New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-06-05
A BOOM IN STREET RAILWA VS.
MIR. CR1MMINS PROJECTS MANY NEW LINES
DETERMINED 10 USE THE TROLLEY SYSTEM
WHEREVER PossIBLE-rRoGREss
OF THE CABLE ROAD.

OF THE CABLE ROAD.
While the various plans for rapid transit IN New
York hang fire. the syndicate OF strcerail~nys heaoeo
BY John d. Crmmns is making preparations Tor imme'
date and costly extensions. Mr.. Crmmins SAID yes
terday: ave have obtained the consent OF two-
thirds of the property holders along the line OF tne
Ninth or Columbus ave- extension above Sixtyfourth-
st.. md the printed document signed concludes: ana
we do hereby consent that said ralroad' when so ex'
tended may be operated by horsepowe or by CABLE
electricity or by any other power other than locomo'
tive steam power
81 have precipated the discussion OF the overhead
trolley system OF electric traction, because beheVe
IS safe and efcent and believe that thorough as
cusson Of the question will result In our being ao~ee
10 use il In Nnh-ave. aud In sixth-ave. below tns
Park For nearly all the distance on both lines VIC
can arrange TO run the conductors under the eevae~
railroad structure, and no additional poles VIII d
necessary. In Sxthave.. above the Fark, or LenoA'
ave. as it is now called, expect to get to WORK Oh
the cable road at an early date. do not think WV
shall meet any serious opposition. The property-noia'
ers are In favor OF the road far can determne'
The Commissioners refused permission to build s1ohs
this street under the old Sxthave. charter soe uuis
ago. because the line as then projected hao DO eon
nec,ions and would have been useless. Now VIC shAu
have crosstown lines and transfers TO the Nnthave'
line, so that the Lenoxave. people can COME oil LILO
way downtown for one fare.
We have been deluged with letters and proposals
from all sorts of people who have pet tracon systems
for us to employ on new roads, bait am pefsonav
OF the opinion that the trolley system the oest aug
cheapest In the case OF the present SlxtnAve' hs
the track would need TO be strengthened out ootsuS
OF that there would be no great delav Or expense
The new rolling stock and the power plsos necessary
could be put in quickly. We nave ROOM Iof ~ VA As
Fiftieth-st. power house.
.Of course the Columbusave. franchise must %
put up at auction, but as any other company "ouo
be compelled 10 divide fares with US, on account "
our present mileage, In that avenue. In the proporton
CT 12 cents for them and IL cents for u.s. out o.
every nickel collected, do not fear much competition
in the bidding"
Crosstown line, are proposed by the syndicate at
Ninety one hundred and sXteenthst and One
hundred and forty fifth st. In addition TO the nnes
mentioned, Mr.. Crfmmns said that the company was
about to nsk for the consents OF property owners "
the extension Of lbs Avenue line from stanton-sts
along Pitt to Grand. and into and along Gouvernear-
st. TO Madisonst., to connect with the limo 70 inc
City HILL and PostOfboe. The companys canvasseH
ore already In the heh, seeking the consents Of
propery owners to an extension Of its Avenue line
through Lcxingtonave and Forty-secondst st. rom
Twenty third-st. TO the Grand Central otauon' Ius
company already owns this line from Thirtysxth-st.
70 the Grand Central station and therefore only 70
quircs tn. consents OF owners along kxingonave'
from Twenty third-st to Thirty sixthst. The COM
pany would this Grand Central Station branch
with the Broadway and other West Side systems.
through Twenty-thrd and Forty second sts., eithee
under arrangement with these companies BY parallel
ing their lines. Mr.. Crmmns said that over all these
nnes the transfer system would apply, so that Tor Q
single scent fare a passenger could ride from any
point TO any other point on the entire system
\ company headed by D. ID. Conover has ootMnec
legislative authority TO build linc from Coriiamotst:
ferry to Wnlst. ferry through Cortlandt, W all ahe
Pine SITS. II now getting the consent OF properly
holders This line Is not controlled by the Boadway
people and II the project goes through the supreme
Court will be called upon appoint commissioners VINO
shall assess the amount Of compensation which shall DO
As TO the Broadway cable. Mr.. Crmmtns hopes TO
have IL running In september. Some OF the new cav
will be put In service this month, being naule9 %
horses. The object Is to find how they VIII woTk On
sharp curves. etc. The land for the souta FeTy
power house mas been purchased II IS nj NOS 10.
il and II Frontst, about 200 feet east OF Wntenal
st. The engines placed here will run the loop o.
single cable from Bowling Green TO South Ferry.
The foundations for the llouston-st power house nre
fast as il arrives from Philadelphia In the sxthave
end Of the Fiftietst car-house gang OF 300 men 70
at work cutting the solid rock for the foundations
blasted tight under the walls OF the building but 50
carefully that not a brick has been disturbed A
six foot tunnel leads down Fifty -frstst 10 seventh
ave. and through this the cables will run. In day
or two another set Of men will begin working nights
In tho carhouse proper new tracks are being put Id
OF the grip. The sheayes and puleys for the numerous
curves and the ends Of the several cable loops ae -
Fifty ninths also arriving and being placed IN
position.