The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1912-05-15


Flatbush avenue. whore A connection can he
made with the route already adopted on
Flathush aNcnuc
Z. That n roGt" ho laid out commencing
rt point on Fourth avenue near Thirty
eighth street. whcr" convcnicn, conncc-
ton may hc mad" with tho present Fourth
avenue subway. Theme" running through
the property of the south brooklyn Railway
Company 10 Tenth avenue by subway and
thence by elevated railroad over Tenth
aNrnu" and theme" over Now Utrecht avenue
To point near Eight first street and thence
through private property to Eighty-sixth
street. fhen"" through Eighty-sixth street
to n point wh"r" connection can he made
with the elevated railroad route TO Surf
avenue. Concy Island. already laid out and
adopted
s, That route he laid ou' beginning at
a point near Thirty-cighth street and Ninth
avenue, where connection cnn conveniently
he mad" with tn" las, described line. con-
tinuing along rhiriy-scvcnth street to
Gravescnd avenue rs an elevated railroad.
and thence along Gravcscnd avenue as an
elevated railroad 10 Surf avenue, Coney
Island.
q That two track route bc laid out from
a point In IN" Fourth avenue subway near
Sixty-frh street. along. under or near the
line Of Sixty-ffth street and under tho bay
to q point on Staten Island near the foot Of
Arrietta street, with spurs to 81 George and
Staplcfon tn provide proper connects ions
with the transit facilities on staten Island
10 That n route h" laid out from a point
on Roston road near 17ath street. where
convenient crrncction can be made with
present subway through private property
aud tho property of the New York. West
chester and Boston Railway Company
between ita land and Bronx Park to con-
ncction with the White Plains avenue route
at Burchcll avenue.
IL physical connection is to be made
bet ween the Manhattan Bridge line and the
Broadway lin" AT Canal street. the addi-
fional cost necessary for this change to be
borne by the Brooklyn Rapid Transit Com
pnny. provision for the westerly extensions
on Canal street to remain in the plans a.
1T present.
Most Of these routes have tentatively
been laid out hy the Public Service Com
mission. hut they will now go TO the
Board of Estimate for approval The
Park place route and the Canal street
line are entirely new. and these will be
subject TO the veto of the Mayor hut it is
understood that he will sanction both Of
them The Canal street communication
with the Manhattan Bridge which hitherto
has been opposed by Mr. Wilcox. was
decided upon at yesterdays meeting
The cost Of it will be about $500 600. and
the Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company
has bound itself to pay out of its own
pocket the cost of this connecting line
which is to join the new subway az Broad
way.
MIR McAneny said yesterday that his
committee would not be prepared TO make
its report at the usual weekly meeting
of the Board of Estimate tomorrow
The probability, he said. was that "A
special meeting of the board would be
called for next Monday and that then the
rev plans would be adopted on behalf
Cf the city. Ii was also said at the close
O. the conference that the new route
through Park place would add about
81, 500 ON to the stimated cost of the new
subwavs. hut Mr.. McAneny assured the
conferees that the city would readily
undertake this added obligation
Chairman Wilcox and Mr. McAneny
az the end Of the conference drew up
this joint statement:
m" conferees to-day finished cons ide ra-
tiou of every remaining question bet tween
the two bodies il connection with the dua
subway system. The plan submitted yester-
day ny Mr.. craven, chief engineer of the
Public Service Commission. LAYING out the
route through Park place. spruce or Beck
man street and William street and through
Old lip. under the East River. through
lark street. tYa connection AT Borough
hal. for the Peterborough company. was
accepted instead of the whitehall Mon
iacu" street line for that company. IL Is
understood that the whitehall -MOnta que
street lire previously laid out is aCceptab BILE
TO all parties aud is TO become part of the
Brook lyn Rapid rransi, layout.
50 far as the Canal street matter is con
cerned. the general plan remains the ame
except that II IL to he changed TO permit
the physical connection from the Man
haitian Bridge line TO the Broadway line
n Canal street. the Brooklyn company
agreeing To pay the extra expense involved
III this alteration OF plan.
Inc other matters that have been ad-
justad had reference in the main to routes
In Brooklyn, Queens and The Bronx. the
details of which have been nearly com
ple'ed by the Public Service Commiss ion
and all Of which will ne ready for trans
mission to the Board of Estimate within
the next icw days.