New-York tribune., 1900-05-11
EVERY ONE FOR TUNNELS.
DELEGATIONS APPEAL TO COMMISSION
ERS FOR SUBWAYS-FIRST ACT
UAL WORK ON NEW ROAD
TO BEGIN MONDAY.

How great change has come over the public
mind to the value Of subways for rapid transit
is evidenced by the delegations from all the bor-
oughs of the greater city, which are weekly wait
ing upon the Rapid Transit Commissioners for the
purpose urging the necessity OF tunnels to cope
with the traffic TO and from Manhattan and their
respective neghborhoods. It not long ago
that the Commissioners overwhelmed with
delegations protesting against "hoes in the
ground"
Delegations from South Brooklyn and Richmond
were received yesterday by the Commissioners.
David j. Tyson, the chairman Of the Richmond
Borough delegation, spoke first. and expressed
himself in favor of tunnel to Harnilton-ave..
South Brooklyn against the alternative route
to Joralemon-st., Brooklyn. He said that the
Hamilton-ave. route would not only aid South
Brooklyn, but would eventually come to be a great
help and support for the inhabitants Of Richmond.
Erastus Wnan spoke of the commercial advan-
tages of Staten Island great railroad centre.
now that the island had been connected by great
railroad bridge across the Arthur XIII with the
trunk lines He urged that a tunnel from Staten
Island under the Bay would restore the CONNER
cial prosperity of this port. Mr.. Wiman proceeded
demonstrate the desirability Of railroad from
the Arthur XIII bridge. behind the hills of Staten
Island, striking under the Bay at Stapleton ana
coming out at about Thirty ninth-st. South Brook
yn where 1t could be extended along the street be-
hind the Brooklyn warehouses, and thus on to con-
nccton with the New-York connecting railway
now projected across Randalrs Island. and thus
form connection with the entire system OF New,
England railways. The tunnel, he said, could still
further be connected with the East River tunnel to
Manhattan and form line of more than six
mics from the centre Of population on Staten n'er,
Island. This would give 1t a frequency, rapidity
and cheapness of service between Staten Island
and the City Hall Manhattan, that would greatly
self. for there nothing that 80 per cent of the
people of New-York needed much access to
cheap property. Henry George had truthfully
said that 90 per cent of the people OF Manhattan
paid tribute to the other 10 per cent for the priv
lege OF shelter By the East River Brooklyn and
Staten Island Tunnel, new term OF vast impor-
tance TO the mechanic of New-York could be
coined, namely, equality of accessibility" toward
cheap property on the south equal to that reached
toward the north. to The Bronx and beyond.
After other advocates OF the Hamilton-ave route
the Committee of Fifty of Brooklyn present rea-
why the Joralemon-st. route should be adopt
ed instead Of the one TO Hanton-ave. 1t was con-
tended by the spokesmen of the committee that
would be benefited by the Joralemon-st. tunnel.
Stephen NJ. Hoye lawyer, of Brooklyn, asked
for permission to address the Board but in
formed that he would first have make appli-
cation for a hearing, in the of the other
delegations. Mr. Hoye subsequently informed the
reporters that he represented the New Jersey
Staten Island and Junction Railroad, TO which was
granted years ago a charter to build railroad
from Thirty-ninth-st., South Brooklyn, under the
Bay Staten Island. He said that If the Board
would build the Hamilton-av subway his company
and. Mr.. Hoye refused to say who the officers of
the company were.
Among several appointments made yesterday by
the Commissioners at an executive session the
salary of $1,000; W. a. Aiken. inspector OF steel
So 000; ST John Clark inspector Of designs. $500
and Herman A. d; Holman auditor. $3.50
Heights when L. b. McCabe the sub-contractor
for Sections Nos 13 and IA, will begin excavating