New-York tribune., 1895-01-30

mt Of 100000 imposed by the RAPID Transit aci
secondIna,a m .o noaed t however as bring the cost
within limits Of the 5 act @ as nr@yds %l for RI rapid
table hereto annexsa of any existing system
iran un5n the West Side and upon the East SIDE,
coming togetnen tr,sn line through Elm-s the city
Hall Park and thence by Broadway 80 70 the h tba
-a,rv unon the line heretofore approved py the
the cost of construction be largely
rsimred if an arrangement can be made with the
New York Central Railway Company for tne .i con
structon of the East SIDE e can ao0te be made it viii
he perfectiy practicable TO construct the Ae ds an
independent route without interfering in any way
With the tracks now occupied and being constructed
by the railroad company. .,,.,.. .s unou..,
Of Business in this city require that all possible
routes which may be- be zed maze 10 ana n0 with that View
he'sns1 the Manhattan system New Central Rail
road system and the New-York and NewIHaven Sha ea
reaured to enlarge the means of transportation
for Which now seriously ntereres with
the growth OF business and the value Oh property
shall be reduced to minimum
vIADUCTs RECOMMENDED.
Fifth-whereve~ practicable the Of vladucis.
adapted for high-speed trains instead of subways'
is recommended
. Sxth-It is recommended to form OF con-
struction for subways and viaducts that will allow
of the construction at first OF two tracks ohy d Wmel
desirable because trains & r s speed Of seven
teen miles per hour with stations 1900 feet apart or
sons hpslf mile apart and With this kind of motor
trains containing more than hve cars can NC IN, i%i,
oapaciy of two tracks with electric traction very
much greater than that OF the present eie'a'eo
'osus xenthTSe Following described and num-
Der Of tracks for present construction are 'e'o''
Two.track subway from South Ferry 70 City Hall
Park under Broadway. with loops at battery ana
FS Four-traeE ,ds Subway from City Hall Park under
Em,s and LafSyette in rock tunnel under Broad
way from Fourteenth-st to Iwehty-iii.n-s,,, ao
express trains. to be built without breaking
Four,arcR subway under Fourth;ave, from rom -Four
tennth-st 10 Twenty thrd-st.. and tWo-track SUD
way under Twenty -third-st. to Broadway for the
local trains, joining the express subway at twenty
Four-track subway under Broadway. from Twen; yeIS
on different levels least far Thirty
Four-track structure. mainly viadnct ,Nth M nonle sne
ward and Eleventh-ave.. from Ninety ty-second-st 10
Northumberland eighty yhfth-st. ,ro,,
suSpfS tC f6e Gand station
qnsTs sfaton s%Oway yo @Hdyr
Two-track viaduct along Fourth-aye from Ninety Ninety-
seventh-st.. thence crossing the Hare" River u
The length and cost Of viaduct and subways is as
follows:
Lnsis Isnsis OF OF yaSmcts 4s7 miles
ro,a, ,enyt, IS miles
Cos; ...S2oe3'2l
These figures based upon the estimates or
the Chief Engineer of the Rapid Transit COM
mission heretofore approved as reliable and in
clude the construction of the railway and stations
reconstruction sewers restoration OF the street
surface interest cost during construction. win
an allowance for contingencies and an allowance
of 10 per cent for shops. storage tracks terminal
Yards etc, but no allowance for the expenses OF
sdministraton and engineering. which by the act
are not a charge upon the fund. NO account mas
been taken of the cost of property. property rights
or damages to abutting property. but the differ
ence between the estimate OF the cost OF the modi-
fled lines and the fund contemplated by the act
ought 10 be sufficient to cover such expenditures