New-York tribune., 1891-05-24
pIANs FOR RAPID TRANSIT.
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THE COMMISSIONERS ARE +sANGtINE.
o WEARS. THEY SAY. TUE WEST SIDE
WILL HAVE EIGHTEEN MILES OF ROAD


w,, NAVE EIGHTEEN MILES OF ROAD
,pr OF THE GOULD PLAN.usED-
.,,ncrs Of the Rapid Transit Commission were
~ rnahlc to add many details 70 the statements
nrnlIshed regarding the proposed route for the
s.or SIDE of the city. William steinway. president
y, ,So commission. when seen by Tribune reporter
c.ve as a reason that the Commissioners themselves
ed NOT decided upon the details Of the plans No vote
:" tact had been taken upon the advisablty of any
particular plan, although general decision mad oeeh
reached
As 10 the motive power to be used, Mr.. Stenway
xrould not commit himself, although II was evident
thai he favored electricity.
at is mistake" he said, to say that we have
adopted the Ber gman motor, one paper has Done
II Is true that we witnessed encouraging experiments
with electricity at the Bergman factory but the Berg
man motor 30 called is not yet reality We nave
examined many motors. We were greatly lmpresseu
and pleased with the possibility of applying the eeo
tricity at each axle. By the use of It IN TINS way
great train be stopped within fifteen ieet II heoeS
sary. But as to the motive power, snail Only bay
that we shall not use steam"
The road on the West side would be, Mr. steh"aS
said about eighteen miles long The express tIshhs
which would use the middle tracks OF the iour'ldeh
road would be able TO that distance In aoOnt " nan
hour II was believed that the distance rom Ihc D""
terry to spuyten Duyvl could be gone over III twei's
min
more shwly ait will be necessary FOR us 10 ueciue
sen,,elv nnon certain plan, continued Mr. steinway
he,ore roine 10 the Mayor and Board Of Aldermen 10
secure their permission 70 carry 1t ONT IL Will
he then necessary TO secure the consent OF more
than one-half Of the property owners along inc
route We do not anticipate great trouble IN ac-
eompNshng that end, as the people are anxious
10 secure rapid transit We were oothered grea'iy
arr,no our deliberations by people who claimed that
,hev had received rights of way from former Rapid
transit commissioners. In fact, there was an obstacle
In almost every street. Lawyers OF ability appeared
before ms and made eloquent speeches upholdng the
rights of their clients and declaring that former com
missions were still active. We believe however "aV
we have now cleared the Of all such Obstacles anu
that we shall be harassed no longer OS suon
and distinctions. . .
The route which we shall adopt in all probability is
mt the recommendation of outside parties IL Is inc
resut of our own study and the RECOMMENDATIONS Oh
orr enoineers We believe that the cost OF building the
road will be low enough to induce capitalists TO tahe
hold of it with avidity Above Fifty -ninthst
so not think the road will cost more than
q, 600 900 a mile Below Fifty -ninth-st. II will not
exoeed 80 oOO.OO mile. The act requires that no
mart of the road al least for any distance, be but Oh
4he surface In other words is not and cannot De-
n surface road. AS already published, II VIII DE IN
part underground partly in cuts and in part elevated
Above one hundred and twenty ffthst the route goes
10 great extent through private property and not
through the streets as laid out at present In the
Annexed District this is especially true"
Mr. stenway declared emphatcany that the new
road included no part OF tie Gould system MT
Gould had asked for many concessions. His appn-
ration however, could not be considered and would
not be considered until the new road on the western
side was under way. "When the eAgneers," he
added are working up the details of the plans meas
nrng the feet and inches shall then consider Mr.
Gouh's application. We recognize the fact that our
road cannot be finished under two years. and some
Thing must be done TO relieve the people In the mean
fine Section 80 Of the act allows us to extend the
privileges of any existing roads We may decide to al
low Mr. Gould to lay additional tracks as he deslfes
we shall be guided however, in this matter entirely py
public utility - ,,. o,, or,,e
sioner Is 10 present written views upon the proposed
rmte with suggestions. These will be talked over In
private between and O'Clock. when the decision
viii be announced TO the members Of the press
At the factory Of Bergman Bros, In West dhrty ic
fourfh-st considerable surprise was expressed yes
terday af the statement that their motor had been
decided upon by the Rapid Transit Commissoners
several men declared that they knew nothing about
the motor although they had heard that the pressl
dent ~ the company chad something to beat the
world The president was out Of town.