The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-03-13
XORB TUNNELS AND VIADUCTS
BROOKLYN THE BENEFfCIARf
or SS2,OOO, 400 PLANS

The plans drawn by Chief Engineer Will
liam Barclay Parsons OF the Rapid Transit
Commission for improving the travelling
facilities Of Brooklyn were submitted TO
the commission yesterday.
Mr.. Parsons recommends the building
Of a second East River tunnel from under
Nassau and Orange streets. Brooklyn, to
Maiden Lane In Manhattan, with a station
In this borough near william street. From
this station one line is to be run across
Manhattan, by way OF Cortlandt street. to
West street, and another line along William
street. diagonally under the present Bridge
structure to Park row, thence under Centre
and Grand streets to the end Of the Williams
burg Bridge, where the subway tracks are
to be connected with the tracks crossing
the bridge; providing loop for the Brook
Ign railways. by way Of the Williamsburg
Bridge and the second tunnel.
He would take the elevated trains OF
the Brooklyn Bridge altogether. send them
around by the new route and transfer the
trolley cars from the roadways TO the Bridge
railroad tracks, thereby restoring the road
ways to the exclusive use Of vehicles. BY
this plan. he says, the city would be saved
the cost Of reconstructing the Bridge
superstructure.
The subway from Williamsburg Bridge
to Maiden Lane would take about two
years to build and the river tunnel about
three years.
As a temporary measure OF relief and for
the purpose Of connecting the bridges
Mr.. Parsons urges the adding Of two tracks
TO the Second avenue railroad. and tho
building OF q branch line along Delaney
street to join with the Williamsburg Bridge
tracks.
When all these plans are carried out
Brooklyn will be connected with Man.
haitian by three bridges, carrying six ele-
waited tracks and ten surface tracks, and
two tunnels carrying four tracks. each
OF which tracks will have greater carrying
capacity than either OF the two elevated
ortwo surface tracks on the existing bridge
For Brooklyn itself, Mr.. Parsons recon-
mends q subway system and a develop
ment OF the elevated railroad system. The
Brooklyn terminal OF the tunnel now under
contract will be at Flatbush and Atlantic
avenues. From this terminus Mr.. Parsons
suggests four track subway to the Pros
pect Park Plaza. Around the outer limits
OF the Plaza, Mr.. Parsons proposes a loop,
and diverging from this loop, a three track
line easterly under the Eastern Parkway
and, ray. East New York avenue. Two
Of tho tracks on Flatbush avenue should
be depressed at tine Plaza, passing beneath
the loop 40 as to avoid grade crossing and
then be carried southerly along Flatbush
avenue to. say, East Broadway Another
extension from Flatbush and Atlantic
avenue to Fort Hamilton.
The elevated railroad additions recon-
mended by Mr.. Parsons are:
tirst--Add u third track on the Fulton
street elevated from the end Of the line at
Second-Add a third and fourth track to
the Broadway line, from the loop at East
New York 70 the WllliamsbuIs bridge, and
fhird. Add a third track to, the Myrtle
avenue line from Rdsewood to the Brooklyn
Fourth Add a third track on the Fifth
and Third avenue lines IN South Brooklyn.
Pifth.-Connect the Fulton street elevated
between Williams place and Alabama ayenue
a ma fns t1sn 70 down either Fulton
through the loop with It's consequent con-
siStRh-Connect the Fulton. street line and
the Fifth avenue line. TO provide for the latter
s1.ts arc n BrooSym
'"s seventh went new eievstci line from tn.
BRIGHTON Beach and Fulton street, railroad
street. Gwinn ct street, L,rimer street:
Manhattan avenue and jackson avenue and
70 the WILLIAMSBURG and Blacswells Island
Eighth extension Of the Fulton stree
line from Crescent street. through Ptun
avsnu' and Stewart avenue to the Jamaica
Ninth View elevated ures from Third
avenue AMI Sixty.seventh street. through
10 Fifth avenue. and thence back along Ftfth
avenue IN Thirtv-eirhth street
Mr.. Parsons has estimated that the cost
of these improvements exclusive OF ahut.
tai damages will be about esq 600 On0. Of
,.,hich .ho,, sai OO0 OO0O repreeents the