New-York tribune., 1891-02-21
RAPID TRANSIT PLANS.
sCBEMES BEFORE THE COMMISSION.
., PROMOTERS OF THEN EXPLAIN THEIR

1pEAs-soME OF THE CHEF FEATURES
Che Rapid Transit Commission held public meet
A. xssterday afternoon at No. Do Nillam-st 10 near
ssstsns respecting routes, and 10 consider plans iof
An, construction Of new lines.
AZ the executive meeting all the commissioners were
.es,nts,xcept samuel Spencer. Proposed bylaws ior
~ Comnssion prepared by its counsel j. NJ. Bowcrs'
- prseuted and taken under consideration
val -esolutions required by the Rapid IrahsiV
,yheein the board found that additional rapd
80, vas necessary, and that 1t should procecu u
s.c,mins and establish routes, were acted upon y
- vas received from the Committee OH Legislation
tths Re,l Estate Exchange Offering TO the Commission
~. free use Of ali their records as to Naiuo anu
ownership of property and any other asSiSlaloo Al
their power u. a.,
-. oa that has vet been held. Bernard Loth
o nresilept OF the Washington Heights Taxpayers
socla, offered tothe Commission on behalf oi the as
so,tion resolutions in which II was proposed %
.xteud tie present elevated system from Slxty-h'9t
and the boulevard ap the Boulevard to cne-huhureu-
o,a eveIfiet thence up the klnEsOildse hoau "
rircsbritre in addition loop from One-hundIedahu
.nsu,ynntl-st and second,ave. along the west bank
=, en-. Harlem River TO the present station AT ohe-
,rdred md fifty .hftlrst. and Eighthave ana thence
49, ,na ue.t hank of the Harlem to KingsbildGe' 10
up uic W. ,ri,h tho west side extension Mr..
:, L soie that consents along the Boulevard hau d.
edv hem obtained for about $1,000 feet out oi Ao'u'
s9 600 f,et that are required
,vs,ir Corbn then unfoded the scheme OF the New
xyrr TdersI1und Railway, winch has Deeh lu19
a..c1bed in The Tribune. Charles NJ. JaooOS' ~
an,,eer who had prepared the plans of the propoSeu
undergralnd railway, explained them 10 tie 'O"'N
vi, address vas, in brief, as follows:
rho line If route, aS shown on the map OF New,
york i, divided into hvc sections INC mr., nISt Serr3ad
begins at Iatery Park. conlnuihs 'noI1 % .nd,nr
eb4 q ha
Ia one uKired and thrdst., when II uNCaS iS, amd
Tonth-ave and Continues as far as Ohohlni"''" 1"'
sentjpn 60 starts at Union square ana brncHjI
east 10 TbGdave., continuing up thn aVed d eth
reaches laIlem Bridge, at one iuHuiou '''O '''
sectlo No. begins at Battery PARK, Go contnu tn
ing mort on the line of Wes',s anu ssrond ST.
conpectin with section No. at ,rS SVEN prp alone
sIo brmchins north and east from Eaterl f"lh AIM %
Water.s EsseXst. and Ave- 70 Ici i. s,' "," y" )
bimchlg northwest to a connection WITH Sec'io" 'o'
d. secton No 4 is connecting line through Ote
htndrd and twenty -ffthst. from TmrdaVe' To leI'"
secion No. is an extension of sections Nos. ana
o nothward crossing the Harlem River anu lo''l III
i,o .ircle around The suburban districts ds idr az
ITome park There will be two separate GouDe.
t~acE nnnels: one for express" and the 0thcr iOr
s%av. trains The stations are opposite eaCn othef
on eithr side of the streets and are located along te
line 9out every half mlle Elevators oi Iare 81
sIos TS sc.olorical conditions of the city and its
,onnftl2, are so favorable for unneng purposes tde
o nossSle Sficuitv can be met with in constructing
absoltely sound, permanent ana dry tunheS, DN cu'
ing nd driving through the solid rock, ana casg OK
iinn the same with the normal form OF BRICK arch,s
and butments set in cement or IN olner WCG T
consructOn of these tunnels presents no eAcePto'i
engineering difficulties whatever il,
NE tunnels are designed to receive the largest sDu
stem passenger coaches OF the present ddy ana "ie
prtcnt object OF their construction. in great clty
ii New-York it would not answer the purpose nter To-
cosider any system Niat does not allow any h,Ga S
chnge Of traffic that may now or hereafter De w,
minded with the various steam surface lne' cohu"s
NThe employment of electrical motive power in place
o steam has rendered the solution of tins question
snple No allowances have to be made for consnnp-
thn of the good and pure air for steam purposes. or
fr removing the unconsulncd pIoducls OF coDuSto n
rns ventIafi0n Is effected partly by eXhausting the
al from the tunnels bv means OF high air-eNtracts
shifts. Thus continuous flow OF fresh ar III u'c
ahc motive pHver Will be electricity. Under the
nla,s as prepared trains be operated at such -ped
and at such nImber and length as the requirements
Vi re re "constrluion OF the entire system can be
Quickly made BY the opening and worl1ns OF shaIIS 1
every half nie The entire route can DO ooi"p''''o
in eighteen months
An English engineer, Louis Stern, ex
pained the Greathead Tunnel system, which
is the one hat being employed IN the Norlh
River Tunnel Mr.. stern had model of the CYLINDER
and iron sections that are used in the Construction
NJ tunnels bythis system lie asserted that iron tun
nes are beter than brick ones: no pressure S n@p
while brick lad been thrown out OF Il tunnel undeF
the severn lIe shot from gun. while under severe
pressure Of gater. -, !,
Wr S,einyay asked him what the cost would be
He answered that 81 .cOCOOo mile would cover
expense for 10 IL foot runnel
j " REM for tie RAPID Transit Construction Com
pauy. pressltcd plans fer two-StoIy iodrtrack
tunnel. -. ,- f.. - ,.;,,.
Alfred II Thorpe had extensive plans for vadqct
with Which he proposed to encircle the city ne
I'D ,ba al the wharves .Oud be moved out go feet
into the water. When Sked by Mr. stenWay wfat
he would 10 If the owners OF the WharVes obec'eu 10
iLir rem,yal he said that he thought the city could
arrange tat - ..o, -- 1,,o ~.
Tho rext tunnel scipme presented was one py
Knu1 Fmshprg assistant engineer in the Department
Of Citv Works. Brooklyn; The main feature Df hie
nIn seemed 10 be pretty little towers IN the nddc Oh
he street with small GJdcns on the top MI FOrs-
her. was careful to sa' that these towers were for
Keniamin F. Carpener gave long explanation of
his uGpOcd four track gcaGe railway unde BroaawaN
q J. Rates prcsenteda scheme for an elevated rOad
OF masonry. -, o ,o,. ,,i,b +ba
TIc next public melting will be held at NO -
Willian-st. next Frida+