The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-08-06
IppEAL TO SAVE BROADWAY.
.rsyyESS MEN SIGN A STRONG
nrryrJON no THE MAYOR.

.,,.,.s sure That No One I'm tho rs
r,,r.atened Blocks VIII Refuse to
lain In Appeal TO the Mayor to Tun-
-, Under. Not Tear Up, Broadway.
Hare is the protest against the ditohing
Roadway for a subway, which all the
.nars and tenants on that thoroughfare
v.,,voen Forty-second street and Union
s,uars will sign and send to the Mayor:
NEW YORK. Aug. s. 1908.
r, His Honor, Mavon"tow'
We the undersigned property owners ana
.,s;ness men on Broadway between Forty
Sscond street and Union Square. whose in
arrests and property rights represent over
,.oo ooo 600 and who nay to the city Of New
vork annually taxes representing almost
~ ono ooo protest most emphatically against
y. rronosed tearing up Of that thorough
s..o Broadway in the event OF the Rapid
-, commission deciding to construct
an,r NJ he underground road in that street.
Wi,b the keen appreciation of the appalling
..na;,ions resulting in all the avenues and
.,ras,a where that method has been en-
.,n,.od ,ye feel that our business enterprises
ronld he impaired irrcparably, thousands
~ ,oore would be thrown out OF employ
u,snt and financial ruin confront many OF
w. sbould the section of the city's one great
. W. he converted INTO an immense
ai,cb and remain such for many months
An immense percentage Of our patrons
rou,d he driven away from ls. There would
no perceptible decrease in the number OF
romen whose custom 1t is 10 come to this
d;strict to do their shopping. to visit the
,hea,res and operas, to go to the hotels and
ros,aursnts. for they would be unwilling to
o,counter the discomfort and even the dan
ror which would threaten them at every
s,en Nor would the women be alone In
,bis desertion Of Broadway.
Orlv one advantage has been ascribed to
,h;s method Of construction--thaS II Ia cheaper
and will save money. We assert that this
IA in no sense. a justification for entailing
an immense financial loss on those whose
nropertv and business rights are vested in
,b,s thoroughfare. whose enterprise and
scumen have made it what 1t Is to-day
We demand through you. as our right.
that the subway be constructed by tunnelling
not by ditchng.
The petition was framed yesterday by
the executive committee appointed by the
merchants at their first general meeting
in the Fifth Avenue Hotel on Monday.
The committeeman who drew up the
petition and. in the name Of all Broadway,
unanimously approved 1t, were:
Al Hayman. the theatrical man; Nathan
Stratus Of r. II. Macy q Co., W. Fl. r. Mar
tin of Rogers, Poet &c Co., Edward Hatch,
Jr.. of Lord & Taylor, @. I. Stockham OF
the Criterion Hotel. James Slater Of j. and
j Slater, shoe dealers, and r. j. Donovan
lawyer
The work of getting signatures will begin
to-day. More than $50 merchants had
already authorized the signing OF their
names before the form Of the petition was
agreed upon, on the assumption that nc
protest against ditch In Broadway could
be put into too strong language.
These $50 names are on record in AL Hay
mans office. He and his associates on
the committee are confident that they will
not find single dissenter In the twenty
eight blocks Of Broadway that are threat
sned by the ditch diggers.
There will be another general meeting
Of the merchants to-day to ratify the action
Of the committee.