The evening world., 1893-11-28
WEST SIDE ROUT|
Rapid Transit Commissioners
Last Come to an Agreement
Elevated Road from the Battery
Kingsbridge.
East Side Plan May He Settled.
the Next Meeting.

Mr.. steinway announced at the mil
Ing OF the Rapid Transit CommisS
this afternoon that he and his
sociates. Commissioners Inman, Polsl
and Bushe, had practically come to
agreement as to a new independf|
eleva ted railway route for the west sIt
The route chosen, he said, began att
battery and ran along West street,
West Eleventh street thence to SIEVE
avenue. to Forty-hfth street at the I'M
section OF Broadway. thence along Broi
way and the Boulevard to One Hume
and Seventeen street, and thence ali
the Kingsbridge road to the city Iimiil
n branch line. he said, had also u,
decided upon, running through ri
teenth or Fourteenth street. TO Unit;
sity place, thence southwark throi
wooster street to Canal, eastwarda
Centre street and thence running So
to h City Hall. r.
w ave decided to abandon 4
Church street branch" said sIr. St
way, owing to the excessive dam
that would have to be paid to acqf
the right of way and the lack Of !;
quate terminal facilities. Il
Nor have We yeteeome to any defI,
conclusion in regard to an east side rd3
which presents a variety OF. dificnh
that will require much time and 81
to overCome: but we hope at our y
meeting on Friday to be able to OUT,
a practicable route for the east side. III
Mr.. Steinway added hat the Comr
sioners had as yet taken no vote onl
West Side route. although they had
agreed that It was the best one +.
could be laid out under the circf
stances. A
It is a modification Of Mr.. Buak
scheme. and the President of the Ci
mission said hat he and his collea3t
had spent the greater part of their r
since the last meeting in thinkin;
up. Nothing further was said, ethel
amendment upo which the Commis
split at the last meeting.
Melville C. Smith, promoter of
arcade scheme, was on hand andii
for an elevated railroad in Broad
and the Boulevard, which when n
struCted would absolutely prohibit Il
building of an underground road Il
that route. n
mo, II would not" retorted Mr.. S4
way. for we will take care in sci
the franchise to reserve rights 20 u
the underground road II the capital III
ever be forthcoming" II
Mr.. Steinway and Mr.. Smith ha
heated argument on this point. and ~
ly the chairman declared that Mr.. 81,
was only. reporting what he a Z;
over n thousand times before, and
ga not propose to waste any more
The trouble Is" said Mr.. Steinif
the Commission is In a fix. Herd!
have been working for nearly IL
years without any compensation. tn.
first n thing inc then another. NJ
and other people come forward VIII,
lot of mythical capitalists. but wheIk,
ask you TO put up your money II 4,
there.
Show us the men who are wIlliIl
advance h capital and We will puy,
the franchise for the underground II
at auction in six weeks. We can't al.
to waste u time with any more NJ
ical syndicates. What We wan tel
is some kind OF rapid transit tmrf
ately." II,
Mr.. Inman said 1t would probably Il
year at least before the CommiN
would be ready to offer the franz
for the proposed Elevated roads for Z
and that II any capitalists came fOrt
In the meantime who would satisfN
Commission that they could build4
underground Dad the Elevated set
would be dropped. IN
NTtH. ~ bltTHt again dppCdTeu lON
what terms the Commission would ",
II the syndicate Of Banker s. L. SlmH :
which he represents, would put up 1.
900 as a guarantee of good faith. II
After some discussion Lawyer Boz
counsel for the Commission. told z
that II he deposited the money with
Comptroller he must either a az
for the franchise or forfeit the md
II n one else bid more Mr.. Sind
and his friends would get back
Gen. O'Beirne did not seem to bd
isfled with this, but was told thai
Commission had no power TO giveI
nny SoR be misst mo p9t mater una The nor fran
would have to be sold at auction f,
In answer to Mr.. Steinway's inqJ
Gen. O'Beirne said that the r,
route, or any other which the Corf
derground. would be acceptable /
clients. They had the none and4
ready TO go into the work seriously
begin 1t at once.
Joseph O.. lillian. presented a
scheme to the Commission. They aa
permission to tunnel under the traci 4
the New York Central from Forty
ond street TO a suitable point
two-track tunnel through that 81 /
and then branch outside OF the \
track railroad with. a single trac8 \
each side. and continue In this ND
10 the Harlem River. This. they clat
would give perfect rapid transit fof
) east side.
They also suggested that the
r track tunnel up he boulevard n
terminate at One Hundred and Tu41
nth street and continue from that
George by a two-track express Va
only. This change had been requf
they said. by their financial backed 4
Ii was claimed hat this would 2
81, 800. 600 in cost Of construction, 4
. might be expended prohtably N
structIng the tunnel In Fourth ayt||
:, The two express tracks could
arranged that the two upper ~
tracks could be added later WneI|
n growth in the population wouic
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