New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-02-12
FOUR TRACKS IN BOWERY.
That Number on Il" Expected
.Ccc0nd-aUe. Extension Report.

The committee % real estate men chosen
last July 20 determine the probable cost Of
sa-raFes from improving the Second-ave. ele-
vated road by building additional tracks have
submitted on Informal report 10 the INTERIOR
ourb Rarss Transit Company. Iessees Of the
elevated lines The company has not Yet de-
ri5ea the route q the proposed extension Of the
Second-ave line between the City Hall and the
r-i-s--s- stations The report OF this committee
covers the probable damages OF building extra
tracks from the Fi-st-st. station o. the Second
ave Line 10 the Harlem River. or. IN other
words 20 the one hundrcd-and-tven ty- ninth
st. station.
From what could be learned yesterday. the
Tate-bo-ough favo-s building two more tracks
from city Hall 20 Chatham Square. thence up
The Bowery TO a point north Of Grand-st-. and
auldInE a two-track elevated road from the
Bowcry at a point north Of Grand-st., 10 the
El-zt-st station. in First-ave. II is proposed to
have -l-e extension from the BoweTy TO the
Ffre--s-. station run through a side street so
that the damages TO property resulting from me
building Of the road viii be as small as possinie
u diagonal route from the bo"erN 10 'Ie
Ffrst-st. station was chosen much properly w
obtain the necessary right Of way would have 20
ne bought outright. and IL would he many I4oI1i-S
before mo r,,-iI5frrs in the line Of the route
could be turned over to the company ana then
torn down The Iuterborough may stil declce
TO build a suuerstrucfure from the CITY Hall
connect with The ~eCfIltl-etNN- lN'4'-
north - Chatham Square. bat IL was tntiInaIeu
vestt~5a- that rha adoption OF the ldea :
% remote. possibility That the company mao
practice ry fe-FFri 90 build a SuperstTuc'uIe
WAS thought 90 Dee % fact from the announcement
trat flc ror-rritta" - realty men expect 10 pro
coed with their work iu about six weeks. Al
meeting NJ -Eo Ro-fd Transit commission on
February I'D. 1858 William Rarclay PARSONS.
chief engineer Of that unmmisSion suggested
-r.r TIE Sec1~6-aEo.. line might he hettefed 10y
The building OF q elporstructure from chatham
Sgva-a uorrh. August Belmont later decided 10
ar upon This suggestion and the appointment
~ -he -o1I,v committee followed soon after
this committee was formed it was quickly de
rflsE tr1r &C. r. suVarstructure was built II could
LOT no f-i-t 1r A'feD-s-.. because Il the marrow
ness II tNo street and the interference of me
proposed approach 20 The Williamsburg bridg"
l1 Drl1-Cry-st.
The only way 20 bring "a bout the Improvement
-7rrnoead seemed go h- TO strike right up from
f--7-ra-D square through the ROwe-y 10y build
.r.- -vro extra tracks Whether these tracks lll
pc built on "a higher trestle work than the old
racks fu that rHorouEhfare could rot he learned
Yesterday. bat it is likely that they VIII, 50 as
20 avoid having the Secoud-aNe. trains cross the
tracks or the Third-ave. '-e in turning rom
-l,o Se-1-d-svo. extension turo the i}ov cry The
rov-ar, is said 70 DO an ideal thoroughfare Cor
--a ..5frfrrC ~ greet four ira k road 10 carry
l..- The proposed Improvement. and such n
change f- is said. would Increase rather than
decrease the value - pr. perry having frontages
ir rra E1-e-v.