New-York tribune., 1906-08-05


The third scheme for relieving the couses:ed
condition OF the streets may be used elths
| underground or overhead. but would IN al prob
ability prove TO be more practicable unfs7-
ground. Max z. Schmidt, who placed the ns,-
ing sidewalks at the Chicago and Paris eng 81
tiOns. Is an advocate OF the moving PLATFORM 20
sidewalk as a means Of transferring passense1s
quickly from one up and down town transit s1s-
tenn to the others.
For instance" said Nr Schmidt ~When t1s
new Pennsylvania Railroad station az y4th stf-ss
Is completed. that street Will be one 0f the ma
crOSStOwn thOrOUghfaTes OF the city. IhOuSalS,'
OF people will arrive there at irregular inteIVas
and these thousands will pour along 54th 6ttee-s
making for one or another OF the up and d9wA ..
town rapid transit channels. The mOvtnS llt-
form which was proposed for s4th street W. - ~
be placed IN a subway from Ninth avenue y "a -
East River. a distance OF about T.5l0 feet -. -
was to have had eleven stations The nlosS.
platform would have been continuous uals-I1s s
c1ann9i which would keep the people uioVils -
the time and that Is the only way % halllle
crowds successfully The moment t1ey -
there is congestion And Il is certain ILls1 49,,
geStion will result In 34th street when tns Lsr L
sylvania tunnel is opened unless Il IS 1oLSs. 1s-.
and prepared for. New YOrlI's problem Is u,s- ~ ~
because at the rush hours the tTaiiic y sIa =,
one direction, owing to the ctty-S narrow 5--aS-s
Now In every other large city the tIaVei 4. -
out at the rush periods OF the 0ay - ~ -rv- -
or four directions Moreover, the city y =. g.
ing rapidly that the needs for new til-sls. .t-a
cilitteS OutStFfp the Inventive ana cois -, -
work OF engineers and contract WIN - - -.
suit that there has never been an auuiuu.1 .t
city's transit facilities that was not uiao-t
on it's opening day. asss
If the moving platform were Installed ~ -
street. passengers from the PeunSyi ivsli'a -
mel station would step direct from the .5s~-
platform 90 the moving sidewalk also soIzr1
ground The leiSuFely traveller. lodo1I., a.
with SuitcaSeS. arrived the nine I.s..~-s,t7w
hour platform. would seat himself Iil1-r7v
and glance at his newspaper At tne susss~g
he would step off and board train - ~, - Ieft
foot on the sidewalks OF New YORK lnJl-
the subway at his destination. say kt'.tL Sa~4
The hurTying cOmmUter. on the oel.Io I-s- he
bound for his Office desk. would walA e 80 sae-
nine-miles- platform. clippihs Se- - ara
Onds frOm his time OF reaching the suo- s 'shol.t
arriving at the station at PARK asS--' ---ssteFn
the time the other man reached tio
edge OF the Waldorf Astoria ,,,,, ehe
Some engineers are in favor or le- IN Essvy
streets for pedestrians and putting ~ ,,s .-,h-
traffic UNDERGROUND Chicago has a ilSlsisS iS,ij~@~
way, in which cars operated BY eteG ,cIer by
freight direct 70 the cellars. whence lI a. nas
elevator to the floor desired Wt..g,es ~ 4 10
proved Of some convenience. it Is s,.- s,.-S-sify f0r
no way solves the problem. as the hseSSS.Si-fse-
innumerable switches makes it Go1T IRE
tory road 20 operate and limits w. H..e1 H.1 sors
New York Central. it IS SAID, -,7.E a sub
time ago the question Og buiolns - -. T,tErs
way here but decided against ~ A..,S~ortafl1n =.
the road expects 20 rely on Watet - ~. r,.rl-
an the harbOr more than az ples-s..es ,Fssf.uon
Har. ~ Ferries win be reduced ~ tlS eersh HaA
OF tunnels leaving nQro Eoo&s =. ~, 60
East rivers for freight Geosp91