The sun., 1897-09-27

wore TO run on tracks on the outside edge
Of tho carriaseways until they neared the New
York terminal. At this point they were Co be
curved outside the roadways again and carried
along In that manner on an independent
structure until, through tho rise In grade
Of this structure and the falling away Of the
roadway beneath the tracks could be brought
back over the outer edge of tho roadway. leav-
ing headvay for trucks TO pass beneath From
here the tracks were to enter upon floor to be
laid aEOvethe floor where the bridge cars come in,
on . deck dfty feet in the air. This deck was TO
have been reached by system Of twelve ele-
vators. nine reaching To the ground floor and
three to the gallery deck. where passengers ar
rive from the bridge across Park row and from
the Third avenue elevated trains.
All Of this arrangement has been changed in
the plans since adopted. Under the new plans
the trolley ears will arrive and leave upon the
ground door of the New York terminal. only
few steps from Park row. The plans for this
and for the alterations which will have TO
be made in the New York terminal
have been completed TO the satisfac-
tion Of the bridge authorities. the railroad
thorittes- Chief Engineer c. C. Martin. and the
railroad engineers, and there does not seem TO
Be any reason for supposng that there will now
be any delay in making the changes. Under
the old plan the trolley companies prom
ised Mayor Strong that he should have
ride over tho bridge in a trolley car ON Jan. !.
1888. 81 The new plans are much more simple,
and VIII involve An expenditure Of perhaps
5000 900 less than the Older ones would have
called Tor. and there iS therefore no reason why
the work under them should not os completed
by even IN earlier dtte
That they offer great advantages TO the troi-
ley companies and to The millions Of passengers
who viii use the trolley cars one can lues-
street level and without walking more than
rom 25 TO 105 feet from the Park row side
walk and be taken without change of cars and
for a single fare to any part ot Brooklyn will be
great boon 10 those who cross ami recross the
engineers have Been obliged to exhibit great skill,
Tor they had 20 provide for maintaining proper
iaGties for all other CLASSES OF traffic over the
great trans-river highway. They had 10 corr
ader proper means for passengers 10 get To and
trnm the present railroad. where the cars or all
me brooKiyn elevated roads are 20 run as well
as the bridge trains They ware Obliged to guard
sRainst making any obstruction TO the great
stream Of trucks, CARRIAGES and bicycles which
20 over the roadways. and also TO SEQ that the
thousands OF foot passengers who cross over the
out undue Inconvenience A. .. these require
msnn seem to have been ne ~ tho new plans
was proposed To bring the trolley cars into the
new York terminal on the ground floor, that it
would not do TO bring the cara ACROSS he bridge
on tracks laid on the outer edge OF the roadways.
lor this would involve Q crossing of the car
rage ways near the entrance which would create
no END or trouble. Cuder the new plans the out
nde structures contemplated at the Brooklyn
end have been abandoned and the rnrs will en-
street. hnt the tracks there and all across the
bridge viii he laid on the inner edge OF
srate the road ways from the bridge raj road; As
tns tracks approach the New York terminal there
III pc no need for them to De diverted IN any way.
eut instead they will continue right down the
soanways still on the inside next 20 the station
eoiiding. until. with series of curves, they will
ewesp into tho station, cross it's ioor. and sweep
e9Lslde again To make their return Co Brooklyn
,,rn ,rne curves upon which the cars will go
SnranBn the station viii be four in number. each
leading out by switches from the single tracks
Lnlch VIII follow each roadway. To admit
OF me aide wallis on either side eighty feet long
~ % removed, together with four OF the
sTHa,a sTss columns on each side which now help 70
support the roof OF the station. In place OF
op shpese columns steel truss 90 feet long in the
sormiSg w De puE up on each side the sFrsSes
PIE oh ne gallery hoor and supporting the columns
The drst curve OF track will come into the
station building Just back OF the head OF the
anni nam stairway, which now leads 10 the gallery
osCk from the ground floor in the centre OF the
station skson The cars, az they go around this curve,
81 81 tree!y clear the line OF columns which
track being designsd ta he 'ns ssyen ieet clear
o. these columns- The second curve. will
Smn. aS 70 t ahs same manner the next set Of col,
ssatcn eacn track will come into and cross the
,nin In order 70 provide . straight piece OF track
inav irv teeC long in the centre Of each OF these
,.OopA from which TO start the on their re-
an each side, the tracks viii have veto to be car ar
ned out about ave feet further outside the
stsion walls than II tney were brought
IAght down from their positions the road
ssys beyond. II nothing were done To provide
tSahst this the roadways at the en-
ssanSss would be thus restricted. This
sutOe vii! DO met by widening out the
,,oadways at either side OF the entrance
r !ust about the same distance, carrying their
sSunuaries out To the full width or the bridge
PROPERTY: Cn the south side the big iron
vstamI vtamentAl column which marks the di-
y viii not be moved. but ths widen
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