The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-01-22
TRACKS ON THE WEST SIDE.
The Agreement Between the City and
the Railroad Opposed.

To the Enron OF THE SuS-Str!
why is the Encouragement OF the New
York Central tracks agreed to oetEeeh
the city and the New York Central Rai-
road described in the N wspapers as .
tunnel PLAN?
opposed to the city's interest has been
! changed somewhat. but there is the same
! uncove red yard at Manhattanville, the
same Objectionable 'twenty-one track
cattle yard" encroaching on PARK
property from Eighty-second street
to Seventy-second street.
The Board Of Estimate committee
| heard mention Of the fact that II was
park property several times at the near
ings three years ago. Does the comin''.
tee believe that the people are ever ye,
in ignorance OF the fact that the niieo
In, new made land On the river SIDE OF
the tracks IL park property? And does
the committee believe the people VIII
| accept without protest a wedge haped
asphalt roof on a slant high In the ar
some twenty or thirty feet above the
water. n give the railroad the ianu
and shore underneath for a cattle yaTo
Does the committee believe the people
will he satisfied to destroy RIVERSIDE
Park from Eighty second street to sew
e~uty-Second street by filling 1t In some
| lNf1llN Ieet' " III ~ ~
OF the roof over these tventy-one trackS'
IN order TO glimpse the river. and after
| destroying in the process some goo trees
to remake the park so that the railroad
may have its freigh yard In the PARK
II the thinks SO. then they
| have an awakening ahead Of them
The West Side vas planned and was
developed as a residence section. laws
| having been passed to safeguard IL at
sAAtr DFadH y
! should be respected hy all city admin
| istratlons. especially when a section mas
been built up in the faith that these
| policies will be respected. In the past
! three years the West Side has seen It's
park streets taken from the jurisdictloh
Of the Park department. the restrictions
| icmuved and West End avenue given
over to delivery wagons trucks ana q
| steady procession or ash ana garpaSe
carts. It has seen trees chopped down
to obligc builders. has seen attempts
made 10 pu, buses on West End avenue
and ~surfa"e rars on West EiShty-s'Ni.
street. and has seen a garbage DUMP put
N Rive side Park.
Al this the West S.dc has s,ubAornly
opposed. as IT will the plans Just pfVusn'
| furwtt I'd by the ports and tcrnlihhis
{ mmi,tec OF the Board Of Estimate ana
k~pportionment. The citizens nave
brought forward a plan Of their own
a rca, tunnel plan. not a plan when
puts tracks on the waterfront. on
ramps. on Niaducts with a few street 'les
Of tunnel and then calls The whole A
tunnel plan. but a real subway Nh'cn
releases the entire waterfront from
tracks for all the.
That plan IL estimated To cost some
si0."U0.nu0. The plan set forrafd III
sunday paper costs the city ss.n0o.o"o'
,uts de- % tn. cost or such tribes rs
those Il retnakiug parks aHd replacing
trees of m4uy years grOAI, ind per
rc'uatc~ tor al, time the nu!sAnr. OF
tracks aioig uur waterfront. wni"h "a
t.c end mus; destroy a rssidenc" section
scott n which because Of IL togo
erapi,iC..l features can have no iuiurs
save ~ = residence section, but as a
residence ~sec;iu.. becomes increasing
valuable AZ tho ely grows. a condition ID
, reflected .u taxes. jus, - would he re.
r.rte,l iu tl>cs Is leterioritiuu should
a r.eight yard ne e-'ah; sntd N the
p RI. A. L. proposed. Even that n.2ir'
- roof oye' the ward from Eighty
6 ,aitd street /, Seventy-s -roni street
would not salc Ito residence section.
No. In spite Of Tn. cact TIA; the I'D
r,au has been 'Ju.hed up 4 b., | frar
e viii be a. ~uIgopnlar a. ever ard thai
Tho plap.r VII prefer the " !t,ae"s
plan. Wni,h after all viii rot he 50
veiy much more expensive. If any. e
Il, ,''y than tho plan Of tie y rts AM
terminals committee now put fogU ward.
Mrs. CHARLES y BRrAS
NEw YORK.. ~Janlsry 90.