New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-08-24
RAILROAD INTERESTS.
A RAPID-TRANSIT ROUTE SCI .ECTFD

| THE COMMISSIONERS DECIDE ON THE THIRD AVE-
NUE. ROUTE In THE ANNEXED DIsTRICT-LoCA-
TON OF TIE ROAD AND THE ESTIMATED COST.
| The Rapid Transit Commissioners held, yes
terday morning. at Nol70 Broadway, the last meeting
to be held in the thirty days allowed to lay out
railway in the Annexed District. What is known
as the Third Avenue route was unanimously selected,
after full discussion, and the Commssion adjourned to
meet next Tuesday IL m, when it will consider
plans for the construction and management of road
Generals Smith aud sckes, and Messrs. DAILY, De-
GRAF and Geary, all the members of the Commission
present Sckes presided during the early
part of the proceedings and General Smith during the
latter part Judge Shannon, Justice Angel, s. s. Ran
DALI r, Charles j. Allen, andZ s. SAMPSON pres
ent in behalf of the Thrdave. petitioners Mr.. Randall
said that he had consulted b. r. GuyOn engineer in
the Park Department, who said there parks
interfered with by the Third ave. route There
park at the intersection of the Boston Road but the rail
way woud not enough to under the juris
diction of the Park Commissioners Mr.. Guyon also
sured him that there no bridge projected that would
interfere with the rapdtranst route bridge from Sec
ond-ave. to Lincoln-ave.
Judge Shannon said that he had talked with Park Com
missioner Lane who had told him that the Board would
probably favor the building of elevated railway in
hrdave if the property along the desired
it there.
Justice Angel said that confident of the
of the property owners along Thirdave, and did not
see how the local authorities could object in that
The Park Commissioners, he said, had allowed street
cars to run over the Thrd-ave. bridge at Harlem and
he thought they could not object to the building of
railway bridge ut Sccond-avc and Linconave. He also
thought that General Newton who in charge of the
Harlem River improvements, would concur with
the Park Department i'll that regard,
he mad In the of the elevated
railway bridge at the terminus OF Eighth-ave. be-
heve, said he that Mr.. Vanderbilt is favorable to this
road which after, and that he will glad to get
rid OF his local trains. which, 1t s said
merely to accommodate us. Moreover, the elevated
road will benefit him. whatever builds up the
district Is in his interest," The Third Avenue Limo of
the New-York Elevated Railway Company Justice
Angel said, not chartered to build beyond One
hundrcd-and twenty ninth-st.
Engineer Mason then presented his maps and plans.
He said 1t may take years to build the road but
1t can be done in year. calculated the cost at
$250,0O0 mile, exclusive OF rolling stock We have
planned for five engines at So 200 each, cars at
$500 each also ten depos at 10000 each and esti
structure and equipments estimate will be 81 ,556,000
have estimated for structure similar to that in Third
ave- Dut una me W allows an elevated road 10 be built
two feet lower than that fourteen feet high,
hcxcd district Is only ay feet WiSe /" So e that h1
there would not be room for truck TO pass between tho
pals aud the curOstOne should put both pillars in
the street Therefore propose to pat line of pillars
ear tracks So rs not TO hinder street
The elevated road VIII extend to Unionave, Fordham
Ihave shortened the surface road from there the
Bronx River from one and half To and eighth
miles Approximately by curvng oi to the south. In my
estimate of have included 1000 for right Of
way for the surface road but think that will bc
Ills right Of and also the ST. Johns College trustees
5 s 5 M mary SS n f TS1 a1a S "Pd we run
that the line runs through, hear cost only $50
acre recently aud probably be bought at a
able price The Mount Vernon Road VIII probably be
run to connect with th; where crosses the Bronx
River Iuat road IL already chartered and the stock
subscribed. Engineers are now making soundng- for a
sonnerly TO the Ncw-Iinyen Railway Depot. not in
teriere Win the nropysSg hridseto Lmcon-ave."
the Commission stating that he Understood the local
ter Of the laws Of 1875 to refer to- the CcmmGn
Council and that the Annexation act gives the Board
Auetmeh power TO regulate the use OF the streets N the
S u ho dIrc location Of an elevated ran
He !" thc adVantagGo. use of the streets therefore,
think, IT rests with the Common Council to give their
power to construct and maintain
ncompcted streets as involved in their bower tn cam
struc ana maintain them, should thiuk 1t also
the consent Of the Park Commissioners also the pro-
The following resolutions were then passed all the
commissioners voting in the Affirmative and this result
was received with applause by the few friends the
Resoired Thnt in pursuance Of the powers conferred
us by chapter GO6 OF the laws of 1875 we an" Com
mission appointed by the Mayor Of the CITY OF New
determine the route or routes of steam ravy9, ar rii
ways IN the City Of New-York. follows said route
snl.i Commences AZ point ON SecondlVe opposite
nearly opposite Inconaye.; thence across the
Harlem River ION such line and such an elevation
a. shall conform to the requirements of law To said
lcon-aVei IRON there up t. the Ia hundred
along Ihrd or Fordnam-ayes to the street known ms
ond o % AZ r%rInan thence northery through
the lands of St johns College; thence tlrnu6 'inn.,
ana over said st. johns College Lands cascry from The
hArthl haIlrohd lands, ana distant less Than
twenty-five rect lhcrcfrom; along and
other lands and streets adjoining or contiguous fo thn
Harlem Railroad Company lands and al "A ike DISTANCE
hcIeron ~ varied and shown by the engineers mana
10 thc Soutuciy SIDE oi the Bronx River the con
strucon of bridge part of bridge across slid river
commission cNtcnds-aS shown by the and prouIr
uduc ny l., ~ v Mason, engineer, and filed with
Commission, dated August 20, 1851.
ana Ce JUHeT reS0trcd That branch OF said route
section OF Ihiri-aVc. with OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES thirty
clghthst, IN the Twcnlythird Ward and runntty.,
thence westerly over, along and through said Onr-un
tlShthst to the northerly and casterly
sides OF the Harlem River. '
ReS0tced, That whenever either of the routes
iore n&cd ana determined crosses "A aycfur
or lands, such route includes and is Intended 10 icId
anu shal DC deemed To include such crossing and an
crossed 80 ~ To allow and enable construction of
continuous and connected lines O railway ulnu, t,,
route 80 crossed All the above cscribcd in
clute crossings ana all intervening
Iai ana places ana width OF land OF nifty rail-
Iot pcuS ana ultchcs, with such additional any
part or parts OF said route be needed fr
proper slopes OF cutting and filling and cons ructon
operation ana maintenance OF raid railroads.
HoRNELIsVIILE n, Y, Aug. 23.-The striking Eric
halfway switchmen here, resumed work al moon In
day at the old wages, without gaining any point de-
handed ~ f''"' "0
TIE STRIKE ON THE ERIE
Many conflicting statements are made ro
gardlng the labor troubles the Western Divi.p ,r
the Erie Railroad. The officers the company in Ir
Guy assert that the strike is virtually mt an end and
that in few days all Will be running reon,r