The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-11-17
BRIDGES BUILT FOR SUBWAYS
W >TJSF THEM ~ NEW LINES,
says MR. WILCOX.
NE, ro>i ssS, OO<s.OOO and Were Fix.
lures Before the Triboroukh Route
va, Planned y. Commission Can Z
I-norc rhem-Cost of New Route

.Ii--tbn gave out an answer yfrteT-
..v 'r the criticisms which have been
10. hv the Chamber Of Commerce and
. Merchants Association on the boards
.,. for the triborough route. Some
z ne points Mr.. Wilcox makes are that
.r,. bridges which have been built across
... last River will be practically use
&c. ,u!sss the new subway scheme is
lsd out
lnpiying To the charges that the pro-
.n.l IuGrppndsnt system Is extrava-
-..l Mr Wilcox seeks to show that its
..' per n.le Of track will be intrinsically
SCOOTER than the cost Of the construc
VI IN. existing subway.
Nr Wilcox admits that the cost Of
.- rr,tnrough subway will he about
81. u"- cent. greater per mile than the
...,.,eut subway. but ne asserts that this
N.U ur Offset 10y the fact that the new
-.rNay will not only have an increased
rri.r capacity 81 nearly ~ per cent hs-
,..l,. of the larger size II ;he tunnels
...' that tho stations Of the new system
~ t u. - much larger than n the present
-.,Sav that they will accommodate
r,-.n are II IN the platforms OF the
.r'.-r..rnugh subway
Va WILCOX says:
.r .t.Su the city has once become com.
p -.-,; - comprehensive plan the work
% 49, suspended whenever new contracts
-. % nnI' 'r h.' let no rapid transit relief
n, - urct. but We must 20 on Tor an
DO. .a- generation with III. frightful con
--..1 ~ population. the nverCrowdinE OF
'..lru-ut> and tn" Indecent ammng 81
,..- e.. g-por' ifiun lines that are 81 evident
II..-., cost III construction. including stitIon
'.f-u ~ the entire triborough system as
.,rrewpNtri = slI5 800 OOn
u' Ms system IN. Centre street loop
- - ~ Nu".w' il nearly finished. The
- tons ol IN" Fourth avenue subway
.srus sla.uNr .Onu. viii he finished within
eighteen months The Manhattan Bridge
49, ZION costing not less than SIS. 900. 900
= neirly iu,-hed The Williamsburg
Rr rgr ,r-'.ng almost a. much. . already
In -het
h. ,o-' of these bridges doe. not come
r'u.n the total coat Of the trIhorouxh. for
rEs lo.,yy ~ tn. lit: has been not 20 include
cost 90. BRIDGES 50 part Of rapid transit and
tt tn expect any revenue from bridges
10 ,iry Is committed TO these links OF tn.
item IheV are admittedly the eIpen-
Sc" and loss profitable parts Staining
one they represent stub ends The-.
NNay links and IN large part the bridges
Ne rssle-s unless the comprehensive
an ~ which they ara part. the tn
.rr"vgh sy-'en. shall he completed
" >rgl. unr~ they cannot ne made 70
-uuu,e adequate int ONE and u" Hoard 90
t.>'un.'n Rapid Transit Commi--Ion or
I'4ru, -erNI'e Comms-' on ever for mo-
rG'I' ,lNOT"d under he aelu-lo on that they
Hoi'G Ne worth building Z the system -
'Ch hey are a part should be- abandoned
D," r"I-on Cor their construction IVES thar
~, we're inks IN a chain and a beginning
h i H. - nI.ae somewhere
The fundamental question ia not there
ore "heihe! the city shall now begin the
tr.-borouGh sysrem. bur whether. having
~peC' ',j.pS go. II shall spend u further
sr'rn ~ 20 complete the system Let no
~ stake ne mad. The opposition Is now
20 hostile to tho construction Of IN" trunk
ne oi 'he tri-borough because II will To-
urotltabis and when connected With IT."
loop and Fourth avenue subway viii make
o. -oStahle shat may not h. profitable
,thout articulation They require th..
com pl~'ioa ~ the other portions ~ the
svrtem These portions that i- the Lev
n yton avenue with the two Bronx eStNn-
lions. Canal street Broadway LAFAYETTE
and the two South BROOKLYN extensions. on
g. go .OoD OF bids received and estimates
on the remainder. will cost. including
=, alton finish. sI23. 900. $50, a. compared
of those portions a. given by certain critics
The location Of the bridges was not de
20 rim ned by the Public Service Commission
~ the Rapid Transit Commission. but =
rapid transit system had 10 be- corr elat ed
To them Had there been no Manhattan
Bridge ~ might have been possible 20 20
~ The Battery ami then TO BROOKLYN. thus
any Canal street crOsS-town line
NJ. Wilcox goes on TO say that tins
h.. .a,Ly h..l.
parts 81 the triborough route. The
! entre street loop, which has been con
dsfnned as being unservlceable. he eK-
planned was contracted for by the old
commission and had TO be carried out
~ had a.so the Fourth avenue line in
HI oohlyn. Commenting on the criticisms
that the remaining parts OF the triborough
route. the Broadway Lexington and
Broadway Lafayette sections. were to
. bullt at an excessive cost. Mr. Will
COX contrasts those bids with the cost
- building the present subway He SAYS
ne average "os, a mile Of track Of The
- IN pal rapid transit routes now oper-
q - tv me interboroush was So. lil.
iu l-", he president Of the PETERBOROUGH
N . otter - the Rapid Transit Commission
= .g- r. reasons Why his company was not
. 0.l - on b. routes then proposed -ald
.rh. ~ engineers had found that he in
c'"l~ci 'o-t through labor material. meth
= .' obstruction, &c. would Increase
TO- a.-rag" 'o-' \ mile OF track 10y 100
. 81. Within few days two directors
.." Peterborough have stated ia n con
.--s-Irn mat u would cost double the
IN y he marlborough subway were TO
-..t' TpH In the portions Of tho tn
..D III MOI ve' under contract the cost
-, -,-nried and estimates made Will
30 Z la'sp a mile Of track In other
e p" 'os' mile Of track Of the IRA ,
rrp IN - only 30 per cent more than The
borough and nearly - per cent ls-s
~ Officers and directors believe
Peterborough could be reproduced for
q n rrlsHi size NJ the bore will allow an (
-t-- IN the width ~ the cars NJ the
..rf- sh over ia" lnterborough Of rs
IN ~. multiple stations Of the
rf ..Ph 'pxsfhsr with the methods Of
.u''ilDn h..'Ne-n eAprp-s and local
500 nrI." po-sIbe ~" running of
70 --- than minTt" 80 see
,nmpared with minute -
..d- .hrh N" best that 'he
b. 'JfpgIh - sbI" 10 do because Of the .
.I. '' -.I'tpu- on,"Tuen'y the ir- .
- although ~ cost vii be ~ per