New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-09-23
TO REPAVE BROADWAY.
THE CABLE ROAD. TO BE LAID Al lhI
SAME TINE.
coroxr,, DANIEL LAMONT DRAWS A GLOWING

COLONEL DANIEL DAMONl
PICTURE of THE FUTURE
r,o ror,v,y If broadway was started yeNeroay'
TIL. consolidated Gas Light Company began ''c VIZ
OF tearing up the street for the purpo'o " -. ,m
Tho legation OF its mains The supervision Oh 'lc 1''
movement has been assigned by 'om".sSions ~
TO Nicholas r. O'Connor, general inspector " . ~
partuent OF Public Works. The coh'~''0' ..
rrmm,rs s,vs that he will have the new paVc'ho"'
laid from the battery to Chambersst. oy No'emoo
10 After the pavement Is down Comm'sio"c' ""o'
will ta,r1 q deaf ear to all applications 'oi 20
tear 1t up again. no matter no" sp0'" o, N.
Within few days work will also dc oes"' "p'" ~, w.
construction OF the cable railway III orosu"a, -,
Cirov has decided that the cable must 10 iAo WHO
~ .,,rc tho thorouchfarc and Colonel Daniel
Lamont said Yesterday that the owners OF tic IrS
had completed their arrangements for Dcgmn"s Va"
work 1--WE would prefer no cOnthneo' Fl" ""''
until spring, bet ausc we cannot commune w. ~
tion during the winter. As II Is, WI '""' w ~
PEELED to put a good round sum ihto '"e s'o"'' "'
keep it there at large expense "n''. "eA. ,,,', a.
April. However, Mr. C;irOy Is Just III oe'u''e '"
have the paving and our work done at the same te
We will complete this fall that portion OK the r0d W.
tween Battery Place and ClamberSSt' anu oesin'"e
at Thirty Second st. with the paving "o wiz o"u q
far downtown ~ the new pavement Is compie"". i"'
remainder OF the work will be finished betore . nr''
OF June. 1901. The cable car, Will '' ~ ~
terry t., Central Park.
..The cars now in Use Oh the Broadway line Will all
h. discarded for some cable moIorcar'' when am
sure will be recognized at once ~ ,i'c "ues' vi '''
Kind in IN. country They will have every con
vcnence and advantage Of cable motorcats anu one
advantage over all other They VIII DE- si''as
10 the motor. used IN Harlem aho WIZ DC
lighted by gas electricity 10 winter theS VIII oe
tho,0nyhIy heated. Each car will contain an apart
rncnt for the gripman and his apparatus anu scd's
for forty or more passengers. WISH Inc lr'o"'e
uod fill the public particularly that no trans VIII
be run on the broadway cable line; never more man
mOOrcar
1T is hardly probable that shall be able 10 maAc
n,ucb faster time downtown during the day. lut We
hail be able t. above Thirty second st. In the
evening too when people are going - the theatre
or going home we shah be able 10 carry them down
uro,dwav AT rate OF specd quite strange TO the
great avenue and pleasantly thrilling FOR our pn'roh-'
7 hc cars will be- run a. often a, possible" They arc
buildnc now in several different factories. MI we
can po.sbly usc on the line will be ready at ia" outset
ono peculiar advantage or Improvement which
mentioned i, a double grip apparatu' on each car
and an extra cable in the trench between the rails.
rhi, extra cable Will be ready for use whenever the
other cconcs useless and the double grip Will u" an
i'm pnoy rmcut al, our own. We have an cmploye al
work upon the invention now. with our extra caDie
and double grip the gpmsn WI nave a. sn, ,"i
ventiOn up Ia date will permit -, :,
"Our special rail wa, devised by VILLAIN r.
Eod.crs. and is sin ply rail WIN Ha,s ,r I ~,
vehicles in the street the wheels 0t the cars running
on a level with tho pavement. with the hsnSes ~
the slot This rail was dcYised especially Tor 'hs
benefit Of carts and carriage.
John u. Crimnins has received the contract lV
building the broadway cable. ann lis power houses.