New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-02-01
Mr.. GOULD'S APPLICATION
EXTENSIONS PROPOSED BY THE MAN.
HAITIAN COMPANY

SUBMITTED MORE IN DETAIL TO THE RAPID
TRANSIT BoARD-rHE POINT ABOUT CROSS
ING BRoADwAY-A ROAD TO KINGS
BRIDGE - THE PROPOSAL TO
RUIN THE BOULEVARD
III. directors OF the Manhattan Railway Com
ANY formally applied yesterday the Rapid
r,srst Commissioners for permission 10 extend
ard improve the elevated railroad system. The
.r,Sation sets out with great detail the additional
racks and facilities desired by the company. Ac-
corofmryng the petition Is letter from George J.
Could suggesting that the plans sufficiently
h-oad and comprehensive TO provide the city with
-ap!d transit. considerable portion OF the letter
e devoted 20 the question 10 whether the act
will permit an elevated structure 10 be carried
across Broadway Tho RAPID Transit Commits
s,oaers are Of The opinion that tie construction Of
elevated lines across Broadway. for the purpose Of
connecting the Third-ave terminal with the West
SIDE lines IS forbidden by the statute. Mr.. Gould.
eehong me advice of eminent counsel,I contends
IN his letter that while II would be Illegal 20 build
elevated tracks along Broadway. below Thirty
,hird-st there IS yet nothing in the Rapid Transit
a.. "a prevent the Commission authorizing the
b,rs,oc OF a line across ;Sew-Yorks main thor
oyehfare Legal minds are divided as to Just what
Interpretation should De placed upon this section OF
&c act and Il "a probable that the courts Will ult
uately Se appealed 10 FOR construction o. 'he
bill
The company agrees 10 extend its West Side
,o.,s 70 Kincsbridge instead OF making Fort
George the terminal. and while undoubtedly anS-
,ous 10 build an extension along the boulevard inc
Manhattan people express their Willingness 10 re-
oeve any suggestion from the Commission looking
"a IN alternative route Mr.. Gouds letter. II VIII
ne seer contains not the renotest reference TO me
per,lner, question. which have hitherto separated
NE con,nany and the Conmssioners-the questions
Of the payment OF compensation 10 the city io'
the new franchise and the insistence or an IN
Ccrnnity against damage suits by property-owner'
Whether the Manhattan directors have receded
Gov, TIE nos,.lon which they have heretofore
maintained could not be ascerta!ned yesterday. MT
C7yl. left the city early. and other officials OF the
cou,parv who were refused 10 answer inquiries
bearing upon these matters.
Va meeting % the Rapid Transit Commissioners
was held Yesterday afternoon The next meeting
Will probably be held on Thursday next. and IN the
mean time the Commissioners and their engineers
will study the plans IN order that they may be
prepared 10 pass upon the feasibility OF the pro-
posa.s w!thou, undue delay
THE EXTENSIONS APPLIED FOR
The fret extension applied for by the Manhattan
COMPANY Is for new line from the Battery
through and along West-st. 10 Houston or Ganse-
WORT ST. ana 20 connect through West Thirteenth
ST. with the s,xth-ave line l. Is pointed out by
means OF this line connections may be maze Win
the ferries across the Hudson River.
The second application is for connecting line
&c before described, between he CITY Hall station
and the West Side lines. The time in which 1t Is
estimated these additions would be completed IN Is
two years.
The third route IS described as commencing AZ
: point al or near the Intersection Of Ninth-ave'
and Fifty .thi.d-st there connecting with the ex-
,stnR railways OF the Manhattan Railway Com
pany in Nlnth-ave and Fi,tythird|,.; thence over
through and along West Fitty-third-st TO Ienu-
ave: thence over, through and along Tenth and
Amsterdam ayes 10 a point at or near the inter
ssc,oa 0, Seventy -hrst-st AmsteTdar-ave. ana
the Bouleva.1: thence over. through and along the
Boulevard 70 It's intersection with hingshridse
poas o. or nea- One-hund! ed-and-siyty-ninth-s'.;
thence 70 King~oridge. over. through and along
such streets avenues and places az may hereafter
be fixed and d9:e ,mined." 1t is computed that IL
will take three years TO construct the tracks as
far as One-hundre ed -and-sixtyninth-st and fur
Their two years 10 complets the remainder OF the
line The East SIDE extension Will begin at the
Tremont-ave station. thence northerly along Ihird-
ave. through Pehsm-ave.. Kirgsbridge Road and
Webster-ave 10 observation-disclosures. This
road il 20 be ready for operation in two years
Further In order 10 increase the existing facD-
ties the company asks permission TO convert -
railroad into four-track system, and IN order 0
relieve the congestion at the CITY Han term ID
authority Is sought 10 erect two more platforms
no. OF these new facilities the petition states:
With respect 10 tie additional track or tracks
and termoal and other facilities. authority 10
construct which "a hereby applied for. your petit
ioner the Manhattan Railway Company, shows
FRAT, by means OF such additional tracks. express
trains can De run over the existing and proposed
lines OF said company. thereby greatly shortening
Tho time Of transit between tho upper and lower
portions O: this city and greatly increasing facility
ana rapidly OF access TO the outlying portions
thereof; and that the said terminal and other IA
c..ues are rendered necessary by the increasing
demands Of the public traffic upon the railways Of
sad company. and for the purpose Of conveniently
accommodating said traffic"
The form o. structure II is proposed 10 erect 10
carry the tracks 10 similar In character 70 the
present In fixing the time necessary 10 build
the extensions IL IS stipulated that the period shall
begin only when the necessary consents
o, tae contiguous property owners have been OBJ
tanned.
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