New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-03-28

GSeny stated favor Of muncR Rs c Gons tG15
nrovide the necessary funds. ! think II would be
better TO have the road built with the city moufy
and o%ns9 T ny t2f Cy suppyng the necessary
funds within any reasonab le time seems to be eH-
trernely remote.
\ GRATIFYING FEATURE
gratifying feature about the present situation
is that the proposal Of the Metropolitan street Rail
way Company is practical Endorsement NJ the
views OF the Commission with reference to the de-
STABILITY Of an underground system Of rapid transit
Tor New-York The success Of the Boston subway
with the Transportation OF large masses ~ men In
cities is by the constructing OF suowsys me sue
ION 40 ~ iii rms he seen that ali he future de-
mands OF the city for constantly increasing transit
facilities will be without the destruction or any
more streets any injury thereto.
street surface lines ~ the metropolitan company,
thev are really able 10 propose something decidedly
better in the way Of transportation than We could
promise in OF road built and owned by the
city That is they are able to offer connections
with their surface lines and transfers all over the
Borough OF Manhattan for a moderate rave OF iale,
They propose in effect TO charge Eve cents on local
subway trains. with three cents for transfers and
10 cents on express trains with transfers iree !!
the city any one except the Metropolitan street
Railway Company built the Underground ROAD. poo
pie leaving II for surface road or coming 10 IL
from a surface road would have 10 pay nv" cents
additional fare
In addition to the saving Of fares the possibility
Of physical connections o. various polnts-or a., a.
any rate the arrangements that would be MADE Tor
conveniently
tunnel cars, and vice versn-Wlll he OF NE
benefit 10 the public II this plan Is carried Out -,
Roots letter is 10 pay per cent on the gross
earnings % the underground road after IL ma
est on the actual cost Of construction. the fran
eaise to be e5a1s5 NJ reTps' n M tbd morey -
build the road and who take whateyer Tsks mere
may be, should fis GET back inieIes on thGo QUE
shall have 10 grant perpetual franchise IN order
to induce capitalists to undertake the building Of
q rapId-transit road with their own none Whar-
ever plan Is adopted. such a ROAD VIII ne - f'Y I
Gus, ~ orr road AZ $50 10 and it can hardly
be expected that people vii spend ma sct
Of their own MONEY on what would 20 ID Ell so' t
mere ieasehold or course. y me road was 10 ~ W.
fut with the citys money and tne opeda dtarSnt
problem would he presented
TO BEGIN IMMEDIATELY"
one feature Of the Metropolitan proposal ought
IN he very satisfactory 20 the puhHc. ana that Is
the promise TO begin Immediately the ouiiolhs
Of the road far north as Fort George h'erS
body knows how well and how fast the Meropoh-
tan Company are able 10 work Nobody IN me
Scont 70 The public Sand the fact that for
. cod MARI ~ the vav fher surface tracks
vii directly overlie tho tunnel s further guar
ante t9a they VII l, weTk as as s os ah
Their proposal is to nnish ne road As soon as ne
trafic returns show that the competed poIl -
earning seasonable dividend on IFS actual cos
That also seems 10 me ta an ton me san and
indeed ! think it quite likely that the MetropoHtan
II their proposal Is accepted, W ia
n is 20 their interest 10 build the Whoie lodd az
C-ce At auv rate me acceptance o. tner pro
rnsal would almost certainly insure. WITHIN mod-
crate and perfectly reasonable time the CohslIuCI.
ton II an efficient system OF JrIy ISela m e.
from the Postofice AZ least 70 kines6rldg+ on me
rcc- and The Bronx the east. beyonl lhVse
Tointe n ought 10 easy 10 extend the system ~
nhvsical councillors with The Ne"-lork ana ~. IA
nam and tho New York. New Haven ann haruo'u
suburban line. 49,. .a.,o, he ea,-
,e4 now and must he lef 10 be settled hy hesoli
zion n case he Commission shall re eInpo"ttrI -
-ba legislature 20 deal with the suoject ~. CON
sfrtioti0n nv private capital and accepts ms tp
,.oesr I I'M sure tho public may feel SailsH'i lhd
he commission Ri do every thing possible 10 40
,rce and protect the interests ~ the CITY - N
present time only await the acuon OF 1rs
tegfsIatllre which will naturally ne gilded Nerh
800 rs, prbli- orinion and hope This SUBJECT
,,li attract and receive the attention 1'ssi -.
,r1a nreeeut proposition although not tnurelE ia.
isfacio-v 10 me as involving private o"hershlp y
certainly tho best proposal. all things cohsiut'e.
MAJ w. M We ever received. II is A. any rare an
eminontly practical and sure way o. se'sh IN
49, ~ rand transit for which We have an oetl
honing 50 long and getting It soon II the people
n tho city want that. they must say SO 10 W.
7 ooiefsti,rc a. once and I'm unmistaka5e terms.
POINTS FROM MR. RIVEs.