New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-12-02
A CHAT WITH MR.. DEPEW.
WHAT HE SAYS AS TO BRIDGES AChooS
THE EAST AND NORTH RIVERS.

THE COST AND INcoME-A LOOK INTO
THE Fr,TuRE-A DENIAL OF RUMoRs
ABOUT THE. CENTRAL
There lies between that short but busy thorough
fare called Vandcrbilt-ave., which skirts the "r''
Central station, and Mad!son-ave lodr-co'ne'."
Mot of grol nd upon which the grass seems 10 DC
carefully terded FOR it Is green all the year rou'u'
II Is almost directly beneath the WINDOW OF the
ocica whore Chauncey VI. Depew. president OF Inc
New-York Central and Hudson River EaiIroa"'
spends the greater part Of the dhy' NOT iAr HWY
Is ST. Earthoiomews Church where the owner oi
the road Cornelius Vanderbilt. Worships. "n"''
tho re,ortor met Mr. Depew he had just d.sposei
q, n pile of correspondence. and was staHd'ns ~
the window looking out.
You are thinking" suggested the reporter 'ot
that memorable at Springfeid wren ''e
football men pounded one another!
THAT is a mistakc.' ne replied without tuF"'ns
his head. II don't believe ever saw game CT
foothou in my lie II was not much In vogue dur
ing nv college days But what put football mo
your head|
"Weu sir" said the reporter. you were i'oN''b
intent,y at that little park yonder' ana '"o1'''
PERHAPS"
"Ab I see Now would you believe it. J find II
relief when am tired out to stand here ana loon
at that green SPOT. amid sN'h ''o""e" -"
roundings II seems lonesome ara deae'teu ANA
wonders apparertly why il has been passed Over
time talking and one Of them said aiord 10 me
otbar In closing the conversation ON some sub
ect; He will never have the staying power OF MS
father"
.Verv few OF them have" Interrupted Mr. Depe".
as he turned aside for a moment to take '"pp'hR
which n messenger handed him, and which ne IN
turn tossed to the reporter. saying as ne d'd
So Just think OF ~"
1t was an editorial from a daily newspaper III
Amsterdam about his wonderful projection mp
through this state during which he made "'iy-i.Fe
speechcs In four days but all that appeared IN
telligble to the reporter were the words Nicholas
H." "Chaunccy Depew" and "Tlmmany Han
please sign that sir said OF the clerks.
rushing in and handing him printed paper IT
$50 YOU know. for that young man who has been
declared an idiot.
Mr. Dcpew took the pen mechanically ana ha'-
ing signed the paper. said 10 the reporter smIinS
Hoy much diocy do you think there can Dr.
about a man who can get $50 easy a that? All.
Won want / see TO know what foundation there
is for that story which Is again going ths ro""''
about the Grand Central Station Well s't "o""'
| ond.let us talk IL over Now. will say nus mrcN
for your informal that there Is nothing "'"'-
ever in IN. rumor so frequently heard that the
New-York Central contempaies moving the 'iahi
Central shop north OF the Harlem River AAo"
me 10 draw your attention t. the fact thdt u
they entertained such an idea 10 - not hh''y ma
they would be spending so many millions 81 d''-
lars to elevate their track anu bridge across 'h'
Harlem as they are - present doinc. To meet
the requ. remcnts OF IN Harlem snip Canal i"'-
pie who are so frequently making ihlH fnfr' s''ii
do no. seem TO appreciate the inc'r' 'nl'n'' ana
Interruptions occasioned by fr' lncni transfers i"i
such change would render necessary. il l' al
rnlttsl by everybody that tht nearer q tfhN'n''
rcoch.. his or h.r destination without being obliged
70 move from the ia whica 'hc journey ma
hce, bcgi,u the more satisfactory 81 g.. and ~"
nearer becomes the solution ~ rapid transit "ithin
a. well a. without @ city. This iiea has been SO
universally recognized abroad that III" railroads
converting on all TIE leading cari ala Of Europe
have spent unlimited sums ~ money IN the pur-
chase OF rights 81 way IN the building ~ vl'incis
and In the elevation Of tracks to reach as near
AZ possible the centres OF traffic In London. Paris.
Berlin Rome and Vienna.
WHY THE TRACKS WERE sunk.
IT was with . fuA knowledge Of these facts That
the Central spent much money In l"4 IN SINK
ing It's tracks below the surface u Fourih-ave ana
running them through the tunnel and cut down -
Forty second-st The best evidence ~ the fam 10
which the public hold location such rs that q the
Grand Central Depot is that. while there are eight
routes from the West to New-York. AMI the time
occupied from any point 10 our city T. practically
the same over 30 per cent Of the travel comes INTO
and goes out Of the Grand Contra! Depot Ihe pep-
Die living In the Annexed District anu me com
,ru,ers who come out and IN every day from dis
deeply interested IN this question. To aok such enor-
nous numbers 81 persons In all weathcrs and under
all conditions OF sickness and OF health 10 trans
fer at Mott Haven to a trolley or cable car ana
| transfer again 10 reach their homes would De Ri
| imposition which would seriously AFFECT the pNs-
peri,y Of the city and the popularity even OF The
| city Itself II should also be borne In nina that
v.s, numbers Of travellers are comparatively help
| less Among them might refer TO ladies who have
never before been In New-York children who are
sent here to the different schools or to friends anu
| voung and old who are unaccusiomed to the ways
| OF the metropolis and who are Nkely - b" b'""-
/ dered and confused under the best OF conditions
in their endeavors TO reach. II may be. their homes
or their hotels or their schools. For such people
the pers Of reaching this city under any such con-
| dltions as those proposed would be Enormously IN
creased and the opportunities greatly enlarged Tor
the swindler the bunco-steerer, IN" thicf ana the
procuress To ask tho New-York Central. as a bus
ness proposition. land its passengers north 81 the
| Harlem River and receive them there Won" .
similar to a demand that the Waldorf or the FIRM
Avenue or the Windsor hotels would abandon th'lT
n,esent poston and locate in the Battery or at
Port Morris In such condition OF change ther"
can be no doubt whatever that these hoie.s wouid
hc inst AZ large and comfortable AZ they are now.
! INT would bc .ikc I'm respect at least mat
famous centre Of learning known IN history as
| BIlv Richardson's Academy. which was SUCCESSFUL
#, everv r.sp-ci but one nancy. that no pupils
| could be found to go there lIy making the chahsc
! the New-York Central would not alone thro" away
the advantage Of being where every other railroad
| conpany wishes II was. and would get II 1t could
hut # would be iniictng needless cruelty upon the
| 2oco01 people who every year come INTO inc
| Grand Central Depot The passage into the Grand
| c.,tr.I penot Crosses streets, has none OF the
periIs Of grade crossings. and Ia freer from ob)ec
lions than the transit by the elevated railroads or
| surface cars.
"Is there any great American railroad ne "as
asked ito which you might poht as a" ,'uH"",'o'
a. ,a, you mean outside OF the New York Cen
I traly'