New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-02-14
SOME VIEWS OK RAPID TRANSIT

To the Editor of The Tribune
Sir; By what law of municipal development does
the right TO establish "a Gordon Of inaccessioHty
obtain? Are not the Rapid Transit Commissioners
servants Of the people? They should consider no
high low great or small individual interest They
should consider the ctys rights. its Interests not
lower Broadway, middle Broadway or upper
broadway: not able roads or elcva cd roads TN
doubtcdly nearly all the propcrty-owners on nN"'e
and upper Broadway. If left free from the alarmist
)generally their attorneys. who are pensioners OK
acting fees for saving from the dire calamities Of
thcir own n1erccnary bugboar vaticnatons would
a their noghbcrs in lower Broadway. insist on
being supplied with the great one thing ne"diuL
Why should the Commission ignore the CITY
rights? 1t has secured At cost 81 over $-F'""
franchise to construct four-track rapd-transit
road under Broadway That franchise WAS offered
at public auction in December, lS22 and failed TO
SECURE a buyer who would build f.. On February
) iSoj the Rapid Transit Commission received
written proposal from responsible parties tSee
minutes OF that mectng) Offering TO build III" road
under the franchise OF lNJ2 ana to SonStrutt o,,,
road under the greater part Of Bro'dWdE "l.''ot'
breaking the suriac" OF the Stree anu az ~
public prints Of the following DAY snow 'm!S ar
y,os hacked by Il proposition to put mp F,VDop III
cash and any additional bonds required ms SECURITY
what bette Offer coald possibly l." maze Inal
frtnchis. Of 1892 H. good to-day as 1t ever We
and will always be good II mas D'eh dCl.t' ~,
and cannot lapse or b. impaired by any act OF thc
Commission. the courts or other powers excepting
the Legislature. 9, ~ =. os.,i,l,sb
genuine rapid transit (Which il very doubtul, II
/, nossosses a spark Of ,rue citizenship or public
s,irit II can proceed TO build road on the only
route that can ever find lessee 10 build equip
and operate IT, ( e.. Broadway from "nd 10 end'
Tho commission may well wake up TO realZd-
ton Of that evident fact and consider rs sworn
OBLIGATIONS act put the spurs INTO us l'tHtib
understandings, and let the people possess 'h'ii
40.
The r,im-st. route recently adopted; could not
he given away If built i could not D." mI"e ~
earn interest on cost. operating expenses anu
maintenanco. No one will he found TO build, equip
and operate IT, Why not stop loomhE am ~
ahead with what has secured an oi,er, anu gl1
mnor Inc com lssion before the main line IS IN
Tho absolutely essential features are; % a
genuine rapid-ransit road % ROAD maj VIII
nav: % a road that will command Il lessee -
Tho MAN adopted is nearly TWO miles longer 20
tho mo point East Onc-hundred-and-f
stG thnn thn Il" Third-lVe. line. II mas dpou,
a dozen obruDt turns; each will require rruuOci
sneod for safety or comfort Evidently II 'ahi1
he r,pid-transt road. The Commission mas a.
roody declared "Short-trip business IS ab2olutely
,s.cr,ioi for the success Of any lin" the COST o.
,htch a. All auproXimatcs that OF a four-track
,unnoI i'm Nev-York City." How much Shotl-tIip
hIsinnss cond he picked Up In Elm-St: fouri,n
@"e and Torty-second-st.? \ horsecAr Inc WoW"
do II all Evidently it canrot be maze 20 Pa!,s =.
n r. &c not a genuine rapid-tranSit route II ~
c,rnot uossblv la made TO pay VINO VIII pui,tu
vndcr 4 lease to operate? It Is crlme lcI inc
Comrr.yion to waste time and money on . Sucn d
New York Feb c. 1891.