The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-05-25
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A, Yesterday meeting ~ tho Ia pid Tran.
III Commission, George T. Rtves. counsel
~ the board, reported that oppo~ition waa
being ma d. by the downtown banking
housea n tls route known a. Loop No .,
which provides for n subway TO connect tho
Nia terminals ~ tbs bridges and
which IL 20 continue down Villa m street 10 q
point near Bea YER street, where II will pro.
coed 70 Brooklyn under the Fast River.
Az thu recent hearings which have been
held by the commission appointed by the
Appellate Division to pass upon the ad-
visibility Of the route, tbs bankers ha ve
contended that II will take n way their va ut
rights and that, moreo YER. "a the lower
part Of the city ~ built upon quicloa nd
the construction Of the subway would i'm
peril the safety Of the big buildings in that
section Of the city.
A. the meeting Of the board yesterday
II was pointed out hat the quicksand
difficulty was met with in tbs construction
OF the Brooklyn extension and that the
safety Of the buildings on either side OF
Broadway and even Of the tower Of Trinity
Church had been provided for.
1t was suggested at the meeting that
experts should be employed to combat
tle testimony given by the ba mixers and
their experts, but the commission decided
to rest on the opinion Of Chief Engineer
Rice, that no danger was TO be feared from
the proposed subway and that the route
was an essential one.
Some time ago thief Engineer Rice re-
ported to the board that the solution Of
the problem Of cooling the tunnel rested
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upon adopting some means for the dis
posal Of the surplus heat in the subway.
The commits sion authorized the spending
OF $3.50. 900 for e%quipping the subway with
cooling devices. The Peterborough COM
It's officials and Mr.. Rice. agreed to carry
out the suggestions Of Mr.. Rice and a con-
tract was let to the Degnon Contra citing
Company.
Wickersham, counsel for MIR. Belmont, had
really Of refrigeration instead Of ventilation
the city would nave to pay for it instead
of putting the cost under the head Of extra
work. which would mean that the company
would have to pay the city interest on the
outlay and ultimately repay tne Guy, AS
for the cooling Of the tunnel the commission
decided to take no action in the matter for
the present.
Abraham Hershfeld, Lucien l.. Bonheur
and Alexander Brough, who were appointed
by the Appellate Division OF the Supreme
Court to pass upon the proposed subway
on Lexington avenue, have filed their re-
port with the Appellate Division. They
recommend the construction Of the route
as proposed by the Rapid Transit company,
excepting, however, a certain loop which
would connect the proposed Lexington
avenue route with the present subway at
Forty-second street.
The COMMISSIONER recommend that in
stead Of a loop extending from Lexington
to Park avenue on Forty-seoond street a
platform shall be built connecting the Grand
Central Station with Lexington avenue at
Forty-second street. They contend that il
another branch is extended through Forty
second street the traffic will be 10 con-
aested as to cause accidents.
They also recommend that the Lexington
avenue route should be built as an entirety.