New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-12-29
RAILROAD UNDER BROADWAY
WHAT IS CLAIMED For FER FLAX "-TRAlNS ~
PIN BY ELECTRICITY

WHAT IS CLAIMED FOR FER FIAA -4hAi'' ~
Run BY ELECTRICITY.
Colonel Rowland r. Hazard, the head OF
many electric corporations, got the idea some '"og
months ago of a railway under Groa"Way. ho ~
his scheme TO a number Of men, Including ). Ooe'"
Drav,on Edward p. Beach, John ii. DAVIS AuoiPn
Iadenburg George Il. Post Oliver H. King cir ouoV"
w Cameron c. Francis Bates. Newton = fIDHos' W."
lam Post Charles W. Trusow. Charles spear -i"n ~
street J. Ogden Hoffman, Josiah Low Blackwell Da'lu
P.ton william barclay Parsons. Locke W. "lhcAeS'oi'
sherbnrne b. Eaton. George Renault Elch"t" W. ~
oraon Calvin Goddard. George y. Slade, MarVeHo W.
Cooper George f. Seward. Eugene H. Lewis anu "l''"i
T. Campbcll nearly all or whom do busnessn bron""S'
An OF them favored the plan; the fist seven Oh 'nui
look an active and leading interest III the sche' Inv
first plans were drawn May IS, 1854, experiments o
LARGO scale were begun engineers were engaged 10
report on the details and the first result was lno
porltion Of the NewYOrk Scientific street 'o"P""'
with C. L. Bates president, Mr. Drayt"h aS ir"u''
and Robert Winthrop Blackwell as secretary tHo ia"
nose Of this organization Mr.. Hazard explained as ioi
lows last evening: ,,,
Ahout every street starts as eoWrath
ana ends with pavlng-stoneS; IL has ~
be torn up constantly. Our plan is
have subterranean passage under each street "lcIe
ali pipes can be laid, with easy access Tor uaiy isP'
tion If necessary Then street viii never have 10 DC
torn Mougolher. OF Paris has sent three engineers
hero IN examine the PLAN and the result IS that Is 10
be introduced in PARE. IT viii do away with gas waste
and steam explosions because OF tne meAhso iASp0"
afforded" ,,,-
Having settled plan for disposal Of tho Broadway
mines and conduts, Mr. Hazard proceeded toeHleIlghV
I, electric motors in Providence Cleveland ino
result le SAYS is that he has secNred
motor which viii draw cars at III!
miles an nour; expects to heat ears WITH
run them and light them by the same means Nj la"
ard has invented what he calls Ter iIaA' from 'o ~
forum dron) and IN this interviewer Slee' wiz
and hemp prepared in linseed oil are used 10 FORM
framework which he says is non-resonaht' "ohueii"!
strong and cannot well be broken VITA ''iS p"'.S ~
sccured five patents one for scientific Su'e'' "!c "
railway structure in streets with galleries. ~
the sides for pipes and sewers; one Tor non,
osouort fer fax and vegetable fibre and so.diieu
nil comprossed into panels By hydraulic pressure '"'
for railway station to prevent vibration III p"'"s
adjoining and for an unbreakaOle raiWaS oii''e0
of steel frame with cornico and floor OF one piece e'''
covered with fer fax, embossed and decorated ln'e
with no wood no glass except the bulbs OF Ac4hue>co'
ugbts,-a car which would not break ID case Vi do'r
don't Thus armed, and with many QUEER Pa'cH'S 30
eured Colonel Hazard aud his friends nave no" l0ol
,,orted the New-York District Railway Company, TO
which tho Scientific Street Compan! HIS
leased its privileges. The corporatorS are th' inoH
already named there are nominally two other CON
panics Fourtrenth-s ana one 10 lot tny
Colonel Hazard said last evening: We propose 20 run
tho underground road from the Battery up blnuWaS
Ffty-uinthst. branch VIII leau 'iou' ti iarI.r,
Madison square, g0iUS up MadiSohtNe. 10 tn rnN5
tavotd The river. Tho underground structure Wiz no,
ls n Tunnel. but continuous siruct -
will be divided into six parts ana the M! !too
will extend from curb 10 culO' nOI uls'"'D lH III
The vaults. The Two middle sections VIA
1n devnfed 30 express trains, which VIII stOpat Union
sSnnrc Madison SQUARE, TortysocOnd and fhty-lA3lh
81 and the Harlem River The outer ScclloAs ai''.
ING viii be used fOg local trains. stOpG% az cNety ~
80, I'M, outernoSt galleries VIII he Tor me pipes nc
eectons will be separated by panels OF Ter HaN iolt
sScSoI ic between pillars OF auge-ron every four
faet Realms Will bn placed across ING w
every four feet and these Will be spahue" WIN
mates ten inches wide, covered WI one UNI
1ncnes of asphalt, above which VIII be hNc lhcAeS VI
md the cars will be OF fer flax tta'
Sesi of space viii be hNed; n9eeu'
10 invent on of fer las clone made II pO>SGn TO
hsye an underground ROAD Broadway me rO4u VIII
express train stations, tie way tram tracks wiz ne
seven ceprr, that galleries over the way u
cars can he built lead ~ the express lr"-H' iI pan
As ncrfectly feasible There are no eu-iheeI- o'icu
nj Io.Gon The ears will bo run by electilc!'y' mere
vii he no vibration owing to the nature OF ne sup
morning columns; ventilation VIII DO sell -auJ sun
Tor the cars VIII act, act A Ike r drait
We 5ntIcipate no trouble in securing cus'l $
and hone 10 begin work in the spring ON Iian ,s ~
rxtenc The system throughout the city. tIo 80
90 oC0 900 mile. The WORK VII! D. o0ue - wv "
of bridses. Every deidli Has "'eh '''"''s>N' -
every bolt and screw" - ,,.o o,.,r,rr
Grosv.nor p Lowry. of counsel Tor the company
said: The legal difficulties are NOT 80 Et't "a, '"
which N elevated roads encountered Inc !tt"e I''
eSnretC the first section, from the Battery 10 fHl-
scconu-st, by July next when is az lu!o'A' ~ n.y.
M Other charters are in ls preAicameuU OF "o-5e'
ELEVATED RAILWAY AFFAIRS IN HFOOkLHN.
NEbon +ho question of peTnanCnt lulnnC-