New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-10-08
TUESDAY,,
OCTOBER s, 1895.


walks fifteen feet wide on each sde giving total
width OF space for all Of 40 feet. s,.
1.-THE road will have a cushion over IL OF from nve
to six feet upper surface Of course, being me
pavement Of the streets. All sounds from the street.
Will thereby be excluded and an equable temper4'
ture both summer and winter will be secured.
The atmosphere VIII be perfectly SWEEP aha pu ':
three and one-auarter miles from London; undes
the Thames: to Southwark at an ayeraee uep s,,ys
OF the fact that a perfect ventilation may 70 os
secured in such an undergronn ar. yysyps,e OK.
coed nineteen feet with one excepton-at rouI.ns
ave and Foureenth-s where II VIII o pe seel
There Will be exprest trains when wiz m nHe
only six stops averaging one ana 500 a" ard think
what mighty revolution this means ~ ,ne III n.S
OF g'y II means as Ine niles IN
fourteen minutes. that you VIII be able 10 20 t.o.n
the City Han to sixtens, IN al at, un 70 Eighty.
secondst. will be made from City Han IN yen mn, I'M
utes What does this mean Inc pu suinS alum.
dant time within an hour re may 20 , 70
Nov as to comfort. aside from speed Inc an;
as I have said. viii be perfectly pure Inc use 1s
ssSF paa or ar of iSr a by smoke c1dsr.
Electricity VII produce perieci be- mild and n
summer 1t will be delightful
ELEMENT OF DANGER
Their. Is one element in the problem which 10 q
vital Importance and that IL the element OF danss.'
This has been, you might say. wholly ops'a'eu
The width OF the roadbed is the prime iao'o, -
this. The original plan was TO make me 80
forty-four feet between curbs. This "ou'u "e so
clent under ordinary circumstances ~, naa on
mind the fatal disaster Spuyten Duyvl cre e oh
February 6. 1871. when an express tran M nr in
ished and many OF my friends were NIL. niro ,r.o
jured because axle on an oil tram co,ns H. ~
the city broke. the car careeneh anp roSurnS The
Wagner OF the express tram produe.ms -, 80
disastrous results. The express tram was running
Then, the possibility OF anything Of this kind hap
pening in the underground must absolutely oe eilm.
or standing between them while trahs ar a.
each other must also be cons dered All THIS DANGER
ATTY feet A ear topping from a broken axle would
not then come in contact with a passing tram.
added feature Of value to the road. An important
element also IS the fact that the crushing ana Jam
part of the city. and especially in Broadway WI,
underground while the transportation Of large par:
cells Will be particularly we'll accommodates. 400
rain no sun, no storms OF any kind to interfere
with travel. no fog and no stoppages on account OF
advantages to be derived from travel Underground
as this system Will give IT,
Aside from all this come In the systems OF e.ec.
trcal and water Distribution Broadway has peen
well named the backbo9e Of Manhstt an i ,S
city Special plans have been prepared for taxing
subways and the water supply which would go out
from Broadway. This means that after the road
Broadway for repairs OF subways or water pipes:
For this alone the short-sghted property OK
lower Broadway coull wen sHora 10 give MI
will this provision for the water supply accomplish
a solution of the proper water supply FOR the tall
buildings OF lower New-York Property owners viii
here again be particularly benefited.
ION the financial side OF the question, bear IN
mind that while the city is author zed to bond
Itself 100000 for the construction OF this road.
propertv of inestlmabie value Is thereby being
afed There is no better bond in the world than
that OF New-York City at the present time
OF GREAT VALUE TO THE CITY.
This underground road will easily make this city
the most desirable to live in upon earth. No
other city in the world will have such railroad
facilities aford.ng such comfort and such advan-
tages. by night we'll by day. Such UNDER
ground system would have been impossible before
the development OF the present knowledge OF cleo.
trcify.
THE special commission to be appointed by the
Court has thirty days In which 10 make It's report
This is part OF the machinery designed by the
Manhattan Railway Company to facilitate its own
ends This works the other way, and hastens
the day of the underground railroad"