The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1888-01-15
ARCADE ADVOCATES APPEAR.
TIE Msrits Of Their Plan Presented - the
West side RapiA Transit (itirens

TIE Msrits Of Their Plan Presented - the
West side RapiA Transit (ftisena
At last nights meeting Of the West Side
Rapid Transit Committee, at the suggestion OF
Gen. Z. L. Viele, . committee was appoint ted to
confer with Mayor Hewitt with a view to getting
his cooperation in their efforts to secure rapid
transit for tho west side. The committee con-
slsts OF Gen. Viele. Dwight II. Olmstead. Cyrus
Clark, VIM. Belden. 6. V. R. Cruger. ~. Coogan.
and Robert A. Van WICK. Gen. Viole was loudly
spplaudsd whom he said It was the sentiment
of the west side that Central Park was tho
breathing spot Of the city and must not bs
desecrntcd by railways Of any kind.
General Manager Melville @. Smith and As
sistant Engineer Carpenter were on hand
with elaborate plans to explain the arcade
railway system. Mr.. Carpenter said that the
arcade system was designed to carry l60, O00.-
900 OF people during the year. which could
never be done by any elevated system. Tho
only way was to get down. to. the solid rock,
where trains OF ton cars each. drawn by sixty
be used to accommodat ate the public demand.
Mr.; Carpentsr said that the diff culties Of ven.
att osa away syp sfsf' fSsr n Viii iii Is hoh Ia!s.r te opeein are
in the side wall at every station AID openings
can DO ., made At pl, ,a 8 r, n r. 'front.' o.ts 81 any p bust,
level With the street. It is covered wiz Davo.
hent laid on asphalt and concrete, which never
utS 10 10 luteTloTou Will III mdklnk rov'blES
below.
1t was claimed that any practical motor could
be used steam, compressed air. the freless
engine. tho cable. or electricity. II It Is ut all
practicable. Mr.. Carpenter said that with
steam express trains could be run through the
arcade Ut from 25 to 80 miles an. hour, or from
the Battery to the Harlem River In half An hour.
Local trains would be run at half this speed.
The estimated cost Is shout 81. 100000 per
! mile. and the time Of building the arcade.
from the Battery to Fifty-ninth. street, along
broadway. the limit embraced In tho charter
Of the company, eighteen months. Instead fin
iuring any Of the property along tho thorough.
fare. 1t was alleged. that the bounding walls Of
the arcade would leave most Of the sidewalk
vaults untouched, and It would admit Of an
extension and deepening OF them without ex-
pense. The property owners below Fourteenth
street would save $500. 900 thereby.
CT. vim Goddard explained the cable system
Of the Vogel & Wheeland Gable Company.
which Is in operation in San Francisco, and r.
". Blackwall dwelt upon the merits Of the
Bontly-Knight Elevated Railway which has q
six-mile track in Allegheny City. which. he
says. operates with q grade Of nine feet to the
hundred.
sion next Wednesday night. After that an
other opportunity will DO given to exhibit Diff
Many Of the committee expressed h themselves
as individually in favor of tho depressed rail-
road along the Boulevard above Fifty ninth
street. The Boulevard Is $50 feet wide and Q
depression Of so feet in the centre. would leave
ample space on either side for road travel.