New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-11-17
OBJECT TO N. Y. c. LOOP.
PROPERTY OWNERS NEAR YARDS NAY
ASK COURTS TO INTERFERE.

meeting Of property owners and other per-
sons living the New-York Central yards
will be held at s o'clock on Wednesday night at
the Grand Central I'alace principally to take
concerted action to prevent the New-York Cen
trail Railroad from carrying out its present
loop plans. Some bf the objects also to be
sought closely allied to the main one One
is the reopening of all crossstreets to wagons
and pedestrians from Forty-ffth-st., which
borders the north wall of the Grand Central
Station, 10 Fifty -sxth-st., where the tunnel
begins; the sinking Of all tracks from Fifty
sixth-st. TO Forty-second St, and the use of
a motive power other than the one arising from
the use of combustble forces.
In this movement. which is entirely separate
from that known as the Fourth or Park ave.
George F. Shrady, jr., Father NJ. ]. Lavelle.
rector OF the parish Of ST. Patrick's Cathedral;
DIR. e. Benjamin RamsdeiI. chief medical officer
OF the Fire Department; John J. Fr.el. DR..
Henry F. Deane, F. Z. Doughty and DR.. Alex
ander Hadden, of No. 155 East Fifty-hrst-st..
consulting physician Of the Northeastern Dis
pensary. are active Some OF the persons idenu
fed with it told a Tribune reporter yesterday
that they had been told that the present loop
plans OF the Central call for the removal Of all
the present bridges. either for pedestrians or
pedestrians and wagons. from Forty -fifth-st- to
FIfty-fifth-st.
A man who is close 10 some of the Central
officials when asked if the plans would result in
the tearing down Of the present bridges, said:
have only seen the drawings regarding the
loops. These loop tracks will he sunk many feet
outside Of the present limits of the yards they viii
FSR have @ be t6R down and not rebuilt IN order to
carry out the plans do not know. l do not think
location Of the bridges Everybody knows there
has got to be bridges 9yer % tne gaTo ba q ba % am
road intends 10 tear them down, down ana keep them
down is, to say the least, Tidiculous-
Dr. Haddon said:
An informal meeting Of some persons identified
with the movement was held last night at the
Grand Central Palace was chosen temporary
81 a retred viii 6ea be- at S he Wednesday night
meeting and viii be elected mape1t I9o chairman nam
wyck is very favorable 10 the meeting. The meet
and property owners within the section most af-
fected by the Central plans, but TO every person
Of this city who has the interests OF the city az
heart Long suffering are we-suffering without
naray ever rSiSg y u on5itin0 DO tbat ,HbcS
they should do. We have been bent down under
have been stirred ed to Or rise up and and cry out and
to take acton WIN an tn9 t i9ree tnaI we can IN PHo b
design of the Central to sweep away all the
second-st up TO the mouth of the tunnel eve say
that such things shall not be-nust not be Indi-
strong enough to right the wrongs & thst gan and
ssry. From what near, it seems that we will be
forced to appeal 20 the courts.
place obstacles in the direct line OF any street
WHICH dyerts business from ITS natTra channels els
footpassengers only and then other bridges for
trucks or wagons cannot use them? There was
time when the tTades9en m on the east SIS side % Sf
Now. they get practically none OF this business az
of Park-ave from Forty-second-st. to FTfty-sixth-
st. The New-York Central yard IS responsible
depreciated approximately 50 per cent in the last
road Is also responsible The Individual owners
are great losers. but the CITY, too. is so much
] am told that the railroad wants to build all
sorts o 10 carrY out its pToPosed loop pansbuiId
ings for storage purposes: etc If such plans were
Sad be less Valuable than it is now OF course
me trscs from Park-ave to Madison-ave has de-
creased account OF the conditions Of the rail
road yards. and 1t will shrink some more unless
the yards are improved;
We kSw ha feet higher than they are at Fifty
We think the EailrSad tbsf should @ }f, be com com
PTls5ea Psse 70 on level with the streets that such
sSs SaEess he e0 bu at each street and that only
power which does not cause smoke cinders and
mel mel and yards.
DR. E. Benjamin Ramsdell. who lives at No. 5sl
Iezington-ave said that for years the engine COM
panies near the yards had experienced great dir-
/ nculty I'm responding TO fires
.aThese conditions which the fire engine conpa-
,,ea have met with" he said. should not be made
i worse Everything possible should be done 10 i'm
prove aIr the bridge crossings SO tnat aihouahces
and fire companies could get quickly and easily
o,e- theu, To get 10 a FIRE at Forty-ninth-st. and
adisOn-sve. the hook and ladder company SI at
Fifeth-st and Lexinston1avei w0TJo % o neVS 70 SO
/ Of the heavy obstacles some OF the lire companies
he we now 70 contend with in answering alarms IN
she district In which the yard Is AFTER the street
lamps lighted. woman no os 9i S
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