The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1912-10-31
mORAISE STREET GRADE.


Objections TO Both Subway
\ and e."
- - ne most smsit,eus Ssans pre-
yDoe1 - . soiutton Of the water front
oD1oesas was presented 70 The Board
- 0ssamats to-day BY Borough Prssa-
- Afillse of the Bronx. The plan 70
on1D1 o. Q report furnished BY Amos
= oeAaefRsr. consulting engineer for
- eseuSh. who has devoted . year
= snSinssrfng researches and estimates.
Instead Of an elevated freight road
0lr1iins the western marginal side OF
Manhattan from the Battery north TO
0xtisth street, ~ proposed by Dock
oommissioner romkins. Mr.. Miller and
- snsinssr suggest elk track surface
sn11road. slightiy depressed on me
0Asginai o. wsst street. with ali In.
tessseting streets 20 b raised to .
un1oorm Orads. the construction Of the
Dah marginal line to b Of such .
ohasaotse - TO provide . roadway for
vohleulas tra@c ON TOP Of Il.
Thie Daan. IL advocates say. will
overcome the objsctieas 70 . probably
enuRepaioah,s subway OF an unsiehtiy
sBsst-darksning and noisy elevated.
3hs plan now sdvanced contemplate
. ssni-subway structure about eishty-
Seus test In width. with overhanging
SIDEWALKS ebout eight feet In width on
each side. 10 provide for the main line
ths grads Of the marginal street itself
would be raised. This would necessitats
s1ding new stories to warehouse and
factory buildings along the east side Of
ehe marginal street. but II u pointed
80 that this would prove Of additional
o1vantage In that grsatsr floor space
- accommodate rapidiy increasinG hand.
llag OF freight would b afforded.
A. TIE same time entrance Cor trains
lsom the main railroads.&c. the bass.
asnt Or ground noors Of such factory
- wershssss bus3dhsUs would b &C.
~ In the Immediate unlosding or load.
~ Of .evsisht. II 70 also shown In the
Sopus tAat The oharactse Of construction
ooUgsstsd would enable the laying Of
: tsaclns - ne present foor Of any ptef
- that freight cars can b Immediately
$1,000 a1eag9ids any vessel. nlsl y"
u = Sre0ossA 10 rua ne masginal
railroad . sutRicssnt distance from the
hu1bd1nu along che 49, side Of the new
thocoughfsrs r a. to permit OF sesy
aocsa to thSm By TRUCKS ~ at present.
RAilRoA0o COULD GIT LAND
FOR TENMlNAlA.
A. soon - the railsoad 10 completed.
Gays ne report. facilities will bs avail.
aAlo - that the railroad companies may
acquire land and construct railroad ter
zninais on the east side Of Ne marginal
street.. All the freight could BE- delivered
~ aoA removed from freight stations
% The east side Of the marginal street.
wvheca cuued - sutsred from WaHhing-
ro1rood trocho. and also from che mar.
o1nal street on De second iloor Of the
1roaght tssminal. Two floors would be
ayAnaose for the delivery and receipt
- oO(gh6. a. one may b uoed Tor the
oo1lvefy an1 the other for DE receipt
of trslght THIS would reduce the trafiic
- the marginal street by practically
IT, amount Of the railroad freight traf-
n ~ soon a. tracks are laid into q
fsua0ht terminal On the east side they
O. b lncousod n . 0s50Way a1mi1ar d
that aSoog the main line and thus cut
OF north and south vehicular tra6nc In
froot Of the freight terminal on the
present. 0rads % the street. The report
coatinues:
"As soon a. block 10 developed II
coanactScn with She uasU1naa uaAroan
u WI b. necessary 20 raiss a isas
90 q ne ed9ecsnt cross etrests Il
the sew grade In order to give con
vealent accsas 70 the second floor en-
trance 70 the freight terminal. whsr,
the property = continued 70 Be used q
~ eressnt only an ocnntouaa eros
street would need 90 be built to the new
greds 20 give access to the new margin
81 street. ~ more property 10 dsysiop
- TOR freight stations. warehouses o
factories. railroad connections can b
made and the method of development
previously described can be rspsate
until eventually the whole Waterfront
Va - developed according TO the ne,
gro4es. ~ soon a. all the propert
% me east side 10 developed In cor
motion with the marginal railroad. an
this % not an extravaEant assumption
the marginal way Will have bee
W10sned 10 the east building line.
Entrances for vehicles will be bui
70 che second Moor Of all tho piers froi
the marginal street NJ its new elevation
Sumcisnt space II still available on II
wen side OF the marginal street to bull
ramps to the present surface OF d
docks and the marginal street IL Il
found to be necessary or desirable.
tin. ~ trahlc on the railroad or q
the strsst increases. the marginal sire
can - wtdened on the west to Il