New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-03-12
PREFER PARSONS PLAN
Eubrag 10 Connect the Bridge
Likeiy To Be Dig.

-. r-.-;oec~ Parsons plan Tor a -u1'@y
-, te-,-ecn The Brooklyn and WiIliaIas-
80 ,-,Erez --cHaaiy VIII he approved al 2
p~ls -, 81, is hslJ i1 the Mayors ofico this
- 81. = O'Clock The confsrrces "il ''e
80 president O-r q the Rapid Transit
-..g,o7 -se Controller chief Engineer
- s-i Presidents winter. Of the Brook
=. pond Transit ConPsu.. ara Belmont. OF
49,, r-rc-ao~cugh Co-nr1n,'.
-. --.=Asrr through o. no Parsons plan
-e Tho killing OF the Be-mon' plan Tor an
.....-.ss connection from Delaney 70 Elm, and
-, r7-- 70 canal. and thence wcst 10 Ninth
80 sooner vas thu Belmont plan for oo-
ENC, ~ Elnl-s-. hroacheG than - aroused
--,os,,so-. The Tribune long time ago voiced
-. sentiment ~ The merchants and property
..,-sars along Err.-sr. Uith reference 70 an ole
,s+ed railway I'D that new thoroughfare. Yes
.,-ssv afqvor Mcclellan came out openly aEainst
-, r,-- nj -he Belmont plan that contemplate
- elevated structure in Elm-st He said;
= have beer. and an now. opposed 10 an Gle
..s5 structure either fin Centre or Elm 81. II
..sr7s 10 me that those thoroughfares should
:, kent free and clear Of elevated roads. was
s,s-ase5 10 favor The widening u BaNter-st. be
,.vss IL would have improved rather than dam
.vss thar street At the conference called 10
--sst m my Office tomorrow forenoon The Par
.ors plau for p subway connection between Inc
r-oaElv- and Williamsburg bridges will he
,,ss7 ur. The drift If opinion seems 20 he 'n
nrOr o. This plan.
The conference in the Mayors Once -o-n'r-
nv is likely 20 settle the much discussed cues
-ion a. "a connection between the bridges. said
Controller Crout. There is no doubt IN my nina
that the Parsons plan for q subway connection
between the Park Row subway station and The
end ~ the WILLIAMSBURG Bridge IN DelsnoeY-st-
IS the most feasible scheme for us 10 adopt
The details can he worked just as quickly as
those for an elevated connection. and The cost
am sure. viii b. no greater Tree are Just
s. many necessary prellminaries for an 'Ie-
,are5 As for q subway connection The sub
way digging viii be comparatively essy There
Is little or no rock cutting, and chere arc no hEt
ruf1df1cs to be shored along the route. don e
know lust what attitude The Brooklyn RAPID
TRANSIT Company VIII take toward subway.
They VIII have to say pretty soon what they are
vilnC % do. A year ago they said they We're
willing 10 accommodate fheiI traffic 10 a sub
way o. late We have not been able 10 &c,
any satisfaction from the officials Of that com
Janv That does not necessarily mean, however.
thar they ere hostile to o subway connection
CHIEF Engineer Parsons has directed the at
fentiou ~ the Rapid Transit Commission TO the
diggiug of the BROOKLYN extension as an object
lesson Of re- pid work in subway construction. He
ssvs that the platforms tor tho FUltOn-st. and
WaI-sL stations 0f the extension in lower
Broadway are being constructed. and that the
work is being pushed rapidly under the river.
Nr. Parsons declares that the work I'm hand I'm
lower B-oa 6vay shows how much the COutrar-
tors have improved on their earlier construction
subway between the two bridges can be built
rsrdiV.