New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-02-05

tails OF the plan have been worked yss anA
they may not Be ready until ths last wssx % ttts
month am hoping however. that things WIN Be
IN shape by next weeks meeting OF the Board %
Estimate 30 that make part of than pss-
lie"
Chief Engineer Nichols has ossn WORKING sAxfH
and lats the bridge problem ever since he too1
charge OF his octca While he was assistance
engineer IN the Department. he gave ths sunfscs
much attention At time he was avoraoh
disposed toward the so-called Martin plan 100
handling the elevated tia bridgA y u
believed that his plan viii include sons q %
important features OF the Martin plan
C c. Martin. now dead, formerly supcrtnssndsn4
OF the Brooklyn Bridge. formulated a plan for q
continuous loop system for the elevated cara con-
Meeting the Brooklyn with the Williamsburg Bridge
By building elevated connection from tbs PARA
Row terminal through Centre and Elm sta 10
q point opposite Delancey-st: thence turning anA
crossing the Bowery and Allen-st. abovs the
listing elevated tracks. The plan included q spus
TO the Manhattan Bridge. thu foundations OF which
building between the Brooklyn and WILL
iamsbIrg bridges.
Mr.. Martin eontended that willis elevated strucs-
ures not Desirable tbs OF them could
well be avoided IN connecting tbs bridges tbs
Manhattan side. The Brooklyn Rapid Transit Com
pany concurred In this view. and said that the
Martin plan the only that II could ndOrsa.
That was two or more years ago
Since then the Brooklyn Rapid Transit people
have sgniAed a willingness to Cooperate IN building
a subway connection tho Lines OF the sO-caled
Parsons comprehensive plan. 1t IS known. how
ever. that the Brooklyn Rapid Transit people still
favor the Martin plan above AL others, on the
ground that It be worked out quickly and with
! comparatively little expense
The Martin plan would permit elevated trains TO
be run a belt lns system Trains going IN both
directions would be used during tina rush hours
train coming over tho Brooklyn Bridge would
take on a load OF passengers n the Park Row
terminal and after making two stops between
Park Row and the Bowery would 60 on fts wNy
over the Williamsburg Bridge and up Broadway
either 70 Nyrtle-ava. or to East Nsw-York- Turn
ing toward Manhattan once more. Il would procssA
on passengers the way. Similarly. elevated casD
coming from Brooklyn By way OF tbs WILLIAMSBURG
Bridge would stop at the Park Row terminal -
their major burdens OF passengers and after
Ing ths Brooklyn Bridge and running eithsr IN
Myrtls-avs. Fulton-st. would turn down BroaA.
way. in the Eastern District
On the map Irregular. EGG shAosd sxna
describes thu belt route contemplated By the 1fAs.
tin plan. the small end OF the sgx representing tn
Manhattan leading area. the larger and the Brooh-
lyn distribution area Engineers say that such .
system is capable Of carrying greater traffic than
any other. one drawback Ia the probabL4sy thAe
many passengers who now get ride straisns
70 transfer either to elevated or surfaces cars q
East New York. This tried few years ago ana
ave. trains probably would have 70 Dc handled sub
stanually as they are now. as tbs Williamsburg
bound for South Brooklyn and Say Ridge points
commissioner best Will not admit that ne haS tny
corporated the main features OF the Martin plan -
his solution OF the problem
Objections Will be Instantly raised against build
49,, a.. e. EI 5 ,, -ts
the side OF the Hall Of Records. and would dis
figure ths Streets II covered making them as dar9
as Park Row between the Bridge terminal and
Chatham sQua<a