New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-02-20

under One hundred ard-tenth- st. 10 Lenox ave-
vest vest lines nors6 Of Central PARK as the Forty
second-st. subway line provides enc south OF the
Bronx should he extended from West Farms along
the east side of bronx Fark. utess 1e pa 20 & d u
in order to reach Wakefield and Mount Vernon
two rapidE growing Sgfj9ns OF the city now with
bra5rIcb should also be laid out continuing along
the Southern Boulevard. and then westerly in One
hundred-and- -eghtieth-st \ connection between the
should also he made from Brook-ave. along West
chester-aye to Thtrd.ayr. ,.oratio,s j., tba Man
l suggest the following aiteLatlcns ions IN IN us MAN
haitian structure ad nle9%d 2F oPTGa9h from the
Ss River fH 42a rrying Wing the
Two new tracks over the Chatham Square junction
aT Thrave Pda tT the third track from
Fifty to SO as IS t6 be naKe afr II pont
Suburban Division-AGd a third track from south
OF Bv Ie conVeftinF a[f s tbo seeondave division into
four track srucnGa ana ny ecA n viii at
once be provided for the east side OF ,r me o CITY
cnntinuousv running express structure. while local
passengers from points south of the Harlem will
he liver and thus not come in contact with the
nr tRe Prapid transit Westcheser line with
The suburban line at e-hundred md forty ninth
S Bron2 1 Park PARK Or Wskehed or Mount Vernon by
rfGt line s@ to all R9nts and city r m Hall in through
trains and for single fare This would ~ r save 9 pas
one and three-quarters miles of their journey.
EXTEND SIXTH AND NINTH AVE. LINES.
sixth-ave. Divtsion.-To furnish special trains
for the retail shopping district lying north
of Fourteenth-st and to furnish connection 10
the terminus Of the New York and New-JerSey
proDose extension of the SiXtn-aVe- division
along ChrStODher-st to tireanWfCh-st.. connecting
with the Sixth-ave division AT the north end or
the Efghth-st station. and thence lay thlrd
track on the Sixth-ave. structure northwaTd. BY
this means many northbould trains could run
local" through the wholesale drySoods district;
by the time they reach Ei=h:h-st.. could then pass
the third track and run express 10 tfarieIn
The relief thus provided to the local track north
of EfgiitT-st would permit trains TO start from
district
Ninth-ave. Division.--I recommend;
The extension of the third track from Four
teenth-st. south 10 Cortlandt-st. 50 that the ex-
press service may begir from the latter point.
A branch from the main structure at F1ttN-
third-st running westerly along -third-st 10
ffth-st.. where owing to the topography, the ele-
waited structure he depressed into subway
and carried under Amsterdam ave. to connec-
ton with the subway at Serenity -SecOnd-St-
The extension of the third track from One-hun-
dred -sixteenth-st. north TO one hundreds
nifty -hfth-st, making continuous third track
Make an arrangement with the Putnam division
of the New York Central Railroad by which the
present bridge the Harlem River can be
constructed into a three track structure and then
extend the Eighth-ave- line across the Harlem
River with three tracks. and by short tunnel
through the high ground the east bank of the
along Jerome-ave. WooGia wn. and thence west
erlv in the neiehborhood of Mosholu- ave 10 a
connection with the Putnam division in Van Court
landt Park.
CONNECTION WITH STEAM ROADS
The railroads now terminate at the Grand Central
Station supply transportation facilities 20 various