New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-09-10
CHANGING THE BROADWAY LINE.
ACTUAL, OPERATIONS BEGUN - PRESIDENT
VREELAND EXPECTS TO HAVE THE
WORK COMPLETED BY DE-
EAlBER !

IT,, work of changing the motive power NJ the
Broadway cable line begun yesterday with q
force o. about TWO hundred men. Operations were
begun in Broadway at Bowling Green. and the
ihorougnfare soon torn UP 10 No. 81 Broadway
The engineers Of the co npany have been unable 10
determine as set Just how long II will take 10 com
plotc tho work 70 Tifty-ninth-s'. the terminus or
the lnc as they say fl - impossible 20 tell how
much thc progress OF operations VIII be obs'ructed
Presi lent Nrcelard. when seen yesterday. said
that he could not estimate even roughly the length
Of time il would take 10 complete tho work. The
COMPANY always iri-d to have all work OF the kind
finished before December T. good weather could
not he counted after that time lie had TWO
gangs Of men work. one At the Battery ana me
cthe~ at Fifty-nu'h-st ON Monday next the com
pany expects 10 put more men 10 work NJ inter
mel!Ai- point along the line. large numbers q
hen will ais, be put to work Right. that there
viii he No unnecessary delay ~ completing 'he
inc
president Yrecland declared ttat the present
undertaking WAS nothing compared 20 that oil lay
NIX Gown the cable a., that Is necessary now Is 10
zig two trer ,hes abou; feet deep ana two feet
wlo along the TWO extreme outside rails. ana 81
every fifteen feet sink connection bowls between
Tn, tracks. To DO the latter part Of the WORK II
Will only I've necessary 30 remove TAO or three OF ''"
pavinC-stcues for each bow.
From what President Nreolard said. j. i not
likely that tho work of changing tn" motive power
iN O.NmNllS-HNt. VIII u KUN '''' '''''
Eighth. ANS. .rdInl Madison and Second ave lines
oil run down 20 F1fy-uinth-st.. and are operate
ny tho an foreground trolley. Tne passenger on al
these limos can ho transferred 10 the broadway
lluo At FIftv-nir,h-at. and th' company d'fS nor
see tho necessity. therefore. 81 tearing M 'I"
CoIaubls-ave. lie until the broadway line ~ com
p.eiod.
The rornrary has three hundred douhle-irurk
cars now builGing and :hoy will 10 Pr or the
broadway Inc as soon as j. y ready for h'h'
Tie present cars can easily he chansei to trolley
car and they Wiz he used on the cfossiowh hn's.
Tho only other work which The company j. CON
sdCr!rg Just now is the changing ~ the moh'e
pou.~ a. tho Thirty-fourth-st. cross;owr Inc. no
date has besl sct. howeNor, for beginning the
work and II ma not be begun until TeNt Spfinc
President Nrcelaud referred to the fact that only
nvo years ago last June the Broadway 'd"l" Inc
was put TITO operation. and il Wa supposed men
that the system would be the best possible ono for
n lorc time. Instead OF that. the company has no"
10 change T. 70 The underground t-ol't- tn" COST
Of building and equippiuG tie cable line President
Vroeland said. was about 81. orae'' lie declined
say what IA. company expected 70 sp'ha on ~,
ate az the trolley lines o. the company WI! he ger.
eEa''H ID. - lr" .rS rr.rt "nupinent OF Tho
otto- hc-ees VIII an Boz torn oui ana the structures
IT, u Macdofa. one OF the counsel FOR the Metro,
poiitau Stree Railway company. IN spfhh'nS, =.
bc .1t,fs hs4 been w"2kins out the plan q
changing the moiiv" power from cable 10 under
-rD,rI trolley for four years The company r"ai
'zel mat The cab. system obsolete. tui u dii
nov want 20 make chang" ruN4 u was convince !
10 +, v.ci,'d 10 a beneficial one The success -
tLc electric svetcm Oh ne uptown lines NJ. Mac
dom. said convinced the coiui any ina mat -t'
IN NON. br me proper one FOR Broadway. 80 j.
was arranged that the work should pe urs In ~
soon rs possible. As far tho company kn""
tbcrc had been no complaints from nnt -ouTg
Whatever IN relation 20 making the change ~
fICi everybody mad appeared 20 D" IN favor of i',
ana n was 80 probably because citzfns I"diHe
,h,- i, would he q decided benefit Ny. Mhcdon1
was - the opinion that i1W"r Hroud"a. "o.'
500. to relieved Of the great congestion o. tfa't'
In Tie rr.f place frl-st. wid'ned would take away
mo-, - ne trucking business. and ilcn the ne"
Si,,r and Eighth avc. Ine-. tapping bfoap"ay ~
M. Asfor House and CaraI-~;. would sf."tE re-
i,,. q 80 n4ss.uRer travel. According 20 MI Mac
So,a,s estimate the work ~ changing ~" motive
poV,r OF me Proadwar HE VIII not %" competed
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