The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1891-07-25
RAPID TRANSIT.
The v,e,eas blow .. The Elevated Roads

The Vicious blow at the Elevated Roads.
To TIE EDITOR OF THE suN-Sn: The prop
osition to protect the rights OF tho people who
use the Battery Park Is simply a proposition to
sacrifice to sentimentality and q prejudice
the general interests OF tho city and especially
| the interests OF the vastly greater number OF
people who reside or own property on tho west
side. It 10 In reality a proposition to stop all
| rapid transit travel on the west side at Rector
street for many years to come, and to cripple
and restrict the facilities OF the elevated rail.
roads west OF broadway SO that they would be
unable to supply oven as good accom- moda-
tion as they now afford to tho traffic OF that
section OF the city. Some rersons may be san
| Ruine enough to believe that tho capital re.
| Quirod for the construction OF the Rapid
Transit Commissions scheme for a west side
underground route can be readily obtained.
but probably no one will venture to predict
that such road will he but and in operation
within the next twenty years. So that. for that
length OF time at least. the west side. with its
important interests and splendid opportuui.
ties. will have to depend on the e!eva cd systcm
alone.
A glance at the map will show how imprao.
ticable 1t would be to carry tho elevated rail-
road structure along the line OF the streets
| from Greenwich sti oct to the Staten Island.
Hamilton. and South ferries, turning one
sharp corner at Battery place. another ut State
street. and. after following the curves OF that
street. another at Whitehall street to roach the
ferries. 1t would be very little more practicable
to carry the structure. after tho sharp turn at
Greenwich street and Battery place. along the
south side OF Bowling Green, turning another
sharp corner Mt Whitehall street. and down
rou,e could be legally adopted,
But II the elevated railroad should be re-
moved from it's resent location ana built from
greenwich street 10 the ferries outside the
much Greater nusance and u neonven nfi ncs to
Want to use the marx "a M
ugitntinH patriots. One complaint Is that the
sH pas. under the ailr"sd ssrncsase :G %nother.
trees; another tina! park seats. ~ desii nbls
for rest have eeen driven ava; by The iron IN.
nulsance. Vol people going to t The Jar. SI
the same whs,hes insdsor outside ihs curb 'n
line: tho smoke would not 10 less Injurious II
,hs snsin 2. should be moved ii;y or one hun;
the park would care to remain, or would re-
we're 70 70 found within TO rsrk area They
vided Tor more than twice a. many ilers as
one tme even The III should .s
common sense to exUend mo,ey Tor the uii-
81 Sa Es On se 2 e
mans day. as we'll as on every other day ol the
week,
ture outside the curb line Of the lark Would
he to increase I. the maximum. an evil now
s!s saSieete!a. re SHARP turns and psr:
Ing M blocking. stunning. and shifting
Of trains greatly more hsn 1T and
ing heII aud snrieklne team whistles to an un-
bearaols DEGREE on the other hand, 10 leave
Thsrs :" ss sss small
causes Of the oblec,ionnSle nois" ami Al on, ON
park or n,eris ing Nth The priyi eses AMI nd en- ne
jioyment Of is trs1ueners III increased
out confusion an with the minimum OF noise.
proposed widen PIG. would occui y about 7a0uo
saSare iss' o, the Tark along the extr.me
State s s's; and eSa s'ree' DeaS Sss
lug n spare OF 10y feet beyond tho in;
abou, SOo.Oyo s uars feet, The Battery van
nas lips OF abon! soy feet Bit, Toward that
Est or fecrea d Eeen,nr as lar as ros.te
from the eastern side. not because the eIf:
10Y the watsr view. which they cannot do I, ON
ey *
| enough for 10000 reoDe to thus enjoy tho
mark without one OF them approaching within
Nonsensical as this balderdash lie. it demon
strates its own ,olly. II 5000 people enjoy tho
park for IN evening; more than eO''.'0o eopls
i' The sssaed s@S1
"sa, on the benches walked through the paths
and watched the brill liant moonlight IN the
nearly midnight. the fact proves that they
could not have been scr ouslynnnoyed by the
sIe oH railr9ad dc6 ,hS numtrr had been
pressed toward the Battery wall and have
avoided the dull. dusty line 81 State street and
battery place i, Aud every one Of them wou!
and the " drinpngs" RI tho iron structnre II 1t
had been outside instead OF inside the curb
line OF the park.
whether tho elevated railroad shall DO given
such small u additional space In Battery park as
will greatly increase its value TO tho upper nor
a practical one such n is constant Arising a.
progress. 1t Is whether the e. cat and VI al
mi nor inter.s's OF the few. ii thi. use II tho
battery park were actually damage instead
OF a mere imaginary inconvenience or Hnuoy-
use and en- 10y the rark. the real point would still
be. 10 it Justified BY the nsce ssittes OF a vastly
larger number Of citizens who DO not use The
on the city 1T large by giving an imIeius TO the
growth of the west side? but. as a
matter Of fact the road does no damage
trary. t can BE- made far less OF nuisance to
ibe part than it would Be- il removed Outside
Is il not. about time that q little common
sense should be brought into the con slider Ion
AMI discussion OF thisBattery park question?
| COMMON SENSE.