New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-02-03
DRY GOODS.
Shall Express Staten
OF new Subway be located
as planned By
Rapid Transit Commission
at Fourteenth Street.
or shall II be changed
as requested BY those

or shall IT be changed
as requested BY those
doing business at Twenty-third sta
The question should not % s-<as1 frozs
the standpoint OF local interest % sithss
Twsnty-thirt Street or Fourt-snsh street.
While It can and viii b shown usAt sas
local interests OF Fourteenth strast Ars 4
great, ye, the real question 10 ''zAa. wfri
bsnea, tire whole city Of Greater New
York not what viii benefit a ssotion.'s
Lexington Avenue Express ssattOa al
Fourteenth street permits easy futsrchanx.
between both systsmA Peopls On Lsxinr>-
ton avenue line below FouFtesnth sersss
could avail themselves OF rrsssus ExpreAa
service by changing at Fourteenth Street.
, or II in Brooklyn or On the rns % tas
! present subway could avail nsmsslvss %
Express service on Lexington avsnus ma
by changing at Fourteenth ssrsss In
neither casa could this b dous as Tvvsusy-
third street. where Il would be necessary
10 walk from Broadway TO Fourth Avsnns
even 20 get a local
With Express Station at EourtssutA
street. those coming from Brooklyn 70 Ns-r
York b. any OF the Bridges could AVIAN
themselves OF East side service 70 Fur.
tsenth street. and changing az Fourtsszrz
street could 90 TO any polns On the IsxfaE-
ton Avenue line above Fourtsenth st-sss b.
Express. and vice versa
Above advantages viii Be- greatly 40
centuated on completion % proposed
Brooklyn loop, OF watch the Station viii
be at Fourteenth Street. enabling ali whs
use the loop to New York TO avail thsm--s
selves OF express travel North ana South.
Eas; and West on both Subway
Advantages also 70 Be ascentuAssd On
completion OF lower tunnels under Hudson
River from Jersey. which will connect with
the new Lexington Avenue route
) Fourteenth Street Is not only the most
convenient. but the ONLY PLACE where
: people could avail themselves OF Express
service OF both sytens without ascending
to the stree, and walking eight hundred
feet.
\ Fourteenth Street Is THE ONLY PLACE
where il Is practicable 70 make one Ez-
press station for ali the above systems and
grant the great good to the great number.
Four,eeup Street Is the CENTRE be-
} tween Chambers Street and Grand Central
station II Express station were located az
T1xenty-third street there would b one run
Of a mile. and another OF more than two
5 miles
subways are intended to benefit the city
Of Greater New York and adjacent terri
tories. not Tor any one class OF any oas
section: they are intended 70 assist ths
growth OF This great city and the comfort
, and convenience Of its inhabitants. % sup
ply rapid means OF transit and to enable
all therein to satisfactorily pursue their
avocatious. and therefore only me greatest
sood 70 the greatest number should be
consiaered-NOT what VIII benefit one sec.
ton or another
The tax lists OF New York show valua--
ton Of about six thousand millions % dol
lars. and no local interest should be adj
vauced - the detrtment Of all.
The population Of Greater New York IL
more than four millions and the interest &C
the greatest number. rich and pOor. Is the
interest to be considered II any are 70 Ia
favored. It should be people OF modera,s
means and all who earn their living; their
means Of livelihood. their time and their
money are TO be thought OF. and they CON-
pose the great majority.
While it is reiterated that local interests
should not control. nevertheless. 81 should
be stated that the interests OF Fourteenth
Street are far more important than sons
people seem to imagine. The large numbe-
Of Loft Buildings south OF Eightesat5
street. where immense numbers (far ex-
eeeding those IN any ONCE bufldingsO are
employed. and the Stores. bring rar mors
peop,e 10 Fourteenth Street than are
brought 10 Tvventy-third Street BY ones
Buildings and stores: numbers which win
be greatly increased by Loft and Business
Buildings now erecting IN the neishSOrhOOd
OF Fourteenth Street.
Fourteenth Street affords tho most cons
venient point for the immense working Pop
uIation south OF Eighteenth Street
5 TIE number OF people IN the SOurtssntA
street section during the twenty-tOuF hours.
} is greater than In Twenty-third Street sso-
ton.
The new Court House buildings. which
viii occupy the three blocks on East stts
Of Union square. from Fourteenth to Sow
enteenth Streets. require Express service u
enable hundreds OF Litigants. Witnesses
Jurors. Lawyers. Clerks. Ofacials and
others 20 reach il quickly from many
points. uptown and down. and across
Rivers. without delay And let It be re-
menbered that as the next Express stop
on the new line will be at Chambers Street.
close 70 the City Hall and New Hall oc
Records. including Comptroller's and Tax
Offices. etc, the INSTRUMENTATION BE-
, tween these most important Public Build
inrs would be vastly facilitated by Express