New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-08-24
PLANS FOR A NEW ROUTE.
THIS LOOKS LIKE TRUE RAPID TRANSIT.

MR.. BrsuE OUTLINES An ELEVATED RAILWAY
FOR THE WEST sIDE-DELAYING ACTION FOR
WEEK AS Mr.. ISMAN WAS ABSENT
At a meeting of the Rapid Transit Commission
Yesterday afternoon route for new elevated
railroad on the West side was pro-
posed by Commissioner Bushe. At the
meeting OF the Commission held last lhurS
day. when the Commission resolved TO close all ne
gotiation with the Manhattan Company MI
p,,she said that he would present a plan at the
next meeting of the Commission Tor ne" '''''
of elevated road on the West Side'
The meeting yesterday held in the once
OF the Commission. at No. p William-st. besiue'
Mr. I3ushe there present Commissioners o,''-
way Starin and Porter. Mr. Stenway was u'lNV"
TO wfam-st. from his home. His genera hea,"
is now good but the rheumatism has not ieit MN
vet and he can only walk with great diihcu''S
with the aid of two walking sticks. Inc ioui
Commissioners first held short executive seSS'o''
They received a letter from Commissioner '0
II. Inman saying that he and Mrs. Inman were
to start for Chicago yesterday morning MI III
man said that he would return In time 10 a''e"'
q meeting of the Commission next Wednesday.
As soon as the meeting had been called TO oruer'
and Mr. Inmans letter had been read MI Du9"'
rose and said Il have been endeaVorhs 10 ~
pare since our last meeting something ior !o"
consideration If not your votes In this nav
been assisted by our engineer. l have here a pan
for a new elevated road the West Side oei'a''
surveys are necessary for East Side lines MI
Bushe then offered the following resolutiohs'
Resolved That this hereby approves OF pan 10,
an elevated railway be offered at public sae' anu '
upon the following streets and property VIZ:
beginning in Battery Place at or near WcSt-s' rum
ming thence along Wcst-st. to West EleNeh'"'s'''
thence along West Eeventh.st 10 seNc"'" w., 49,
thence along scventh-ave Forty fifth St thchoc "s
broadway and the boulevard TO OnehundIeu-Shu'S ~
ueth.st thence along Kngsbrdgc Road t. it' inter
section with Tenth.ave. Two-hundred'aho-'NVe"
st thence across the Harlem River o"'p O"' 90.
Snuyten Duyvil Creek east Of the line OF bi"au"'N
n broadway near the intersection oil hNeiuao'"''''
thence along the line of Broadway 10 the city ih's.
Also line beginning I'm Churchst AT or near MURRAY
H. running thence along Church'st 70 Lsp'"'u
thence through private property 70 NanalN'' cro@ VIC
.,me thence along and University Place W
clinic, Pace; thence along Clinton Place to SiNthaNe"
cro.siue the same along Grecnwich'aNe 10 ue
function Of Seventh-sve. and west EeNcn'hs' anu O0"
Meeting with the structure at thai point
Resolved That the general plan OF CONSTRUCTOR from
rb.nbers.st along Church.st. Woosterst, University
Place Clinton Place and Greenwieh'aNe to SeNenthaNe.
shall be with two tracks on the same level.
That from Battery Place along west-st, West Eleventh
AZ Seventb ave broadway and the Boulevard 10 one
hundred and thirty the Populations and structures
for such railway shall be such as TO admit OF the laying
OF four tracks when necessary, and not less IMAM uec
tracks shall be laid OF construction ana Rom
One hundred hh-st to the city limit there snail
be not less than two tracks upon the same level
That the chief engineer Of this Board De ana
he Is hereby instructed make the necessary surveys
and prepare general plan Of construction OF SAID l"aE
md submit property 10 this Board Tor It's i
action ia finally determining general plan TOT snoS"
70 the Common Council, in accordance with hr PROVISIONS
Of the Rand Trasit Of January 81 1871 ana the
amendments thereto.
81 second Mr.. Bushes resolutions. said Com
missioner Porter. Il have gone over them care
fully and am satisfied with them
Now gentlemen" said Mr.. Steinway' oil
course we constitute a quorum and can consider
Mr. BUSHES resolutions However. / believe
we should wait for Mr. Inman. He VIII be mere
in a week lie has not had an opportunity 10 eN-
anime Mr. Bushes plan. Therefore, am In favor
of postponing action on these resolutions until next
Wednesday" Mr.. Bushe was anxious to have
vote taken on his resolutions. but when ne sa"
that Commissioners Stenway. Stern and Porter
were in favor of waiting until next WEDNESDAY LOT
Mr.. Inman, he did not insist on vote. - 100,
II hope" said Mr.. Bushe. " 10 be ready py hehy
wednesday, with plans for East side lnes.
would like to have this considered as early as l'os
sbIe" .,, ro.art.d
10 the Commission his plan for rapid-transt rolh
ND Fourth-ave. He told the commissioners thdl
the NeW-York Central road would carry passen-
gers from the Postoffice TO Harlem for cents.
Mr. Starin questioned him closely on the sun)ect
Mr. Schuyler was forced to admit that he dlun
know positively what the New YORK Cehtrll ""uIu
do Colonel George F. Brott. of Washington pre-,
sented plans and drawings for an eleVa'"i ioan
with electricity as the motive power CoIone brot'
believes that the trains the road he ma, invent
ed would attain speed of from one hufrireu anu
twenty to two hundred miles an hour: Ih. COM
mission will hold its next meeting IN It's o'neri a.
No. q Wiam-st, next Wednesday, AT . CLOCK