New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-03-12

Bowery, and thence through private property to
Elm-st- (with stations connecting with the Sec
ond and Third-ave. elevated lines and the sub
way In Elm-st). thence down Elm-st to Canal
St, and west in Canal-st. TO Ninth-ave.
Should the Interborough's scheme by any
chance be permitted to go through in the teeth
Of the present opposition. Elni-st. property own
ers foresee the multiplying Of years Of outlay.
loss and inconvenience caused by subway work
and the widening Of the street
a DESERTED MINING CAMP"
The subway work, say the property owners,
transformed the street into A deserted mining
camp" where rubbish and upthrown earth clut-
tered the thoroughfare leaving only narrow
bride path for vehicuar traffic. This. 10 begin
with. say they entailed a loss to owner and
tenant Of thousands Of dollars year The
widening of the street entailed expense and un-
told annoyance. This too say the owners. they
have been content 10 ABIDE. confident that 1t
would ultimately prove to their advantage
Now. say they. TO cap the climax comes talk Of
an elevated What VIII become of the small
parks that were promised to US" ask the prop
erty owners. along with the carefully paved
streets and the generally bettered quality Of
buildings Il the from bridge gets footing"
Elm-st. houses have To- do a large amount Of
trucking. and the owners feel that deliberately
TO plant girders iu the roadway and darken the
outlook would be robbery after their outlay.
The comment ON the situation OF August
TrenBmann. who owns most Of large block ir
Broome and Grand SIS was tcrse but much 20
the point. Build an elevated structure through
Elrl-st p" he queried. 4 won't have it, Let
them try. and / viii put the matter tomorrow
in my lawyers hands"
The Ncu-York Steam Fitting Company has
been a tenant at No. 131 to l41 Elm-st. for
thirty-fve years. At the time Of the street
widening the face Of the building had TO be cut
of. and the firm suffered serious Inconvenience
lie WOULD LEAVE ELM-sT
II the Interborough has its way" said Henry
J.. Han. the president. yesterday. Just as soon
as the present lease expires I shall move out,
bag and baggage. It would be worth % 1-3 per
cent to move. ] thought the widening was to
relieve congestion. but now can only think II
was for the benefit OF the Z
AS il u.s. the mining camp condition Of the
street has meant a dead ioss OF at least 5000
a year to the firm. Calculating trucking
charges. hire Of labor and other things. I be
lIeve / could have brought suit against the city
and won. After all have borne. cheerfully
and patiently. in the widening Of the street, in
the belief THAI as citizens we should assist TO
relieve the congestion ia Broadway and Centre
ST. il makes one ask, What's the use, after all"
We protested only last fall about the condl-
tion OF the numbered street and Mr.. Cantor
took the matter up. understand ours was the
only firm whose protest came before the Board
of Estimate and Apportionment And now, after
the Interurban's plan for a surface line. comes
the Interborourh's for an elevated structure. l
consider this even the greater evil
A. /. Flandrau's carriage house occupies nl-
most the entire block az the northeast corner Of
Film and Isroume SITS. We moved away from
Afofr said Daniel T. Wilson. OF the nril.
Yesterday. Ito our present location 10 have the
advantage Of Elm-st. foI our special class oI
bus ness You can imagine that an elevated
structure as contemplated would oe ftis
certainly oppose f. -,
M Wilson foresaw possible defeat TOT 'he
project because Il contemplated crossing lSfoau-
way Il Go not believe the legislature would eve!
I consen; to that he said.