New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-01-14

NOT CAST DOWN BY THE DECISION
AGAINST THE CROsSTOWN ROAD.

THEY WILL TRY TO GIT TIE RAPID TRANSIT
COMMISSION TO INCORPORATE THEIR SCHEME
IL THE BusnE PLAINTIFF STRONG FEEL
ING AMONG THE PROPERTY OWL
Ens AGAINST THE PEo-
POSED STRUCTURES.
The decision of the supreme Court. refusing
70 confirm the report 81 the commissioners APP
raintcd 10 take testimony as d tho right ~ the
East River Bridge Company 10 construct cross
town elevated road. has been received with much
regret by the promoters Of the scheme. This
crosstown road was 10 boz an important INK IN
the system Of elevated roads proposed by Mr..
Hushc. and Mr. Lautcrhach. who represents the
s,ndicaie composed of East River Bridge Com
panv directors and brooklyn Elevated Railroad
directors. laid great stress upon the importance
Of the crosstown road when he appeared before
th. RapId Transit Commission last Wednesday.
The promoters If the crosstown road said ycstcr-
dov that while they had received the decision
win regret they were not greatly disturbed by 1t.
They maintain that r. will not affect their pro-
r,saI 70 take the rapid transit franchise. they
will devise other means o. connect their East
River bridge with the Buschc proposed elevated
lines in this city.
WHAT MIR LArTEEEACH SAYS
Edward Iauicrbach said yesterday: The adj
worse decision If the General Term is In no sense
fatal 10 our plan for a cr,sstown road. 1t will
merely delay the carrying out Il our plans for 4
time The people whom ! represent will meet
al once f. decide upon the stems now necessary.
We have TWO alternatives; either t. ask the Rapid
Transit Commission - cmbody our branch road
i'm the system il has just approved or wait until
that plan Is SO far under way that can make
Il second appeal 10 the General Term and con
vino. tho judges that our special feature, the
cr,sstown road. will IN way interfere with a
comprehensive plan Of rapid transit for this city
Thi. decision only delays Us a little and will not
take US ont Of tho market az bidders for the
r,pid transit franchise when it Is offered for
sale"
Tho decision Of the General Term Is upheld by
those who understand the rapid transit situation.
If the line were constructed after the plans laid
ont il would interfere with the building of
road north and south. As submitted to the
General Term. the plan shows that il would
in certain places be- built twenty feet from the
ground. leaving insufficient hcad-room Tor In"
main rapid transit structure.
The Rapid Transit Commissioners would not
express their opinion Of the General Terms de
cisiou and they would make no remarks about
me scheme of cmbodyng the cross-town road
in the Bushe plans The attitude Of the Com
mission depends upon the good faith of the
syndicate.
MANY OBJECTIONS ARISING.
Mr. Lautcrbach and his syndicate will find
that there will be- many objections to the Bushe
route The objection Of property-owncrs Is the
chief one They recently appointed a commit
Zoo ia ureuare "A protest to the Board of Alder
men. and they propose to appeal to the Legis-
latI.re To have the law Of 1891. forbiddng the
use Of Broadway below Thirty-third-st. for an
elevated structure, SO amended as to include
4 he ard no.
nrty-owncrs' circular sets forth that broadway
and the boulevard were originally selected az
the hest route for an underground road, and the
sn-callad indc pendent elevated route would not
only iniurc property in those streets. but would
commemorative underground system Ii refers
| to the immense damage II would 90 to the
| columbus Monument. 10 the future buildings of
Columbia College. "A I'd 10 hotels fine apartment
| are "A number Of prominent property owners
| who will fight the proposed elevated structure
and there seems little hope that the Rapid Tran
| sit Commissioners Will be- successful with their
latest scheme for elevated railroads.
The Rapid Transit Commissioners and the
syndicate that wants the franchise do not AXE
| into consideration the fact that moving the
Columbus monument as they propose do
and either enclosing George Washington's
| statue at Union Square with ugly elevated
| structures else moving the statue to some
| other place are objections that Will prove more
| serious than expected. There are many other
| places where the proposed route runs that pre-
| sent formidable difficulties. and II the plans
are 10 De- accepted they will have to be ma
| ,erialy changed The Rapid Transit Com
| missiQncrs and the syndicate laugh at the idea
that the city would object TO moving the Column
| bus monument or the Washington statue. The
| commission and the syndicate are going ahead