New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-02-08
yEv RAPID TRANSIT SUGGESTIONS.
ro FRAME 4 ELL FOR THE LEGISLATURES

To FRAME \ BILL FOR THE LE'lSLNlI ""-
CONTEMPLATED CHANGES.
The attendance nj the public hearing gwen d, '
rorld Transit Commission Yesterday was MI so Hrs'
-. on recent Occasions. Irc'id Mt St'ihway' VINO -
I'M confined to his house by sickness, was inc my "o
ont commissioner A. heretofore Mr.. -tarin prc'un'
ra,,orl g. whlttahcr representing house owners III
o,ohrudr twenty clghth-st., aid that he "A-
,r...d the united views Of that community "h'h hc
entered positive protest against tn c"h''Fu'"o" ",
Am elevated railroad On that thoroughA''' '"'' Wv
not oppose the granting Of additional la'l'"S '" III
v,,b,tton Elevated Railroad e mpany; they dli not
chr. to whom The privilege Of burning tue io'u "'
given ~ long n n safe comortnblr ana proper y sum
y,s assured They declared, however, that ~ pr'V""
,icht .hould b.. int.rfcrcd with unless pubic w
cc.slty for existed. l. WIS the "9in'l OF ,'oS' ~
m ront tbat business street. rather than streets al
prvote residences should. where necessity existed
ur,fcrr,d for rapid transit prlvil e'N' oh'-"''''
and twenty eighth st.. h" said. wa, Mario" s''e'' W
cupcd hy private houses. In fact street oil ho"'''
Frederick Mibhctt followed Mr.. Whitaker OH "c
,,uc uuc maintaining that II rapid transit ROAD
- ,..,rv If .bouh follow the river bank and not
,, inf, ,ldc street, and pursue zs zag rourNe Tor
,b. ,,cr. convenience OF the railroad company WIN
ont a corresponding degree of b'n"ht To 'h' P''n''
i T. steers. president Of the aSso. lation, submitted
q, map showing the proposed rome Tor an 'NN"""
rood s approved by til" people living In tNa' helSho''
hood
at the Thrd-avc. railway station at on" hnnlr'o an
,,cn,vninth ST. pass through hundred ana twenty
uinth-, 10 LcNlngl av'. thron.h Lexington ave w
Exterior 4 which is III" street adIac'n To the S'u'hcrh
line Of IN. Harlem River: along ESteriors westerly
to one hun lr'd ana forty hfl-'t., ana through "h'
hundred and forty fifth Il, to the elevated station al
one hundred and forty nfh-st. and EShihave.
,ov.on \ Fullcr who was present and who
,o, bccn consplcuous ~ II friend Of the Manhattan
Railway Company, Endorsed this plan and SAID IL
was almost identical with one submitted by the
Washington Height, Association shortly after the
present commission organized.
lain f. NJ Lee representing the East Side Citizens
and TaNpaycr,' Association, presented resolutions
rrc,nc III. extension Of additional privileges to the
rl.,,t,d Railroad Company. and protesting against
IN, action OF the Real Estate Exchange Committee
and the scheme cnurciacd 10y 1t for the construction
Of an underground road by the city. RESOLUTIONS
ycrc offered on behalf Of the Industrial Alahcr "l
,he 1t Assembly District also favorirS the fle-
waited R.iroad Company. The Iron Workers Unions
and Krirbts Of Labor Assemblies. through F. d.
Wotcr. chairman OF II committee held by thrnl en-
,.rcl a protest against the action OF the 'hadWl'k
civic Club In indor~ing with 80 much fervor the
undcrcround plan TO be- constructed at the expense
Of the city.
,rrc,c has hccn a Modification Of the proposition
of tb, Hnpd Transit Committee OF the K'ai f'aui'e
Exchanr". ON saturday last Mr. thfqllmi Np'h' u
coup. 81 hours with committee III the Ioatl Room
~ ,hc Exchange. and plan WAS evolved III 'hot
meeting which pro, idcd for the issuing oi Bona, ~
:, rcr cent 10y the city 10 the amount 81 the cost 81
, construction # IN underground road thes" bonds
to be s'd and proceeds app'd by construction com,
tnny 10 the cost building the cun,ttucIlon com
t,ny 10 Day 10 the city per cent Annually OF the cost
Of CONSTRUCTION. the two per cent din,irncc being
| ,mrlON I'd by the city sinking luud Tor tue re
lrrnrnt Of the bond. the plan thus contemplating
eventual ownership of the road by The city II sens
now that Mr.. Faiquhar cannot Introduce ms measure
inc & mmttcc therefore, have decided I" franz" an
crtr.ly rev llll Providing In It's terms Gr the con
struct0n of read by The city and the leasing OF II
Tor opr.niiom. Unlike the Farqunr bill. 1t Is pro
| uns,d ln retain the present commission, ln'"ii oi
| icci aiing II Of otic" y creating a new com
| mission under Il iill There Will he II meeting
| tndu, nf thr Legislative Committee If the Real Estate
| ExcIlingr TO formulate iii covering the new plans
y hch mr., being considered. and which Thought
I'm he more feasible than those already advanced IN
| Inc previous measure and suggested amendments