The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1907-02-22
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processs With sae construction ~
more rapid transit sab~ays !: ~ nov
ssx years sines xoft wsN hosua on
the present subway. which has been
Open to III. public for aaafiy two and
bali years
city has progressed no further In
subway construction than To pre-
pare plans and specifications fog
twenty new routes, practically all OF
which now may have to be revised
10 meet III. wishes Of the men in
control of the local traction compan-
les who insis, upon the alterations
~ conditions for bidding on The new
contracts Wherever the city appears
To bc ready To go ahead with tho
work. which is not often. the traction
people step in and delay things In
tsrminably This situation has exist
ed so long the public is becoming
convinced the local traction men are
not anxious 10 expedite the eonstruc-
ton OF new subways while they can
tonNtHue Eobsttihk laitA iieh' N''ts
s,rap-hanEer on the cAisiting eleva-
ted, surface and subway lines.
1t was expected that the rapid
transit board would finally approve
the plans for the new subways ten
days ago and would proceed at once
to advertise for bids for the eonstrnc-
ton work. All. supposedly, was IN
readiness when, at the last minute,
representatives OF the traction com
bine stepped in and urged many
radical alterations in the proposed
contracts. The changes which the
company desire, ii made by the rapid
transit commission, will place the
city in about as disadvantageous a
position, as far as control over the
subways is concerned, as it is in the
present subway.
The city believed it would have
complete control Of the present sub
way, under the contract for It's con-
struction, in return for furnishing
the money with which to build the
great work In this, however, it
found itself greatly mistaken, and
the traction magnates, who got con
troll OF the property, have been run
ming thing their own way ever
since.
Various propositions have beer
advanced to safeguard the city's in
terests in the new subways. but II
does not seem likely that any o.
them will be adopted One of Tho
best of these reform plans was t.
have the new subways built ant
equipped in their entirety by the cit
and then to award to the lowest bid
der contracts for operating tn
lines. Under such contracts the cit
would collect it's own fares fro1
passengers and would pay the opel
ating company a fixed charge 10
running the trains.
Goodness knows the city of NeN
York needs new subways and a
once, for il is growing at the rate o
$4,000 3 year, and, in regard u
traction facilities, it now is like BIZ
fat bOy wearing the clothes of hi
little brother In view of the man.
obstacles presented, however, Their
is grave question as to when the con
tracts for the new subWayS can d.
awarded, especially as at least three
different interests are waiting VIII
legal sand bags in the shape of in
junction proceedings, to hold up tn
contracts because OF unfaVoraoi'
provisions as soon as the bids are IN
Allowing for all these delays ant
allowing also for the time that VII
be required for construction Work
it is certain 10 be three years before
any new subway of any sort can d.
in operation and it is more than like
Nv il will be twice that time.
One section OF the metropolis
which now is undergoing a most rad
icaI change is along Park avenue
from Sixtieth street To the Harlem
river. Tn. big terminal improve
msnts of the New York Central rail
road are responsible for this. as th'
Substitution OF electric power to'
steam ia bringing trains through th'
PARK avanuc tunnel 20 Grand Cen
trail station win make IT Impossible
20 cover completely all of the tracks
now sunken in Park avenue.
When tho work Is through a hand
some and unbrokeu thoroughfar'
will b., laft. sith no more sign al
n. presence OF trains than ara 80 h'
found % the street surfaces over th'
subway hues. From Sixtioth strf'"
,nuih ga Forty second street Pari
avsnuo silI ~ given over to th'
railroad terminal. but north at SIX
.leth street rark avenue soon VII
'h..oma a fin. residential street. tk'
he same avenue " today from lhif
|ty-fourtn - Forti"th streets. IN" ~
!. building ~ m" avenue from SiNtif''
sfrort north o. q Residential ftiul
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