New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-05-14
TUBE LINE FOR QUEENS
Service Board Picks a Routa
Over Greensboro Bridge.
DIRECT RIDE TO BATTERY
Old Rapid Transit Boards Plan
to Use Seventh or Eighth
Avenue Taken Up.

Resolutions were adopted yesterday ~
the Public Service Commission looking ., [
the establishment Of new subway rou.
TO give rapid transit 70 Queens County ~
way OF Greensboro Bridge H
The commission at its Tsguia- meessr,
adopted resolutions instructing the ehie.
engineer 20 report upon the feasibility IRON
an engineering point OF view - a rapid
transit line extending from Battery Psrs
10 seth street By way Of Greenwich stree.
West Broadway. VaTick street. Seventh
avenue and Greensboro Bridge. and theme.
into the Borough Of Queens This IS a.
sl-ming that the city will decide % ez.terd
Seventh avenue 70 connect with varick
street and that va-ick street viii -
wiGened-
The old Rapid Transit Board laid our
route known as the Seventh and Eig1ta
avenue route, extending I'd both avenues
20 seth street. and then continuing IN
Eighth avenue TO 155d street. AM nd.
were called for the work. but none vas r..
ceived. The time for completing 4 ssa-
stantiaI part Of this route was ex.ended "a
October Is. 1871
For some time negotiations hare h.sa
carried on between the InterboroUzn RAID
Transit Company and the commission With
a view OF having the company extend rs
present subway line doEn Seventh avenue
past the new Pennsylvania tunnels As
these negotiations have not produced aBy
results and the Interoorouzn has not rrada
satisfactory proposals 20 gixs QUEENS Dor.
ough rapid transit communication ty
means OF the Sseinway tunnel, the con-
mission has determined 70 lay down The
new route across 5eth street and tlusens-
bcro Bridge. permitting a direct rsie from
Queens TO the Battery, providing eo7nec-
tons with the present subway and tks
Broadway-Lexington route. a. vel Is with
the various elevated stations along the line.
A hearing on the new route has been
fixed for Thursday. May y at 2 n. at
the Offices OF the commission. IN the LIB
une Building Ire hearing ziII cover tire
proposed route ard asa re desired coz
nections e Gzsezs CozztS, when viii 90
built OF re zsses-s- Pza-
Ano-h=- -=zrEzLoz z6sg-sd BY thu conf
Isiss101 Ez-=ezsz eszzsei . prepare the
Necessary srzEzZz-T pz2ers 70 lay ous
the re r rzezoz AID also 70 prepare
a sepoE- II 80 t=zz-5[.-y OF extending tic
Eighth zEsczs r1z-z % Quesns5oro Bridge
and % 5aFEz OK = 7O1-a from the eastern
terminus % Cz=zs5o-o Bridge TO tho
North River q %-a street.
William P Wilcox. chairman o. ths
commission. couEs1-rg yesterday on tbs
new plan. said The commission wanted IS
engineers 10 study IRE pracricasiIity OF
using either the Seventh OF Eighth avenue
route laid OFT by the Old Rapid Transit
Board n connection with the 591h street
line into Queens The Seventh OF E1isatn
avenue route. he added would BE extended
as intended by the Rapid Transit Board. 70
connect with the Jerome avenue extension
OF the BroadEay-LexIagron subway line.
The Broadway-Lafayette avenue Iire also
points toward Queens, and the c3iect %
the commission Is TO set the trunk ines
laid down 10 serve all the 5or0ughs
This uptown line. said Mr. Wilcox
would F5e capable OF being made Part
OF the BToadHay-Lexingto avenue systen
II seems 70 me that II would take care o,
the West Side in good shape