New-York tribune., 1903-01-06

senenn se nupby or Certain amount Of local trafc in
hat H wos %GS aEe heP a EooEyn
pletion of second tunnel in the near future ah aha
Choice between these three plans must be maze at
The chief engineer the Rapid Transit Gomms fs
plans for f5 an hss' sg s1se
heash and 1rs, alse 9F sa6oSPs
SeTss Se Bstapy epwn IN addition the route
to Br9SSyFn is o gnaar to see the pans
for ffs e ne6ssa f6 hsn must
a. kg m x sft of ha hs spFaes oa ore nna
passengers every year than all the steam railIoaqs
MGrh al and sfa sogfh We sbo%n By the state
me ment Of Mr. skitt president Of the Manhattan
ReeE Kewsx Els comPany Company eared sn4 Il 1868
Is fnshed by the elevated
1t is certainly true that outside OF rns9 hos an5
should given but nobody is sangnne m enough
believe that during dred the rush hqr bI the the adoh
of new transit facilities. hope that the agitation
lend l9a PfseIf Simply in securing
9n for pee fee for the by pro
viding vesbules for the surface cars and for me M
every large car and two conductors for every car
during the rush hours fo ne m Gneg e Who sI
the is not unlikely to be more than M saved o,a ny
ton of more fares besides securing greater safety
| and comfort for passengers
HURR11NG The BRlDJf1S
the while the unfinished d bridgss asrOss
rsPidy as possible @ The ebad bT cfebF next
except for the fire at the Manhattan tower. This
T1l, df deifT free snf m Re srey
let for the anchorages of bridge No otherwiee other
noTh e TBiaekwes e tf Isand Bridse have been earefu
mitted public criticism they saqRght 9}aa ts BY
Sg er9Ee fS Td E orgnap esgned ss
Under these circumstances. referred both ,Il the
sion Of experts consisting of Professor William H
Burr, of Columbia University Professor Palmer -
Henry W Hodge a bridge engineer of eminenee
esns h at be brdge plans be still o
fed on lines which aim to unite the good points OF
Gesgned 9d and when the plans are Ready they
b2op 5p 1hs Rs n
reason why the contract for the Constructor @ & OF
the earliest date at which the ctys credit viii
permit such contract to be made. -
haitian t end Of the Williamsburg Bridge have com.
@ste and sne1' &pporfonment ii during the last
year Is eTds9 t ts that tren in makag at e Ese
the terminal for the % nai aaa
FORSYTH sts 1t is also evident that these arrange
mens must provide for the most adVaFtageofs ofh
these bridges. Such arrangements are certain to be
sd G0y 04t n be a Mor to the cS in the
of the circulation of traffic upon the East side,
to's to be studied out for the Manhattan end of the
Blackwes Island Bridge.
| GREAT TRANSIT SYSTEM.
with the completion of these bridges and the
projected tunnel say, within the next five years,
there will thirty railroad tracks between Man
beT no% a1s the here ape but four With the
ton of the subway system fer ma fans ana oT
travelling north and south already great VIII be be
Bs" fRis year Fhs sdditons SPEAK & if promptly
| years. The good effect of the completed tunnels
they ought to check the overcrowding OF Popula-
ton so very great in certain sections of Man
a1esa Of the s SH f 6ud
derds sf W make By way Of
| toward the support of the city: and, third, by
live eomfortaby within the city limits they ought
ad Of to the 81 en
centre Of the entire mqnicipay =, ,5.rba+t., Mr.
Cantor. in his semannuaI report suggested to me
the 9nns co9ons OF IN Menhan and n
parts of the city and plans ans not @ ons my
increase of travelling and business facilities wher-
eircumstsnoes VIII permit Through the Gour 6enr
furnished with a statement Of what has already .s
lines think that commission composed of men
familiar with transportation and business prob, |
suggest from the point of view of art may render
a Commission. at the outset at least, should serve
without pay although reasons pie sum: say sV d
other expenses. If your honorable board will au7
Ihorize such an appropriation TOR TINS purpose
as / can Secure in tn interes of the end in view
THE BROOKLYN LIBRARY.
Only one other subject calls for consideration in
of the cornerstone of the New-York Public Library
and the opening OF the new wing of the Metropoi-
tan Museum of Art. The first Carnegie branch |
library has also been opened during the year, and
a number of sites have been secured upon which
other branch libraries are already In course OF
construction During the last session on Of the ieg1s
of corporation in the Borough of BrooklYn
TO be known as the BROOKLYN Public Library which
was authorized absorb the present Public Library
of Brooklyn and the old Brooklyn Library on Man |
tague-st which is private corporation THIS lat
ter CORPORATION owns q valuable reference library
and other property roundly estimated altogether
at about 81 900 900
At the hearing upon this bill before the Mayor. /
IL transpired that a most unfortunate controversy
the new library corporation. The bill as passed
provided a selfperpetuating board Of trustees.
TO be formed originally by the appointment by the
Mayor of eleven members from the present Public
Library Board of Trustees and Of an equal num- |
ber from the present board Of trustees Of the |
BROOKLYN Library; these twenty-five men, with the
Mayor Controller and president of the Borough of
considerable element the Borough OF Brooklyn
objected the elimination of the present Public |
Library. wholly under public control, by merg-
ing it in a corporation whose governing board |
| should be self-perpetuatng.
After careful consideration of what was said upon
both sides, reached the conclusion that although
there much force in this objection. If consoh
| Borough of Brooklyn it was desirable for to
approve this bill, and to use my influence thereaf, |
| Of the corporation The bill, in due course, |
became a law; and I proposed. after conference |
of view that the matter should go forward subject
to an agreement that legislation might be had per
representatives the Public Library in the cor
poration. and also their SUCCESSORS while leaving
! sef-perpetuatng element within the board.
MAYORS PLAN OF SETTLEMENT.
The settlement that l proposed would give |