New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-02-04
TO TUNNEL THE EAST RIVER
ppo,rcroRs OF THE SCHEME HEARD.

..cr,.rxrs prroRr THE RAIlRoAD COMMITTEE
or The ALpf RMEN-MONTAuK POINT.
Tho c,mmittce room of the Rsard OF Aldefneh
4 the CITY Hall was crowded yesterday by raiiroau
men and citizens who interested IN the prviy1
tunnel under the East River, from Long i'''''
CITY 10 Thirty fou tl-st this city, Inc "pp"0n
for permission to do this is She New iopR an" Hoe
island Railr, al Company. Inc nearins m"' 49,,
The railroad Committee of the Bard. The crown
90 o,.o, that the Chamber Of the Board was
sn.,,v s,,ec,e, for the heasi &. Prominent amo1s
,hose nresent were General Roy Stone. president Oh
thu New. York and Long Island Railroad Com
D,rv. Co,onel Palmer, Lawson n Fuller Everett
=, v1,o.,er Charles Z. Shaw. General John Coch-
rane and X. J. Cortis
The hearing on the application of the New YORK
Gable Company was set down arbitrarily ior Mon
day at p m
On the application of the NewYork and Long
Island Railroad Company General Stone SAID that
The danger feared by the opponents OF the measure
M stated by the committee, were the attraction Oh
populu,ion from Newlork to Long Island by I'M
proved transit thltier and the diversion oil com
merce 10 a rival port at Montauk Point, by opening
o connection with the West through this city. 10
the opinion of the S. eaker and his associates ~ %ao
only by means Of cheap and accessible suourpdn
homes that the vast business OF this centre couiu
be done at a cost that would not drive ~ away
altogether If all the people engaged IN pusi. .;s
island rents and real estate would advance 1or
time, but that advance would DO
tax on business that would soon send
IL elsewhere ard Ncw-York would begln
its decline. Manhattan Island now han no
Mace for cheap homes. Every foot OF IL was was
beyond the reach of the poor man: and economicaI
reasons alone would compel q free Overflow 70 70
the adjacent territory. A policy which wou 1i
attract commercial and manufacturing esUapl,sn-
ments and wealthy residents and vsltOfS Whlle
- dispercd the laboring class TO the happier homes
within easy reach outside would lead 10 highe5
values for property here than could ever be reacheo
In addition TO furnishing direct and rapid transit
70 the country and the seashOre the new proecu
xwonld chcapen TO the consumers all the PRODUCES
of Long Island now brought TO TINS CITY. ne
400 wagon loads of garden produce daily Drougho
into this city at cost OF 50 ioau OF SS,Uvo q
dav would be brought in from the same farms or
others better situated for railroad transportation
IN 6fty cars for which $40 a carload would ne
a profitable rate. saving to the consumers sl'oVo
a dav The railroad would also save to the CITY
much expense in taking away TO De usea IN, IN n, sh
and fcrtiizing the lands Of Long Island the ashes
and street swecpings etc, now dumped into the
harhor mouth at great cost and damage. mere
was room without crowding for another million
M poonle on the island and that meant proiapiy
e,6 nan 0OD more spent annually in the clty.
General Stone rdculcd the idea OF Montauk
Point ever proving serious competitor 10 NV
York as a port Of entry. When the ueepeh155
of the bar should he accomplished there "ouiu
be less chance for this even IMAM now; whit. ctar
EX Commodore Thompson of the White Star
line of steamships devoted his speech 10 SHOWING ~
how futile was the idea that the eastern eng vi
Long Island could prove comPt"tpI l" hawh"r
York with its magnificent land-iockeu n"i'oi
as a port OF entry for passengers or ireleho. IL.
r II Cottis and Colonel Palmer also strongly
advocated the scheme - r.;ao,, next
70 those interested in the scheme