The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-04-01
PLANS FOR GREAT
SUBWAY |: ! SYSTEM Y ). |. |: N
All Lines Likely to- be Built. Built
Within Twenty Years in New
York Are Included.
NINETEEN ROUTES PROPOSED Il Q .
Rapid Transit Commission, En- Ex-
poets to Have Work Done
With Private Capital.
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81 (specIal5 10 The Times Dispatch
NEW YORK, March Sl.-Pians for l ", !.
5dcrgronnd rapid transit lines believed TO
i be sufflcient to meet the demands OF New
York city for many years TO come were
submitted yesterday to the Rapid \ Tran
sit Commission BY the Committee on
Plans and Contracts, and will be formal
~ adopted by the commission at Its meet
Ing next Thursday. II Il i
These are the comprehensive plans
that have been talked about for two
years and which William Barclay Par
sons and the engineers OF the Al Inter fnl'tfit-5
borough and Metropolitan companies
have been working upon. T here Is no set
route or limited system OF routes. butsall
the proposed subway lines IN Afanfat-s
tan. tho Bronx and brooklyn which the +
commission and engineers regard as
feasible, and likely to L be built within
the next twenty years or more ARE en-.
bodied s.5
is not expected that bids, will be re-
ceiyed for gil the routes shown in the
selnbora te tplans--it would cost more than
$500. 900 900 Ito build them all-but5 It ~ ex-3a
pected that the Metropolitan and Inter-
borough companies and possibly other ms
tercsts. will formulate certain com bna-a
lions OF proposed routes constituting d. 4
/ rect lines on the east and west sides Of
Manhattan with IA necessary oross-toWn
a1ines and a system Of subwnys IN Brook
1yn.
The approval Of these plans by z the
commission is however only the first
step toward building the new lines. AS
soon as the plans wit n maps have been
printed, the approval Of the Board o. Al
dcrmep & must be obtained and consents
of a majority Of all the property owners
along the proposed routes procured before
any. definite action ca n be taken. Be1ore
any contract can be lot 1t Will be neces-
sary also to obtain the. consent OF tho
Board OF Estimate and Airport ionment,1
which determines the amount 81 nonos
10 be issued underBthe contract. When
ali this has been done bids will BIO asked
TO Just what extent the city may be
called upon to finance the extension OF
the ra bid transit system cannot be told
until8it is known how much private cap
3ital may be put In the work. Upon this
&point the report Of the Plans and Con-
tract Committee says. IN
..1,he est imated cost Of the routes now
fprH,osed, and for which the committee
believes there are probable bidders, will
very materially exceed the means now
available to the city for constructions;
lut there Is reason to believe bids may
be anticipated which will only call for an
amount Of municipal Investment well
within the present ability Of the city.
AS the time Is now favorable from the
8city's standpoint for the making Of con-
tracts for several lines oftrailroadf which
seems to meet with tho conditions laid
down, the committee recommends that
such routes. although, dist!nct, should
nevertheless be approved at the present
time and togeher,' Y 81 " & \; S IN
1t is the opinion Of the commission that
contracts much more favorable to the
city than those made when the first
subway was, built will nov ;be obtained
The Belmont Interests arc eager to cX,
tend their present lines and the Metro
politan Company is eager. to get control
< of several north and south lines IN Ian
haitian, cheflyla.to preserve q the value
5of3.itsS present surface syst en-. u ID
S5f Al told, the submitted plans provide
E for nineteen routes. s 4 s #