New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-02-21
cENTR4k My BUILD II.
Parsons Thinks Good Terms Could
Be Made for West-st. Ele0afed,
MAYOR WANTS PERIODICAL REVISION

,favor Low said yesterday that all the COR
..ao.s for the improvements in the eitys RAPID
transit system recommended by SIlei ftnsiie
parsons of the Rapid Transit COMMISSION woaia
he LET subject to periodical revision Oh the iiiaii
cial terms A.. o,aor-
An the contracts must go before the aloeF
men for approval or rejection, ana Inc pias'
horse cavalry element in the board may w 10
hest to obstruct the progress OF any pidH'
the betterment of existing conditions.
81 don't believe said Controller Grout' tha'
- parsons,s recommends lions, so far as they
haye reference to Improvements on the eieNateu
,;ros will amount to much, as the elevated peo-
- ,-er nav for anything Doubtless the II an
1ise. or contracts, viii be dlVldeo ih'o
cIa.ssee-new lines extensions and aoui'ions
~,e;af t-ngineer Parsons said yesterday lnPl
,,;,a II was hard to look into the futuie' ~
Of the opinion that the plans submit +,oo
rr,,,,,s5av would provide adequate transper.1'-e
facilities for the city fer the next '"''
TWENTY-FIVE years. He continued
THE WEST SIDE LINE
Perhaps tn, proposed West u, sl tbe Suggestions
line is the m T6SrsGay expected that i T4 %a
raise howl about street when heard it said
that the plan would give the anW great PUBLIC
ca TnsTf 0 nsssF oa
nr9 of gran. am conildent 5iia on its merits
West sae mae without advice from any rs 9e
Il Is one o Of 1h If the problem is be rghfS
soTed to the method Of bgding fhf that
or as to for the Transit ong rgh Of
handle AS the NewfssEdk e from Fifty to
acquired from owners Wso Gem seI to me
i ibaf it is in straegie positions handle n pretty
say that i To- Ks as that IS handed such an
eeT sn sTuct don't nB ss jq rom nf the jersey
Toul9 ee pbnndred feet under the TiT thin that
IFS cars on this elevated biid the structure
rent the structure if the city good thing the
rss b that cd it TGu bS terms i can do be
made solving the Congestion problem problem
r would enable people trare e ,ISav down the
Baterg without of ears h sf now has to
cent 1t would divert live Of the putnam division
change 6aTs h or tlon instead
and sdTPg fhs on he and Ninth ave- lines
Doubtless it would cost Szyotft the contracts can
AS e me 70 the highest bidders Perhaps MI v M9
Donald ana nl fhey have acquired in building the
present tunnel will be ahle 70 o o,iI5 he nothing
about that In fact II the
are to be carried iirectiy a9 mist be under one
Central management and ownership, u We een1s 70
ger GneaP viii have to get it from one COMPANY
People demand through TRANSPORTATION t hv JiIV
next the work ought re be G9mPetsai tou he torn
to-day. The streets VIII uouutlee9 49,
IN for The next two years although the CONF ~
a,, Ia ye5cinsT the Inconvenience TO minimum as
fbe1, learn 10 40 the work with greater skill.
No contracts for the new rapid transit lines
oan he LET until the new tax levy has been con-
43r,oad nv the Board of Aldermen in July IN
view of Chief Engineer Parsonss recommends
lions for a West Sioe freight and passenger ele-
waited railway. the Mayors talk on transports
ton on July 81 is specially interesting. AL tla'
time he said:
Tho ;ronrovements already made by the DOCK De
nartment and those that are ABOUT 10 Use
provide not only for large numper 90 81 fegt in
piers but also for ar exterior ssrset. yb M
;raTortant breaks from Cortlandt-st to GanseVooI
Market and it will be completed as Iar as
T1;rfy-eighth-st. This street IS VICE enough ~
-a,-oi+ - the erection, without disadvantage 70
ANYBODY of an elevated railroad, haFHls d spui
desired running down every pier Such an ~ ~
waited railroad might easily pe ed,l5t LII Were II
lower part of the island up to point "I!eIe
re@cbes the right of way of the Newly ork Central
and Hudson River Railroad. at ThlrtlethIIssI u, ~
the PENNSYLVANIA tunnel franchise shoulu pe
granted If would not be difficult to make a CON
5action between the Pennsylvania system ana ms
eEterior road The result would be a railroad a.
ae Tarbattsn Island with the New-York Central
md the PENNSYLVANIA Railroad systems can
think of nothing that would add more importantly
to the commercial advantages OF TINS polt itr an
anvthing such a railroad would be a very large
source Of income the city THINK that Ihe Cltg
Isis for this franchise; but that the RAPID ITafslt
Commission should take steps at an cary u1 Et
r1erfect a franchise such | have outlined NHeh
coT1nle+ed the franchise may either pc let. u1uer
The terms ef the existing law or legislation may
~ nd which will enable the city to build the
road itself and rent it to the highest bidder