New-York tribune., 1885-03-08

THE BROOKLYN END OF THE bhIDuh'
where shall the Brooklyn terminus OF tho
Rr;dye he fixedf This is one OF the most III
,ortant nuestions now before lthe Board Oh
Trrstees and their Committee on Legislation.
,r,,.oo onswers are given. Some are in favor OF
allowing IL to remain where it Is. Mr. otrah
obon and several other trustees wish 10 extehu
the railway along Westinghouse. nearly 10 tne
Citv Hall This proposition : has met wn'h
strenuous opposition, and strong ieehne mas
manifested itself in favor OF building the brloso
extension in Adams-st., one block further east
I is evident that if the reorganization bill Is 10
reocb ALBANY in time to be passed at TINS
session action must speedily be taken by the
trustees
The reasons why Westinghouse. should not
he given ND to an elevated road OF any klhu'
why the terminal Bridge station should not lace
ON the City Hall Square, and why the huafs-
st. scheme would be satisfactory, were gwen III
these columns few days ago. We also stated
at that time that it was emlnently reasohao'c
that the Bridge railway should form a direc.
link between the City Hall In New-iork anu
tbe CITY Hall in Brooklyn. This point III
Rroollvn is the business centre OF the city, ana
tbc various elevated roads which are certain 10
be built in a few years will inevitably converge
tboro At tbe same time the Bridge will be the
oh;ective noint for each and all, in order to
convoy their passengers as speedily and easily
nc nossible to and from this city. Between the
CITY Hall and the present Bridge terminus ho'
more Than one elevated road can be conveh-
iently constructed. One company would there
fore nossess a decided advantage over the
otbers the passengers by which would be COM
nelled to change cars twice on their way 10
New-York. besides paying an extra fare. lt has
becn suggested that the railroad between these
two po;nts could be used as trunk line, over
which trains from every elevated road might
| run but unless all the lines were built by one
campany-which is hardly likely-lnuch trouble
| and delay would ensue. Besides, 1t would not
| be convenient to provide switching room Tor so
large a number of cars IN the neighborhood OF
the present Bridge terminus.
All these difficulties can easily be avoided by
| extending the Bridge through Adams-st. TO
Willoughby St, where genera! station
| within few steps of the City Hail. can readily
| Inc built. From here elevated roads reaching
every part ~ the city will radiate in different
lines. and the station should be so arranged that
passengers coming in by half dozen ROADS
| could, by simply crossing platform, step upon
the Bridge ears and he whirled across the river
| In no other way can the problem OF quick
transit for Brooklyn be so SIMPLY solved. IN
no other way can the Bridge, which must be
principally useful as a railway bridge be so i'm
medately made use of to an extent conmen'
| suratc with its enormous cost.
| While We should be glad TO see the Adams-st
extension plan included in the bill which thu
| trustees will send to Albany after their mex
meeting, this is not an essential part OF th'
reorganization scheme and could if necessary
be left to the future board of control. The hrs
thing is to get rid of the present unwieidy bod,
| of trustees, and for that purpose the Committee
% Legislation have given us fairly satisiac
| tory bill, which the Legislature can safely pas
without delay, and to which Governor Hill cal
| safely anix his signature.