New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-09-01
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~. ,o,... 10, tho continuation 81 the rlIrs e
the Rapid Transi' Commission resulting 'io" '"'
rcfusa. OF The Park Commissioners 10 f'"'H'" '-''
p,,na the Rap,d Transit Commissioners rad made
,.,,.,,,,r. Uattcry PARK appears uk,ly 90 De- con-
Siderable The Rapid Transit Commissioner arc
no, at all ;Irascd with the action o. the F1ff com
Inissioncrs IN speaking 10 n Trhun" reporter yes
tcr,lav william Il. Parsons. chief engineer 81 the
Rapid Transit Commission. summed up the siiHa-
ton 49, follows:
"Ov,r a wear ago the courts gave thclr consent
10 IN, route along Broadway laid cut 10y OBJ" Eapii
Transit Commission The Mayor. howcye-. refused
80 have anything % do with the route suggested
south Of the posjO1cc ior the reason that 3" was
afraid il would pro pi'ate legal night and 'N'
p!aIn,d that he did not want 10 Involve IA" city
IN litigation. But the RAPID Transit Commission
went ahead and laid out the route It desired to
follow south Of the p0stoilice. and submitted the
plans 10 the prOpcrty-owners along broadway. Tn"
ma joIity OF the OF the big Office and other
buildings along that thOroughiare consented TO
Our plaGs.
we have row ;wo routes. one beginning at the
Pos;oficc and gong north. and the other going
south. tLGtr the constitution tina, We Lay. OBJ
tanned have {" get the consents Of iuc city dU-
Notwithstanding In. Mayor Hnard of Aldermen
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SPECIAL place. such as the Park ioard has over IN"
parks. Ia due course OF tme the consent OF Tn"
Mayor ana Aldcrmrl WIS Obtained FOR our routes
partmeut. The members OF this Board AT once
was concerned which. 10y the way. extends under
central Park for twenty four hundred feet
Then came the question OF tho Southern route
which ncccssitated tunnelHng Battc.y PARK Be
fore the commissioners would consider our AZ.
phcatioE 80 far as Battery Park concerned
they asked that the proposed route should be
staked out. TINS did and some Of the Commits
sioncTs went down and took notice Of the tees
that would strike. Both Superintendent Par
and Mr. STILES tod me thai could strike any
tree because they could be restored IN few years
We were told that II we had four feet OF nn6 for
the tunnc, II would be all right BY a resolution
passed by the Rapid Transit Commissioners f.
was decided that four feet should he graded In any
such manner the Park Board desired. We con-
scntcd in fact, to grade anything they wanted
But the Park Board. after considering tnc mat
ter thought this would not meet their require
mcnts, and then prepared plans for gtadnl more
than four feet. when this was done tAc Park
Board still. undetermined ana said they must
consult with the Corporation Counsel to ascertain
whether these alterations I'm the plans were legal
The Corporation Counsel reported In our favor but
in spite OF this ana in ;hc face Of all our efforts
meet their demands the members OF the Park
Board a; their meeting yrsteiday kicked the whole
thing and practically blocked rapid transit
south OF the Postonice. The hardship OF the
matter Is this: There IL now commission In
sion, appointed by the Supreme Court. TO obtain the
consent OF the property -ownt:S along the line OF
route. This we have practically obtained and II
the Park Eoard had given its consent the plan
would have gone through at once But the
refusal OF the Park Board. TO which have
referred, prevents this