New-York tribune., 1906-06-03
CANARSIE IL" IN JULY.
Engineers ETpect to Haze High
Speed Trains Running Then.

Engineers OF the Brooklyn Rapid Transit system
in charge OF the construction OF the companys
new high speed line to Canarsie announced yester-
day that the elevated structure which is 70 con-
meet the surface tracks the line OF the Old
Brooklyn and ROckaway Beach Railroad with the
present terminus OF the Kings County t. Is now
In place and that the laying OF ties Will begin
early next week This. IN the opinion OF those
competent TO Judge. marks a highly successful
achievement in elevated railroad building. as re-
markable amount OF work has been accomplished
in a short time. The decision TO go ahead with
tie line was reached week before last Thanks
giving Day. and then there was delay OF Z
month for legal preliminaries The plans. whicn
were all prepared in the cOmpany's own Office, nse
to be drawn and contracts let Actual work on
the grCUnd did not start until February.
The work still remaining 70 be done before trains
can be run over the line. it Is believed can oe m
ished approximately by July We ara oendlns
all energies to have the line open BY that
time, said one OF the engineers IN charge yes'eF-
day
Some peculiar obstacles had 20 be overcome IN
the construction Of this elevated Connection d"
will still be necessary. IN order TO make the con-
tact OF the old and the structures coHple''.
to raise the end OF the Old elevated structurs a.
Pitkin and Snedeker avenues two feet above Us
present level. To accommodate passengers wn'7
the work OF reconstruction at this point IS go's
on. temporary terminal facilities will De prV'u'~
In place of the Eastern Parkway station
The raising OF the old structure Is intended %
provide easy grade TO the maximum heish' -
the tracks. which to be high enough 20
mount over the projected viaducts which are "
carry Sutter avenue and Pitkin avenue over 'ns
tracks of the Long Island Railroad
The necessity for making adequate provision lOI
these two crossings has added considerably 70 'Ho
engineering difficulties encountered When "orAsc
out in their entirety. including the depression o.
the tracks of the Long Island road and me eie0
tion over them OF the viaducts carrying the '"V
avenues In question. the plans now settled uF'l
will provide of the most interesting reatA'Ss
IN rapid transit construction in this city. 4ne.e
Viii De, in brief, three rOadhedS cfosslnA o.-
other at different levels Al the bottom VIII oe ~ 80
avenue for VehtCular and pedestrian traHlc, 80.
elevated road.
The new line runs from ,he shore OF Janiaice
70 Vienna avenue There iJ rises upon eonS,tv -
vtaduct at an incline 10 point $50 teet soutll -
New Lots Road Az this point bridge remains =,
De constructed Beyond New Lots Road tue -
duct continues for some 500 feet 60 Newport aN9
nue., and from there 70 the junction with tne 80
L at PitNin and SnedeSer avenues the s''u0'-''
Is OF steel
The work OF duing in the space between the cor,
crete retaining walls OF the inclined vaduct is W. -
along. and viii be completed. it is said. IN tIiS y
allow for the laying down Of the rails when '''-'
reach this portion OF the exteQsion 49,, ntrh
AS this cOntempateS running well equlpPcd, ~ -
speed trains from Broadway. Brooklyn. py way =
the East New York loop apd ultimately, over ~
Williamsburg Bridge. from Manhattan. lf VII -
Greater New York for reaching the seash0re, =
forty minute trip from Manhattan 20 Canarsle =
prophesied and II Is expected that during the $50
ss InsT months some forty OF nfty thousand psls