New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-03-20
ENDLESS BRIDGE TRAINS.
Wolfer WeUman Has a Ne5c Ran
far n Belt Line Connection.

- ,r-,r--.- has cent ~ ths RAPID Lratslt
g-o-,-riesior a rlau Tor dietribntlnE' OF zen -
,sTv1sv CONNECTING tire bridges Al both the Man
..-'-s r,-o,l.,v, ends which he thinks would
~ ado-teg solve tho congestion pfoblsfn ohOo -
al Il IS NOT dssiuila- in principe "oIl -"
,,-oraeed moving platform scheme now DeloIe 'l-1
commission but e. differs FROM that N tnat IL -
sc.fs-r.d wholly for elevated trafnc. WINE INC
,,,e- moving platform plan Is Intended caehy Tor
f,b-srlrface trafIc Mt Wclinan 2 schenle luI me-
more contemplates The use ~ cars almost llA7
those now IN operation, while the Schnlat a GO
latin fo.frg platform plan would have an ei1lie-y
different arrangement NJ. Wellman's plan, Nnlcn
IS Described 30 q letter % twenty-five fype"ritten
pages. may be understood from the following con-
densed description;
The suggestion ls 10 connect the two bridges not
crestf6 would form ring railway connecting tho
Two cities. ID would tap The city Hal Tloiess.s
f-o6ldvn. on tie Manhattan side 81 would make
,,--.l.I,1.-. ~, mems Cf numerous convenient
transfer points. with the subway the elevated
on the Brooklyn Side assuming that the lire Is
yronerly located with a length q from two ana q
% The two bridges. IL would make eonnectionTs ~
~ the elevated and surface lines on the cast size
thus We should have a ring railway connecting
- erelii-r rasee-eers 10 transfer from any line
transit directly from tho centre OF one dty to the
Between the two boroughs there should be an ar
seral re connecting all the local distributing sur
face agencies and tins arterial line should have
great capacity and comparatively high speed. Such
. trunk or arterial line would be provided BY the
Two railways running IN q circle. one II eacn d.
rcctiOn. with segment 81 the circle n Manhat-
tar and the other iu Brooklyn.
If Fuch ring railway operated ny DfeserI
methods this Is the maximum service that could he
counted upon iu practice. one six car train every
ninety seconds, forty trains per hour; at fifty
per car three hundred seats per train equals
direction. Total capacity. both lines, maximum.
tWeuty-four thcIeard seats per hour. But already
the demands o. traffic nre estimated 81 from hfty
Thousand 20 sixty thousand an hour n the rush
hours and this tTaFlc Is rapidly increasing To pro-
vide adequately for the future this ring railway
thousand per hour IN either direction And every
passenger should have q seat II he wants one
Standing passengers should not be permitted IN the
train corridor.
We may assume thirty thousand seated passen-
gers per hour Uhe ful cspacity Of the four track
subway. planned as the maximum OF the pro
posed ring railway operated by present methods.
miles length. which would give, approximately,
three miles between the teTmin q the two bridges
fn Brooklyn. The length o. the line IN Brooklyn T.
OF matter ~ location. the direct distance
being about two miles With another nile sdded
Tor detour. the heart o. tDe business district a
Brooklyn would be pierced and ell local transpo--
tnton lines he tapped
Upon this ring railway install 2 continuous train
rather. two continuous trains, one running in
each direction. While ~ Goes not matter what the
length o. the line may be- the system is adapt
able 20 length, VIII assume merely for the
sake OF dehniteness Of statement, that the line Is
SO miles Ions, as 1olows: