New-York tribune., 1909-02-24
NEW FORM OF TRANSIT
Com pany Maps Ont Eight Routes
for MoUing Platforms.

The Continuous Transit Securities Coruanv ..
No. As Broadway. through Max e scansdt a.
president. asked the Public Service ConrniSsso-
yesterday to invite proposals for the construeto,
Of eight moving platform rapid transit rou+ss
Three Of the proposed routes contemplate cross
town gcbvays in 14th street. 23d street and s4r,
street
One Of the routes proposed would be operated g.
a subway running from Union Square under Broa4
way to Times Square. thus connecting the i4th
street and Times Square stations OF the presen.
subway. This moving platform subway would als0
connect at $50 street and Sixth avenue with IN.
McAdoo tunnel. well with the new PenusvI
yania Railroad terminal
The other four proposed moving platform routes,
would traverse on elevated structures the four
bridges over the East River. The bridge routes >.
designed. would begin at near the Brooklvn
plazas Of the Williamsburg. Manhattan and Brook
lyn bridges and at the Long Island plaza OF shs
Queensboro Bridge.
The route over the Greensboro Bridge would h,
carried in subway under 5sth street 10 point
Ninth This line" the prospectus
says, would eventually connect with the moving
platform equipment Of the company proposing to
bridge the Hudson River at or near 57th street
thus establishing east and west line from Long
Island to New Jersey"
The proposed line over the Williamsburg Bridge
is by far the longest and most comprehensive Of
the eight routes outlined Beginning at the Brook
lyn plaza Of the Williamsburg Bridge. on an ele-
waited structure, and crossing the bridge to ths
Manhattan plaza. this route viii extend in sub
way under Delaney street. crossing the Bovery
and under private property Centre street. thence
south in Centre street TO the Manhattan end
of the Brooklyn Bridge. thence along Park Row
and south in Nassau street to Broad street thence
south in Broad street TO Beaver street. thence
in Beaver street TO connection with the present
subway at Bowling Green.
II is planned to carry the route over the Manhat-
tan Bridge across town in subway TO terminate IN
a loop at West and Watts street This route would
begin at or near the intersection Of Nassau and
Pearl streets in Brooklyn elevated structure,
and would run north in Nassau street TO the ap-
proach Of the Manhattan Bridge. thence across
the bridge and in a subway under Canal and Watts
streets 70 the terminal at West and Watts streets
The Brooklyn Bridge route would begin at or
near the intersection OF Nassau and Washington
streets in Brooklyn. and would extend on an ee-
waited structure south the approach Of the bridge
and across the bridge to the Manhattan plaza Is
would then run in a subway under City Hall Park.
crossing Broadway at Warren street, through War
ren Church and vesey streets, 10 loop at the
Greenwich street similar loop ar some other
suitable point IN that neighborhood- connection
would be made with the Church street terminal of
the McAdoo tunnel
The communication says that thSkompany VIII
become bidder in case the plan ~ lined meets
with the approval Of the commission
The Continuous Transit Securities Company Is
a New York corporation and has a capital stock
OF 100000. Max E Schmidt Is president and Will
tam de Ia R. Anderson is secretary. The directors
are Max E Schmidt, Albert r. Gallatin, A Pol
herus Cobb David l. Gallup and Eads E Schmidt
II has appeared from time to time in the last three
wears as an advocate Of the moving platform
scheme Of rapid transit, but has never actually
applied for franchise