The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-01-29
rIEyATED RAPID TRANSIT.
-.o,os,rIoNs DRAFTED mr. MAN
INV" UtTTHN,S COMMITTEE

rm Reach the Rapid Transit Commits
N..r. by Monday-Exact specinoationu
.."..-Prssidrnt Gould Talks hbout what
:, v,.x,ted wants ana Ne Prepared 10 Ne.
,necial committee of the Manhattan
-. compnny, which was appointed on
EEA".aoy In assist President Gould In preparing
- nropositions for extensions and sddi-
w. n the elevated road, TO be presentedsto tho
ns.Ia Transit Railroad Commission. was called
..r,,her Yesterday to receive the letter sent 10
nr.,,dcnt Gould by President Orr OF the Rapid
r.orsit Railroad Commission on Wednesday.
Thc committe consists Of X. Nd. Galloway,
Morcellus Hartley, and Russell Sage, ana tney
"'.o ali present with Mr.. Gould. After the
w.o,,rg MIR. Gould said that Mr.. orr's letter
Ia hen taken up line by limo and each part Of 1t
nn.orghlv considered. There was then sub
$50 IN the committee q draft OF tho formal
N"aii,otions for tho additional rights and facih-
NJ which the company desired, together with
.nsciacations as to the exact routes wanted,
eiPeV, nrm oS structure TO DO erected, the addition.
q tracks Ssb no ! within which Il would be pos
ss,blet Tor the company to finish the work; MT:
Gould said that these were adopIdSd ~ an NJ ' nar
~ eiiime to be presented to tho Rapid Transit
y RRoiIlroed Commission on Monday. 60 a.
Mr. { Orr ,b Is qp abe w T,sat; side sS' Branch mel S when we
desire to build from Battery place to Horatlo or
sSHainsovooit street would run n up West e w strict.
1hiS tho lower part Of tho sixth and Ninth ave
prue lines, would probably add but little to the
sompany's revenues, but IL would be q great
sSoven'9S% be an elevated structure through West
street, along the water front, where the most
smportant ferries are. 1t would result In direct
eonnection between the ferry houses and the
railway, which would then take p=assengers al,
iine, and SO to airy part of the west side OF the
Ii,y, and also aiso to co any Paps Of th un9 t SSst sides saas' be SoJ per.
mitted us. This West. street extension. Will,
therefore, undoubtedly be- very Welcome to tho
public, saving. as 1t would; the trouble, hot 70
decreasing traffic, and the. walk to the Ninth or
Sixth avenue line. In bad. weather this would
he especially appreciated by ladies, while the
saving Of time would DO very acceptable to all
Regarding the proposition to s Wan q S srosS,
roads through Canal anal street str TS or that s1.n ns,s rosd.
which Mr.. Orr says the commission could not
grant because 1t cannot, under the law. allow g
road to cross ,, B Io;s way, b below m naiIty ,t tbaa
proposition he had consulted counsel and was
told that. in their opinion. such, q crossing OF
broadway was not only not forbidden by the
that was forbidden, according to hig lawyers.
was the building of an elevated road along any
part OF lower Broadway"
fown extension only as far as Fort George" said
Mr.. Gould, was based on the idea That at the
present time that would answer all require,
hents. 1t, was disttncGy In my MIND ma y
it should ultimately be carried to Kingsbridge
And that in the near future. My new commun'
ication to Mr.. Orr will remove any Of the In
proposition to construct additional, tracks ano
HciIities to increase the ability of the company
to accommodate the travelling public"