New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-07-18
FOR THE POPULAR VOTE.
THE QUESTION OF MUNICIPAL BUILDING
OF A RAPID-TRANsIT SYSTEM.

OF A RAPID-TRANSIT SYSTEM
COMMISSIONERS ADOPT THE PLANS of ii'N '''D
BOARD IN ORDER TO SECURE THE VOTE OF
THE CITY. BIT CHANGES CAN BE MADE
AFTERwARD IN THE ROUTES. ETC.
Tho RanId Transit Commission met at It's oiices
IN the Home Life Insurance Company !" ID oa"''
Yesterday and after adopting the routes anu pam"
of the old commission decided TO submit the ques
ton Of municipal building to the voters OF ''e CIT.
NJ the coming general election As there was "o'
time 70 adopt new plans. work up routes anu ooa"'
the consent either Of property holders or the gu
preme Court the Commission realized 'na' o"'S ~
the adoption Of the work OF It's predecessor co" '"0
peope's opinions be obtained this year.
The Comm ssion's counsel ex-Corporation Couh-
col Henry r. Beekman and A. b. Boardman. thor
oughly examined the law. and at the last mee"ns
advised the Commission that under the act OF 1871
the plans and routes OF the former 'oHiii''S@io"
could be adopted and the people decide In November
wheiber or not the clty's money should be useu 10
build the road. But counsel also advised tha' ''e
Commissioners will not be bound to the pans anu
specincatons OF the old Commission put t'a'
sbould the electors agree to construct the
road out of the citys funds the present ooalu
can go on and adopt new ani wnol'y u'i-
ferent system IL II so Wills The main obstacle III
the adoption Of the old routes Hes In the ac' Oh tue
LEGISLATURE OF 1892. preventing the erection Oh
| railroad ln over under Madison-ave-' throus"
which the East Side system had been aid out ny INC
old board The counsel held that this MADE no
| difference however, the Commissioners might APP
prove the former routes with the exception OF the
East Side route above Fortythird-st. where II runs
through Nadison-aye and that when the sanction
of the people is secured they can proceed to pre-
/ pare an entirely new route for the East side.
| PROCEEDINGS OF THE MEETING.
All the members of the commission were present
| Yesterday The counsel and Chief Engineer Parsons
reported that legal or engineering obstacles eN
| listed to the adoption OF the routes ana pans Vi
| 1891
Commissioner Starin offered carefully drawn
resolution. prepared by counsel covering seventy
three pages OF typewriter matter. recitlhs 'he
| proceedings OF the old board in arriving al us
conclusions and adopting In detail rs system routes
| and mans The resolution was adopted unanimously
| Then Mayor Gllroy moved that the counsel ana
| chief engineer be instructed to prepare ami submit
| a. the n,xt meeting a plan for securing the action
of the people next November on me queSS'' q, -
| municipal construction. Inc MdIol i"''0" wa"
| adopted without dissent , A,.h
| Commissioner Low offered a resolution. wmcn
was adopted to meet the difficulties pFesehtei on
| the Fast side caused by the legislative prohibluoh
relating to Madson-ave. 1t directed the cnler eng,
necr 10 get facts and figures when the coni''SSU.
| viii need and TO report them from tme 10 INN
! with such recommendations as suggest 'heinSeNe ~
ON Mayor Groys motion IT was deeldei mar s sne
commission adjourn to the iast nth "a unIess
TENDER which Will be the 9th 81 III. h9ns'' he
| sooner called together by the president me ne
Mayor also moved that PRESIDENT OFT , " "bief I'm
izci If he deemed it cxpeient, To- scni on.sl r' -,
glneer Parsons study the different systems vi
rapid transit in the cites OF EUROPE ",u ' nrcyson
| Kingdom II was agreed TO- W,n ~, 49, ~ 80 ex
That 800, should be the limit OF Mr.. Parsons , eN'
| pense account 1890, -, >, ,o,pn
The same routes and plans which met the approval
Of the RarAd Transit Commission yesterday were
| odor,ed nv the Old board october l.. lssl Ihey
| ,roviie for an underground railway for the "esi
side from the Battery to Observation-Disclosures
| ., with Two short viaducts and viaduct 10 the
! CITY limits At Yonkors The East SIDE route runs
only from Union Square to Forty-ihira-s'' ana MAI
There IS provided an underground loop Of two
tracks at the Battery. thr,r-tfhcn RAJ cur
| Loon under Broadway to Nes"y-st, "hrrr lou.
tracks begin. one ~ these tiiH ~ vn'J arI BARK
Row to the Brooklyn Bridge and back to Hro'nwry
under Chambers.st me ioGF roc ~" road !.
So1uced 10 two tracks from that point TO the city
H,rho vos, side route continues under Broadway
| I-nion square and the boulevard 10 On" -huh'tS1
andtwenty- wh'.s 1"S ydTay as n f. called
-, thirty -fourth-st. Here IL asair
disaHpeaIs u9agr ~ AMI he I,onsvar
| ing thrcA blocks OF depression ~ g.. "s. ~,
| boulevard 20 One-hundred-and-"lt mn MS, 81 .
nHer f.evcnth-avc to a point go feet norm o
| -ninctcth-ft wnrtr 'n' I'M, .eoa
duct construction begins men IN, a. -. IN,
| In a straight line Kinssbridge KoaI. A.'Ls' wy
ship canal nifty feet above hikh "n. c." rnaini,
across spuytcn puyvh Creek tn.n'I ,',,
through private property to the fonkers Hhe' "'"'
The route Of the East side branches OF, az MOI
souare with four tracks pr0c".llng uin'' rr ,,
80 p,rL ayes 10 Fort!cth-st. thence by "A c"tNS y
The leff Of Mndlson-ave md Forty-thiFd-sN' ""e''
| II meets the legal barrier .. ,-,--,, ,,.
| The Battery loop runs from Soutn i''' w
safest. returning through Whiehal,si, Zoo, ,,,,
RI. ,,,,neis be eleven ana "A nan I''t h;.
| "a rioar and eleven feet wide for oach track
The vladucts may be bult Of masoHry 3na ~" ,b
or boh From the Battery 10 Thirty teur'n 81. IN
o,r..r" - the street must not be disturbed ~ pIl
ine unless IL is found necessary south 81 i'elEc
49,, ard AZ Canal-st.. where the WORK WIN ne ,'uv
| r. ,ie level requiring surface openings ADDN
Thlrty-fourth-si. the West Sde ana aoov, i ,n
nav be permitted. There must b. no grade cross on
ings at functions OF tracks AZ mon ,si he Owe
the other - 1. .too,r,ct,y nv aomcfhini
i'r .l',t,,,o commission I'm the tunnels. Inc mo
, NJ m,,et Ice capable Of sustained speed OF tort
i' 1S .o middle tracks In the four-track consuuc
,,dn vii ba usod for express trains the outer one
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