The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-05-28
RISE AGAINST ELEVATED PLAN
FAST SIDE SETS OUT TO DEFEAT
THIRD TRACK SCHEME.

Being Widely signed Objection Es.
peciaily Strong ALONG BOwery-Whers
Are the Etc" Express stations.
The people of the lower East Side through
varo,is business, civic and social organi-
zatIons. are preparing to give the Inter-
borough Rapid Transit Company the fight
Of It's life when its application comes up
next Thursday before the Rapid Transit
BOARD for permission to build additional
tracks for express trains on its Second
and Third avenue lines.
petition protesting against granting the
permission Is being extensively circulated
and hundreds Of signatures have been
occurred This number will be swelled into
thousands. it is expected, before the hear
inc is held There will also be many
sneakers at the meeting to oppose the prof.
ect,
Among the reasons given in the petit ion
why the commission should not allow any
extensions OF the present structures are
The people of the Est Side and Of the
whole city are opposed to the erection of any
ao Tbe InToposed structures will work serious
injury to the people ,e residing along the streets
'" The injury done to. such streets will be
very great by reason of the additional track,
Sp,o,rTronstely increased; moreover. the pro
posed structure will be menace to the health
and comfort Of those living along the streets
The granting Of any additional facilities
to the eSvasd ns rq5Hsa WIZ VI ,b
tH nnsl "lon l?F Frs Third a and
avenues and will seriously affect the solution
OF the problem OF rapid transit on the East
Side
plans submitted by the marlborough COM
panv, the existing structure Is to be
double decked from 15lst street In The
Bronx to the Harlem River. Concessions
have been made in this respect to those
living along the lines IN Manhattan who
noise and decreased light and air. but the
original plan was not changed 80 far as
The Bronx was concerned apparently
because the people of that borough can be
trusted not to kick, no matter how much
their rights are encroached upon. The
marlborough company points to the fact
that the road up there Is built on private
right Of way, but makes no mention Of
the fact that it crosses many public thor
oughfares that would be greatly disfgured
by double deck structure.
Among the most vigorous DIRECTORS to
the scheme are the property owners and
business men along the Bowery. There
it ia proposed to unite the present twin
oneegged structures by means Of huge
iron Orders and build third track onthem.
As the st rect is very wide it is feared that
Il will he necessary to erect a row of sup
porting posts in the roadway, the Int ter
borough people doing his. As the surface
is already four tracked all the way and
six tracked some of the way. posts of this
kind, if erected, would simply add to the
very great danger to life and limb
Although there are to be express stations
the plans give no indication where they
are to be except to say at l25th street
Twent y-thrd street, &c The property
&c" may be, for the third track is to be
elevated ~, feet above the present struc-
ture at each of these stations, making sort
Of series Of toboggan slides
August Belmont, president of the Inter-
borough company. in letter he wrote yes
terday to President Orr of the Rapid Tran
sit Commission, urging the granting of the
application for permission to add third
track to the Second and Third avenue ele-
waited lines. insisted that the only way to
give immediate express train facilities
Between the Battery and The Bronx was by
extending the elevated service.
Although Mr.. Belmont and his collea CUES
will make strong fight at next Thursday 8
meeting of the commission to induce the
board to pass favorably on the proposition,
1t is unlikely that they will succeed, Comp
troller Grout is opposed to the proposition
II il understood that the right OF Morris
h. Jesup to vote will be questioned on the
ground that be ia a stockholder in the Man.
hats Elevated Company, which is now
controlled by the Interborough. If Mr..
Jesup could not vote that fact alone would
kill the project