New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-04-04

l TO intermediate STREETS. praCtlCahy iNih'"e 49,
The new scheme viii connect the upper Tenth TN
PouIevapd lines With the lower West side by means
OF the elevated railroads at One, The
West side served by the slxth-ave. and Nintn,ave,
trains i is on snS"ys Tor 'tfs
thirty afth-s and NM nv ~
the Union Rn be ESmpsHs bridge
park system OF the Borough OF The bron and d' New
Rochee on the sound for cents 1t expressly
provided tina. the scent fare shall apply 10 eNp'S
well as local trains.
! Following are the statements made 10y au'hoi
/ lied Spokesman for the respective parties 10 'ne
! agreement, which statements set forth III "e'"'
the points Of the new agreement, and dwell upon
the advantages expected to accrue therei'o'''
MR. GOULDs STATEMENT
President George ]. Gould Of the Manhattan
! Railway Company said yesterday
Il regard the agreement made to-day as one
/ that will add greatly to the capacity OF the eie-
waited system to serve the public and also largely
increase our business We not only practically
! extend the elevated system TO 1onkers ana
New Rochelle. but by crosstown lines we secure
direct connection with the Pennsylvania Rail
road at Deshrosses and Cortlandt SITS. as well as
/ other important ferries on the East and west
| sides.
"Tbis Is one Of the changes we intend to work
ont by degrees in connection with the change or
/ motive power and the enlargement and improve
ment Of the elevated railroads. strong point
/ in the plan is that it takes effect and VIII pro-
/ duce results TO all concerned at once. we are
also at work on the question OF joint power
/ houses and an even closer consolidation OF the
two systems"
Mr.. Lauterbach said:
"A glance at the map Of the borouShs oil Man
haitian and The Bronx. well as the southeriF
territory Of Westchester County, Will reveal the
fact that combination Of the systems oil INC
/ Manhattan Elevated road and the system Of the
/ Third Avenue Railroad Company, comprising the
/ Third-ave. line. with It's One-hundred -and-twen-
ty-ffth-st. and northerly branch. through All
sterdam-ave the Union Railway. with more
than one hundred miles of track actually OPP
Grated and the Dry Dock, East Broadway ana
Battery line and the Forty-second St, Manhat-
tanville and St Nicholas ave. line. makes 1t avail
able for passengers to be moved from any place
to anywhere between the Battery on the south
and Yonkers on the northwest. and Mount YER
non and New Rochelle on the northeast.
The Union Railway is now being operated
electrically, and the other lines Of the mira
Avenue system are in process OF change to the
underground trolley system, which Will soon be
! completed The Manhattan company has just
: secured the cdpltal necessary loI III"
change of the power of its system. for the gen
eral Improvement of its road and for the opera
ton of express trains going about forty miles
an hour
The example which has been set by the
BROOKLYN Rapid Transit Company in securing
the BROOKLYN Elevated Railway system. and
projects which have been discussed looking TO
transfers from the underground railway. when
constructed to surface roads, have brought to
head deliberations long since planned, whlch
will enable the public to obtain Immediately the
benefits which will result from an alliance be-
tween the systems of the Manhattan Elevated
and the Third Avenue Railroad Company.
Enormous as will be the immediate advant-
| age to the territory traversed by the Forty-sec-
/ ond Street. Manhattanville and st. Nicholas
/ Avenue Railway. and great as will be the gen
! eral convenience secured by the contemplated ar
rangement in every section Of the city OF course
the greatest benefit will accrue TO those residing
in the Borough of The Bronx. The Third Ave
nue. company has been most urgent in insisting
that the express services OF the elevated rail
way shall be made subject to the terms Of the
/ transfer arrangement so that those living at
great distance from the City Hall shall secure
the advantages sought to be obtained by the
contract
REDUCTION IN FARE
"Of course the right to transfer will not be
limited TO the single change from the elevated to
! the connecting surface road but will he secured
TO passengers on all connecting lines on the
( Third Avenue system. 1t IL believed that the
/ reduction of fare TO eight cents. which is now
! fifteen cents in some instances. az, for example,
/ to Glen Island to Hastings Line and other i'm
portant places of popular resort. and 10 cents
/ in all cases will enormously increase the travel
are at least equal. and it seems to me in most
respects greatly superior. to those that could be
! derived from transfers from the underground
railway and this is entirely irrespective of the
| point that in one case the benefit is immediate
and in the other remote How much further
/ the unison Of interests between the two systems
! will he carried after this first important step
shall have been taken only be surmised.
but immediate economies to the advantage Of
! both companies will certainly be realized in the
| joint use Of pOwer-houses in process Of
construction and contemplated to be erected
Edward a. Maher. president OF the Union
| Railway system, said:
by this traffic arrangement made with the
Manhattan Railway Company the advantage to
| the people north OF the Harlem River will be
very great-and by north Of the Harlem River
mean to include all the territory Of West
! Farms West chester village. Cnionport. Will
| iamsbrdge. South Mount Vernon. Mount Yer
non Pelham North Pelham. Pelham Manor
and New Rochelle. In each OF the above places
/ the Union Railway system is nov in operation
! This connection will enable the Union Railway
! Company to carry passengers from Mount Yer
! non. Yonkers New Rochelle. and all the terri
tory south Of that. to the terminus Of the eleva-
ted road at fremont. or to any extensions that
! the elevated may make along its lines
! 1T will be OF particular advantage within
very short time 20 the people In the above ter
| ritory as soon the Union Railway Company
| will have built its double track line on Webster
ave- which will connect its trains the White