New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-03-19

o, tho same time under the scheme of the law, the
city Of NewYork will secure the OWNERSHIP ~ i've
nronosed railroad In the end free from all haDlnt!
r. Is respectfully submitted that unless a respVhsl-
bic contractor now be found, the city %l' ,S he
faced with one of those two alternatives; either 'h
CITY must construct the railroad as a munlcihdI
enterprise or it must admit that this attempt, d., Ne
problem. has been failure. This last result Is ho1
10 secure relief from the present sitnatioh' ou' u
pronounce the problem almost ihsoiuo'e'
CHARACTER OF THE PROVISIONS.
The Commission beg to point out In FEW woros
the character Of the provision they have mace 10
mao, the rapid transit requirements OF the city. both
present and future Besides the two tracks uhdeT
Broadway from the South Ferry to the CITY han,
they have provided for "a fou our, Hau '0' 10
under tonrack ng road on the
Side of the city under Broadway ana ,o ,ne
rnad nS the east SIDE of the city from
feminist north under Fourth and PARK ayes, tls
h road mas th ia on the average which barely
more than the height OF SINCE story III az 1--WE
nary dwelling house The estimated running b b1e
trains from the C oss Hail m to and
from the CITY Hall to the Grand Central Station Is
six minutes. What this means to the people r oU OF
NewYork cannot be computed IN ngur. n ~, nor
messed in dollars In personal comfort, IN the SAY
ing of time and in increase OF values me pehe o
it would be ncalcuaoe 1t VIII be n0Gsd 1hs, the
ST. and four-track system below that point FOR
number of nd SaY hT w M su surely viii
fourtrack road can be carried down ,o sr
CITY H saa fos ai Ssd snd
pacity Of the entire system In other WOLFE .u'
st from Fourteenthst to the City Hall. the carry
ing CAPACITY of the entire system can be supslah-
TALLY doubled.
WHY BROADWAY WAS CHOSEN.
Broadway has been chosen for the first tracks be-
low Fourteenth-st for the following reasons First
Ernst is not yet opened, and 1t appeared to be bad
Judgment to wait until II should be; second, the use
of Broadway the not slant future was inevitable
in any case and appeared to be good Jqnsme ere
to- take 1t ior tne c wear adds to the number
OF pipes in the street and to the diincuty OF app.o
Street where the most people are and where rapid
transit facilities most needed ana Where tieA
their conclusion as to Broadway, the present Com
mission has only confirmed the judgment OF eEeIs
Commission that has looked into the subject since
1875 incidentally. it may be pointed out tina, as
against the temporary loss and inconvenience Incl
erty-owners secure. through the pipe galleries to be
built by the side Of the railroad complete immunity
thereafter from disturbance of the surface OF me
street while the city secures, as Incidents OF the
great enterprise twenty miles OF new sewers IN , se
when construction was not as well Understood
in this county Is the no% Swe ana par of the city
VAST INTERESTS AT STAKE
The Legislature will thus perceive that vast inter
ests are at stake in the successful completion OF this
enterprise The Board Of Rapid Transit Railroad
Commissioners ASK therefore, without hesitation.
for the amendments TO the law proposed in the &C
complaining bill that their study OF the probein mas
Convinced them are not only desirable. but aye
POSSIBLY even essential successful result OF their
iabors in the endeavor TO secure for the city % New
York the inestimable benefits Of real rapid transit
such as is proposed. 1t is clear that If the law as
thus modified can be carried to successful issue
the scheme will admit Of the early prolongaton OF
the roads the north with safety to the city, ana
also of the occupation of Ernst. when 1t is needed
In the meanwhile the solution OF the problem under
| Broadway below Fourteenth-st. Is the key Of the
whoe situation without which adequate rapid
transit for the city in all its parts Is absolutely out
of the question and with which, once gained, every