The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-02-14
ALL FOR OPEN-AIR TRANSIT.
uurRE rs NO EXCUSE FOR THE DLsA-
~npEE4 BILE UNDERGROUND SYSTEM.

cREEdBLE UNDERGROUND SYSTEA.
rs. Plan rroposeA By The Sum wsaia Give
20 New York the Best System OF Rapid
transit In the World. and No Other
would be Needed for Fffty Years.
An open air rapid-transit route-an elevated
vour.track road over the present New York
Central tunnel in Park avenue. from the Har-
,s,, River down to the Grand Central Depot
I'd n yaduct from tho depot to the centre Of
.na Mock between Second and Third avenue.
va thence in as straight line as possible
avn TO the City Hall. This Is tho line which
,r,s nroposed In THE Sun last Sunday. and 1t
=, nnr,rent that the people want It. and that
,h,v will not have tho underground road the
pan,a Transit Commissioners would force
upon them.
An who have boon questioned on the subject
~ ronorters OF The Sun have declared I'M
s,r;vocally that the proposed plan is the plan
sbst will give to the city satisfactory rapid tran
sit ,yitb the least damage to property. There has
~. bcen single dissenting voice. Even MIR.
sta;nvnv. the President Of tho Rapid Transit
Commission, approves Of It, and asserts with
s,nch positiyeness that It is better than the
underground plan that his Commission advo-
,e.cs. II is the ideal plan for rapid transit NO
,avs: bu. he adds that 1t cannot be adopteo
without the cooperation OF the New YORK Con-
trail Railroad Company. which owns tho PARK
avenue tunnel. and which has vested rights
4, Fourth or Park avenue that run Tor nity
years. The Commission would nave aoopeeu
inch a plan. he says. II the New York Central
had proposed It a,
;roilroad officials would cooperate in the plan
i,the matter was properly presented to them.
s sssEn. sf q ssasaa
consider S tho cammssion has msde no
move toward getting the Centrals coopera-
lion. There Is no reason now TOR turner S 90.
Meeting Ins Of some Kind might result r. the ios
NAL adoption Of tho plan The Plan t wh,ehl
ssss and
Sun reporter was Mr.. Orlando =; Potter: He
the Sssn ps% sss
sn 5G Ss tSs R aoa
s sysIesn ana 4s asE
s I It two sdsd
otSer system q transit. The road p ropS,ssed
f IN two years years Tho value Of property ab9ye
Forty.second street. would be speedily
es, t psop 1seeS TSsS es
New Workers do not want to ride underground.
THE idea is un- American. The people have q
right to light and to air. They will not to!er-
ate any plan that will rob them OF either. Inc
streets are made for the people to walk IN Or
lile in and over and, not to buTrow through;
eo sS the people to 50 down 1ntp the bowels
OF the earth to get anywhere: With the cable
roads on the surface and with fully developed
elevated system and this central road
planned say the city will need no other rapid
transit for fifty years. and BY that time We Will
be ready to construct two magniticen!
roads along the bulkheads IN either rs side =,
roads and enable visitors when they reach the
ferries to board train and go anywhere, In
addition to this central road. II we build an
adequate elevated road up the Boulevard !,
will add FIVE times its cost In q single year tc
the tax values Of property on the west side "
sooytsn Duyvil. Properly viii be inorsased
general prosperity will ensue. Huh cannot
fearto think Of boring hole In the ground
for any system Of city railroads. 1t Is
nnnsense. It is worse than nonsense. W.
have, the best system Of rapid transit
i ds sS Mo sna N sHte1S have hs TO eS sG
o. this proposed road will do for, Fourth
avenue what the elevated road has done fo1
Sixth avenue. There is no comparison nov
between the property values on the two ave
nues. The new road would make property al
valuable in Fourth avenue as it is In Sixth
ihonld BE- no hesitation about Building this
MI ar. Potter iavers continuation Of the ole
waited structure from the Grand Central Depo
down. using the streets instead of private
property. as the proposed plan suggests.