New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-11-28
pAPID TRANSIT QUESTIONS.
crp1o1,s PROPOSITION SUBMITTED BIZ
j. G. HILLAM.
.,rorATISG AN UNDERGROUND ROAD RUN IN
CONJUNCTION WITH TIRE ELEVATED sys-

nvoCATING AN uNphf'"i'oOND i'of'" Nun IN
,,,,xcTroS WITH TIE ELEVATED sys-
rvu-ry1E COMMISSIONERS SMILE AT
IT-ANoTHEE PROPOSITION.
p.ni1 Transit Commission held another meet
s,ordav and considered matters relating 10
ls .ns,rpctjon OF the road and objections likely
INC -. ,o the plans proposed. There were present
70 "'" = orr. president; Commissioners Seth
lin Clsfn and John X. Inman. ana Judge
Low y p Beekman. Ch.ef-Engneer Parsons aud
secretary l.. L. Dela"e'u.
SEE. = Hi,lam OF No % Pine-st. submitted a
'O''f -, underground roads traversins different
p". from those favored ny the Commission. He
fo1's .s ,hat the East SIDE road begin at South
o,a run under the present Thlrd-ave elevated
rem Ninety-slxth-st.. thence turning the east
iO"' o,rvc. 20 effect junction with the Second
o' ,ay,ted railroad; thence to the Harlem River:
az" s,,s 10 connect with the Suburban Road
"'' 10 carried forward 10 the city limits. The
anu am. Saa line would start from South Ferry and so
We. ,,e route OF the Manhattan Elevated Rail-
uH ~ TIA Sixth-ave. branch far as Fifty
~ ~, =, thence across F!fiy-third-st to the Ninth
-, elevated road. proceeding under Ninth-ave
. ,,r rs sixty-ffth-st.: thence proceeding under
a., .,onc the west side OF the Boulevard to One
ty-frs;-st.; thence from this point
~ :, elevated iron and steel structure to One
n.s-sland-thrty- fourth-st: thence by tunnel and
cu,tng to e-hundred-and-f fifty six III at ::
w. his point to Observation-Disclosures by
,-o,ai road: thence partly by tunnel in rock and
~, cut.ng 10 the terminus at Kingsbridee Road
va ons-hundred- a nd nneteth-st. for the time be-
-, bu TO be carried forward later on by elevated
lad and tunnel TO the city limits.
wr lillian said that astrong point in Its favor
Is that the city would still retain its yearly
anne Of s1;OOOo which it receives from the Broad
, franchise When the commissioners came TO
100 graph in the typewriter proposition of Mr.
,,rlsr q significant smile overspread their faces
II read: THE construction could be done far more
economically by the Manhattan Railroad Company
ovs- these routes than by any other corporation:
NJ ais1 APPLIES 10 their operating the same ana.
u.s. the existing Manhattan Company would no
sO1I Ieeisiature an independent corporation be
formed 10 build the underground road; then II THIS
haitian Railroad Company 1t VIII operate inoe-
Tr lillian grows quite enthusiastic as he dllates
mon BON the ADVANTAGES of the Manhattan Elevated
pslroad 10 build and the lines. He goes on to
say Ano,her telling point IN the eeon9my OF s TINS
Fem throughout ii would save In wages sum
equal 10 300 per annum. This would be effected
b. means OF using the present. necessary ticket
sellers and cancellers. 1t would require the ser
vices Of 10 men for day and night . duty on any
The cost OF construction and equipment for the
The Central Tunnel Railway Company submitted
plan for one road having six tracks and run
ming from City Hall under Elm-st. and Fourth.
ave 10 Forty-second-st.. and thence by steel
structure spanning the new steel structure now
bsng built by the Harlem River Railroad; thence
Continuing TO the Harlem River. crossing IL going
IA Walton-ave.. and continuing thence along the
line surveyed and located by the previous Rapid
TTsns Commission. which lies substantially paral-
ii With and within short distance of Jerome
are j, .,
Mr. Parsons presented the plans and tracings
referred 10 in his report. Commissioner lnman
moved that Messrs. Orr. Clafin and Steinway be
snnointed committee to confer with the officers
Ok the Harlem River Railroad and its lessee. the
New-York Central and Hudson River Railroad
with regard 10 the rapid transit roads so far as
they seem to be affected by the existing railways.
The resolution was carried without dissenting
vote The railroad companies mentioned have
the right Of way and could make plenty OF trouble
n thew cared TO- 1t is expected however that
fhe railroad people and the Rapid Transit Com
will work in harmony.
There will be another meeting OF the Commits
sioners next Tuesday.