The sun., 1893-06-30
nosroMs RAPID rn6Ns1r PLAN
Prepared by the LcEisinture-Thr CITY May
Accept or Reject by Popular Vote.

The CITY OF Boston Ia TO decide In the coming
fall whether It will accept the rnpid transit
scheme prepared for It ly the Legislature. The
plan. in brief Is for the city TO acquire the pr!.
vate property necessary for the opening OF au
avenue some Ave miles in length in which M
| elevated railroad shall 10 operated 10y the per
| con or corporation Offering tho city the hcs'
terms. The road. ITS branches and exten'
sions lands, structures. rnils ard other rrop.
| erty connected with the realty and situated In
said city OF Boston," shall revert to the city al
| the expiration Of tho period for which tho con-
| tract is made, which can re at the longest fllty
| years. Mayor Matthews has inst "ct,'i the
city pS psw to pns anI 1
stand lust what they are to vote upon.
, The rrncipal provisions 81 the net OF the thc
DaiR frnLc. are ns follows:
In the first place, it may ho said that as re-
garls consequential and Incidental dam age,s,
section u expressly provides TINT there shall
be no conse1nentinl damages to ahuttera.
meant not the regular damages incidental to
| the building III the pyoposcd elevated struc-
t1re Put - Inther such "a arise from the ringing
| for example. Under tins provision nbuttcrs
arc allowed to recover no more damages than
they would 10 entitled to under the stenm
section = ~ Y provides that this act shall not
majority OF the lrRnl voters Of said city voting
Rt n state nr municipal election, or at n Special
election called on at least fourteen days n,tice
by the Mayor OF snid c.ty. and to be hold dur
Ing the month OF October in the year 1888"
This seems rlnn enough. and settles the Iues-
II a majority of the legal voters OF Boston
present and voting, vote. yes, the bill will
bent upon the i,anii transit G"mmission Com to
proceed at once and lay out IN Avenue for
se ns o ts I. Of
tss "T VII sTt rGm w t, ana
n fv-IN ma nnf 1.IS fhnn n\.,,
feet. sufficient for a two-trnck elevated road to
he built thereon, 1t is further provided that
road track. and hat the avenue shall be kept
open Tor pedestrians, carriages, and vehicles
way under the avenue to accommodate surface
cars. providing the Commission shall deem II
advisable: there Is really nothing N the hill
The exact location for the beginning Of the
open to the decision of the ltapii Transit Com
mission mission. It Is sn,e to say. however, that the
northern depots starting there. the avenue
VIII extend over private, property or the pub
lie street streets. as the Commission may determine;
street and Washington. following the line Of tho
alleys AMI back yards to near the junction OF
tho line OF alleys and baek - streets
street to Dudley street. near Guild row:
thence to GHnmoia hiI street, near aTHniiI
es Of the sy sa MnSs BE-
from dudley street to Franklin rark;, but it
does say. that it shall not be through Warren
street. 1t provide- furthermore for the build
ing Of new bridge 100 feet wide between
oharlest4own e and the city Erorer a. or near the
necessary to secure the consent OF the United
states Government, That, once obtain ed. it Is
in an opposite direction from that already
stated. stated. from ianseway AZ rtrset over this new ~
Sullivan This ia fh,, mr. retsp rOutp n
hs % seGn len Of the fy
which reads. said tommis sion shall also
providing other lines Of elevated railroad be-
tween or in the cities and towns aforesaid.
fore dessribed. Or as ASSET separate ' ines and Shall
esnecially consider route to Cambridge. a
Char iestown to Everett suunre and Maiden.
square to Chelsen: also branch line from
some point at or near tbs junction OF Shaw
Park. south I% Boston. nnd shall determins % The
routes therefor and shall report thereon fully
to the next succeeding Legislature.
the pli. declares that alter, the Commission
shall have performed its work in tearing down
Commission shall "tler for sale the ri ght to
construct and operate an elevated road over
ferinE tho largest sum in gross or the largest
yearly rental. or both. to the city Of Boston.
and ali BIDS. and T to advrrtise again HIfo Tor new new
bids, Ali this is contained in section 8,
which furthermore provides that tho work
after the date OF contract: that said rail-
road shall %, completed, equipped and in
sion shall have have spocil,ed: @ led that cars cars shall lie
run and accommodations furnis shed thereon
COnmi 56iOuerR. TINT not than i've cents
shall be charged for one continuous passage
over any part Of the whole Of It's route; its ex-
nor more than eight cents for such passage
and transfer to and pnssnge overa connect
tion: This Includes transfers oyer surface
roads" The Commission Is authorized to
for term not exceeding MY years.
One feature OF tho undertaking which Is
especially interesting to = every taxpayer T Is the
mittee which had charge of the bill as re-
ported to the Legislature Eave this matter their
salem d. Charles who probably has rs per-
feet knowlodge on the subject as my mem
as to whether it will pay the city OF Boston
undertake the enterprise said:
detail. and we are satisii ed that the inao,ne
from taxes. franchise. and the like will make
ita eompnrstyeIy n, Easy mater for the city
continual use Of the eIuil ilment. and the great
numper Of pcople curriedi What must. there
u
CORPORATION be to pay large sum to the city Of
Boston for u franchise.
Il know that already there are quite II num-
Der Of people. including the best iinnnciers OF
Boston. who are exam ming into tho subject in
order that they may know Just how much to
bid for this right OF way.
There is no question In my mind but that it
Is safe for the cityto undertake, this project.
Few people. take 1t. understand how well ths
city Of Boston, is protected under the bill.
Hitherto the West End street Hallway Com
pany has paid a corporation tax TO tho State Of
something like S.UU0W per annum. Boston.
to be sure. has benefited by 1t. but so has
every other city and town In the Common
wealth. Now what docs this bill provide on
this very pointp
1t says that tho corporation tax OF all street
railroads and elevated railroads operating in
Boston shall bo paid to the city OF boston. In
other words the board Of Commissio9ners Of
lish u sinking fund. and the following moneys
shall be paid into said sinking iund:
~ quote from section - OF the rapid transit
bill: First, all rental. or sums received from
the corporation operating any elevated rail
road. or any street railway in said city;
Second. all moneys or securities deposited
the provisions Of this act. and forfeited