New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-01-23
MANY PLANS PROPOSED.
THE COMMISSION ALMOST SHOWED UNDER
SORTS OF MEN-AUsTIN CoRBIN'S
PRESL-NTL.D
SCHEME PRESENTED.


The development Of cranks" by the Ncw-Iork city
problem of rapid transit goes apace. The Comis
sion sat in Stenway Hall for TIC second time yctcr
day and listened with sublime patience to score
whose chjmcrcal schemes for getting people from one
end of the island the other surpassed the wlldc'
fights of the ordinary imagination. y few sen'lnie
men presented and advocated mcroriou' plans. VIII
lam Stonway presided over the meeting with Gus
tonary urbaneness and advocate after another
was disposed Of thanked each with hcartncss that
filed the misguided soul with fond hope. We arc
very much Obliged to you. and Will give your pan
earnest consideration stcrcotypcd on the brains
a. the reporters but seemed positively new and highly
complimentary TO the would be sovcrs oi thlS gNa'
problem John II. Inman quietly inquisitive
Furone T. Rushe seemed the selected Of the board
A. receptacle for parchment and blue prints ana nc
bcrc the honors mcckly John II. Siarn heard every
word and smoke none. Samuel spencer fresh from MS
labors as a Brooklyn Bridge Commissioner, rnbheA MS
chin refcctivcly Lawyer John NJ Bowers sat behihu
Mr. stcnway the dual capacity OF legal aHVi'cF anu
protector.
Oliver W. Barnes and Henry D. scdcwick presented
thc Mans Of the Ncw-York Underground Railway Com
many whose charter was granted in 1sc9 and has been
affirmed by the superior Court. Edwin "ohlcI' var
inc nothing for routes charters or anything else ad
q mechanical device for the construction Oh cicNdt"
roadbeds Ex-Judge Choate expended tbe merits VI
the New-York City Railway Company chartered III
AL for
readv 10 60 on and build It's ROAD, WHICH,
,airg IN tbe West side. had difficulties to
o,tend wifi, in the shape Of prohibited streets ana
avenues His associate. Thomas T. Clark engineer
If the West End Railroad. of Boston eNpaihcu INC
route and method Of construction. lhic' 'uiieIS'
twelve or thirteen feet beneath the surface "cic " DC
onaned the two on the outside for way trains the
centre one for express. Electric motors travelling
,ron,vGve miles an hour, 10 take the place oi
tnano The line was 10 be through blocks, instead OF
streets and above it the company intended 10 ouIu
Warehouses The stations were to be bui' on P'INap
nrprssrty bought leased condemned. ana the pIi'
forms would be arranged that people leaving inc
| cars would not be in the way OF those getnnS Oh
| hoard No elevators were necessary, the distance
from the sidewalks to the trains being about The same
as that to the platforms Of the elevated ROADS.
The superficial subway system, mobilization Of
Melville C. smiths arcade railway project, With Broad
WAY as a route, presented by Rowland Ia HaZa'u'
assisted by model Of cross-section that Ioohco a.
fine As ono OF Mr. Stcnway's grand pianos. This
Ma, Mr. Hazard assured the Commission, embraced
the three features especially 10 be desired-l proper
rapid transit (2) perfect arrangement OF UNDERGROUND
piues and wires 60 perfect street surface lhcro
we're 10 be four tracks two for cXpccs TWO for local
trains.
r. W. Gibson architect. No. i wall-s. profession
alIy interested in such Problems submitted similar
plan 10 NJ IIazard- the main difference being in the
Boulevard we're his selected rouie
The Boynton Bicycle Railway Company was rep
resented by its president T.. VI. Boynt0n. who turned
his back on the Commissioners and haiangncd the
audience who had nothing to do with the case HIS
oratory was 50 crvid that Mr. scinway cut linn short
and thanked him for his kindness. @hc7cupon he IN
,lted tho Honorable Commissioners one of whom had
invited him to be present. to 90 down and nde l2o
miles an hour his siugerdl track, the sea Bcich
and Brighton Railroad. on which he had run 5000
| trains with the finest success. II his system were
adopted he would build road from the Battery To
Harlem in six months at cost OF les tah SlVo'V"o
a mile ard would guarantee 10 run through trains
with only four stops, in to 10 minutes. Accident
he declared, was absolutely impossible.
f. G.. Gribblc, 40. 20 Broad ST., proposed a com
bined surface and underground electric railway ana
I'm the course Of his remarks criticised Austin Corbn
plan in these words:
In the pIolo.als OF Austin CoTbihs tunnel
co,ouany it dncut to see why the problem OF rapid
transit for the city allowed appear a. an apprhdd "
to what in ite amply sufficient TO 7tlu d'''' h'"'F
rapid the East River There Is no reason
why the necessity Of being 1870 feet underground "hh
n.ing aero, the river should compel people 10 travel
all along the city at that depth People are not 80
partial to their final destination a. to deere 20 DE- any
further underground than they can help Inc uH' ut'
In the way a railway Immediately uAder the ioad sur
face are only tempOIary-at /, during cOHstructon-ahd
may be overcome this city they have been overcome
In London-by careful study Of The situation Inc ad
o
Charles Macac. No. JJI Fifth ave-, with thirty
ecar, experience in tie real estate business presented
an ampIncation Of tic rapid transit plan originally
Suggested by Mayor Hewitt in his message To inc
Board OF Aldermen January 81 1855, ana made TINS
statement:
Though the present elevated roads have Their @rnih
A. the BATTERY statistics OF ticket sales "lil prove con-
It,ol, that a poiut at or near the City Hall is the
natural nucleus distributing centre to when al r'pu
transit lines city should converge "oulu sug
got therefore, that property be acquired al o. near u'
,,int and dedicated the purposes OF graf ceht1
,,ion for all lines OF rapid tI..s. both elevated ana
uud,sround especially when the annexation oil Bfookh
+. 50 close hand. From this central STATION "ou'u
dverge connection, with the pre'ent elevated routes anu
also new lines to boundaries OF The city ara
beyond.
Broohlynites will be interested in the annexation
notification.
Lawson " Fuller, ~ln the rapid transit cuisines ,,
twenty year aMq nHt ,l lgee Superfca smbway
system. which twcnty-thrcc years 90 ana no,
TSantrd -. own plan was 10 extend the elevated
railroad system and among all the methods presented
re- pronounced tie Boynion bicycle road the best
After this pronuncamenlo Mr 10y n ryIn s'0" ''''
Lucius +. Chucnden submitted three additional iona
maps OF the Peoples Rapid Transit CShpa no for
"doubc decker" with steam engines on the man uots
and electric mors on he n cans %aned to give the
rrnurmi,sioncrs am idea. Mr.. steinway thanked MN
Tor 'iiyv Rcmo mining engineer had .9nnel scheme
and a long haired crank another "oouoicuo'''''
And other cran6s' had q hasyd from Albany
about the senate discussion Of the sec1on III i i,o
Mayor RaPd en; t e aey sS Toad The matter
had not come before them onicinlly and they dec'cu
~, xnress any opinions with reference to IT, chain
me Hoald adjourned subject 10 the call Of tc frar
few mlnntcs before it went into executvc scao Inc
Messenger brought in big book containing an v s
scheme
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trsr SERVICE TO TIE sDi'JliNf.Sl.