New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-12-02
DISCUSS LEGISLATION.
Mr.. Uonamaker FduorS a Cross
tO1Cn Tunnel.

.vao,,,t,,a session. which lasted for more
than an hour. yesterday, the Rapid Transit COM
,ojssion discussed legislation which Il desires 20
have introduced at Albany az the coming session OF
the legislature. NO decision WAS resCHeu d. ~ No.
particular measure
The letting of separate contracts for operation
and construction of future subWays and munlcipa
operatiou and construction came in for inucn as
question II was thought 70 be good plan TO have
all future subways susceptible Of operation indie
nAndent of the present subway system. The Els
berg bill pipe galleries and an arrangement doing
away with the present limit OF 100000 Cor sub
vav expenditures were also discussed. These vari-
Gus subjects will be embodied in separate bills, SO
that if one Idea fails II may not defeat all.
Mr. Rives read a report TO the board regarding a
claim for $4,000 which Richard Mock. restaurant
keeper in Forty-seccnd-st, had submitted OF this
5000 was for damages TO his building and $4,000
for four years Interference with his business Con
rroIar C,rour brought forward a motion allow
The. proprietor Of cafe and restaurant at Fourth
ave and Fourtecnth-st 10 have an entrance 20 the
subway station from his place The permission
given. with the understanding that II could oe
revoked at any time.
4 letter from John Wananaker read, decIar-
ing that before the commission built the proposed
tunnel up Sixth-ave. from New-Jersey, 1t should
extend the New-Jersey tunnel across town to
I7o,,r have and Eiglth-st. The city suffering
Tor rosstov,n transportation facilities rather than
for more north ard south lines, Mr.. Wanamaker
thought and better scheme could be devised
rhan the direct extension OF the McAdoo tunnel to
kourth-ave and Eighth-st tapping all the north
and south lines. After that was done there could
be no objection the Sixth-aye. tunnel he thought
The letter said IN part:
The practical problem is one of eQuable dstribu.
ton and present discussion Is one phase OF
such general proposition. The North River tunnel
will so materially aid and assist in bringing people
70 Manhattan Island that it will require the NEST
with the physical contour OF the island inc
heaviest travel must De north and south ana mere
ont on
north ana south substantial accommodations, either
Nv waV 81 surface. elevated or underground tran
Sit H. follows as a consequence that that method
OF distributing people Will 5e most effective which
reaches the grsatest number OF north and south
lines of transportation; and TO that end II seems
that. in any even: assuming tla' therf ~ ,th
he North River tunnel there should certainly be
eo9 n8e M rsI for crosstov
tuneI which would give the fullest opportunlty, 70
oUentngs on such crosstOwn streets your honor
Coming through the tInne make their exit there
from ut any point whore they can reach at once
such further north and south transportation as
best suits their immediate convenience
To be specific. there be no doubt that Il tun-
great heneft 10 that locality ALREADY well supplied
and therefore Of some benent to the CITY az large
cty that II would furnish for that section Is OF
g gre rest o The eTcante sections Of the city
bined or that the people who would seek that par
would seek other points. There is further CON
sderation in the ract that tunnel across Man an
present subway would sreatly improve comnuni-
cation between New-Jers"y and Brooklyn, and
yDlild simplify the problem Of best service ior
brooklyn residents IL their transportation on Man
That your honorable beard might consider tun-
mel under S.Ath-ave. the proper result % . per
sstent demand cannot be as justly opposed atteT
tunnel haz been provided across the city as could
| be now A. th- advo tes OF tunnel under slxtn-
ave. have continued themselves entirely 70 the ques
ton OF q uen ~ 10 taat section We beeF II not
inconsistent refer - the desirdbility or te cross
/ town tunnel which would each. approximately
| the intersection Of Eighth-st. and FourtA-aFe
Th,- ann %
OF the subway, now open. were nodihed oy ne
widening Of Fourth-ave al Eighth-si 70 neet Ros
sbIe present and future congestion OF trHin INIT
point VIII always be one OF importance 10 Ihe cry
tl account Of its converGtng lines IN itdluon TO
the meeting at right angles tne:S are con
yerctng streets. ana the widening OF t<l-st- eAs
tending Lafayette Place makes ourth-aVe aTId
& th-st. and the orer space rAe"taoout mp @
a. ,e from more directions than tulth one OF Two
exrcptons1 nuv other location In the city Of New
York II there is therefore. any part "a a
which is be considered account o. tts Pecuatr
location its present conditions ana Iuture p1ssi
b.lties II is the section IN the immaculate heisApV'