New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-10-21

tbenco undcr broadway and Union Squore to
Fiftv-ninthst: thence under the Boulevard TO
Onehundred-and-tw twenty frstst; thence by VIA
dpct to the north line of e-hundred-andhfty-
ninth-st: thence under the boulevard 10
One-hundred-and- sixty ninthst.; thence under
Eleventh-ave to a point AGO feet north OF tne
centre line of thence
by a vaduct to point 442 feet north 70 Uiie
intersection with the centre line OF the hlhgs-
bridge Road thence by a succession OF tunilcA'
and yiaducts to Spuyten Duyvil Creek, ana lron'
there to the city limits.
There is also TO be loop from Broadway, under
Mail-st. City Hall Park Park Row ana CHam-
bcrs-st. connecting again with the Broadway
limo The side route on the East Side of the CITY
diveroes from the Broadway line at Fourteenth
Ct running around Union Square to Fourth-aVe''
and thence by tunnels and viaducts unoer anu
along various streets to the northern limits lnoe
will be at various points along the route doupie
tracks. three parallel tracks and four paralDei
tracks. on the same level. The tunnels are hoV
to be less than II feet inches in height ABOVE
the Harlem River the greater part oil the foau
will consist of viaducts The motive power Is "
he electricity or some other power not requiring
combustion within the tunnel Inc a'er"se
speed of the motors is to be forty miles an hour
rpnOrt
The Board Of Rapid Transit Railroad Commissioners I
for tho City Of NewYork appointed by the PfovsO
Of Chapter Of the Laws of 1891 having deternea
ton of rapid transit railway for the conveyance ana
transportation Of persons .SGdp s ~ the already exist
ing lines respectfully represent ., ,oud ,ror
The Board in entering ut 5 spts sp1a ng at the
thaf II must law the foundation for such broad ano
comprehensive system Of rapid transit as wVuu ,neSt
the needs Of the city al present anu "e '"P''' - ~
DanSion I'm the future. 1T. - -
vded and that the construction should De e"eo'cu VIII"
a mi fmum OF street Obstruction ill.,, A., ,h,,sio, -,
The Board by advertisement invited the suDinlsSon
to IT, al public meetings Of suggeSpns as 20
mans and manner OF construction. IheSe pnDlc meet
tngs were largely attended, and plans submitted IN
,reat varety and number, which were carefully eX-
smined and considered. ,,., 49,
The commissioners made personal invesugauon as
To The exact needs Of the city in It's several localities
statistics we're gathered to population present lines
of transit. and the number and destination OF pas
The msmbers OF the Board personally went over all
roues suggested well over Others laid ont by the
Hoard Including the ones now presented Tor your con-
sidcration.
THE MAIN PROBLEMS TO BE SOLVED.
II was appreciated that any system devised with a
view 10 pernanency and the capacity requisite for Tie
future would be very costly, and the route therefore
should be along main arteries Of travel in order to
Give relief where most needed and to command the
necessary traffic to make the line remuneratlve
Well known statistics established the fact that the
existing north ana sOuth hlee OF tIduslt L..
centre Of the city absorbed the greater tr1nc ahu tht
mo relative pressure upon them was SUBSTANTIALLY III
proportlon to thre proximity TO Broadway , A.,
These cons deratiOns demanded the locauon Oh tt
l1wer part of the prOpJ.ed ronte on or near u,at
thOrOughfare Such route could be eohunued ok
diyerging lines above Fourteenthst. on the east anu
weSt Sides OF the respectively reaching the ergc
centres of population, now least proYided VIII
facilities and avoiding the necessity OF more t" one
route below Fourteenth ST.. , - ,, ,,,as
with this much determined the Two gPveghs hc ctnre
lions remaining were the general pau Vi VIC ""''"'
And the motive power 10 be useu'. - ,. ~
AppreciatIng that vlsdnct OF masonry S would Dc
the most desirable means Oh uans; n, 'e 'o"'''''o
An elevated structure Broadway below Ihrty
thrdst was prohibited by the statate' Waous' VI