New-York tribune., 1908-01-01
FOR TWO NEW SUBWAYS
P. S. COMMISSIONERS act
One of the Lines Would Be of Great
.4duantdge to Bronr.


Pelham Bay Parkway, the other to Woodlawn
Cemetery. and the other crosstown line from
the termInsl of the Manhattan Bridge through
Canal street 10 the North River. BY formal
resolution the commission referred the legal
ity and feasibility OF the proposed routes to the
counsel and chief engineer for a report and the
preparation OF the necessary plans and papers
AS soon possible the Board OF Estimate will
he asked to pass on the routes and to con-
si6er the possibility Of raising money for the
bC ding of the subways
The action yesterday based on the report
II a special committee. consisting Of Commits
sioners Eustis and Maltbie. who have been work
ing on the problem for some time. They esti-
mate that the cost OF the Broadway Lexington
subway would be $eOO00.o0 and the
Canal street crossto~n $7.0O00h. The report
suggests IL would be advisable to begin on all
sections Of the proposed subways at once. but
says il would be possible to contract at first for
only that part between the Battery and 4-d
street Although the new plans contain parts
Of old routes laid out, the entiIe scheme as out
lined is
The resolution Of the commission comedies the
necessity for a new rapid transit system in
Manhattan and The Bronx and says that the
following routes seem best 10 meet the require
meu;s:
running thence nortneIIy through ard under Gre..n~
sey street. thence eastery through kesey street 20
Broadway. thence nortneTiy along and under Broad
with crosstoWn line hereinafter described: thence
the line curves generally in a northeasterIy DIRE.
Si9i tth shH spfee Gnae' 10 F5nrf aHsue s .th
East 18Th street and EaSt l4tn street no !"
der irving Place Gramercy Park; thence
nSenn.t' tb,,1', nnrfb'rlv under lexington ave
nue the Harlem River and under the haren hI,t.I
svenue and East l3Sth street where the lines viii
T5ssb street 10 Southern Bauievarci: thence in a
generally northerly direction ai3ng southern BGnIe
northeas:erly direction along WestGhesteT ayen%r;
westerly line TO begin at point near near ,h, int%1
SnBinr GI noIeey IA sons Mott avenue I" 1St
thence nurthUesterly along l5lst street 10 tifIa,
the Intersection Of Gerard enqe and jerome .,ve
Clark Place, from which the line Is L"
extend northerly along and under Jerome avenue
WoOdawn Cemetery -
meeting at Broadway with tile other parts 81 ms
sRd and s1 stTse al and Hence running
sy under Cans street S and w5s PTopsr prGSe
rroach, where connection can be made WIN me Ine
Fourth avenue route in Brooklyn. already author
lied
Portions of this system have not only been
laid out by the former Rapid Transit Board.
but have also been approved by the Board OF
Estimate and the Mayor. and consented 10 oy
majority In value of the abuttng property own
ers or the Appellate Division
The committee prefaces its report as follows:
The urgent need for the immediate construction
The Bronx needs proof Every person Nieo use
the present iin's knows thaI IneE are indecent
and that ev-ry Improvement that CAP AIN, ne n mace So
os grs HTr prior 10 the time when new subway
digestion when now exists The question is not
whether ncS suhWaT Is neeaed. sip+o e.
ouSiT and which of the several routes that ar
needed should be constructed hTst.
Referring to the Broadway Lexington ave-
nue. route. the report says:
From Broadway and possibly from Ta the Rattey FSat,
reached I8Sth street The eastsEiy , i9Gk w woa GI
b four again This is GonsideTGd ,i Wse Is. 2G ,
Be- built in Eighth avenue 20 connect with the & line
Sp IsT%'e m a9ord fsciiities to both The Who'll
ns onld c,ea2d 6 4HS Wcsrhester TsnuS
tion Some money would be saved by = 5uiaing M , a.
Tay but gds,ed m rad in vicw Of the important char
70 ,a an 81 ab1s fho-oughfare. and in view Of th'
saving in cost E when s hs eTPdnsS Your u! c%n
T,ittee recomn~nd that subway he panne'
throughout Jerome avenue.
Il n suggested that the line could be connected
~zFh the New York Central Railroad at th'
Mo,t avenue station at I3sth street or AT 40
street, and suburban trains could thus ne rur
direct 10 the Battery. relieving the conges'of
on the present subway that "riElhd'es al "
Grand Central Station
7ha. the line would be close TO the Stelnwa,
tunnel at 42d street and could be connected
with the proposed crosstown subway IN 'E''i
street which would run TO the Blackwels Isl
and BrIdRe is POINTED out This would ne L"
Qrcat advantage To- residents OF queens IN get
ting 10 the upper and lower parts or the cry
could ais, be connected with the WILLIAMSBURG
bridge and any subway oLt through the Easterl
District and at the Battery could he c"hhectc'
with the Brooklyn tunnel
discussing the advantage Of the broadway
Lexington route from both the transit and IN
financial point Of view. the report says:
1,. ,.,b s,raot +, would run through tn" Yer
Hssrf Of the commercial and office centres "t ~
litv IL would also tap the popui9us uiS!t -;
ANS of which n present can reach tIlf i"H
Isrcasdway district ONLY by cit litons % % ,,,nn
Srb,h arc most need Of transit fhcliltlFs. =
Ecutferu Boulevard section would run ihIous,i
disfrirt already we'll populated and the Nestcnest,
avenue section wnTld open up Pn area "iici ia
NOT de- eopod. oWina tn the lack OF transit
ye-- de,lious course from their homes 10 the
ofrtes The broadway Il xinrt"n th I4m, ,IEo ~
~nc.neSs of .he line and the few curves l<exIngti
avenue Is almost upon an eAa', - me ne ,In nm at bg
Epeed and would lover operating costs.
=, &c s,,qeested that in the future subwa
r,I.bt he continued down Eighth avenue fror
e. r.-o,,e avenue connection OF the propose
-on,e which might be leased with provision
,h., the Iexsee OF the Eighth avenue continuH
t,or might have track privileges over the Je
rome avenue hne- o
No connection with the present subway at Il
,.s, fs contaminated as was the case In IN
Lexington avenue line proposed by the OF
,~-,1~st Reasons EoT tSI