New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-02-17
THE RAPID TRANSIT ROUTES.
COMMISSIONERS ADOPT THE PLANS FOR
AN UNDERGROUND ROAD.
IT WILL RUN UNDER BROADWAY AND Up The
BOULEVARD on THE WEST sIDE-NOT TO
BE EXTENDED FOR THE PRESENT
ABOVE NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
sIXTT-sT on THE EAST SIDE
ALL FORMER ROUTES
ABANDONED,


ABANDONED.
The Rapid Transit Commissioners yesterday after
noon finally adopted routes. Mayor Strong. Con-
troller Fitch and Commissioners Orr, Low. Stein
way. Inman and Starin were present and voted
unanimously on the adoption of the resolution.
The resolution reads follows:
Now therefore this board does hereby adopt the
following routes for rapid transit railways IN tne
city Of New-York. and hereby determines and estab-
lishes the said routes as follows: route the cen
side Of Whiichail-st.. distant along the same e?5
feet north from the northery line ol Soutii-s,;'
produced thence by diverging lines under htehal-
81; and State-st. forming a loop iine Inc tracks k
cOnvergng TO paralelism at a point az or hei, tn
Battery Place thence under Broadway TO Inon
Square. Ffty-ninth-st. thence tnder the % %souie-
bv viaduct TO a point at or near One-hundred- and
eeventh-st: thence under the Boulevard to a point
al or near re-hundred nd twenty thirist; thence
by vaduc along the boulevard 10 a point at or near
e-hundred- and fifty -hrst-st thence under the
to ntnce Db by a vaduc, along the evrd
point at or near
sixty -ninth-st.: thence under Eleyenth-atve; 10 d
point at One-hundred and eishty M
Also a loop from broadway under Mai.-st. city
Hall Park. Park Row and Chambers-st- ana asa'"
Also route. the centre line OF which shall di-
verge from the broadway line at or near four n
ave- thence under Fourth-avc TO Park-ave to a
point at or near Ninety eighth ST.. thence by VIA
duct along Fourth-ave. or Park-aye; TO the Harlem
tba harlem River and thence the left until IL
shall coincide with the centre line OF Nalton-aFe.
at or near it's intersection with -hunhred-hnd-
thirty th-st and thence along the line OF wal
ton-avc. point at or near One-hundreh-ah"-
forty-siXth-si. -, o,,.os
And IL is further resolved that the said routes
hy these resolutions adopted shall, on the shihe
helrg consented TO- as provided In Section D., Chap
ter " OF the Laws OF 1881. be and are deeen 10 pe
I'm lien OF the routes heretofore adopted Whicn arr
rescinded. and that the routes that are no, CO.
incident with the routes laid down by the present
resolution are abandoned
Counsel 70 the commission had been Instructed
IN rrepare a resolution setting forth the general
nlan or construction that II could be adopted ana
the next step would be to find capitalists 10 builh
the road but A. B Boarlmnn the lawyer. SAID
,ha, the resolution was ready for adoption Du'
prohably would be at the next meeting.
Commissioner Stelnway said that II the two-tracH
road was built above wenty nfth-
st instead OF a foir-track road on the West Side IL
would be n saving Of over a million dollars. ana
that two tricks were all that were necessary above
that point He also suggested that the road under
Rroaiwav below the CITY Hall 70 the BATTERY
should be twO-track instead of three-rack. as "a
xorad hy some OF the Commissioners. Boih oi MS
suggestions were received favorably but action on
them was postponed until the next meeting Con.
rorler Efi insisted that the EaS, Side line should
ne extended above One hundred and forty st
He said that the centre oi population In IN" An
nexcd District was above that. and the residents
were entitled 10 have the road come further up
that II was the OF The Commissioners that m
extension of the East Side line 20 the city limits
was advisable soon ther" was money enough
10 build H. The meeting then ADJOURNED