New-York tribune., 1904-10-04
NOW For EAST SIDE LINE.
RENEW THE AGIT4TION.
Engineers ErQmine Belmont and
Metropolitan Subzcay Plans.

-~ta r0r-plerion Of the subway system con-
.~.ua5 fv the Belmont syndicate in Manhattan
,rs The Bronx is TO be followed Immediately
l,. a renewal IL the agitation Tor an East side
.,,..r,sr Organizations OF residents, property
,---ars and business men Of Harlem and The
7.-a.x. whose emphatic demand for an East SO
subvay was voiced by The Tribune in may
articles published Ia april. lSJ-, are prepares
= renew the demand and urge the Rapid TFn-
e,t Commission 10 decide on plans for sun
subway without further loss Of time
Now that il is known that the coI14e1ea
subway win be open 10 the public on Oct9oer -
~ ,a0nIa of Harlem and The Bronx 7ho are
40. ~ be benefited 10y the new road declare
.bs+ II is time for the Rapid Transit -olhIlls-
si,-e~s TO give attention TO their ness. 1hey
ssv rhar the history of the preset SUBWAY
eroEs mat long delays are inevitabA aIIer the
mans are perfected. and for that eason there
sbo.-ld be no longer delay i'm ths preparation
ri the plans for The East side So"ay' "hlch
,ba Fanid Transit Commission Fas PROMISED
..zyhat we want al first is a Ieclsioh oy the
72auf6 Transit Commission as 10 "Ae-Ilei 1l.e
- side is 70 have an iudepadent subway or
IS 10 have merely au East Si6 extension oI lhe
-,-sss,+ subway" said David stecller, secretary
- the Fasl side Rapid Trs7sit Association OF
,Fsnbatrsn and The Brow. yesterday. The
,,rrr,issio7 has before II SOW the plans OF the
,rs+-onolftan Street RaiKay Company for an
,,aersn5enr subway syseu, which embraces an
East Side subway in LIinEtoI-ate-. and plans
of the Belmont syudicite fo- extensions 10 the
present subway incluhus subway l1 LeNlns-
foD-ave from Forrvsecoud-st- north to one
hundre5-an g -forty--Ehll 81. There has been
practical agreement on LeNington-ave. as t-S
route for Tie Fast SIDE subway, thanks 70 the
agitation in uhch The Tribune gave Us such
valua5 bic assistance. Tie point 10 be decided bv
rbe Raufs transit Commission however, $
whether INA, subway IS no be two-track spur
of The Belnout subway. shortening its East side
line or ITO De a fou--crack independent line
for both local and express trains.
PETER AN INDEPENDENT LINE.
81 -hink She people of The Bronx and Harlem
va, have been concerned in The agitation for an
Est side subway would prefer The independent
Inc. which would extend down Lexlngton-ave.
ana Irving Place as far south as Fifreenth-st.
and continue under other streets to the Bat
terry. There is feeling that The Rapid Transit
Commission would prefer 10 have the exten-
sions Of the Belmont subway although Con
troller Grout has been emphatic and explicit II
declaring that the public interests require an IT.
dependent subway. There IS also a suspicion
that the Metropolitan people may combine win
the Belmont syndicate. IN that case the Zig
railroad trust would control al The elevated.
surface and subway lines IN Manhattan md
The Bronx"
L VIII be remembered that the people who
Eere demanding aa East Side subway were op-
POSED strongly 70 the proposal which the Rapid
Transit Commission seemed abou. ready 10 en-
tertain last year. for an extension OF the pres-
ent subway from Forry-second-st down Broad
way 70 Fourteenth-st-. 10 shorten The West side
line. before undertaking an East Side extension.
The proposal for the West Side spur by the
Belmont syndicate stirred UP a strong protest
from the business men II Broadway. and the
cry NO Broadway ditch,' was ks3t up until AIr
Belmont announced that he woule Withdraw the
proposal
The Belmont syndicate also lid before the
Rapid Transit Commission a plsa for an East
Side subway n Lexingtou-ave. % connect the /
main line, which turns west IN Frty-second-st 4
from Park-ave. with the East Side branch. |
which runs under the Harlem Ryer al Ienox-
ave, the connection - he madein The Bronx /
al One-hundred-and-forty- ghthst Many OF /
the Harlem people have said tha such an East /
Side subway could be only q tHotrack spur To-
local rralno. and provision IN Pek-zve. south |
OF Forty-seconc-st- WAS made Tor only two /
additional tracks Tor an East sde extension 4
tAe5 LsFe declared tnat what Iny really need /
Is -FOUR track line under LeZ5na0n-ave.
~--A-s ~ 7 LiE MI ttDFDlAIA4 COMPANY /
On February - OF this year theMetropoItan
nazsgeuent laid before the Hpid Transit 1
Com issLon a comprehensive pla for an in
asptndent subway SYSTEM 10 be hilt at a cost
about S400O0O00 According this plan.
the line would begin in The Bron, and would 4
De continued south under Lexngon-ave. r.
hlng Place. Fi1teeuth-sr.. Broadway Chambers
g. Wui!am-st. 70 the Battery Par. extending
under the present subway loop Iu Bttery Park /
Aeturn-ug, die line would go uuterGreenwich- /
81, West Broadway, Hulsou-st.. E.ighth-aEe 4
ano Thirty -fourLh-st.. connecting Hr Thirty
-9urth-st with the main line ia Le1ngton-ave I
me line would connect with The Pennsylvania /
eeli-e-s and station IL Manhattan and would I
nave a loSp M Chambers-sE connecting the 4
bIlaoHay and West Broadway line
Before the Rapid Transit Cornnlss.gl Mr. Rel I
mont opposed the Metropolitan plan declaring l
Eiat IL ~ ould be better 10 have alI Il. subvavs I
Rnder one control ccr The sake OF transfers 4
nom one subway line 10 another. he Metro i
Reillan people satd that ~ taeir Ian were
seeitTa they would give the transfers rom their
tluEsy o. The surface lines thus making II 4
pos. be Tor their patrons ne reach am part Of 4
- '-4-st .in ana TIE Bronx from any cher part /
ior single fare
The Rapid Transit Commission has had its /
t-slheers investigating the Metropolitan plan. 4
- 80 Aas not taken ~ the plan, either f,r adop-
.1A or election. Neither has il talzn def 4
@ @- seton cn The plan ~ the RelmOn syuCi- 4
~ toi IN East Side subway extension.
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