New-York tribune., 1902-01-16
TWO BLOCKS AND LONG STRIP BOUGHT IN ORDER
TO Make TUNNEL SAFE
RAILWAYS REALTY DEALS.
MUCH PROPERTY NEEDED FOR THE
CHANGE OF TERMINAL FACILITIES
BOUGHT-THE DETAILS.

In order to carry out the newly adopted plan
for bettering the traffic facilities at the Grand
Central Station and to make the Park-ave. tun-
nal as safe as possible, the New-York Central
Railroad Company has bought two city blocks,
and In addition a strip seventy-fve feet wide
running through about seven city blocks.
The bl-cks bought bounded by Forty-ffth
and Forty-seventh SITS. and Park and Lexington
aVes Beginning with No. ~ East Fifty-sixth-
ST. which is at the southwest corner of Fifty
sixth-st- and Park-ave. the railroad has bought
property south of the building mentioned on the
west side of the avenue far as the northwest
corner Of For.y-ninth-st. and Park-ave., with
the exception Of one plot. The width of this
strip is sevCnty-fve feet. on it stand many five
and six story buil1iHgs. The estima ted value of
the property obtained by the railroad could not
be learned last night, but one OF the leading ap-
praisers Of real estate said he thought the city
blocks included in the deal were worth at least
81. .OOO o1O
John y. GOldng, the real estate broker. repre-
sented the railroad in the purchases. He was
asked by Tribune reporter what property he
had bought for the railroad company for the
purpose of improving its traffic facilities. He
declined to be interviewed the subject. and
referred his questiouer 10 the railroad officials
for details of the deal 1t was at first re-
ported that the purchases included the land
bounded by Forty-ffth and Fifty-sixth SITS. and
Park and Lexington aves.
NEAR RAPID TRANSIT STATION.
BY the construction Of a loop under The Grand
Central Station the New York Central will have
sub-station almost, if not quite. on level
with the proposed station Of the rapid transit
underground road at Forty -second-st and Park
ave. Only few feet OF rock and earth will
separate the two stations II was the opinion
Cs u-ho yed for civ
views on the New-York CentraIs plan last night
that the stations of the rapid transit subway
and the Central would most likely be united. and
that some system would be devised whereby
passengers over the Central could make the
journey from Mott Haven 70 the Battery and 10
other places south of the Grand Central Station
without changing cars This could be easily
done, they said, by having Central aided
TO the trains of the rapid transit subway road
at the union station. Should the proposed sta
tions be united. passengers on the Central would
proba bly, have TO cross :he tracks of the
Madson-ave cars at Forty second st and Park
pet 70 hotel. for a hotel 70 cost about
S5,OOOOO0 is TO be built at the southwest corner
of Forty -second-st and Park-ave.. and a station
OF the underground road will be. it is said
under part of the hotel and will connect with the
hotel
Douglas Robinson, of Douglas Robinson,
the Rapid Transit subway Construction Com
pany in it's realty transactions asked
whether the proposed loop station under the
present terminal of the New-York Central and
the rapid transit subway station would probably
be joined. He said ne had not heard of such
proposition having been considered. He added
that even if such a subject had been talked II
he might not have heard about It.
REJECTED RAPID TRANSIT OFFER
William Barclay Parsons engineer of the
Rapid Transit Commission was seen by Trtb-
une reporter last evening at his home No. 5l
East Fifty -third-st. Mr.. Parsons said:
One year ago the Rapid Transit Commission
made proposition to the Central that we join
forces by placing station under theirs at
Forty-second-st.. and so arrange our tracks that
local and express trains could be handled by
employing the outside tracks of the four track
system. The connection was to be made be-
meath the present yard. and to join
their tracks at SiXtieth-St. That proposition
was refused because the Central preferred their
terminal at the present quarters, and because
such a proposition involved the of cleo
triCity. AcCor iingly we went ahead and built
without reference to them. If, Under their new
policy, they deem it desirable to run trains TO
the City Hall. II will be necessary for them to
carry two tracks under our system to Thirty
ninth-st., and there connect with our express
lines. Such a change would involve a far
greater expense to them than If they had ac-
cepted our original proposition. The commission
tiOns in this ~egard.
LOOP TO EXTEND UNDER NEW LAND.
1t was reported that part of the loop station
would extend under the blocks bounded by
Forty-fifth and Forty-seventh SITS. and Park and
Lexington aves. The Tribunes informant fur
ther said that the New York Central had re-
ceived an offer of the Woman's Hospital prop
erty in the block bounded by Forty-ninth and
Fiftieth SITS. and Park and Lexington axes, but
that the railroad officials had said TO the owners
of the property that they did not want buy II.
The parcel the west side of Park-ave.
which the Central has not been able to buy is ar
the southwest corner of Fifty -ffth-st. and Parl'
ave, and is owned by the Goe1et estate The
railroad VIII probably have to resort 10 con-
demna ton proceedings to obtain il. At the west
end OF the block, between Forty-sixth and For
ty-seventh SITS, east of Park-ave-, the railroad
has a roundhouse.
This is on plot 130 by 20O1O feet. In the
same block is the Heavenly Rest Chapel OF the
Church of the Heavenly Rest. The Rev. Will
lam H. Heigham is the minister in charge OF
the chapel
St. Peters Lutheran Church. at the southwest
corner of Forty-sixth-st. and Lexington-ave
is also affected by the deal The Rev. DR.. Ed
ward F. Modehuke is pastor OF this church.
which is of the leading Lutheran churches
of this country The size of the church prop !
erty is 80 by 30 feet.
The dimensions of the blocks bought are about /
1855 feet by 200.10 feet each.
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