New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-12-12
HADISON-AIE. RESIDENTS PROTEST..
THEY DO NOT WANT THE RAPID TRANSIT ROAD
TO RUN UNDER THEIR STREET.

THEY DO NOT WANT THE RAPID TRANSIT ROAD
TO RUN UNDER THEIR s,rREET
The Madisonave property owners are uniting in
a protest against the plans Of the Rapid Transit Com
missoners respecting the proposed route beneath that
thOroughfare. The avenue Is eighty feet wide be-
tween the building lines and the carriage-way be-
tween the curb lines is fOrtytwo feet wide. The
commissioners propose TO construct tunnel through
the avenue, which shall be forty -four feet wide and
eleven feet high in the Interior I'm the clear. with
retaining walls on each side which, If built of masonry.
must be at least two ard one half feet thick Thus
the tunnel when built would encroach to the extent
of three and one half feet upon the sidewalk each
side.
Between the curb lines or the carriage way are
three sets OF water pipes, from six inches to four
feet In diameter five gas mains from six inches to
twenty inches in diameter; also an average OF five
sets of pipes connecting with every house. and all
these several lines lie at depth of from four feet to
twenty feet below the surface The build
ing Of the tunnel, 1t is said, would result
In the destruction and the abatement of the entire
system OF substructures as now existing; and thers
appears to be provision In the plans OF the Com
mission for the restoration of this vast system But
even If plans devised for their removal and dis
placement 1T is urged that the homes Of residents
the avenue would be virtually inaccessible and unn
habtlble during the progress Of the work Besides,
width Of the would be absorbed to tn building
lines on each side for distance OF two blocks at each
station, in order TO afford openings for light and ven
tatlon and ready means of access to and from the
stations.
Another objection Is raised with respect to the effect
Of running trains fOaIr-track road at average
depth of only ten feet below the surface. The
material under the avenue, throughout Its entire
length, except for short distances is rock hence tho
NJ tIan wiI nce
braton which will njure the buildings by diSintegrat
Ing the walls thus destroying the residential character
Of the II Is declared that the only methods
by which the tnnnA possibly be constructed woud
result In practical conlscaton of property for dis
tancc OF two and half miles.
A meeting Of Madson-ave. property owners l.
to be held at Jaeg,r's Hail. southeast
OF Madsonavc. and Fifty-ninth ST., Monday
evening next at O'clock for the purpose Of protesting
against the plans of the Commissioners. Charles A.
Dana is expected TO preside. Among the sgners of the
Ambrose John H. Beach, William Brookheld, C. II
Bosher George f. Garfield, Charles +. Clark. william f.
Clark, Washington T.. Connor John D0wney, William
II. Duff Clarence s. Day, Francis F. Doughty John
Dillon, william A. Dibblc simeon J. Drake, Frederic
S. Dennis, John H. Glover r. Sl, John Hays, {.
f. c. kimball Henry q. Marquand. George n. Miller
James H. Morse A. Mescrole, Madison Avenue Metho
dist Episcopal Church, northwest OF Sxticth
Ii. Peckham samuel l. Post, IT. Henry II. Rogers
stephen Smith. John ID. Slayback, Henry Talmadge
Franklia ~ Wilcox Cornelius Winant, ID. d. William
SON and DR.. Wrinkle