New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1886-04-29
WIRES TO GO UNDERGROUND
prpoRTs OF SUBWAY COMMISSIONERS.
NO PLAN YET CHOSEN FOR THIS CITY-BRooKLfN
MORE FORTUNATE.


NO PLAN YET CHOSEN FOR THIS ClTf-BRookLfN
MORE FORTUNATE.
Tho de,th of Charles f. Loew. from the Electri-
cal Subway Commsson OF 'nis CITY ass from
rompetng their final report this mcnth: as conlel-
oat,d but in response to an Official nOtlce from .p
Senate, requiring them to report ON ,nr.i Dlys
resolution on April 10. a preliminary repoi. VIZ S
forwarded to Albany yesterday. 1T conSis,Sa o os
five pages written with typewriter IN VII" W.
ION n brief account of the work ALREADY per
formed by them. No particular system oa VIVA,
ground wires was recommended nor any ,lc,n advo
coted The final distribution OF wires lnIu h'u.on
in NcwYork BY lines of overhead wires runIus ,t
or behind the houses from inc Wiiup ntnn 10 con-
;drcS 90 ;nprncticable Several weghiy ecctrcaI
objections as we'll as others are n'''"o W '''-
plan. t. r-octical method of getting
mo wires and other appliances under Grouhu .ie
commissioners have found that tne
The downtown buildings have not "niy extended
,he;r yanits under the sidewalks, but IN soue cases
Inc taken up under authority IRON inc Guy gov.
"'n,,ent all of the room under the street not
i~'adv occupied At Fulton ST. under Broadway
M loss than fourteen or fifteen underground con
dr;ts are laid, operated by eight dnercht pclHons.
As the street is forty-four feet wlde II 'Ie WHO'S
or - we're available and these coDduts al iaV on
lie same level there would be an average u'staI nc
between their centres OF TWO ioe' anu ',,e r d;tir
But this is not so, as the various Pp'S az Va ui
ont levels Still they constitute Win thelr various
Icns cvnonsion Joints valves, house connections
c!o, a ms matter Is sill worse for, though the
Mines are fewer in number, the stIev' "l'n - '"'
and the space more lntruded upoh nn nHLit TO- vii,
No nlan or system has yet been accepted Una, VIII
eolva the ouestdn of connecting the wires Win inc
houScs even though general undcrsrounu y siu ,
in the streets were adopted. III a.;
1,ere rrn into the centre OF cach bioek cohncctin
with the main conduit AMI the wires rcSuIdtcu "t
fhe Lend by means of u man-hole, lne expense vi
Getting PERMISSION from the owners OF the property
thaiV IL
wen al he SO great to make the pan uEIe'sipio.
L. the rear Of many blocks little space IS ie' LOT
1he final distribution OF the wires AFTER iheS lu IN
thronpI the houses. Overhead lines are equaIiy
unsuitable and expensive, rs force OF aetl' lle
men would then have 10 be constantly employed
any me Board of Electrical Subway Commissioners
nj R,ooklyD Yesterday made report to the oen1te
regarding the progress oro,''V :" PImDton. X.
S%nmRIs a rmSad and Jobn EeynolGs. Ihey
complain of the feet mat TN" FAR tbe
prosecution Of their work. Not ony navy NC
3rce,ved no salaries hut they have been iorceu 10
nav the expenses of al! experiments anu ~ ac! ~
Their own clerks and assistants But not |h h
Standing this embarrassment and the delays IL h3S
eauscd the Board has carefully cxalnIned AZ hou-
els materials and drawings SuDMlttcu Ioi ItS c"H-
sheraton has made all practicable tests, ana nav
Ing decided upon suit Cle plan, mas c0hSliuclett
AS an eX pertinent about two auo ohe-Iid'l nacn VI
"on6n,t The necessary cables were manufactured
last winter and now being pat III pace y SEC
non of similar conduit having been operated TOT Il
Board mas dulDOlLNN IVY
concirction of over ten miles OF additional
conduit experimenting III tins line VITA 9'heI
materials When completed tins system VIII nc
coInmndate II 600 miles Of wire. Ihc report con-
tnuCS; ,,.
overhead wires viii be removed as fast as the uhuci-
cronud conductors shall he established IN suVctsS.ul
nsp. and The Board has good reason 10 oeiieNc n"t
Ire number OF VO.cs and wires VIII thaVe ulsapleaISu
I'm the streets OF Brooklyn before the end OF the
present season.
The Board saws that it can no longer personally
;rl,nct and oversee this work and II should be
watched by competent engineers al every stage Ill
its progress and adds:
There are also technical questions or great decacy
ma importance which need TO be luVesligdeu HinVn-
fh.se NAV named the impractcabllty OF inc uuueI
orouud for hlgh-tCnsOn currents Hhc thuH VI
and for delcate operations
Ike luos, of "mutpleX tclegrdphy; The qhdhilldNc
denomination OF OirrcEt electrical phenOneha such
as induction ana retarddtlOn, nIdtI 'ne "V.u ~
Mons OF the Brooklyn system; The determination Oh thc
ma x,nn len. III conductor through Whch tat sI7
TEN can DE successfully operated IN edcl department o
.l.circ.l i'm ~uess the various metOds OF cohouihE
aerial with underground syslehS-dhu many o'nvi
,"t. NO, merely OF theoretical scientific interest, but
ss.n TO The complete discharle OF tie dulles OF thc
Board. -, ,
The total lack Of money has prevented the BoaTu
from c.u scIlug these delicate SUBJECTS ana II mas
taken no action yet concerning eltc'Tlc nsh.ins
rn,unanIcs. The Board urges upon the Legislature
fhc necessity OF providing tine means 10 carry OUT
tie act ard concludes by saying:
va have already caused contracts to be made plans
,,U ont and actual operations TO be begun which VIII
assure TO the CITY of Brooklyn before the close OF th
1reseut season. greater number OF miles OF electrlca
snhvays with capacity for greater HuhUeI o. H'lcS
nj wires than any other cty ~ the hlleu
G. oueh. in several such cues, years
Ssxe ALREADY been occupied in putting the electrical
Conductors under ground