New-York tribune., 1905-02-20

being SO, the most desirable thing is TO have the
In urging upon the city authorities the adoption of
sense view of the situation There is now. and
mere mas oeen for some years an intolerable con-
dltion at the end of the old bridge. It was hoped
that II would he relieved to some extent at least
tS eS me opening Of the Williamsburg Bridge but
mat hone has failed us and the conditions at the
NNlHianlsburg W W Fridge are rapidly becoming as bad
| do not know how many thousand plans for the
relief Of the Bridge conditions have been submitted
20 inc various city authorities. Most of them have
been so intricate to be iHcomprehensibie to any
but 6gt trained engineering mind The only plan
any any layTasn could understand it thoroughly is the
Of congestion is circulation. and the loop scheme is
al me Manhattan ends by free untranlnelied cir
cuiS ton. No matter how much the Bridge terminal
may be the contrvance for switching trains within
is concerrd Fyt @ a. @ az tS so laT a a. GFo~ons G
porated in a comprehensive transportation system.
and on each of the tracks of the completed loop
f mere VIII be az! the time continual service The
nate the consideration of danger and viii enable the
quentiy Than is now possible The fact that il win
be Just as easy at any of the stations on this loop
TO take a train for Williamsburg and RidgeWood 5
y w viii De to take train for Bay Ridge and East
part OF it seeking the most direct route to its des
feel that the more that is known of this plan.
which has been approved by every engineer and
given his attention to the snbjetf of our Bridge the
B5ns1d VII oe ITS po2nar{y Areddy 5 & various
gyen tp [heir M 10 Jne scheme
proved it are the Smith Street Board Of Trade.
the Rroadway Board of Trade. Grand Street Board
West End Board of Trade. and the Eastern District
Board of Trade.
VIEWS OF BROOKLYN BUSINESS MEN.
Prominent citizens whose views were sought
by Tribune reporter are agreed that the pro-
posed loop was greatly to be desired, as offer
ing the only solution, and relieving the con-
gestion on the bridges. Abraham Abraham, os
Abraham &, Straus said
As see it, this is the only solution to the
simply disgracefuL No other community has been
has not grown more ra6idlv There seems 10 he a
The Bronx toward Brooklyn This idea is wrong.
Bronx reaps benefit because the entire city has
every other borousb bene7ts nv the gTovfb on a1v
one one or the hxe What We want to do is TO check
show its full growth until passengers can be car
eq from any part Of Brook{n 70 to any any part Of
for better transit facilities have become operative
believe that Brooklyn will double its population IN
The opposition to the loop because It would mean
business principles The same opposition was
road through Fuo5 BSt that 10 road ' has beped
rather than injured the street
Arthur Gibb, of Frederick Loeser & Co.. said:
The loop is the simplest and practically the only
solution Of The bridge problem. BROOKLYN cannot
now being strangied at the neck formed by the
do n6 b 9R 5 ant OF 6rcf sne in or
sentimental objections should stand in the way
ought to be highways for through travel not mere
, terminals.
Theodore F. Miller president of the Brook
lyn Trust Company said
Although in general way believe that the day
bridges, which cost the city $4OOJ0,V00 and which
should 6G used to their fullest cap2fy At preset @
used at all comparatively speaking. Engineering
Connect the elevated % systems ems on on BOTH brdge
the best way of minimizing the crush as all the
persons that taken up at one point could
be gathered at various points along the line This
as a completion Of the bridge system As the
Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company IS the great dis
tributing and collecting agency of passengers in
Brooklyn; it is obvious that it should operate this
tenant Of the loop furnishes solution of present
evils. Brooklyn should grow faster than The
population and social life here but we are kept
Gown by the facilities for getting to and from
/ Manhattan.
William e Harmon. of Wood, Harmon & Co..
who has given the problem considerable critical
study. declared that a subway connection be-
tween the two bridges was out of the question
He said:
An elevated loop is the only possible solution to
the ProbleIn OF GongeSton at the terminals nal OF both
were planned. the Brooklyn Rapid Transit Com
! pany WOulQ De unADte 10 use H. 1IllS IS because
they would not only have to change their electrical
equipment their lines, but would have to aban-
don all the cars now used. This is because the
! subway would require hreproof cars Then such
cars would be heavy TO operate the elevated
structures in Brooklyn. and possibly too heavy to
operate across the Brooklyn Bridge. The heavy
subway could not be operated on the surface,
is the case with the present trains on the Bath
/ Beach and Kings County lines.
It is simply question Of an elevated structure
out of It altogether. If a subway were operated by
0sa 'aT voId E st have 70 chanre at the
ends of the bridges. 1t is not a problem Of what
is best or aesthetic. but what is practical and can
be done. Letters from men who oppose the ele
waited structure show absolute lack Of compre-
hension of the situation. Bridges highways
and should have no terminals
I convinced by personal acquaintance with
the directors OF the Brooklyn Rapid Transit Com
pany that they have ceased to question the expense
and are going TO do everything in their power to
solve our problem well their