New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-03-16
NO BRIDGE TERMINALS.
Municipal Art Society Suggests
Sub5cag Feeders.

The oTcnfc7al At Society yesterday contributed
90 congestion literature its solution OF the prob
! lem that is causing Mayor Mcclellan and Alexan-
de- T. Orr many strenuous hours. The s0c!ety's
! plan Is fatherec by Its committee on city plan.
constituted follows: Calvin Tomkus chair
man; John De Witt Warner Frederick s. Lamb.
Milo Roy Malt5ie, J. C. Phelps Stokes. Charles r
Lamb William s. CranGGM Charles =. Slower,
Henry W. sackett and John Martin
The report Is ~ part foIOwsi
-, Wat Is IL that turns into pandenonium At city
--1i .-A i-5 every ie else goo W. nam
tis Only: in tac sense tBat il is So adjusted a. 10
create congestion The Park Row bridge station ,rre
emo or single bridge I- our only bridge 'r,glI-
aa- al- ~ taaL ID is one TOO many. AS a fac
OF a ea-.t.a51-s --sfs tf.+ rg--'tt ~ '- . 5000
over water There IS n0 more excuse for dumping
all passengers at Park Row tlau there vUuIn ra
Tor putting lhem all out at any single point in
There IS no reason why an bridge cars should not
60 wc5t. 10 tl-e >orlh River. az Wen as east 10
hattaa passenger should not Doe alle 10 transfer To-
way and West, as wei as Park Row, and thus
haitian and with Jersey City ferries and tunnels as
What should be done? Just what. II the Metro
p0litan or the brooklyn Rapid Transit or tie Bel
nGat Interest owned what the city nov owns,
Eens.ve plan should Doe devised for rapid transit
az once, but THAI each step may be taken with In
telligcnt reference 20 the end In view. Any con-
any portion with regard 70 It's relation 10 the whole
however wei mentioned or wei worked ont by
itscf-must almost necessarily Cm5arrass future
This plan should Ie devised with little OF no
regard % operation by present franchise corpora
lions 50 Ter - concerns their sFsters. these are
/ pendent Tor profitable operation on transfer and
other connections with tLs new lines. that for the
city 10 walt 10Y them or yield 90 their defiance
I would De- TO lose dollars cents. and De
Tnul-ted for generations 70 gain a Tow months now
Dc left worth CCI-li cr1t0n except incidentally
but Itto o. our present surface and elevated Eys-
toms
/ Suppose that. instead OF the present plan. the
north OF Manhattan bound tracks were continued by
opposite Reade and Elm SITS; thence passed under
/ She present subway and across under keDGo 20
West st.; thon under West 10 Liberty: then under
under Nassau and the east side II Parl, Row hack
10 and over the bridge rs southern tracks. with
new stations say ~ lseade and Iroadwav. Reaue
] and West Broadway West and Warren. West and
/ Fulton West and Liberty and liberty and Nassau
] SITS There would no Siam NJ Park Row beyond
such as is now handled at Rector or Cor,'andt ST.
! ~ aItefn5tivcs suggested Il IS safe 10 say that
] actually Kermit such dcfaCereut as would he an
elevated structure connecting the bridges. certainly
/ through the blocks. least o. oil treetle %
! vrouEh lron junk stretching from Park Row 20 or
Not 70 repeat suggestions such as have already
] heen made the following Is a FOR eNamp'e" Of
! T}-idre tratHc. The loop route OF tho north
! bound or castoound tracEs might -: From
lhe lIlate e,L1-i.- az f---4e -, L-oer a.
/ cey 20 The Bower under Eowery = Eighth
! under Christ onfer 81 West, under Vest 20 Des-
/ under suffolk hack 10 The hri5Ec trance. with
| stations m Iowe~- ard De.ancey, Co0TVr Union.
] SiXth-avc. and Iehth-st. CHRISTOPHER and West
! Teerroesos and West. canal and Film rnd Seward
! ParK-tlus connecting With tho great north and
south lncs. as well as Jersey city ferries and tun