New-York tribune., 1911-03-03

elevated extension over the old West End
route To Coney Island, third VIII be
three track elevated on the Sea Beach right
of way from 62d street to Cohey Island,
and the fourth will be double track ee-
waited railroad on the old Culver route from
Tenth avenue to Coney Island-including
| the elimination Of present or future grade
crossings on all of these former steam
railroads.
proposed tunnel under New York Bay.
between the Fourth avenue subway and
Staten Island
A four track subway on F1atbush avenue.
from connection with the Fourth avenue
subway, easterly 10 Park Circle. thence
separa ting into two branches, one branch
being a two track subway on F1atbush ave-
nue. to junction with the Brighton Beach
railroad. entirely reconstructed as a four
track railroad, and the other branch being
two-track subway, tastwardly, on East
ern Parkway TO Pitkin avenue. thence a
two-track elevated railroad 10 a connection
with the former Kings County Elevated
tracks at SnedIker avenue.
An extension Of the Kings County Ele-
waited railroad from old city line east
wardly through the Borough OF Queens TO
Jamaica as two-track elevated railroad:
third track on the Fulton street ele-
waited from Brooklyn Bridge to East New
York
A third track on the Broadway elevated
from Williamsburg Bridge to East New
York
A connection between the Myrtle avenue
elevated railroad and the Broadway ele-
waited railroad, and third track on the
Myrtle avenue elevated railroad from
Broadway to Ridgewood.
The elevation OF the Lutheran Cemetery
railroad from Ridgewood to Fresh Pond
road with three tracks.
a new elevated railroad from the Will
iamsburgh Bridge, up Grand street to
Leonard street. northwardly on Leonard
street and Manhattan avenue TO Newtown
Creek. thence over Newtown Creek and on
Jackson avenue TO connection with the
, greensboro Bridge. 1t might be desirable
10 choose different streets for a portion of
this route)
II will be seen that the idea Of Canal
street crosstown subway. except as far as
Broadway, is abandoned in the present
plan. constituting the only marked modifi-
cation of President Winters proposal as
incorporated. President Williams sug-
gests that the Lafayette avenue subway
route, included In the Triborough plans,
be abandoned as Improbable, though he
expressed the companys willingness to in
clude it in the system if the city insists
lie says with regard 10 the financial ar
rangements:
1t IS our suggestion that the city should
construct the suoways and that we should
equip and operate them upon such terms
and for such period as may be agreed upon,
Il CtinecllOn Win our existing ana pro-
posed elevated railroads. We should ex-
pect the city also 10 assume, as heretofore,
It's reasonable share OF the cost of elimi-
mating crossings OF streets at grade over
the lines Of the former steam railroads.
The estimated expense TO which the COM
pany would he subjected for carrying out
its part Of the above plan is between fifty
and sixty million dollars. The cost to the
city, in addition to what has already been
contracted for would probably not exceed
the amount to which the city would NOR
ally df not legally) commit itself by the
promised extensions in Brooklyn of sub
ways now under construction and others
covered by the Interborough offer.
He points out the following features as.
in his opinion, forming the major merits OF
the proposition:
The above plan covers, generally, every
section of Brooklyn and part of Queens and
furnishes sixteen independent rapid transit
lines. mostly equipped for express and local
service, from Brooklyn and Queens into
Manhattan. with through transportation or
free transfer TO points in Manhattan
reached by tho Broadway subway between
seth street and the Battery and by the ex-
tended Centre street subway between De-
lancey and Beaver streets.
Ii offers q maximum. heXlbilty or opera
tion and OF distribution OF passengers be-
tween Manhattan and Brooklyn, easily
adapted 10 changing currents Of travel.
II furnishes. with the Centre street and
Fourth avenue subways now under con-
struction, the use Of twenty-three miles OF
additional subways and the effective util-
zation Herewith of siXty-seveu miles Of
elevated railroad routes.
It brings into service as great highways
NJ travel four East River bridges instead OF
one and creates one additional East River
tunnel.
By arrangement with the Hudson e. Man
haitian Railroad passengers on the Broad
wav. Manhattan, subway line could be
transferred 10 the Grand Central Depot
and an interchange Of travel with the Jer-
sew tubes would be made easy, both at
Church street and at 33d street. The Penn
svIvania Railroad station. In Seventh ave-
nue.. could be made readily accessible.