New-York tribune., 1896-11-20
TO SUCCEED Low AND INMAN.
WOODBURY. LANGDON AND GEORGE L.
RIVES CHOSEN BY THE RAPID
TRANSIT BOARD

Tho RAND Transit Commissioners held a meeting
I'm their rooms In the Home Lie Building. No. 25s
Broadway yesterday afternoon The principal busi-
ness before the meeting the election of two
Commissioners to succeed Seth Low. resigned. and
John H. Inman. who died two weeks ago. President
orr nominated Woodbury. Langdon. and Commits
sloncr clafin named George l.. Rives These were
the only names presented. and both men were
elected
Mr.. T.angdon s a member OF the drygoods firm OF
JOY Langdon & co a trustee Of the New York Life
Insurance Company. a director OF the Bank Of Com
mercc. Of the Central National Bank and Of the
German-Amercan Insurance Company. lie is
member Of the Executive Committee OF the Cham
her Of Commerce. yice-prcsdent OF the Union
League club and once president of the Mer-
chants club. and member OF the Committee of
seventy Mr.. Langdon is a New England man. and
a director Of the New England Society. He is said
TO be- about sixty years old
George l.. Rives was Assistant Secretary OF State
under Secretary Bayard. He a member of the
Executive Committee Of the Committee of Seventy
He is a lawyer. and a member of the firm OF Olin.
Rves & Montgomery. lie IS n member OF the Bar
Association. Of the Century. Knckerbocker Tuxedo
and other clubs. and a trustee Of Columbia Uni
vcrslty Mr.. Rivcs is about forty-seven years old.
President orr read a letter received from
Mayor Gil-oy in which M. Gilroy said that he had
learned from the newspapers and from Mr. Parsons,
building rapid transit road from Em-st. 10 Forty
second-st and Fourtn-ave.. and along Fourth-ave.
10 one e-hundred -trnth-si., and thence along
Lenox-av'.. or between Lcnox-av". and Mount Nor
rs-avc.. on Viaduct. to the north. and the
Harlem River. Mr. GilrOy said h. desired call
the attention q: the Commission 10 the fact thIt
the property which would be affected by this route
tho most valuable in Harlem He SAID that
IN" building of vaduct there would d. sroy Ienox
ana Mount Morris ayes. thOrOug for dwell
ings. He suggested THAI If the proposed road had
to run up I.rnON-aVe.. an underground tunnel be
built. instead OF Viaduct. and said that this ap-
p"tr"d 10 he easy To do. as the 80 feet
wide and the foundations OF the buildings along ii
quite shallow. He also suggested that a road
could be built the line of Fifth-ave.. north OF
one hundred and -tenth-sf.. under Mount Morris
Park for the West Side. He said that these lines
should b" supplemented by loops the Battery and
AT IN" northeast end OF the island that continu-
Gus trains could b" run around the island for one
fare. This would Mr.. ,iilroy thought. give the
necessary terminal facilities and the needed rapid
transit in comparatively short time. the third
track Ninth and Third ayes. Is already more than
half built.
The estimate OF tn" sum required by the Commits
sion prior To February |. 1885,. which had been pre-
Nousy presented by the secretary. audited, and
Oh motion of Commissioner Clafn A rsqusition on
the Controller was made out for the OF Ss.5i5 s.
The commission Will meet again next Wednesday
at y. m