The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-02-13
FEASIBLE AND WOULD PAY.
PRESIDENT DEPEW COMMENDs TIE
TIADUCT FOR RAPID TRANSIT
,y,s Esper1eaes with the Underground Roads
~ London Convinees Him that Tunnels
wouida't DO for New Yorh-Ths Cen
rails share In the Project.

wouidut DO for New rork-Ths Cen
trails share In the Project.
Mr.. Chauncey NJ. Depew says that the plan
,or open air rapid transit proposed In THE Sun
last sunday Is the plan that will give satisfac-
,I,n to the people OF New York. and that that
or some plan like It must ultimately DO adopt
ed to solve tho rapid transit problem.
The plan provides for the tearing out Of tho
TON OF the present tunnel. thus solving tho
problem OF light and ventilation there: tho
.rsctnc over the tunnel OF a four.track ele.
yated railroad from tho Grand Central Station
n the Harlem River. Below Forty second
.,re.t t..e plan proposes the erection CT On i'm
menss viaduct. with storage houses
IN as straight limo as possible
10 the City Hall. beginning in tho
esptre OF the block between Second and
Third avenues. As was stated IN The Sun
Yesterday In an interview with Mr. William
stairway. President OF tho Rapid Transit
BOARD. the Now York Central Railroad Com
nany and the New York and Harlem Company
have vested rights which have fifty years vet
10 run in Park avenue, and tho law under
which tho Comm ission Is working compols tho
respecting OF these rights. Under these con-
ditions therefore It is impossible. at least
without long litigation. to put In operation any
seheme OF the kind suggested without the CO.
steinway in his interview said In effect that
the Commission would grant any desirable
nrivileges to the New York Central that that
road might ask.
President Dcpew was evasive yesterday.
When the reporter asked him II the Central
would cooperate In the plan he said: "All I
can say is that tho New York Central Railroad
has not, as railroad. considered this matter.
II has only been brought to our attention In
the public press" Then he said that the plan
was Infinitely better in every respect than the
plan for an underground railroad recommend
Cd BY the Rapid Transit Commissioners.
Tho people Of New York." he said do not
want an underground railroad. There isn't
any doubt about that II one 10 built they will
not ride In It unless they are compelled to.
was in Europe last summer and rode through
tho London underground roads. They
are mean and disagreeable things to ride in.
and they have an advantage there that We
wouldn't have here. They are not all UNDER
ground. as ours would be. Every few blocks
they run in the open air. It makes no differ
snce. they are disaereeable to ride In
"You refer to the old Metropolitan under
ground road. do you not ?" was asked. They
have new one now under the Thames that Is
said to be the best road OF its kind that can be
built"
1T have ridden In that road. too" said Mr..
Depew, and do not want to ride in It again.
Il anything but comfortable and satisfao-
tory. The English people don't like it. and
they don't patronize It any more than they can
help. No. we do not want an underground
road in New York" ,.
sGs snd tss dss IS
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Would the Central cooperate'" was again
SAID" spsvsFsd Mt Psgsw VAL AL that
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down dAi town. es' You re%smSes how those at
Ser vG5s he added and think
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Would not such q road pay ?" asked the re-
'"0h. yes" answered the President. 1T
mould mould f nyssta give good return f0r the
Would the Central consider . proposition
i" TIM mi ht H" said Mr. Depew. providing the
"ttthe Rapid Transit ssjoners should
mission in I s|yins The slkty system I %
road will accept any rapid transit privileges.
STGe Contra has vested rights which the
cooperation little can be done. Would the
HbeatraI stand IL the OF the carrying out
The Central might consider the question II
President. Mr. Denew was disineiined to talk
that was had he said that any scheme OF rapid
transit TO be- SUCCESSFUL must include colnec;,
over the annexed district. and this propo-
sitlon is the only one that includes such con-
From other sources than the President Of
the Central it is learned that that company Is
ucb and nan ANXIOUS to help IN carrying out
ps ve rs road a
Improvement was suggested has made the
officials timid about making propositions. a
tho road down Fourth avenuo.there was sucllla
now that thsNanderbilts dropped the scheme.
shu utcIdreu tii;t tneYWOulu never again nave
ANYTHING to do with business below the Grand
Cent raj Station.
That. it is said. is the reason the company
dln not aprear before the. Rapid Transit Com
should have done 50; Though the company
dld not appear officially. the engineers Of the
road Telo sent to look into all the plans. pro-
nossf' ,e and they especially investigated the
a ..an fro man b and made sn reports 70 the
assumed s,', that these reports have not yet been
iis'G oetore the Board 81 DIRECTORS as Board:
!, has mas been suggested that II moeting. could
mission and the Central officials it would not
oe l1lficult for an agreement that would in
cinno the Centrals corporation to be made.
What What Mr. Depew said about the now under
ground electric railroad in London leaves the
aiuivocates of the undergroundDscheme in this
sity n,t leg To- stand upon. II has been AS
a n that all the stories concerning tho disa
greeableness Of riding In tunnels came from
ffSne1Ilences II the old underground road in
LONDON, and that tho new ono. where the mo-
mwe power was electricity and there were no
smoke or gas. was wholly unotjcctionable.
day. 49, ~ ~ '''N''e' ''''
a. This new road in London was built under
.no tt.reathcad system OF tunnelling. and 1t Is
mi En.s