New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-04-22

The three tunnels for New York Cen
20 The Riverside Park district, the
committee said in its report:
'lu the treatment of the Riverside
Park waterfront the committee dc
OdCd that no halfway measures were
adequate. II insisted that the railroad
company should throw most Of its line
into tunnels. and in cases where tun-
noi construction is impossible on &C
count Of tho slope Of the land 10 put
fhe tracks IN q covered subway care
fully adjusted 10 10 in with the tcpoe
raphy of the park. The design is such
that IL will allow effective parking
along the entire right Of way As part
" the settlement the railroad COM
p1ny agrees 20 pay sum sufficient 20
restore the park 10 the edge of the
river.
"Thus tie park will be continued TO
the Hudson az an points. except al the
two present commercial areas at sew
enty-ninth Street and Ninety-slNth
Street. A. these two points u is IN
tended greatly 10 reduce the CONNER
cial uses and make such few as remain
altogether unobjectionable. As add
tional assurance that Riverside PARK
Will be secured for purely park pur-
poses. the Commissioner of Docks has
officially withdrawn an application
made some years ago 10 the Secretary
Of War for an extension OF pierhead
and bulkhead lines at Seventy-ninth
Street and Ninety sixth Street.
"The committee hopes that one OF the
existing piers at Seventy Street
will be removed. thus limiting to
single pier the outshore commentaries
tion Of this area. The Commissioner
of Docks reports that he has every
reason 10 believe that the coal pockets
al Ninety-sixth Street Will be material
ly modified or completely removed in
the near future.
AS & further relief 10 the Riverside
Drive section the committee induced
the railroad company 10 agree 10 plan
for carrying a viaduct across lts tracks
a. Seventeen Street. leading 10 new
refuse disposal plant on the water
front. To enable the city 10 carry out
this plan the company will cede 10 the
city approximately 500 feet OF water
front and land under water directly
south Of West Seventy-second street as
part Of the general land adjustment.
With the establishment Of these iacll-
ties il VIII be possible either 10 remove
the present street cleaning disposal
structure al West Seventy-ninth Street,
or TO convert ID into n shelter for the
use Of officers and men Of visiting naval
fleets"
At West Eighty-frst street the num-
Der of tracks gradually increase for en-
trance into the present railroad yard
south Of Seventy econd street 20 FL
ty-ninth Street Leaving the yard the
four tracks Will be carried on an ele-
waited structure along the westerly Inc
Of the present Twelfth Avenue TO tlity-
second Street. az which point there viii
be a curve back crossing property be-
tween Fifty-frst and Fifty-second
streets. where II is proposed that the
tracks again be carried along the line
of Twelfth Avenue and the marginal
way as laid out on the city map Ondcr
this plan IL will be possible 10 provide
railroad connections between the Gle
waited structure and the second stores
OF the proposed new long steamship
piers In this section.
Room for Track Structure.
Tracks of the New York Central are
so placed that there will be ample
room between the new line and the
steamship piers 20 build two-track
structure for the use Of other railroads
some time in the future. These tracks
viii be open to the use Of other rail-
roads and may form part OF the pro
posed city-bui.t West Side terminal.
The New York Central Is expected 10
handle the business OF other railroad
on It's tracks up 10 their capacity. prior
to the time when city tracks may be
built
According 90 the new plan all grade
lines east OF Twelfth Avenue arc TO be
eliminated and streets now closed
oDoned 10 the water front. The rear
rangcmcnt Of the tracks south OF ihlI-
10th street calls for the acquisition
bv the New York Central Of a private
light Of way through the blocks ne
toeor West Thlrtieth Street and Oanai
street and the erection Of an elevated
structure which will occupy side streets
onlv for the purpose Of crossings,
The estimated expense 10 the ralltoaa
is divided as follows:
ro, uaae.ns saI ro'errs raeA' along ,,s &c. ON
f,. '..e-,rs -.e -asia tracss in Maah~- r.ooo
ra. '.,e-ias ue rsc.- So For "a'hns 1000
fnr PARK OIL, 81,
Do. e..'ns al ro'e'''' ''"'"' az @. 900
~ .ssf .,st ~ steel s.rlTure o".
t.,e,- S1ficfh and T7irs third sue.
,.-... sg a. fo provide ~ s5 lN...' IN ofo
..I-..,l Winch nav tc blilt tJ no cl@
flt,Os 900