New-York tribune., 1902-04-29
PARSONS TO STUDY BRIDGE
RAPID TRANSIT BOARD SUBMITS PLANS
TO HIM-B. K. Il. BALhs Al
FOUR MORE LOOPS.

-rb. three plans for the relief of the conses-
tion AT the Manhattan terminal Of the briose
have been referred by the Rapid TRANSIT oohi :
mission to William Barclay Parsons l'S .
engineer Mr.. Parsons has been dlrec'eu "
make study of these plans ana recoieN
the board the one which to him seems 'he iios'
practicable. Mr.. Parsons has made IL d uie
ever since the Bridge Department undeftooA "
solve the problem of congestion to rerra'i II o'''
| reading word regarding 1t. He has not yet
seen the plans. and is therefore eh'rey "'
biassed before undertaking to decide.
1T is a tremendous problem. and an extreme
" difficult one to provide relief for the III
| toerabe condition that exists on the bridge a'
n-esant" said Mfr Parsons to a Tribune re-
porter Yesterday THE Rapid Transit Comnls-
sion has had the whole thing dumped In upon
# and | have been ordered to study the plans
Heretofore | have left this thing seVereiy aiohe
| was asked to serve as one or the co'iiii''
Of three expert engineers appointed uhoei ''i
McCarren act but declined because tel' 'ii''
no plan could be provided that would aHo'o ie
lief within two years What is most required
is some temporary relief. The bridge Is 100
small and the Centre-st. or PARK fo" ioop'
that are spoken Of would not alleviate the CON
dition until the new bridges are completed
The plans that have been submitted 10 MI
of three engineers. the same plan revised ps
C G Martin engineer of the Bridge Depart
ment. and the S15OOOO00 plan of Bridge Com
missioner Lindenthal. After Mr.. Parsons rec
ommendation has been handed to the cofi''i'S
sioners, public hearings Will be held
Bridge Commissioner Lindenthai Is eXceeuii's
ly ANNOYED at the qubbling OF the r'ioo"''
Rapid Transit Company over the instalfatioh VI
the proposed four loops at the Mammalian e
Of the bridge 1t appears that the ra'road co'''-
many is not anxious to go to any expense to re-
Ieve the public, because 1t sees IN the Pif'i'
increased earnings The effect the additional
four loops would have would be to distribute tlie
crowds a greater area Inc ne" r, ioor
would be about 120 feet east OF the plesea.,'
looms and the engineers of the Bridge Depart
ment are of the opinion that they "oulu oe ~
sinplest and most effective way of relieving the
crush and consequent danger TO Ire ana iliii',
The contract under which the railroad Is pei
mitted to run its trolley cars over the piluse en-
pressly provides that plans for any alteIauohs
in the trolley service must be prepared ~
railroad company which must also pear 1ht ~
pense of making the Improvement MI. ,r III,
denthal asked President Greatsinger 10 pfePaie
plans for the new loops about two weeks ago
1t ought not to have taken two weeks 10 pre-
pare them, but Mr. Lindenthal has not received
them and there seems 10 he II" prospect 'h''
he will.
President Greatsinger and his counsel, John l.
Wells have protested all along that they are
at the comma nd of the Bridge commissioner
and ready TO do his bidding. This statement
was twice made by MT Neils "heh he -.
sented Mr.. Greatsinger at the meetings OF ,Ile
Manufac acturers' Association in Brooklyn MI.
Iindenthal rs therefore in the position OF nav,
ing called the bluff Of the Brooklyn RAPID
Transit Company The Bridge Commissioners
has threatened more than one occasion 10
put the trolley off the bridge. and Presloeht
(yreatsineer has declared that this arrangement
would suit him perfectly, as 1t would save ms
company much money. Mr.. Greatsinger taxes
this lofty position we'll knowing that the brlose @
Department could not afford to carry out the
threat because of the Inconvenience fhat the
nubIic would be compelled TO endure until some
substitute for the trolleys was provided Inc
Commissioner believes that II moving platforms
could be placed the bridge and the railroad
company compelled 70 pay TO the city one cent
for every passenger crossing the bridge ana
using the trolley on the Brooklyn eide the
trollevs could be put off the bridge with safety