New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-04-27
LAY OUT NEW SUBWAY
P. S. G.. Gives B. R. 7. Tunnel
from Old Slip to Clark Street.
SENT TO ESTIMATE BOARD
Work on Lexington Avenue Line,
Below 41st Street, Ordered
SUSPENDED for a Time.

Further progress in working out the new !
rapid transit system. or systems, was mad'
YESTERDAY. when the Public Service com |
mission laid down the route by which the
Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company can con
meet it's Brooklyn lines with the proposed
Brosdvay-59th street line in Manhattan.
The route provides for a two-track tunhei
from Old Slip in Manhattan. TO clark
street, in Brooklyn The commission some
time ago laid down tunnel route from
Whitehall street Manhattan 20 Montague
street, Brooklyn. which is planned TO aiiorh
,he Intcrhorough Rapid Transit Company |
a connection for its Seventh avenue eXten-
sion OF the present subway.
At the same time the commission ordered
the Bradley Contracting Company to sus-
pend work on Section OF the Broadway-
Lexington avenue route until 1t Is deter
mined whether or not the proposed dndI
system OF subways is TO be carried out
This section extends in Lexington avenue
from 9th 10 HSt street and most OF u
would be of no value i'm case the inter-
borough extends its present subway by the
completion Of the III" About $4,000 worth
Of work has already been done on TINS
section the entire contract price being 49,
eGi,2l3.
Commissioner Maltbie. who from the start
has beer. opposed TO the dual system IDEA
voted against the resolution for stopping
work on the section How do you know
that the city could not make use of the
entire Broadway Lexington avenue system!
No contract has been let for operation yet,
ne said. Chairman Wilcox replied that
substantial agreement for the carrying on:
nad
Cram Votes for Resolution.
Commissioner Cram, who also has been
opposed TO the dual system plan. appar-
entity has decided that opposition is useless,
for he voted for the resolution saying 1t
was apparent to him that the city had been
divided between the two companies. Il am
surprised at your INSTRUMENTATION" he said
10 Commissioner Maltbie, with broad
smile.
The new route laid out yesterday is known
as the William, Beaver and Clark street
route. for il provides a connection 10 the
Clark street tunnel both from the Broad
way-o9th street lire and the Centre street
loop by way of William street. The follow
ing description was furnished by the Pub
lie Service Commission:
This route will start from the Broadway
Lexington subway in Trinity Place about
half way between Rector street ana E8-
change alley and run thence southwest
erly under Trinity Place 10 point near
Morris street. thence curving in a southerly
direction under Morris street and private
property To Broadway, and continuing In
a southeastern direction under and across
Broadway to Beaver street, thence contin-
uing easterly under and along Beaver street
10 a point near William street, thence curry
ing southeasterly under Beaver street and
William street and, If necessary, private
property at the southwest corner of Beaver
street and South William street to point
Ietween Beaver street and Stone street
from this point the route proceeds South-
easterly under william street 10 Old slip,
and through old slip and across souln
street and under waterfront property 10 the
East River under the river to point IN
the Brooklyn waterfront where II would
strike Clark street; thence easteriy ui-
der waterfront property across Furman
street. under public property between
FurnIan street and Columbia Heights to
Clark street and under Clark street TO
point near Fulton street: thence curylng
southeastern under Clark street and Full
ton street and. IL necessary, private proper
Nv at the southwest corner OF clark ana
Fulton streets TO point in Fulton street
between Clark and Clinton streets, Wbere a
connection can be made with the Brooklyn
oop subway.
The route laid out yesterday also includes
line from an extension Of the Centre
street loop at Beekman and William
streets through William street to point
between Beaver and Stone streets. where
Z connects with the tunnel route TO Brook
yD.
Sent to the Board OF Estimate.
Thi, new route was forwarded to the
Board Of Estimate as soon as passed by the
Public Service Commission. The Board OF
Estimate already has under consideration
The Whitehall street tunnel route to Mon
lague street. Brooklyn designed for the
use of the Interborough Rapid Transit
Company's extension of the present sub
way down Seventh avenue and Greenwich
street
Tho representatives OF the Brooklyn
RAND Transit Company were anxious to
obtain this tunnel, but the Public Service
Commission decided that the Battery end
of Manhattan Island would be well
served by the existing lines and the new
one proposed for the Interborough Or1gl-
nally the plan had been to put the other
tunnel through from Liberty street and
Maiden Lane 90 Montague street but the
engineers decided that the character of the
ground would make tunnel work difhcult,
IL not dangerous.
The Public Service Commission has also
outlined a way in which the new route can
he connected with the Fourth avenue line
IN the Flatbush avenue extension by run
ming il UP Fulton street to Willoughby
street, and through that thoroughfare 10
i. the Fourth avenue subway. This would
give the Brooklyn Rapid Transit short
loop that would distribute passengers In
lower Manhattan and lower Brooklyn, II It
desired to run such a line. Provision is TO
he made for a station in Clark street on
BROOKLYN Heights, TO serve that section OF
that borough.
The only criticism heard OF the new
route yesterday WAS that 1t included
large number of curves and also provided
for running four tracks into the two tracks
of the tunnel, which would be likely TO
make the operation slow.
The Public Service Commission held
hearing yesterday on the proposed Eastern
District route in Brooklyn, extending from
a tunnel from Union Square in Manhattan.
The general idea seemed to be that
Wyckoff avenue would be the best street
through which to run the line. but there
was considerable opposition to the idea OF
having the line elevated. Commissioner
Williams said the city would not have