The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-01-02
new SUBWAYS TO Be
USED THIS YEAR
Continued from Fourth Page.

New York Municipal Railway Corpora
ton 1 1000. 900.
The year 1915 has seen the completion
and opening of the Fourth avenue sub
way from the Municipal Building in
Manhattan TO Coney Island. Early this
year the extension OF the subway from
Sixty-ifth street to Elghty-sixth street
will be in operation.
The Fourth avenue subway and the
Sea Beach line are now carrying up
ward of 100000 passengers a month.
Its operation has materially relieved the
congestion on the lines crossing the
Brooklyn Bridge and lessened TO some
extent the excessive traffic between the
boroughs through the first subway.
The west tracks in the Centre street
loop subway were opened to elevated
railroad traffic from the Villa msOurg
Bridge in August. 1919. The two SUBJ
ways. the loop and the Fourth avenue
have cost the city OF New York in the
ncighborhood OF s35. 900, 900.
In June the Steinway tunnel was
placed I'm temporary operation. II was
built by the lnterborough interests at a
cost of about $4,000. 900 and transferred
TO the city Of New York under the dual
system contracts for a consideration Of
$4,000 600. 1t Is 3 being operated
with transfers to and from the first sib-
way. IL is carrying more a 200 900
passengers per month. This traffic will
be largely increased when the tunnel
now known as the Greensboro subwa In
extended from the Queens terminus to
the junction with the new rapid transit
lines 10 Astoria and Corona on the
Greensboro Bridge Plaza. This extern
sion Is now about 80 per cent. completed
and should be placed in operation during
the coming year.
The tunnel Is TO be extended on the
west to n junction with the first sub
way at Times Square. when Il will he
possible for subway trains to operate
through II and then over the new lines
In Queens borough.
The Interborough Rapid Transit Com
parry is making rapid progress with the
third tracking OF the Second. Third and
Ninth avenue elevated railroads in Man
haitian and The Bronx. This work will
be completed within n few months. when
express service in the rush hours on all
these lines win he ~inaugurated.
In Brooklyn the New York Municipal
Railway Corporation has completed and
nut In oporation the new elevated rail-
road over the route Of the Lutheran
Cemetery line and tho extension of the
Fulton street elevated from Liberty ave-
nue. TO Lef"rts avenue. Queens.
The new year will see tho opening OF
the White Plains road extension In The
Bronx. This is n three track elevated
railroad running from the present ter
minus Of the first subway nj Bronx Park
or lSoth street through private property
and north through White Plains road 10
east street. which is near the northern
city boundary. The steel structure on
he upper half of this lire il practically
completed and approaching completion
upon the southern half.
The jerome avenue branch Of the Lex.
LIZ.
completion. This line extends from the
trunk line of the Lexington avenu sub.
way at l35th street and Park avenue
through Mott. River and Jerome avenues
to Woodlawn road. 1t Is q three track
underground line ~ far north as 1914
street and an elevated road from there &c
the terminus. Whether II will he pos.
sible to place this extension IN operation
as soon as completed is difficult 20 say
for II will have no outlet TO the south
The Lexington avenue line will not h,
ready for operation until 1917 and thu
: connection between the Jerome avenu,
line and the west side elevated railroad
. through 1874 street has not yet hee'
I placed under construction.
r The Pelham Bay Park branch Of III
. Lexington avenue subway may he com
pletcd during the year. This Is q th-e
track underground railway througI
: ltNll street ana NtututrH fNnuleNaI0 I
e WhitloCk avenue and an elevated rail
road from there across the Bronx Rive
9 and out Westminster venue 10 Pelham
Ray Park. Work on the underground
y portion Is more than SO per rent. com
!" pleted and the contract for the elevate
work has been awarded.
y The Lexington avenue subway fror
Fffty-third street north to The Harler
River. under the river and for some dis
lance beyond is practically completed a
fac "a the structure goes. The sectlo
: from Flfty-third to Forty-th.rd st rect
. only a. per cent. completed. while IN
), diagonal station connection under Forty
second street which will connect IN
:, Lexington avenue line with the Hrs
subway in Park avenue is about AZ pc
cent. done.
q The seventh avenue subway IN Mar
X haitian from Times Square down Sc,
q enth avenue and other streets to tn
d Battery with n two track branch divers
v ing at Park place and running to Broor
4 Ign. generally speaking. is more tina
d half done, 1t is entirely under contra,
= and the Manhattan part Of the wor
d should be completed in the early month
,r Of 1917.
o The Park place and William stree
spur, however, is only about one-thir
~ completed and the tunnel under the Ea.
- RIVER from old slip to Clark stree
II Brooklyn. ls only one-ffth done. TT
N line, however, could he placed in opera
r. ton before the Brooklyn connection
ii completed and 1t is expected that tn
m will he done in 1917. when the LexingtO
N avenue line will he ready.
il TIL four track extension Of the Ar.
4 subway in Brooklyn through Easter
4 Parkway with a two track branch dow
NJ Nostrand avenue is entirely under cor
lie tract. This extension will he complete
II during the year 1917.
The new year should see the begir
te ming of operation of the two new line
" In Queens,
IN Good progress is being made on linz
IN for operation by the New York Munic
ST pal Railway Corporation. The Broao
n way subway in Manhattan Is MOI
IL than 80 per cent. completed south
Union Square and the sections mort
of that point are in various stages
completion. This subway will brir
. trains OF the brooklyn company in,
- Manhattan through a new tunnel und,
ne the East River from Whitehall sire,
u to Montague street. Brooklyn, and ov,
a the Manhattan Bridge. The line rur
<, from Whitehall street to Morris stree
ia thence up Trinity place and Chur
y" street to Nesey street. through Vest
street to Broadway. up broadway
- Forty-second street, thence under n
first subway and through Seventh nv
nue. to Fifty-ninth street with a tv
track extension through Fifty-ninth ar
Siyticth Strccts and tbapra hv tupo