The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1913-04-08
Freight Yard From I'D TO
f35th Street Main Point At
tackled at Public Hearing.
DETAILS ARE DEMANDED
800 Representatives of Resi-
dents and Taxpayers Protest
City's Concessions.

Every municipal. civic and taxpayer
eesanization In the city Interested In
the development OF the North River
dccks. the Improvement Of west side
freight distribution and the prcserva-
ton OF the parked water front along
the Hudson RIVER north 10 seventy
second street was represented before
the board Of Estimate to-day In the
ptSblic hearing on the plan 10 make u
new deal with the New York Central
Railroad relative Ia It's right OF way
nom Spuyten Duyvil down to ~. John's
Paras. Each AZ these organizations en-
pressed itself through It's representa-
tives as bitterly opposed TO the plan
submitted to the Board for it's approval
The public has been KEPT IN the dark
and Is etii In the darn as TO the de-
tails OF tho plan. which provides for
miles Of additional tracks on the west
side. For this reason the speakers at
the hearing to-day were considerably
handicapped. having only bare outline
Of the proposed improvements.
DIG SWITCHING YARD ON DRIVE
MAIN POINT OF ATTACK.
II appeared from explanations made
at the morning session Of the hearing
that the city. In order to get the New
York Central TO put Its tracks under
ground at its own expense below Six
t1eth street. has yielded to tho railroad
valuable concessions-in the plan
along Riverside Park and Riverside
Drive. including the right TO establish
yards for the storage ana switching Of
cars at Seventy second street and one
Hundred and Thirty-nfth street. This
provision of tho proposed aGrsement
Wss particularly obnoxious 20 the OBJ
jsctors.
The idea entertained ty those op-
posed 20 the plan Is that the New York
Central. because Of the lack Of definite
understanding regarding It's exact
status under the agreement. will be en-
powered eventually TO seixs the entire
west side waterfront. and not only
maintain and operate trains on ~ many
tracks as It desires. but establish and
maintain docks and piers on the edge
~ Riverside Park. The fear that the
greater part Of Riverside Drive In the
seventy second street section. and for
q mile and a half north Of Manhattan
Valley. will be transformed into dis
tricts devoted 20 warehouses and fac
tories, was unanimous among tho 3oO
-ersons assembled to protest against
the new agreement.
The hearing was on the report OF tho
Committee on Terminal improvements
Of the Board OF Estimate. providing for
a subway between Sixtieth street and
~. Johns Park. covered tracks along
the river front from Seventy second
street to One Hundred and Twenty
second street: an elevated railroad yard
from one Hundred and Thirty-lif'h
stree to One Hundred and Flf,y-ittl
street. and a modification OF the pres
ont system Of tracks north from tn
Atler point. which includes iunncl
under Fort Washington rars and at ln'
wood The report liz signed by Johf
Purroy Mitchell. President OF the BoAr,
Of Aldermen; William A. Prendergast
Comptroller: George McAneny. Presi
dent Of the Borough OF Manhattan. an,
Nelson u. Lewis. chief Engineer OF tn,
Board OF Estimate.
WEST AND NORTH SIDE TAX
PAYERS PROTEST.
Mayor Gaynor was busy with hear