New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-12-08
RAPID TRANSIT OVER THE HARLEM.
JAY GOULD's ENERGIES AROUSED.

Park COMMISSIONER CRIMMINs MAKING TIE
BRIDGE CONNECTIONS-PUsHlNG THE WORK
For nearly ten days $50 men have been at
work driving piles and laying heavy foundations III
Second-ave between Onc-hundred-and-twehly-c iEh'H
and One yninth sts' ana uhS 'noS
have had their attention turned to an enerseAc' DARK
haired slender man, who has watched them OH ana OH
with the keenest interest. After gazing at them
while and apparently satisfying himself that AL was
going well. he would cross the Harlem River ana loo"
up line of elevated railroad pillars which was III pro
cess OF erection all the way to oho-huhurou
and.forty-6fth-st This energetic anu Aeen,
eyed man was Jay Gould When nc
announced week ago Saturday that he intended TO re-
tire from wast., he stated that he should devote MS
attention hensefOrth to the Western Union leegsph
and the Missouri Pacific and Manhattan Railway COM
panes. Mr. Gould made good his woru 30
far as the Manhattan is concerned. al e"s''
on the Monday following. Then he suddenly dropped III
on the $50 workmen He had resolved to turn MS TIRE
less energies with all their force to the subject OF rapu
transit the annexed district To this end he sskeu 'o
D. Crimmins the contractor and exPark Commissioner
TO send in au estimate of the expense for c"hp'unh
the secondave road to the bridge which already spans
the river.
ct sent in my estimate" said Mr.. Crimmins last
evening "and the next day received WORD to
go ahead with the utmost possloe ui'-
patch, That was ten days ago. began at once
am laying foundations for the columns III
be C''''''''
dred-and-twenty STA These are the heaviest ever
laid ny The road There are piles to each founda
ton The piles driven to hard bottom ana are 'hrS
five feet long the sp between these IL aug out anu
two feet Of quartz masonry is put in the pies arc
canned with twelveinch-square yellow pine win t"eNo
inches of concrete put in between them 10 fiji up inc
SPACE and ON that is built platform four inches Thick
All this is under water; the superslructnrs
is masonry about eleven feet hgh' an"
on that rest tho castron bases Tor
the columns. The entire work to the bridge viii he done
MINER side of the river the river Tie same kihu
OF activity has prevailed for ten days. Mr. uUup i,
pushing rapid transit lm the nue. frc,5v hrrn
with all his resources. The road has a!rcA'y n,tm
completed to OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES ana Tlthh
tbirIv d,y, The cars can be run to Onchundrcd-'ud
forty.erl,th-st should say. Mr.. Gould - taxing
most ac.Ne is.oies ton n ' ma mat he visits tic
scene OF acton every day Tie Manhattan CoPi'n5
be pushed Foidhan. Within twenty days c'nnec,ion
viii made at the depot on nc noIth SldT q" Inc %
so that passengers for the Port Morris Drdhc OF VIC
s,"o,S have no M opcrty i'm the district think this
rnniS transit scheme one OF the greatest transit
be Of special advantage to people IN mod
are sold al prices and for from 800 900 houses
Although have no relation to Mr.. Gould in any way
save in the contract am now executing, IL ceF'aihy
for people Of moderate means who wish homes convcn-
eny accessible TO the city IeAy ir % NH
have the finest system OF sewerage III han, ,vo
II
oilowcd the Park Om.nssioncr's meetings; thcy VIII
have CroCu water the streets are opened ana
m. cnuutry is most for building pufPo.cs
been ordered for cou@tructns thS
Third and ercond-ave. lines through observation-disclosures
twcntv-nInh.st and this connection VIII be maze hS
soon as the disputed question OF the ownership OF the
bulkhead near secOud-aye. is settled, when VIII poH
bIv moi he long road In the anne Ned district VIII %
midway bet ween the Harlem Railroad ana Tie Soubh'
inc Rapid Transit Commissioners for the anheAed u
trict met IN the Mutual lifc Insurance Dhlulhg !'s
DAY and completed the formslitcs for the chaTe Z" c
road IN the district, which VIII be cAIeu vac
New York, FOrdhami and Bronx RAILWAY toInPln}'
Tbis charter was secured through MI Could u 'alu
The capital stock has been subscribed ten per tpen
paid H. Mr. Gouid's principal associates! are s T
10 bc Cyrus W. Fold and Russell sage. ~
directors OF the company are c: W. Osborn u: >, -
semncl H. Bcnn. j. \. Broo*s. Frederick \.
Dav Robert o. SherN God aud q OIgr j. tohId
me fnllowiug officers elected yesterday; fIrs-
dent Frederick X. Day treasurer George j. "onn
secretary samuel b. Bonn. The road Il 10 cohtlhu"
nnrtylne years the capital stock Is SlooOOO shatS
500 eneh A branch will be laid IN Onc-huhdIrdahu-
thtrtv-eighth- ST. TO the Harlem River. 90, -
There is a probability that express trains VII ne run
down Secondave. to the CITY Hall as the mAnhNttan
Company has been busly engaged IN stfehEl hrhn wv
rod especially in putting In heavier iOuh uat'oh'
for the pillars.