The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-04-03

~ill b in operation 10 that point by the
summer Of next year
Meanwhile the attorneys for the New
York. wssachester and Boston ara busy
obtaining rights Of way for an extension
noTthwArd from White Plains. The sx-
tension In In comprise a double track
line TO Bedford. where there viii 10 .
separation into two branches. one running
20 Danbury and the other 20 a point near
Brewster Tho latter branch will connect
tho Poughkeopsie Bridge line Of the New
Haven With New York by . direct north
and south route. The Danbury branch
will save nearly an hour on the way 20
the Bsrkshiro Hills. the great summer
franc 10 which nov goes over circuitOus
routs via south NOrwSlk.
In . very short time. therefore. the New
York. New Haven and Hartford Rail
road Company will have provided q com
plete system OF transportation for the
sa@a~rlY hAM Of We=sSh==s== rSssrty
which has heretofore been una vaiIabls
for suburban settlement bscAuss OF lie
inaoceasibtlity. The New Haven IL intent
upon building up a great suburban traffic.
with this object In view II has not only
renewed tts arrangement With the New
York Central for q joint terminus az the
Grand Central station. but has also entered
into an agreement with ths Pennsylvania
for q joint uSe Of the latter's tunnel ter
minal. which will 10 reached over the
trscks q the New York and Long Island
Mellen OF the New Haven stated publicly
some time ago that IL was the Intention
OF his road % bid for one Of the PROPOSED
srbways in order TO secure direct and
independent entrancs 70 lower Manhattan.
PUBLIc IMPROVEMENTS.
Tho halfway system Of wsstchester
county 10 the BEST In the state. IL COM
prices s7s mikes Of public roads. OF these
Los miles arc completed State roads.
whlls Ise miles morn are State roads sur-
veyed for Improvement or partly COM
plstsd. A still further increase in tho
amount Of State improved road 10 expected
from tho en- penditure of the siso. on, 600
appropriation for this work voted by the
State. the Waaachsst0r county Chamber
of Commorce having already taken steps
20 secure for westchssssr fair share OF
Tho towns that lie in the watsruhsds
draining into the Hudson and the Sound
are vel squipped with sanitary sewage
systsms. Similar systems will bs made
possible In the Interior 90 soon ~ the
1890 O'T %ors on IN. 4 Sstns v,ss.S
and viii probably b finished this year.
THIS trunk ssweT VII provide drainage
for tho entire central portion Of the
county. extending nOrthWord through
seven citiss and toWnahips. IL wi1 fur
MISS ss5QSi6s5 iloilltsss for . population
Of . million On tho Bronx River water.
shed.
The municipalities in thiN inland tsvri- |
tory are consequently Engaged In build
inG connSotin9 sewerage syetsuna Water
supply unRtns ere also betng extsndsd
In every community. and under rocsnt
lsNialAafon al % this territory viii obtain !
water from tho city aausduct now sKtsnd- I
ing along the river e. aOon - tho CaaaliIl 1
AQUeduot N in operation.
NsW Yogk city having acquired az q /
part of its water supply syrtsn all Of tho |
pTtaSipai lakes and streams In west !
chesesT county. n constructing a costly I
syseem % macadaEniaed Highways 60 link !
toggthsr The various reservoirs and water |
couEuoM 80 part Of great pnTk gYstem.
Tho pgOposSd BgonH River Parkway will |
form tho connscttng link between BronH 1
PARK and the 5000 acre reservoir at
kSnsico. upoa which the CITY n spsnd- 4
snR some els yOB1. 100. IL will fOrFl the
gFeat main central avenue 0f q future
boulevard system and will Also b Of grDaa l
Importance - q sanitary measure. The
BronE River AOws for . half do1sn miles
through tho city's great geological and
botanical EArdens and he most Important 4
recFaa&tDl paFks. lts poilution A q SERIOUS
manmno % hanI4M n anin HnntN n.y. mnowinRi