New-York tribune., 1891-02-21
70 grILD TIE VEST SIDE DRnE6IT
THE COMMISSION DECIDES FOR IT-LAwsoN "
FULLER, STRONG OrPOsITIoS.


The Nayor', West side Driveway Commission held
a meeting at the city Hall yesterday and co,"d thor
labor, in conuc.t ton with The speedway and terrace
pr,icct along the IIuG,1n Eiyr between seventy
second and Nin.ty shth st.. only SIX members "i
the fifteen were present. hat they went ahead ahn
adopted J,sopH j. p'Don lrur's Vonnln"l' report
They wcr. Mr. ODonohuc cyrus C!arS. Nathan siraus.
w. +. u, stokes. David y. Banks and Lawson -
Fuller The report psopJ.c, T. huli a s"A"alI to
Ninety ,lxtist above seventy secondSt.. by reclaim
inc the land under water and establishing triihc
road cf that length ten feet above hdcwat'r. me
project sd terrace 10 adj in this tr!lc r)d hnt Is -
be thry fc't above tdcYaicr, ana 4" be one ana one
qn,r'.r NIL - long. TIE ni"rsrctng streets. seventy
ui4th and Ninety sixth. arr t. be cnt through hy
double ar,h"d viiduct ON tlc terrace the -pe'a"iy
/. t. De cou.ruct.I whrh is t, BE- eighty feet wide
and divided IN such a way VIII prevent collisions
between horse, ana vehicles driven in opposite di:cr
tions. \ wall 0f sufficient height Is 70 shut out the
railroad track, with the ai of trees AID slruhbcry
Fifty acre, Of valuable land VIII thus be reclaimed.
The engineer. estimate the cost of the Improvement
al something les than $1,000, o,0p)-he money D. bc
raised Ly long loan s.nains f.id bonds.
Mr. Fuller. alone ard uuailcd, raised his yo!co
against this scheme, which he characterized j0b
which w0uld rob the cy oi millions Of dolla.S. The
other members OF the Commission spoke in H. favor.
LIT ol about 200 prominent residents Of the Wes;
side. who declared that The driveway woni meet a
DiiE l't want was submitted bt Mr - Dpnohur, VINO
urged immediate action. Mr. FGllcr replied with
many arguments aca'u,t the proposition lie said
tiat 10 nOt eoOl place 30 speed hors S. both on
account Of the extreme, OF temperature to vhicn tho
locality subject. and account Of its being 50
The Hudson River Railroad. Mr.. stOses alivO.
Gated il the ground at driveway would be better
tiin tp have that plrl of t!c cy taken up VITA III
smelling ga,h0u,es and factories and liquor stores.
sir. Fuller and sir. O'DDnOhue gJt lnto p,rsOaal
d-putAton heated that IL required the nterpostiOi
" Mr. Banks, who acted ~ chairman In the absence
% Chairman samuel d. Babcork and Vice Chairman
william {. Whitney, before these fevefish orators
cooled down. Mr.. Fuller denied that he was in
fdeHccd by any personal mcrceaary motives I'm
opposing the plan.
j. Y. d. taN, Wcst-sdc owner Of ral egta;c.
urged The Improvement because ii would give resi-
dem, ia hi. ncichb)riood unobtTuccd view OF the
Hudson, which was one Of their natural and inherent
rights. Wien tie report to a vote Mr.. Fuller
vote was the only against it. The chairman de.
cla.cl IL adopted, and Commissioner Of Accounts
Barker, WHO nIS been acting aS secretary, was re-
qu-Stcd to las II before the Board of EsHmlc.
Morris II. Jc.up, one ~ the Driveway Commission,
sent hn resignation b. Mayor Grant vest ria.. HI,
reason for rc,l-nn% is that absence from tn city pre-
vents hs performing the duties Of the Office. Mr..
JcsLp Tried unsGc,c c,suily l. get his fellow COmmis-
soIcrs 10 accept his resignation at their last meeting