New-York tribune., 1909-09-23
NEW SUBWAY SCHEME
TNTFRBOROUGH PLAN.
viii Build Road Up Madison AUe-
nuc Into The BrORT.

The Tnterborough company yesterday informed
the Public Service Commission that it was ready 10
consider the building OF subway up Madison
avenue connecting with the present subway AZ
sgfh street and Park avenue and running INTO
Bronx territory now inadequatey served with RAPID
transit facilities. The company desires nahchlses
for extending the Sixth avenue elevated and for
rhird-traclxing the Second and Third avenue lines
President Shonts of the Interborough not long
ago said that the Interhorough could not brihg
itself 10 consider any route but the old Lexington
avenue extension planned by the Interborough from
The beginning, with extension south from Ed
street in Broadway the Battery on the west
side. The commission decided some time ago to
,etain Lexington avenue for a through route
IN his letter President shonts says that his COM
aany has gone the situation again, and con-
anues:
While A renewed consideration OF the subject
sersuades me that the construction of the SUBJ
WAYS up Lexington and Third avenues, as pro-
Rnes the advantages of The public and the Inter
borough company, our further caIcuIatlons now S
so great that il cannot be surrendered in view of
fixed purpose TO meet. as far as due regard 10
the interests OF the lnterborough company VIII
permit as the suggestions OF your board go
to xeur board in our letter Of June 30 by eiimi-
mating theretrom the construction or sunNays upon
in lieu thereof four track subway upon Madison
avenue. with spurs to develop new territory in
The Bronx, such as YOU suggest in your letter Of
August - may bee desirable. pursuing the follow
staTng from the Present ] su6Way gy at r or about out
way under pubic streets ana private properly IN
q westerly and northwesterly direction 10 Madison
about 45th street thence up Madison
avenue 10 the Harlem River at about 13Sth street
thence across the Harlem River to 146th street
thence dividing, with two tracks TO connection
with the West Farms division of the subway at or
about 149th street and Girard avenue, and two
tracks from about 14sth street up River avenue TO
extension of the Sixth elevated railway
modified 10 meet this connection at about 161st
street and River avenue. the said proposed ele
waited extension 10 continue the line up River and
Jerome avenues to l94th street a three track
elevated road
Should our proposition to extend the Sixth ave
nue. line OF the Manhattan Elevated Railway from
1zeth street across Mscomb'S Dam Bridge via
herein proposed. be accepted. and should pro-
posal 10 third track the Second and Third avenue
elevated lines be approved and covered by appro-
priste franchises, II would lie within
Sixth avenue elevated line from the Jerome Park
reservoir section 10 lower Manhattan and in
nect3on with the existing subway and the Second
and Third elevated lines from Pelham Bay
Park to lower Manhattan. pending the actual open
ing Of The Madison subway, and
within considerably shorter time than would be
possible under any other project
We do not appreheno the difficulty feared by
yo1Ir board of congestion below 42d street should
q. subway extension TO The Bronx be built
without providing additional four track sub
ter Is not TO be taken argument against your
boards plan for the construction of such line.
merely desire TO point out that with the stimuli
fsneous construction of a West Side downtown
street, as heretofore proposed by US. the present
Fourth avenue subway would be relieved of so
large a volume Of its local and express traffic pro-
ceeding from the West Side to make it fully
ing through the newly constructed subways on
the East Side