The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-07-31
No More bitches in New York

NE FI3ptu lEdTAsu AoIlIliN~!oIl Iid~ q
project 10 extend the subway system by
building a branch from the main line at
Broadway and Forty-second street 70
Union Square, 10 extend 20 the Battery
through University place. Wooster and
Church streets; and il i undoubtedly q
needed addition 70 that system
As ..e remarked. the other day il is in
evitable that the rapid growth of the pop
ularion and trade OF Manhattan Island
will necessitate the extension Of the sub
way system in many directions. Tbs
ISLAND will eventually be honeyC)mbad
with underground railways The con-
venience Of citizens vii! require mo7e and
more facilities Of underground travel,
for it may nov b. assumed that the s1Fe-
riority Of that method OF transit viii -
demonstrated 70 the general satisfaction
when the subway under construction has
been opened for u-e
The par Of New York through which
il is proposed to carry the new subway
includes the district in which the street,
are throngaG throughout me day with
shoppers. mostly women. and al night also
are crowded with people II Is d strict
of great bazaars of retail trade, OF hotels.
restaurants, theatres and apartment
houses, and throughout It's length snor-
nous expenditures Of capita! have been
made in the nstructlon II buildings
whose value for their purpose, i de-
- i "a rs..
Of the streets on which they are il as
everybody knows from experience Of
the building Of the present subwav. the
same method Of construction is plr-
sued in this extension. the whole district
will suffer seriously throughout the
progress Of the work and many thou
sands of people will be put 70 great neon
venience daily. That is, il the new sub
way is 10 be like the old a ditch. dug
close 10 the surface Of the street
II only such method Of construction
Was practicable, even It's damage would
have to be borne, for further facilities Of
transit We must have and they mus, b.
underground But by actual demon
stration in london and elsewhere il has
been shown that method which does not
involve obstruction or injury 10 tho
surface OF the streets il pos-ib" and
wholly feasible subway construction
can go on without loss and inconvarieH.H
to the public, AMI withour even ,h"u-
knowledge that IL is proceeding une--
here and there at openings which need
not be seriously OBSTRUCTIVE.
Instead Of a ditch, thia new subway
should be veritable tunnel. bu!lr 81 far
below the surface Of the streets that is
construction will not interfere with trade
and travel on them, with the complicated
water and sewage systems, and with
buildings erected on the thOro ughiares.
II that method Of construction, demon
strably feasible costs l!rtle more To the
contractors. the additional outlay will be
insignificant rs compared with the actual
money loss 10 the public Of the pCese nj
hitch method.
Comptroller GPorT. who Is one Of the
Committee on Plans Of tho RAND TRANSIT
Commission, j. reported 10 have answered
when asked II the extension II tn" sub
way coIld not be a deep tunnel. instead
Of a ditch like the prcsent subway:
Not without changing the plans Of
course the plans will have 20 ~ changed
and the sooner the Rapid Transit Com
mission proceeds to make the nrcessarv
change the better will ~ the prosJectsfor
the present municipal government when
next aurumn's election cone, The pub
H. have got tired of saving money for he
fIbway builders at the cost Of infinitely
greater loEs TO themselves.