New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-05-22
PLAN NEW q" ROAD.
TO RUN DOWN EAST SIDE.
Neso York Connecting Railroad
Behind the Project.

A six-track East Side viaduct railroad is the
latest rapid transit scheme. The road is planned
to run from the Bronx side of the Harlem River
TO Bath street, making connections at 42d street
with the Interborough line running TO Grand
Central Station. and at its 34th street terminal
with lines running to the Battery and the Long
Island Railroad ferry.
Oliver w. Barnes. a civil engineer at No. %
Broadway, who is connected with the New York
Connecting Railway Company, made this an
nouncement yesterday. He said the company
which will construct and operate the new sys-
tenn formally organized yesterday. 1t is to
be known as the East Side Viaduct Railroad
Company. and will probably be a subsidiary
company of the New York Connecting Railroad
Company.
Mr.. Barnes would not say who was behind the
enterprise but it is understood that the scheme
is planned to bring the New York. New Haven
& Hartford road into the heart of the city from
its terminal in The Bronx. Additional weight is
given to this opinion by the fact that the rela-
tions between the Pennsylvania Railroad. which
is building a tunnel through 34tl street across
the city to connect with the Long Island Rail-
road in Long Island City. are close. Washington
trains over the Ncw Haven road have TO be
transported around the city now to run over the
Pennsylvania tracks from Jersey City. 1t is
known that for many years the New Haven has
beer trying to avoid this. and has also tried to
get into this city over its tracks. Big prices
have taen offered by the road for property in
Park avenue. it Is said. but without success.
The construction Of the new road would give it
all 1t requires in this line.
The Interborough people are believed to look
favorabIy the enterprise. rs 1t would increase
the traffic on its lines south from S4th street.
The new road, contemplated, will run from
1880 street and willis avenue south to saith
street. through part of unoccupied streets be-
tween Avenue A and First avenue. The ter
minal at 1880 street and Willis avenue will he
pivotal point for traffic northward and east
ward; here, too. big improvements connecting the
outlying districts of the city with The Bronx
and :Ianhattan boroughs are already under
way
On the other hand. the new system will great
" facilitate travel into Connecticut towns.
Passengers for eastern points arriving at the
new Pennsylvania terminal the West Side
VIII have little difficulty in connecting with the
new road which will take them east without de-
lay Altogether the road win form one OF the
most important avenues for trafic beyond the
Harlem and into Connecticut towns yet contem-
plated.
Mr.. Barnes declared yesterday that he had
had the plan in mind for twenty years. He
says that such a road as his company proposes
To build would be able to handle all of the traf
fic of the present and projected lines in The
Bronx. The engineers are already preparing
map of the route, and as soon as this is COM
pleted which will be inside of sixty days. appli-
cation will be made to the city for franchise.
Mr. Barnes. in official statement. said:
The line Of the road will be through the midi
die OF the blocks between Avenue ana First
avenue. mostly on open ground at present un-
occupied and partly held by the khinelander
and other large estates. The line will be on q
tangent five miles long and mostly on level
grade between the proposed junction with the
suburban elevated line and the southern terIni~
nus az saith street and First avenue.
Frank W. Hedley. Of the Interborough. would
not discuss the project,