The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-01-09
ELEVATED EXPRESS
TRAINS THIS MONTH
Third Tracking Feat Accom-.
,plished without Death OF
Single Passenger.
AS FAST AS THE SUBWAY

Before the end Of his month ,'e ,h,,,
tracking OF the elevated railroads, 4,
Manhattan and The Bronx vii, l,v.
bean so nearly completed az TO pornl, n,
the opening OF the new express sorvr.
incidentally there will have been Az.
complished right under the ncee o.,
Father Knickerbocker. arb withou, de.
turbing in the least his ordluary
comings and go!ngs, one OF the grea,.,,
engineering feats of the age.
While thousands and thousands o,
New Workers have been hurryins up.
town and downtown BY way OF ths
Elevated lines. those lines have been
undergoing vas changes. Grades hay,
been altered. pillars have been replaced
girders have been strengthened. practI.
cally the entire structures have been
changed. Double decks were run II,
where a single level had been enough
before. new stations had to he erected
and all his without interfering with
traffic. which during the rush uoun
meant the passage Of a train every
forty-two seconds. This was accom-.
plished without the death OF a single
passenger.
The contract WAS lot on February 10,
1914, to the T. A. Gillespie Company, The
Terry & Tench Company and Snare 4
Triest. The contractors have added
fifteen miles OF track to the system.
they have rebuilt min miles OF Old
track, they have put down $500 tons
OF new steel rails and used 500 tons
Of hshplstes, bolts and spikes. they
t...- 800 n Am MN <AA " -Au -.F
road ties and 10000 feet OF new hand
railing. they have erected seventeen
express stations above local stations
and have ~remodelled and enlarged
twenty-nine other stations, n they
have put 10000 gallons Of paint on the
structure.
To Reduce Consest1on.
Al the starr express trains will ~
| operated on the Second n Third ave
nue. lines from City Fla an far north
as l49th street and on tho Ninth ave
nue. limo from Cortlandt street 20 l25'A
street and Eighth avenu Ultimately
the expresses will run through TO Ford
ham road OH tho Second and Thru ave.
| nue. lines. and to 155th street and Eighth
avenue on the Ninth avenue line.
On these third track the expresses
will run south during the morning rush
hours and north during the evening rush
hours, and II is calculated by the Inter
borough officials that they should IN
crea sc the capacity of the elevated lines
In Manhattan and Tho Bronx by ahou,
20 per cent. II Is especially hor"d 'hat
they will draw some passengers away
from the subway and so do something
to reduce congestion
The express stations on the various
lines arc
Second Avenue IAne-Citv Hall. r"a:'
ham Square, Fourteenth street, Forty
second street. EiChty-siN'h street, l-'''
street.
Third Avenue Line-City Wall, CNl'.
ham Square. Cana street, Grand street
Houston street. ninth street, Tw''',.
third street. Forty-second street. lt''N
street, Ic5th street. 1884 street Ism
street. l43d street, 149th street
Ninth Avenue Line-"ortlandt stree
Warren street, pesbrosses street, t'r's'
topher street, Fourteenth street, IT, -.
fourth street. Sixty-slxth street, l't'N
street, 125th street, li5th street a'i
l55th street.
Trains should run from Ic5th stree -
Cortlandt street on the Ninth avenu" ''
In twenty-five minutes, and from l''''
street TO City Hal on the Third a'''+.
line In twenty-one minutes, as compNr-1
with tho twenty-five minutes which i7'
Broadway subway expresses tax" =
reach Manhattan street from the Rrori
lvn Bridge and the twenty-three miru'''
which the Bronx expresses take :" rea'
loath street from the same station
There has been a complete rerors'-N'
ton 81 the Brooklyn Rridg terminal =
Chatham Square station and iNA ~
avenue tracks as far north a. ;
street. with the result that the So.
avenue trains viii run M freely ~ '''
on, Of the Brooklyn Bridge term'nal a.
the Third avenue cars.