u LIN
e0n-evc thence and across he Harlem ilVef on
such line and such elevation shall CONFORM 10
requirements OF law, said Lncun-Nc thence up
toe same 10 one Observation-Disclosures Is, sr
Third 0r FoTdhaniave.; thence over ami aoh% iulu W
foriam-aye. 81 the street known a. ColeEe-psee, =.
FOrdhan thence BOrther through aud aoh2
Known as Ccile9eIlaee to The sod.Hery ponut's ~ NJ
the lands 81 81 JJhns College, thence through Hhhs
aad said f. Johns Collage lands, eaStery rom lne
barien Railroad IlnHs ana Instant hut ie,s t'.i -
five iert than seyeaty ave !et' thefe fo oNci
along and through other la1s and strreis aQahs n'
eontiucus 10 the farien i.alltoau Co9bal Strn
aud 90 ike dlsance tnereir4i; ~ var,yu nv ~
by the nap anil profile OF L. D. v Ms@h ens,eeI COM
the S0ItEerly SIDE OF the Bronx iiVcr; WIZ ,ie ~
oi snch br..Ce part OF bridge Across sa'
tins Commission extends. as shown ny the zap anU p lo
file aforesaid file With thls Commission, olttu
nencing at tie intersection % imtaaVe Wln O,J nj
dre.!-ani-tnrty eighs in the IHenty-third wait ana
running thence westerly and along and through sal9
One htHdTei uirt YeIghtirst TO me norhCrly ana
edsterly side oT the Harlem River.
The road ends at the billy ground south of St. johns
College From there it win DE run the surface to the
Bronx River. Under the authority granted ny the
statute tie Commissioners will that the per cent
subscriptions OF stockholders paid in, and they VIII
supervise the election of the first Board of Directors
The columns OF the double track win be placed IN the
street Of the surface railway with rot less
than twenty-five feet bctween centres The material
used that part Of the structure above ground VIII he
wrought steel No part Of the iron structure VIII
be subjected to greater strain than 1000 pounds per
square inch In tension 1900 pounds in compression,
1900 pounds shearing strain and the structure VIII
not be propartoned for less moving load than LOU
pounds per lineal foot for each track.
The first section of the proposed road beginning OF the
north bank of the Harlem River, extending through
LineGinave. to Thiriaye ut Oue hundTedand-thifiS-
eIgntst and thence through Tircave.. distance Of
mile from the Harlem River, riu-t be completed
within fifteen months after the organization OF the com
pany. The second mile must be completed witnn
twsntyfour monhs from the date OF organization, ana
the section extending to the s0uthery line OF the ahds
Of Johns College, within three yeaTe The remainder
OF tie line must be constructed within four years ana
the bridge over the Harlem River within I'VE years
The maximum fare il Hxc st ten cents over all or any
part Of the road, except during commission hours, whc
IL will be The commission hours are from .
to $50 a. m, and rom 3 TO D. M company ~ ABOUT
e. he formed be known ~ the New FORK fortiahi
and Bronx Railway Company. The capital eock Is hNeu
at 81 900 O1g divided lo 10000 shares o. 500 cGch
The Commissioners will require that 10 per cent on
800 cribed, the latter being estimated as the
amount necessary build and operate the first nile oi
| the prOpuseu road.