New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-05-13
lay GoULp's OPTIMISM.
HE THINKS HE CAN GIVE NETWORK RAPID
TRANSIT.
ALL THAT HE ASKS is THAT THE CITY GIVE
HIM WHATEVER HE DEMANDS
rpnROSEn plan

=. s,osaa 34s Jaw Gould will give to the
,s.. =, Naw.yor,k eighteen miles of new elevated
,.,Iroad and promises that the proposed struct-
- shal be in effect, as we'll as in name, rapid
...nsit Mr.. Gould and Julien T. Davies were
:, ,hs meeting of the Rapid Transit Commission
yesterday to present and expatiate on the plans
Assistant Corporation Counsel Harris was also on
hand to look after the city's Interests when the
Gathering was called to order. The plans were
a,d out on the table, and while the Commission
was waiting for the stenographer Mr.. Gould ex-
ulained them in an undertone.
Mr. Steinway then rose and said that Mr.
Davies could explain the case of the elevated
road Mr. Davies replied that he presented, on
hsbalf Of the president of the elevated road,
oetition for its extension, under the section OF
The Rapid Transit Act which provided for such
extension Section 32). He asked for the power
"a CONNECT with other railroads and with steam
ferres to extend the road. to give it more facil-
ties in the streets it now occupies, and other
facilities for operating it, He described tne
route beginning at the City Hall station, through
Centre-st into Canal-st, to WattS-st., TO Hudson
81 and then south to Battery Place TO the present
station. He declared that it connected the East
and West Side lines and the Brooklyn Bridge, and
that there was no intention of charging extra
fare Apparently the company will not charge
any extra fare on it's new lines, and it would be
nossibe 10 ride all over the city of New-York for
FIVE cents.
The first proposition is to build an elevated rail-
road from the City Hall station through Centre
e. 10 Canal-st. through .Canal-st TO Watts-st
and from Watts-st., to West-st., thus forming
complete crosstown line 1t will cross Broadway
and connect with the Sixth-ave. line at South
Fifth-ave. and Canal-st. 1t will strike the Ninth
ah on1 Ona
block further on will run into the West-st line
This West-st. line is the second of the lines
which it is proposed to build. 1t will start from
the present Battery place station. striking into
West-st and continuing up West-st past the va
rions ferries to Bloomfiedst This street is only
block long, running from West-st. TO the river. At
that point West-st runs into Tenth-ave. and the
road will continue up Tenth-ave. for two blocks I'M
Ill Fourteenth-st is reached. 1t will turn into
teenth-st connecting with the Ninth-ave. line and
stopping at the SiXth-ave. line.
1t is proposed also TO connect the Ninth-aye.
line with the SiXthave. line by means of new
road running from Greenwich-st. to Houston-st,
through Clarkson-st., to Carmine-st. and through
Carmine-st 10 Sixth-ave. uniting with the present
line lust where il turns up West Third-st. The
plans also include short road, running from the
proposed West.st line at Duane-st., through Jayst
to the present Ninth-ave. line in Greenwich-st.
The crosstown line through Centre and Canal
SITS will establish connection between the Brook
lyn Bridge and the SiXthave line. 1t will carry
Brooklyn people who want TO cross over TO Jersey
TO the Christopher, Desbrosses, Chambers sts
or any of the other ferries along WesIst by means
Of the West-st. line Jersey City visitors will
also reap the advantage of being able to get
I'D town without having to walk or ride to the
onH ~ mt m 40
Bridge without walking. 1t is further proposed
10 build new elevated road, starting at the
Thirty -third.st. station of the Sixthave. line,
which Is Just where Broadway and Sixth-ave
come together, and go up Broadway to where
Broadway becomes the Boulevard, at the south
west corner of Central Park, continuing thence
along the Boulevard to where the Boulevard
merges into Eleventh-ave., at Onehundred-and-
seventieth.st. 1t will stick to Eeventh-ave. from
observation-disclosures seventieth-st. to Northumberland
eighty Sc venth-st and turning up Northumberland
eighty beventh-st., strike into the hlngsDrldge
Road, following the Kingsbridge Road either to
Emerson-st., or some blocks further, to Two.hun-
dred- and-eighteenth-st., striking down on one or
the other of these streets TO the Harlem River.
1t is proposed TO connect this line with an ex-
tension Of the Sixth-ave line from Eighthave.
and One hundred and- iftyninth-st along the Har-
lem shore. over River-st. This part of the line
will be built on piles
1t is planned to make all these structures three
track roads. the central track to he used for run.
ming express trains downtown in the morning and
uptown in the evening. The Boulevard trains
will be run over the Ninth-ave. road from Sixty
Gfth-st.. while the trains that now run down
Ninth-ave OF turn into Sixth-ave through Fifty.
third-st will be switched off to the Broadway
CiN+v ppfO SiXtlaVc.
tracks al Thirty-third-st. The company also
wants TO build doubc-track road from Ninth-st
and Third-ave. through the Bowery TO Chatham
Square. to occupy the centre of the street, strad
ding the street-car tracks.
The following colloquy fully explains what Mr.
Gould wants TO do:
Mr.. Davies-of course these routes are to be ex
tensions of the Manhattan Company's lines and the
passengers to be allowed to pass from one part o.
the structure 10 another without the payment ot al
diuonal fares. That is it, Mr.. Gould, as l under
stand II
Mr. Davies-NOw, for instance here at the City Hall,
people coming across the Brooklyn Bridge would go
West broadway and Canal-st. could connect with the
sixth-ave West Side line. At the corner Of Wattst
ave West side line If they chose TO keep on, they
could connect with and take any one OF tie Hnos3a
River ferries and by going 10 Battery Place. they would
The Chairman starting from the City Hall station
Mr. Davles-At the City Hall station 80
The Chsirman-Do you contemplate to connect with
that statiOnq
Mr.. GOuld-No.
The Charman-Would people have to descend TO
the ground and then go up again
Mr.. Gould-NO, ii would be an extension OF the
present station that is there is room for two trains
The idea of that is this there IL very large shopping
trade that has grown up between BROOKLYN ana the
streets from Fourteenth-st. to Thirty third-st.
The Chairman-Very true.
Mr. Gould-And these shoppers could step on and
take a train--we would perhaps half hour trains
70 the Brooklyn Bridge. They divide. of up there,
and they could get of at FOurteenthst for the pur-
pose of shopping.
The ChatrmaD-That was the purpose OF my queS-
tIun, to find that out.
Mr. GOuld-It would make just double the number
Of trains The Sixth-ave would probably run nearly
as many trains from there the Third-ave 1t would
not change their relations at all.
Mr. Inman-Ths crossing here referring TO map,
does that run oyer or under the track .
Mr. Gould-Ihat is not important. l suppose the
idea was In getting this up 10 put IN verythng, and
when the debates came up TO see what was the most
frnpor for tho IL haD4