New-York tribune., 1900-03-15
BROOKLYN NEWS.
WILL DEPRESS TRACKS.
LONG ISLAND RAILROAD TO PROCEED
WITH ATLANTIC-AvE. IMPROVEMENT.
BILL. TO SEPARATE TUNNEL PROJECT TO BE
PUsHED-COMPANY MAY BID FOR
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The directors OF the Long Island Railroad Com
pany. a meeting Tuesday afternoon. IN their
Office, at No. % Nassau-st.. Manhattan, unan-
mously agreed to improve Atlantic-ave indepen-
dent OF the East River tunnel scheme. All that Is
needed is the passage OF bill in the Legislature
separating the tunnel and the Atlantic-ave inn
provement proposals. Then II Is promised that the
removal OF the railroad tracks along Atlantic-ave
on grade will begin. Senator Wagner has intro
duced bill. which IL now in committee. separating
the tunnel and Improvement schemes. This bill
has the support of the Atlantic-ave Improvement
Commission.
The Improvement of Atllntic-ave. by the Long
Island Railroad Company will be the lines
gested by the Atlantic Avenue Improvement Com
mission The sinking of the railroad tracks Of the
company begin Flatbush-ave.. and the road
will proceed underground Nostrand-ave At Nos
trand-ave. the road win the surface and
proceed by an elevated structure RalDh-ave.
Thence the tracks will be depressed again.
ing to the surface Manhattan Beach Crossing
East New York The contour OF the land makes
necessary this depressed and elevated plan for
the road.
The Improvement IS to cost 81 100000 The present
law. with which the Municipal Assembly has moth
ing do provides that the city shall bear half OF
the expense 81 ,250 600; but if the work to
more, the Long Island Railroad will have TO bear
the additional expense The carrying OF the
improvement will require changing the motive
power OF the entire line from Flatbush-ave. to
Jamaica from steam electricity. The running
time, II said, will he reduced twenty-five
fifteen minutes.
Atlantic-ave. will be asphalted from curb curb.
The Long Island Railroad has the privilege OF
building and operating a trolley line over the de-
pressed railroad and side OF the elevated
road structure between Nostrand and Ralph
President Baldwin of the Long Island Railroad
Company yesterday practically Acknowledged that
II the Rapid Transit Commission should decide
extend the tunnel TO Brooklyn the Long Island
Railroad Company would submit bids for the
| struction and operation the tunnel on the same
terms that Contractor Mcdonald bid on the Man
haitian tunnel President Baldwin also said:
&. The Atlantic Alta Avenue , improvement % Commission
and the Long wh island daf sT6ad o OF
pany has unanimously agreed TO cooperate with
them. independent of the tunnel I do not think
that there is opposition in the Legislature 10
will only have TO wait now until the proper egisla
We anticipate that tunnel will eventually be
built 10 connect with the Atlantic-ave. improve
ment but the matter hes not been discussed by
may bid. but We have not anticipated what should
be done
Eugene G. Blackford. president OF the Atlantic
Avenue Improvement Commission, when seen yes
terday expressed pleasure at the that the
Long Island Railroad Company had decided to i'm
prove Atlantic-ave Continuing he said
The Atlantic Avenue Improvement Commission
will hold needing Tomorrow at which We will
take Immediate measures TO push the Wagner bill
through the Legislature II is likely that a COM
ea the s Passase n o the biz e the
@ Should aa ens ms the e
havetf1fs REGISTRATION rafiroaded through there
is nothing involved but the public good IL Is a
measure which some of us have been advocating
for fifteen years nave been most re1aoy IN
formed that the Long Island Railroad company
will bid II tunnel is extended TO Brooklyn by the
Rapid Transit Commission.
President Ludwig Nissen OF the Manufacturers
Association has announced the names of the men
who TO the committee of fifty pro-
vided for by a resolution the conference held
last week in the rooms OF the Manufacturers As
socation, in MOntague-st.. for the purpose OF ad-
yancing the construction of the East River tunnel
Wednesday OF week, when organization Will
be perfected II is declared that this committee
will itself not alone about the East River
tunnel, but viii confer with the Brooklyn Rapid
Transit Company regarding better service on It's
elevated railroads The members OF the committee
William McCarro. NJ W. Hart.
Henry B. Haish. The Cornelius Woef
Jacob F. Healey kin,
A F. Wldon c. y. Chadwick
The Rev. S D. Mcconnell Ludwig Nissen.
Frederic W. Hiurtchs. The Rev. R R. Meredith.
A. Augustus Eealy Henry Batterrnan.
Dnsmore. Abraham Abraham,
j. T. O'Rielly James Matthews.
George McLeish. charles E Robertson,
John Phillips II. c. VI. IngTaham.
William Gray, James T HOie
Alexander Petit. 3. F Parsons
Sanger Rufus L Scott,
DIR. Truman J. Backus James McKeen.
George w. Chauncey. James A Sperry,
J. Hampton DOugherty William E PIlsifer.
Monahan Frank A SeI,e.
Richard Pickering Charles Naeher.
Rudolph Remer. A G. Beden.
Russell W Mckee. Henry E. Hutchinson
George Foster Peabody. Dtmas Jewell.
David A Boody Theodore l. Frothngham.
The Rev z. " McCarty Robert J.. whal-n-
Otto Kempner.