The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-03-31
10 TRANSIT ROUTES PLANNED.
AN COMPETITOR TAKEN CARE
or ~ 4 GIANT SCHEME.

The Rapid Transit Commissions 90 m
fnlttee on plans, in It's report submitte
20 the commission yesterday, recommends
the laying out Of nineteen new routel
Since the beginning Of the year the commit
tee has been Al work mapping out ne'
routes. Il has listened 10 delegations fror
all the Burroughs and har considered suR
gestions from the Principal railroad cor
porrtions of the city and from syndicate
If capitalists.
Becsus" n tie ccrR,Grng rrovosai
presented to The committee, rarticuar
by tho Metropolitan and IntorhCrour
interest. n decided 10 recommend ~
LAYING out n a comprehensive schem
&c new .ubways. Many of these. Will
interfering with "a ch other, will tend 10 in
crease Competition because the competitor
ran pick out combinations which will ALLOW
them 10 offer 10 construct trunk system
m the East and West sides Of Manhattan
and 10 Brooklyn and The Bronx, making
functions with existing lines The com
mittee frankly admits that It has been Lee
to recommend the laying ont Of 50 large Z
system by tho anxiety Of other companie,
besides the Metropolitan and lnterhorouEi
to compete for part Of The subways. OUl
Of all the bids the commission will choose
that which Oilers the greatest Inducements
70 the public and tho route TO which that
hid applies will he ttat which the commits.
sion will authorize.
These are The routes suggested
g. East side route on FIRST avenue from
Tho Bronx to the Battery
West lido route via ninth and Columbus
Hvenues from the Battery to West ,llth street
Tbs Bronx 10 the Battery.
a. Route IN seventh avenue from Forty
tecpnd 10 Tventv-ffth street either a one
track subway or two track subway.
s. four track subway under LEXINGTON
avenue from l27th street 10 Forty second
street.
a 4 crosstovn three track subway through
Fifty-ninth street from Twelfth avenue 70
the terminus Of the BlackWcll'S Island Bridge,
crossing the bridge 10 Queens
"a 4 crosstown subway IN Thirty-f6urth
street from Smith avenue east 20 the Thirty
fourth street ferry
= crosstown subway from tho West
Twentv-third street ferry 10 the EastTwenty-
third street ferry on Twcuty-third street.
s 4 crosstown subway through Four
teenth street from Eleventh avenue TO a
point between Avenues y and &, where II is
proposed 20 connect with the tunnel to
Brooklyn
o. 4 subway from Broadway ami Fulton
street Brooklyn. through Broadway. over
the williamsburg Bridge, 10 Delaney street,
and through Centre street to the proposed
new terminal at the BROOKLYN Bridge. with
q spur Of two tracks iu Walker and Canal
streets TO connect with and cross the Man
haitian Bridge. spur through Grand street
and DesbToSses street 20 the DesbrOsScs
street ferry. q spur through William street,
a spur through bcckmsn street a two track
subway from BroadWa, and Gates avenue.
BROOKLYN. through Gates tv"uu, TO Bedford
avenue through Bedford 20 Lafayette TO
10 4 subway from Broadway and Union
avenue, Brooklyn, through Union avenue,
North seventh street. under the Fast River
20 Fourteenth street. to connect viii! Route
IL 4 four track subway through Fourth
avenue. Brooklyn. from atlantic avenue to
Il? A two track subway through Eastern
Parkway from Flatbush avenue 20 Pitkin
avenue. 20 Georgia avenue, TO Broadway aud
Is. In jamaica avenue from Broadway
and Fulton street TO Jamaica and Naples
avenues four tracks.
il A three track extension Of the present
West Side elevated road from 23nth street
and Broadway to Van t9rtlandt Park.
Is. From the elevated station al ljjtn
street aad Eighth avenue over the Harlem
River. under i6ist street to Jerome avenue
e Gerard avenue and Clark place, three
10 4 three track elevated road in Jerome
svenue from Clark place 10 NoodlaYn.
II. From l3sth street and Third avenue
20 Gerard avenue to Jerome avenue. to con-
meet with Route 10, two tracks.
~ From Nth street and West Farms
road 10 Morris Park avenue to White Plains
road n Wakefield at East 233d street three
track elevated
10 Frow l3,th street and Cypress avenue
70 southern Boulevard. 20 Ne~tchcstpr avenue,
20 the village Of West hester at Williams
Bird &c road
Almost at the last minute the COM
uiittee changed it, mind with regard to
gestsd by tho Metropolitan system praCt-
Cally gave this thOroughiarc over to that
CORP ration for a four track subway be-
tween Third and Seventh avenues Had
this idea been followed bv the committee
il would have closed Thirv-fourth street
to the moving platform project. By turn
ing two Of the four tracks Of the Lexington
" nue. subway into 1hirty-fifth street and
two into Thirty-siNth street scope * left
for establishing the moving platform in
Thirty fourth street. The Metropolitan
repns ntatives objected strongly on the
ground that il would mean a larger outlay
for construction and would involve Cngi-
neerrg dificulte~ but the committee de-
cided against the metropolitan plan.
The committee also reported adversely
rn The application Of the interborough
cJmpanv for permission to add two tracks
% the second avenue elevated road
To build all the routes mapped out by
The committee would require an expenditure
Of about s2OO.OOO.OOO. The report explained
hat II would he out Of the question FOR the
,ity TO pledge it, credit foTany such amount, .
but the committee had received assur-
lnces that competition for the roads would
he 80 keen that the city would not be called
upon 20 advance it, credit 20 any large
aNtent and in consequence the prospects
or the construction Of the larger part OF
he routes laid out were exceedingly bright.
The commission took no action on the
export but resol, ed TO have il printed
md 20 take IL up for DISCUSSION at the next .
Meeting. Should the report b. adopted
lext week il will be sent TO the Aldermen for .
approval! To save time il lie intended TO
u Oceed simultaneously with the work Of ,
obtaining consents Of property owners
md the preparation OF Specifications and
orrns Of contract. BY this means the
commission hopes to be able 20 advertise
or Lids about the end OF the year.
In addition to sending letter 10 the Rapid
transit Commission denying that the
company wa, taxing the atti-
ude that the new subway routes should
o be laid ont that there would be no COM
,etition TO- them Mr. Belmont issued this
tatement:
/ cannot understand why certain per.ons
VA not comprehend the position taken by
he lnteTboTO, gh COMPANY 10 the matter
4 lle new subway Ny toUtcl ton Nrster-
ay before the committee Oh plauH aud con-
-scts Of the Rapid Transit Commission was
hat the city l. morally bound tu give 10 tie
company a inli chance TO com.
lete tho present rapid transit system.
Outended that the system J. now iUCOuI- q
letc. aud should De- completed that h. 10y tho .