New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-06-15

| road directors grasplng, oecause 0ieS ~.
| nse Of streets which are now comparatively n
| tie used. There have been no improvements "
srool ~ in Canal. Carmine or Centre SIS. LOT
ST. 1T. ,ropress has gone past and around
-, following the line of march of the elevated
soiI,r,vs The construction of elevated lines IN
.hosa streets may change the character Oh 'ne
| s.raets Init the roads cannot but improve inc
rental values in them as they Have done IN every
street through which they have peeh puiiO'
Sixth-ave was to be ruined by the Aeu,o
politan, it was said; but it was enrlcheu' vno
retail drygoods trade of Broadway was oodiiy
transferred to Sixth-ave by the elevated ran-
ways" ,,,oh
"Explain to me your theory Of the loop winch
iustifes your claim to more Of the Battery faIA.
"The loop was a suggestion OF the h'p'O
Transit Commission appointed by Mayor he"IUc,
man who thoroughly understood the necessLueS
of the roads at the point of conveyance at baC-
terry Place. 1t not our idea originally anu
we would be content if, instead of it, we had
room for q double track line from Battery race
TO South Ferry along the edge oil the farK lou
see" referring again TO his map-d sorD VI In ,,
slant companion Of Mr.. Could've have 10 run
the trains of both the Sixth ana Ninth ave- IiheS
over single track along the park. One track WIN
not accommodate both INES ana hence une dst,i 40
delay very often veXati0us TO the puDnc ana deur
mental and costly to US. The same hue ana CRY
about our occupancy of the streets Is raised wncl-
ever the subject of the further use OF TINS px , 10
raised Why we give to Battery Park all the
civilization it has 1t is not park for park uses
at all 1t is not much rcsorted to by persons seek
ing pastime, but generally by ldleis. ~ Is d
sleeping place in summer for tramps Inc sea
view would not be affected by either loop or by
another double track, such as we propose. Eluhe.
would be in the interest of the people, because IL
would prevent the delays caused by the congestion
of the trains of the two roads at the only Poii'
where our roads can be congested: You VII h,L &c
| member that at the recent dedication OF Catho-
lie Church in Westminster the ROADS CONNECTING
with the elevated roads at the Harlem were con
gested-they could not haul the people we caII d
TO them OF course the papers Dlameu the Ile
waited railway management, but 1t was the otlcI
roads which failed to carry the passengers we ue
livered 10 them that Sunday l nave con lprn'
our traffic that day with several Sundays Prev
ously and every Sunday since. we carIIeu no
more passengers than usual, though we ran NOR ,n
trains than is usual on the sabbath. Inc UNI IL
Guilty that day was that everybody was golnB, W
the place; and yet our provision I0r oG"u a.!
was sufficient to carry all with ease, thOugh 'ne
u think this cry about invading the PARKS,
continued Mr.. Gould, :" Is a misrepresentation Vi
the real public sentiment, just as the 4ppoStsio1S
to the further use of the streets IS we are OF
course allowed nothing, and not even given cre1It
for the improvements TO property arising IIoui oe
facilities OF travel we give, amounting 10 huo LII
of millions in the aggregate; Dut we are holr
amenable for all real or fancied damage TO ad-
iacent property. And still we pay IN taxes ABOUT
$500 900 yeary-that is nearly S2,ooV uay-
ahout one-uftietb of the entire taxes OF the Clty
of New-York. The newspapers ana courts holu us
to a strict accountability, and usually augment
the damage when there really Is any nu' Wn t,.
we get before jury we usually get Jnstlce. Now
talking of invading the parks continued NJ
Gould. unrolling a map before him TO show the
southern quarter Of Central Park, cannot com,
prehend why the Columbus Fair was not located
right here in Central Park-the only spot III the
United States where it could have been maze emil
nently successful The p0Dds-they cannot De GlE-
niHed as lakes-would have disappeared, as they
should be made to disappear az once, Tor they are
malaria breeding nuisance. AlaSnlIlcehu puilulhgs
would have been constructed Tor the use OF t1e
Fair all this region, to be used sGDSeqIe ll.S
for museums. art galleries and industrial schoos.
They would certainly have been more appropriate
to q park than is the menagere there, ana muc1
moro clearly. / do not understand sIch ABSURD
opposition to the use Of the parks OF this CITY
for what really park purpose, sucn as ahCIu
entertainment, education and instruction 10 lhe
II the travel in the busy hours Of the morn
ing is in the opposite direction rom Iat tem AZ
the afternoon would not an additional single track
In the centre of the present roads In the wlder
avenues suffice TO accommodate IL! -,
In large measure. We have considered that
| subject. For instance, we could use for more
rapid transit centre rail through West Broadway
from Warren to Blocker, then going by the pres
emit rails to centre track, we could use cehtre
rail the whole length of SiXth-aye branching ny
the present rails through Flfty-thlrd-st we c9uIu
use centre track the whole way to the Harlem lem
| 1t would facilitate travel Immensely DuI we NAVE
You spoke of the smoke of the London loco;
| motives being a drawback TO underground travel
/
| obyiate this difficulty wholly" go
at would, certainly, as to smoke; but IL Will
| take long time and large bank account to
develop an electric motor and TO educate New
| Workers to travel on an underground road.
Commissioner Steinway recently ALLUDED 10 !he
existence of electric motors capable OF drawing
heavy trains at the rate Of thirty or forty miles
| an hour Do YOU know Of any such Inventions
| =" presume | have hSd hundred motors offered
for sale with extraordinary claims by the Inventors
| but none have yet been perfected. When they
| are we shall be +ne first to adopt them.
"If such nor1r exists it would doubtless have
| been shown 70 your company 7"
| Il t!link in all probability it would" .
us net the propelling power OF electricity lin
! tied and to a very small horsepower at that?
Il must leave electricity to experts IL is an
| unfathomable subject to me-:
Have the elevated railway engineers ever
| considered the use of electricity on the trolley
system applied from wires below the cars, the
wires resting on the roadbed II now exists p
| ayes, Ont we concluded TO let we'll enough
| alone" go
obtaining some definite expression from Mr.. Gould
| which yyonld interest Boston and Brooklyn people
| inst now bothered over the efforts Of men to en-
tend i'm the one and to introduce in the other city
| a dangerous system Of propulsion which has but
| one thing to commend it-ecOnomy to the com
panies at the cost of the propertyowners. MT
Could was not very elaborate, and might nave
been more definite in his expressions but 1t Is clear
from his answer that the elevated road directors
have examined and rejected the trolley system,
| ~ w. +. G. 5.
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