New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-08-14

things az they now are. that the passenger Is now
wh@reas the bridge would leave him two 10 three
mics further away than when he started 1t Is
admitted. consequently mat the ferries inuS' DE TO-
tainel for this accommodation, ,,o1.,ooo
And now TO speak OF bridge costing $4,000.
which at most could be no more thdn partlA sup
stitute for the system now IN use ana which " u,
remedy for any OF the evils compa ilrg
or as a great public necessity s To MAKE TOO iarse
a draft ulon our creduty. I; cannot be nece,-
sity for passenger VINO are undoe 10 nre H. me
remainder. who are as well II not better acc 5nho
two landings in New-York as against Il bridge which
would land them Unfortunately at single point.
A bridge would neither BE- an Improvement upon u
present method Of crossing the Hudson in point OF
convenience passengers nor In cheapness, ana II a
not only secure the advantages unwarrantably
claimed for the bridge but will do 1t without incur.
which is the cost OF It's construction Let
proper Arrangement be mad al me bat'ry Ds
boats there afordng such OF IFS passengers as
might PTet S to 40 50 tnf ro 11 h9y Wo
be at liberty take any one or the -FOUR lines CON
yereing there 10 be landed at any elevated station
in Sew-York: or they would be at equal liberty to
avail themselves OF any other line OF transit terminate
Ing there No tbe pan Would land VERY
senger within walking distance of his destination.
ferry sytem-thc necessity OF crossing on foot
street often dangerously overcrowdel win trucEs
and other vehicles A bridge would relieve raii.
road passengers who use II from this crowd or
vehicles in west-st by inhctlng an iniocrable rush
definitely more dangerous to NE and limb than The
would avoid ana IN Iart OF tnt CITY "ntrr
the Intrusion would be a Dissertation The plan mere
suggested being adopted. any additional lines
OF rapid transit would necessarily be arranged with
reference IT, and there would be means or bring
ing passengers into New-Yorf incomparably con-
yenIeni the passenger and with no such hideous
disbursement OF the city a bridge would Involve
And being adopted end of the city. lts speedy
adoption at the other would be Insured; the Grand
Central Station would be moved north of the Harlem
River and instead Of two enormous passenger STA
tions inside the city should have none. and the
busness would be better accommodated outside.
abatlnC an evil altogether In the one case which In
tho her would he Increased ana T"rpetuated
None. OF the promised advantages would follow the
building 81 this bridge; but. even admitting fhat
they would It would stu he question whether they
would be an adequate compensation for its evils 70
bring this bridge to land At SiHiy,nnh-st. would De
10 c.; almost In two the Already narrow strip OF
land between Central Park and The river by wnich
the continuity between upper and lower New-fotK
l. nainf aimed. And now. when We think or the
freight tracks extending down one Ghe public not
being AZ yet informed which, OF the avenues to some
poInt below Canal-st.. the tracks connecting with
The passcnxcr station between Seventh ana Isgnth
ayrs AT FOrty-second-st.. together with the bridge
crossing every avenue of communication between
upper and lower NewYork west OF the Park more
thar 40 acres Of lind perverted from the proper uses
az a city TO those 0. railroad tra1c the enormous
aggregate OF the freight business OF five or six great
railroads. violently Injected into this narrow STRIP OF
land and in the face OF the outcry everywhere pro.
yoked against the enormly OF grade crossings evso