New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-12-30
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TO permit suitable reconstruction 70 be MADE Ihs,
In order 10 pTovide for division these plans.
cheme bas BEEN divided into the following sections
From Battery Park to and at
st TO Morrs-ave.. including the terminal loop from
to NTH rom battery
I Park to Thrty-fourth-st and Seventh-ave; from
the present subway between Forty-second and
sts from ang from
a connection with the present subway under Park-
sGSSn 81 The total length Of ali these lines
Is $500 feet. or l6.l5 miles
THE PROPOSED BROOKLYN ROUTES
Mr. Parsons outlines two new routes for
Brooklyn one to Fort Hamilton under Fourth
from its junction with F1atbush-ave'
which he considers expensive; one from the Bat
terry across Governors Island and Buttermilk
Channel, along the shore to Fort Hamilton His
report says:
lay out line extending from Fort Hamilton under
Fourth-ave to Blatbush-ave;, and thence under
70 The terminus Of the SAID i'd bridge rid e II Po @ d
neg leave TO p0T our 70 5 e PGa and ha az TS
its whole length by elevated railway, either on
reaching Manhattan will not be able TO provide
through facilities except by transfer Should 1t be
decided to build subway line under Fourth-ave. TO
Fort Hamilton beg Leave to fa the attention %t
bv diverting from Fourth-aye. 10 Hamilton-ave.,
thence under ,Buttermiik Channel to Governors
and thence. if desired, by tunnel under Greenwich
St. to connect with the low level loop at barclay
cation with South Brooklyn.
OF lines, which are extensions OF the existing
subway lay before the board one in Brooklyn and
Tie line In Brooklyn is the one for which the
function has already been provided at the Prospect
f s 9nd HE thence ssc fage G oo
yn TO which the attention of the board has already
o oSfh aFe''e0 ana Is without 'Fe0' transit Ia
The lines in The Bronx are first, an extension of
item
BEEN made am tnformed bT the 1nterborougb RAPID
York Central Railroad 10 use the Putnam division
without satisfactory results It Is desfabie that
the West Side system should go TO an Cortlandt
subway system from !<ingsbTidge to the park but
THE SECOND LINE IN THE BRONX.
The second line In The Bronx is extending
e-hundred-and-eigh tieth-st. and the Boston
e9a ana ID fn1 noh les Th
Bronx Park and that portion or Bron1 Park
cal Gardens. NORTH Of Bronx Park lies a section
any rapid transit lines. 1t is poss BE to Extend
the present eleyated structure over the Boston
Of the .topographZ Of the ground to grade
the the, surface Of Bronx Park Park, at its south utd
structure in Bronx Park. and by building the
the roadway leading from the principal entrance
the Boston Road. and thence beneath the surface
River. The river will be crossed ornamental
bridge, and thence the railway will again be taken
underground beneath the Pelham Parkway, and by
making use Of private property nd a suitable in
cline, pass from the subway to elevated and so over
the White Plains Road to the city line
TO build railway, which for The greater part of
its length, will be underground and the small por
ton Of its length where exposed be arranged
as to be entirely hidden from view by trees and
shTubbery
The length of lines suggested by extending the
6 miles; Van Cortlandt Park, II miles: Mount Yer
non. As miles. Total 119 miles.
In Manhattan and The Bronx there Is par
ticular elevated extension that 1 have especially
in mind. the extension Of the Eighth-ave. division
Of the Manhattan Railway across the Harlem
One-hundred frst-st.. to Jerone-ave. and
thence by elevated line over JerOme-ave. TO Wood
lawn. The aerome-aVe. line is which has been
discussed before the board many occasions. The
principal property owners who have in the past
posed elevated railway construction have recently
other view. and believe it would be best for that
portion OF the city avail itself of elevated
line as rapidly as possible and to this end they
preferred the extension Of the Manhattan system.
1 would wish especially to call attention to the
reconstruction of the Second-ave division Of the
learned from the present subway is the great ad-
vantage of an express service. especially ex-
press service that runs continuously in both drec
ions. In my previous report advised the recon
struotion OF the Second-ave. line by building IL
with four tracks carrying the additional tracks
square to the City Hall. This 7 beg leave repeat
The Second-sve line is sufficiently strong to carry
four tracks so that the superstructure alone would
have 70 be remodelled