New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-05-13

is the platform from the Brooklyn Bridge lllusuaung
The prsen; trains come T. like that and run on here
Now the Slxthave. would run oil like that, neht on
The Chairman-so that people need not descend into
the street and climb upstairs again to take their th
Mr.. Gould-No they would not have to 40 th tc tho
Mr. Sanst t6e s' Manhattan Railroad Company
Then another thing is that congestion that comes
through the s eayy Vom have yonr rs hU e
We remedy that by making half the trains 20 ny
sixth-aye t.,
Mr. Goudrhat would be I Se te ereasga Bdge
suppose it was conempa'ea W ' at tho same time
We ought TO have doubled the room tiee even Aoi ''
Thrd-ave. ., ,-,,,, ,ha Bridge
to-day in that matter?
Mr. Mr. spencer-There was plan for that. ..,o,
Mr. Gould-Yes, are ready to do our snare WHICH,
Mr. spencer|Do you think the fact Of an additional
lot of trains starting from there wmoh Woo go up
sxthave. would be OF any material ia the ' afternoon and
MIS- Mr. G5cuh-oh, yes.
Mr fioHld~Well because a share OF the travel would
Mr. spencer-Do you think that much OF the business
that now goes Up Third td nnG ey ii ~ TSaTe
Mr. spencer-I was under the impression not
% down there that now cross here 70 take West
Side line. If comes across the BrooHy II brdee
not mink Of Iaing The Inird,ave line, but he walks
over. He walks over because the distance TO walk
than downtown. l confident and OF the opinion
that sending your Sxth-avc. trains down there VIII
and Third-ave. lines to any considerable extent
Mr. Gould-I am not sure, Mr.. spencer, t Dat as
much of that travel wants TO so on the west SIDE as
on the East All the theatres served by the West
Mr. Gould-There is also all the shopping trade; and
those two are very large part Sd tne on vonr
Thrdave. platform at City Hall does not take place
at theatre hour or at shopping hour It takes place
showing that 1t must be NewIork business men going
uptown. - -. A.. r,,,,u, avn HIM
is from to Z. on the slxthave line it is an hour
Mr. spencer-on the sxth-ave. line it is an hour
earlier, / think. Those people quit work earlier
Mr. Goud-They are derent class Of fte people ro
and take cable car across, and if the Sixthavo. line
ran up there / would take that. And of course
great many other people would DO the same ti pc,d
Mr. Could've are extending nc the suOurOan AoAu
The Charman-Up TO what street In the Annexed
District on the suburban Boad do you intend to go
Mr. Could've are building to one-hundred and,
seventy seventh-st. now and the IDEA was W W up
The Chairman~That will relieve that portion and
Mr. Could was up there last week and the idea
Se esa Da Ds s3aS the facilities are the
more building there will be2
Mr. Gould-Certainly ,o
The Chairman~Will YOU please proceed, Mr.. Davies?
(Mr. Davies here resumed his description OF the rou'1
Mr. Could-Here is an alternate idea presented leaV-
ing the sixth-ave road at the point where IL tafs
east at Thirdst, just coming across and eonnecls
at Houstonst and then running down, taking the
ferries in from the present hneIths was what Ihg
get to their ferries Part Of the Sxthave trains could
run dOwncould be diverted here efer1g r to map
and run right down and take in all the ferTes u t
by the present line, you know, or II we Due ny, nW
and put that loop IN the trans r Sf i Se
is to by all these lines through trains pecause
we are arranging two certain places in hundred
and-twenty nintllstyou know how the present oepoe
s We putting Ut ether e Ss u ssre Or 50 r ave IN
addition and the New Haven are running nj IN along
trains out Of there well here but the congestion
comes At the lower end; ,ornect,ng link which
in the application forms part of route 1, to which
viii cali The attention Of the c9mmlsslon through Jay
T S O the e new Westst line through there Referrn
to map that i it were desirable trains tbr S0ulS
that connection, and vice versa. o...,...o. 80. .,
Gouldhe connection at Ccraandtst and a.
They are very %1port t.. Snt to the retail trade and
The Chairman-Mr Davies, will you proceed (Mr.
Davies here described the next routel r
to mapJ There would not to be any objection to
because there are mo 1s ane aS y yeTv %e
| by running surface line UP there.
The CRairnan-I am. afraid it Is not within our
Us power as to an underground road overhead
road, as l understand it, Am right, Mr.. Bush!
MIR. Bush-I think So (Mr Davies here described
Mr. GoudThls red line through ,, here resrring 3, to
time For instance, the Tldrd-ave 1t Is completed
down to Sxty,seyenthst ana they i show What Is
Completed down virtually to Eighty 6rst-st, be-
neve AS as we get to Fifty ninth-st. the idea
| hind trapk
and-twenty fifth ST. to Fifty nnth-st and then scatter
1h fb GIsih # viii GI give great relief ''O'
The Chairman-In the Bovery up to Nlnth-st.
Mr. Gould-Yes. (Mr. Davies here described the
Mr. spencer-In general way, how does that
structure differ from hat which you now have
Mr. Davies-It is somewhat heavier; there is more
m Mr. spencer-Is 1T a structure on which a higher
Maintained mali al drfh That is the leading question.
MI Davies-It is a heavier and stronger structure,
I SUPPOSE Mr. Goud, in every way as compared with
that we now havef
Mr. Mr. inman-The whole distance of this nearly half
mile is put down AS so much foot OF completed
Mr. Gould-rhe estimated weight and cost per foot.
Mr. Inman-A completed road, three tracks
D' Mr. VI Inman~flat would indicate about 100000
Mr. Mr Davies-The estimated cost is $333,258.
MIR Inman-That is for half mile.
Mr.. DavieS-Yes, 1t is as you SAY, about 100000
q mile. A., - A., -, . A.,
suburban which is stronger structure than ours.
| think The Suburban cost about S1,OOO,0oO:
Mr. Inman-SomeEhere In the ileighborhood of that
II is a heavier structure than anything in the Man
Il" Mr. Gould-Yes (Mr. Davies here continued to
describe the maps) . 81, 49,, -
| bava only covered Manhattan Island Have you
Contemplated any future extension int the annexed
see Won SION right this side Of Spuytm Duyvel.
Mr. GOudust about the tame We weS at c S1rk
and we came 10 a sudden stop. But we have thought
of a plan of eventually bringing this line here ire
Serrin IN map so that could run train right around
I think this is about limit OF rapid transit, about
ee-ouarers of hour. man mas Just about enough
| time 10 read the papers going down and up;
The Chairman-But so far as the EtSt slde Is con
~ ,,l,1rlan RailrOad. that Won COntem-