New-York tribune., 1909-07-13
r0R P.R R. PASSENGERS
yFw SUBWAY PROPOSED
p-,d,ey-Gafney-Steers Co. Submits
R;ro1 Plan to Interboroughs-

. r,a Rradlev-Ga1ney-S Steers
-, TO * Manning TO hid on a iuofa t-7.E, -
CoiF,.;, in opposition 10 the In'eI "oi -
p y -, that the informal sohFiie ,I
- ,,sr7bers Of the PuoHc 0e' - ;.,o
pe-V- e5ce-s looks very good 10 me az
by us N IN -o.ec5 in which the new company VIII
1hls -iy-sI 20 the datory lnterhor"ush -
hlp ,al,e care Of the traf1c orle'hauis a" -
PC -,,,svIvsnia terminal at SeVeh'n aNe a.
ne" -. sboyt which Samuel Rea' second wee
$50 sso-+ ~ the Pennsylvania. has oeeh Ni'''le -
-, wilcox OF the commission
Ihai-i BALDWIN counsel to the Bradley-HaI-
- Cor,nanv had a long conference Win
,+,s- WILCOX Of the commission HesOe'UdS
-+-.r Wilcox viii sail for Europe to-ii'ol Wv
- ;s IA r75n spur across Canal street from
= r7-,s6U-av-I lexington avenue route ''
-,,sa6 bv the company, 10 HUDSON street. u'F
P'f+s., street and Seventh avenue 10 S+th
-. east through 34th street to connect asa.
=, .t1e vay-LeNington avenue route ms
I'D give = loop line. short and without oouO' -
-. ,-s1ne because it would skim the cream ol
kre8, -,s-r,sra,s passenger traffic and have in
,a5iion the West Side traffic of me o'Sll'0'
,h-ouer which il would pass
-rbe n-oposition Of the InterborouEh Is an extern
.io1 o@ the existing subway down SeNehlh aNeiiu7-
t.sson and Greenwich streets 10 the Battery Win
q spur across Canal street 10 C'"I7'' WIN
b-idre loop subway there.
A., extensions Of The present subway. of course
= "a erYre5 OF a seventy -7ve-year franchise
.ss,s 1rile the proposed Bradley-GanneE-9'eer
-ores can he taken over by the city under me ne"
laws At the end Of ten years. o. automaucaliF oe
,-,e the property of the city in comparatively
-. .-,,a through the amortization Of the bonds
- - r,ri11 the s1lbvavs-an arrangement much
80 s5vsn-aEeous 10 the city. according 10 the
-o,fors ~ those who advocated the passage or the
new laws among whom we're the PuoAc service
Commissioners
y v-se -e1o--ad Yesterday that Nice-P-esdent Rea
D. letter
rnan Wilcox vas frankly appeal in favor Of the
r-.e-,o-ouzl7'= scheme. had been in conference on
9 -scenr visit 70 this city with Mr- BALDWIN ana
o-hsr -spresentaIives OF the Bradley-CSa1freH
Conpauv- He set forth in his letter me urgent
-ss5 for rap5 transit facilities in connection with
.L -e-1 terminal and il is thought his conferences
Indicated that II tne new company got the con-
.-scfs for its routes instead Of the Interborough
the PENNSYLVANIA would cooperate with II SO far
as possible
chairman willcox declined 70 talk about the
-ronosi+ion saying that what discussion had been
held between him and the representatives, OF the
R-s6Iev-Csaf Steers people was not official he
bo15s the view that the Pennsylvania Railroad has
been advancing its terminal 70 completion knowing
all slonr that there was no adequate local transit
4a~iitv and he never has been able TO account FOR
the railroads. seeming lack Of anxiety on that
score.
vioe-Preslden- Rea said last night that he had
no- received Chairman Wiucox's letter agreeing
with the railroad TO the necessity for prompt
action regarding transit facilities 10 look after the
PennsvIvania's trafTC He indicated very clearly
his preference for The Interboroughs scheme en-
phssizinE particularly the feature of connections
with Brooklyn which would be obtained II the In
terborouEh built the lower West Side subway 10
connect with the Pennsylvania terminal Said he:
It should be very clearly borne II mind that We
are not advocating new plan one TO accom-
unodate only the great numbers Who Will use our
station and uho certainly deserve consideration.
but broad gauge plan. which was made public
several Eears ago. of extending the present subway
on tire West Side from Broadway and 42d street
do~ntova. with connection TO Brooklyn. and On
the East Side Up through The Bronx This plan.
we believe. be carried out more quickly than
any other scheme proposed. and with the least ex-
vide the city with two complete. straightsvay
Side Of Manhattan 1sland-Vith crosstovn connec-
tons and connections 10 Brooklyn. thereby ena-
bling all n The thickly populated portions OF the
city to participate in these improved subway IA
oIities
We naturally fet that after our great expendl-
TIRE for improved transportation and station fac-
uss. there lack Of apr eciation generally as
70 subway necessities the West Side Of Manhat-
tan This feeling vas accumulated BY the urgent
advocacy of the Broadway Lexington avenue sub
way. which closely parallels the present subway
sogth Of 42d street and IN no way serves the West
Side and by the fsvora bic reception given TO propo
sitons for various Other slbTays. none Of which
take into account the lower West Side and a
Brooklyn connection