The evening world., 1911-03-30
REPORT DEMANDS
SHORT SHR|FTFOR
DEATH Az. TRACKS
favors Subway Below Goth
st. and Covered Grade Line
to Spuyten Duyvil.
CAN DO IT IN 6 MONTHS.
Opposes Elevated Freight Line
Road Given 80 Days to
Accept Plan.
CAN DO IT IN 6 MONTHS.
-. elimination within elk month, Of

~ eltnin alton within six months Of
ehs surface tracks or Death avenue"
is contemplated IN the report o. the
special commi-.ee read At the n,.s'Ilg
Of The Board OF Eer nate to-day. North
of 0lxtisth street II Is proposed to al
ooW the tracks 20 remain at grade. but
tie roadway must be covered and in
ssrseeting streets carried by bridges
Acfoss the tracks.
Thus with the exception OF n short
distance above One Hundred and Thir.
fiosh street the road to Spuytcn Duyvti
Mn be covered over. the exception be-
Ing an open vladuct. which OF course
VIII be exclusively for the carrying Of
ths railroad tracks. South OF sixtieth
street II Is designed 10 place the tracks
IN Q subway. but only to Thirueth
street, whore Il is proposed further en-.
crcechmen, shall end.
Opposes Freight Elevated.
The committee leaves Il optional with
she New York Central 10 build the
subway south Of Sixtleth street. aud adj
the tentative plan of carrying
all freight from that point by water.
holding that the company's freight bus
tneos and the demands of business In
chs southern end of the city are not 10
great as 10 require that the streets shall
be sacrificed TO n railroad company.
Tho committee also declares positively
against the plan of Dock Commissioner
Tomkins 10 giAile the lower end OF the
city from Thir Seth street to the Bat
tssy With an elevated steel railroad for
freight. No elevated railroad for any
purpose whatever should he built. the
committee declares. unless as a finai re-
Sort when It shall have been proved tia.
40 otl,sr method a be employed.
II will not require six Year,. a. was
ttated by Mayor Gaynor. the commit.
tee nays. to make the proposed changes
north Of Sixtieth street. but the report
declares the work Tan be completed IN
Elk months.
To pave the way for a legal procedure
n removing the tracks the committee
ssks that the Attorney General begin
proceedings to have declared null and
voh the charter OF the company which
permits II 10 maintain surface tracks
south Of sixtieth street.
Thirty Days to Decide.
Cooperating with the special commit
tee Of the Board of Estimate. compris-
Ing Comptroller pfsndsrgast, President
Mitchell and President McAncny. was a
~sub.conssnittee Of engineers. a. follows:
4. y. Goodrich, consulting engineer of
the Borough Of Manhattan; Harry p.
Nichols. engineer In charge OF the Blu
reau OF Franchises. and Ernest C..
Moore. . consulting engineer retained
b. the committee.
The repor adds this recommendation.
That the Board request the New
York Central Railroad TO submit
within thirty days. It's acceptance OF
the specific plans outlined In the En-
Stnesrs' report, either in whole or In
part. and in case 1t cannot accept
all. to indicate what II proposes as q
substitute for any part OBJECTED to.
To accompany any acceptance OF T..
part or the whole OF such plan VITA
petitions necessary for;
"a Land TO be acquired by It from
the city.
(b) Additional franchises or new
franchises which may be required.
2. That the New York Central he
requested to accept, in any event.
the plan OF temporary operation out
lined IN the report and 10 reniove
its present tracks at once from tn.
streets south OF Sixtieth street, Such
removal 10 be without prejudice 10
either the company or the city.
The report concludes as follows;
We regret IN state that tho pock
Commissioner is unable 10 joiR In the
above recommendations ard will
submit his views IN a separate
communication.