New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-12-30
CHANCE FOR ALL BIDDERS.
PARSONSS HUGE PLANS.
East and West Side Subraus-
alternate Brooklyn. Routes

Plans for new subway systems and extensions
OF the present system in three horouohs wsre
presented to the Rapid Transit Commission yes
serday. The estimated cost of their oon.truo.
ton, exclusive of ore system. is S4oo oOo The
plans contemplate in Manhattan an East Side
subway from tho Battery to one-hundred- and
forty-ninth- ST. by way of Lesinuton-a aye and
West Side line from the Battery TO Forty
sscono-st-
Fer Brooklyn, route Is proposed from Man
hsttan over the Manhattan Bridge, and under
Flstbush- ave. TO Fourth ave. and out Fourth
ave. 70 Fort Hamilton. An alternative route Is
from the Battery, where connection would be
made with the present system, under the East
River 20 Governors island, under ButterriIk
Channel TO Hamilton n-aves thence under HaniI-
ton and Fourth ave. 60 Fort AaniIto,
There is also planned an extension of the present
system from the Prospect Park Plaza, under
the Eastern Parkway.
In The Bronx the plans contemplate an exten-
sion Of the present system from kinesbridae to
Ven Cortianot Park; extension of the present
system from One hundred and -eiahtieth- ST. and
the Boston Road through Bronx Park and or.
through the White Plains Road to the CITY Line:
ano a continuation of the Eighth ave. division of
the elevated road cut Jerome ave. to WoodIswn
The making of the Second ave. system into
four track road. for express service was recon-
Fnended.
In report brfstiing with details, William
Barclay Parsons. chief engineer to the Rapid
Transit Commission laid before the board at its
meeting yesterday plans for the extension of
rapid transit IN three boroughs. embracing new
subway systems. extensions Of the systems now
in operation and under construction. and addi-
fions 10 the elevated lines. Accompanying the
report were maps OF the proposed lines in Man
haitian, Brooklyn and The Bronx. The estimated
cost Of the work outlined for Manhattan is
SAoooo0p. The extension in Brooklyn and the
work laid out for The Bronx VIII cost about
s9o00Oo0- One new line proposed for Brooklyn
IS so complicated and likely to prove 80 expen-
sive that Mr.. Parsons made estimate of its
cost
Pamphlets containing these maps and a. de-
Ecrtption Of the routes outlined will be printed
20 the number of one thousand. These will be
for public distribution. Two weeks from yester-
dsy the Rapid Transit Commission will take UP
the plans for discussion and will listen to any
criticisms of them.
The plans for the subways In Manhattan
composite or an adjustment of the tenta-
tive plans offered by the Interborough Rapid
Transit Company and the New-Yor5 City Rail-
way Company. The route is laid out that
the part could be operated in connection
with the present subway. or. by emitting one
tvo links in the chain. could be indepen-
dent East Side subway, with a connection at the
Battery with a West Side line running to Forty
seoond-st. The route is such that either the In
terborough. the surface railway company, or any
independent interests could bid on the contract
THE MANHATTAN ROUTES
The route extends on the East Side from South
Ferry, along South-st.. across Coenties Slip
10 Bront-st, thence along William-st.. ur.der
the Brooklyn Bridge under Park Row 10 Cham
bers-st. TO Broadway, and under Broadway TO
Union Square. thence passing beneath the sub
way. W =. Fifteenth-st. to Lexngton-ave.. and
under LeAIngton-ave. and the Harlem River and
private property to terminal loop. under Third
ave 10 East Observation-Disclosures st.
and Morris ave, with branch continuing under
Norris-ave. TO connect with the subway at East
One-hundredt tn and -forty-ninth-st. A West Side
line. beginning on the East Side line at Battery
Park, will run under Battery Park and Green
wich-st. West Broadway. Fifth-ave Broadway,
Twenty-fourth and Twenty-ffth SITS. TO Seventh
ave. and under Seventh-ave. to a connection
with the present subway, between Forty second
and Forty-flfth SITS. It will have a crosstown
connection between Seventh and Lexington aves.
at Thirty -fourth-st.. and ~onnection with the
present subway at Park-ave.. south of Forty
second ST, under the intervening streets and
private property TO Lexington-ave. at about
Forty -fourth-st.. and Battery Park
The West Side line would connect with the
new Pennsylvania station. In case the Inter
borouf' company obtained the contract and did
not buii4 the Thirty-fo fourth st crosstown line
This street could he used for the moving plat
form subway The plans proposed by the New
York City Railway Company included line
under Chambers-st. from Broadway to West
Broadway which has not been put into Mr.. Par
sons's plans because it would involve much
pense and serious engineering problems for the
functions with other lines at Broadway and
West Broadway
Mr. PARsoNs's EXPLANATION.
NJ PsYsons's report saws: