New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-03-30
TIE BRIDGE ENTRANCE.

pr ,Ns SUGGESTED TO PREVENT BLoCKADES-A
srRrKr ACROSS CITY HALL PARK.
Tho decision of the Brooklyn Bridge trustees
IN extend the Bridge railway Chathamst ny inc
removal OF the lower end of the Elevated Railway s
ton has raised the ques ION whether II VIII prove a"
obstruction to travel. The blockade at the brluSo GU
trance is bad now occasionally, and 1t IS tcareu py many
that this will make II much worse. In reply 10 an hiy
nv TRIBUNE reporter YESTERDAY Mayor Edison sara lha'
no did NOT go understand IT, tn intention was only u
carry the railway over to the wese ~ line OF Chaths'
This would not interfere with travel There was ho
doubt that should be devised 10 preNcno ~
blockades which at the Bridge entrance i"Ahs
off strip from the City Hall Iark on inc east siue
had been suggested But this would make airy the
removal of the Registers Office That could nc done IL
the bill now before the Legislature 10 enable the cy
purchase additional property for municipal purposes
should become a law. If it docs not, serious m'ou
venence will follow. There are two new Judges oi inc
Supreme Court TO take their office in June No accommo
dations provided for Them and there no al"
preparation which can be used for that purpose
Controller Grant said that he Thought the eAenSoh VI
the Bridge railway would not obsruct travel Al TIC
same time there was no question, he said that some
thing should he done TO remedy the crowded c0ndoh OF
the Bridge entrance certain times This was especlay
the case in fOggy weather, when pedestrians anu
increased because of the delays by the lerIles'
The travel over the Bridge was hereSs
ing week, ana bOIctuiHS
done TO accommodate It, The trouble was mat every
thing centred at that point. There were hve INES Vi
street cars which passed there If slight detention DC
Cured to car of any these lines truck broke down
or for any other reason travel suspended serious
blockade was the immediate result Various remedles
had been proposed. One to widen Centrc-st anu
Printing House Square in front OF the Bridge Dy ahs
the strp from the Park Mayor Edison had Suggested
another was tear down the Registers once anu nav
thorough across the park between the Slty MAJ
and the new Court House. connecting WIN NdrIeh.ss
still another was TO have the hOrOughfare IN 'front.' OF ne
CITY Hall and connect with Murrayst. Either OF lnese
pans would be satisfactory. 49, =. -,
At the Department OF Public Works IL waS
stated that drafts had been made OF various
plans for relieving the led condition OF the sreet III
front Of the Bridge AT various times The dTa1t OF at
shown that had sketched In 1881 for Control
Campbell which provided for taking strip from Tue
park beginning opposite Frankforts ana enuln8 oppo
sitc me Stats Zciilulg building This sip varied rom
a few inches IN width To twenty-siI feet the WOES
point being opposite the Bridge entrance; anu on tnls
part OF the Re zster's Office. Maps were also SHOWN
pnyidnR for thoyoughfares across the PARK III IRON
~ and In the rear Of the city Hall still another pan
TO- v-hieh map prepared, provided ior cuttuIit
sf,.rt iti ia Reldrst dagonsliy 10 OentTe,st hs
ins aw.y Inc n.r east corner ~ the city nan faE
pendlng The huirtr where the First District CouI'
and The zine hnuss a.. NJ action mas ever beeli
taken on these plans athot ~ cave neen dl.suss'u
in an Informal manner FROM tiue fn N" ~ le WAYS
Controller Commiasioner 81 Public WofN sud the hl'W
hers OF the suking Fund Commission