The sun., 1919-02-17
PLAN Y0END CRUSH
IN AID, SHUTTLE
P. P. Lynn Sends to Gov. Smith
Suggestion for New Tube
Under Present Subway.
REMEDY FOR III DANGERS
Express, 18th to 72d Street,
Would Cut Out Grand Cen
trail and Times Square.

- new uaiuC pan 10 GtNo cstt"o- ~
way service between the East and West
sides Of the city and to relieve more than
10000 persons who are obliged daily to
resort TO the shuttle 66tween Grand Gen.
trail and Times Square has been worked
out BY Preston p. Lynn. president OF the
Business Mems League II has received
the approval OF tho executive committee
OF the organization and Is to be sub
rnitted Immediately to Gov. Smith and to
Mayor HyIan: according to an announce
nent yesterday.
AIR. Lynn would provide . through ex-
PRESS service from Fourteenth street on
the East side subway TO Seventy-second
street on the West Side, without stops AT
the Grand Central or Times Square sta.
tions. through a new tube 70 De nui.'
under all present tracks. The project
which MI. lynn asserts is the only prao-
tical solution OF one of the greatest
TRANSPORTATION difficulties the city has
ever known, seeks to restore the old sys-
tenn of rapid transit from the Battery
and Wall street districts to the residen-
tiaI sections OF the West Side. Inc
elimination 81 stops. Mr.. Lynn points out
would at tho same time gives faster SER
vice than ever before. -.
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the John wanamaker stow. has been
studying the local transit situation Tor
several months. He has had the aid OF
traffic experta, engineers and rAilroad
men in Analysing the problem.
Report Made TO Gov. Smith.
The shuttle remedy has been based
upon the report Of the technical experts,
and in submitting II 70 Gov. Smith Mr..
Lynn says:
"No more disastrous situation has ever
come TO pa 50 in the history Of any tran
sit system in this country than has re-
s,,Ited from the fatal error OF severing a
main artery OF New York city travel.
This was accomplished when the TT plan
Was established by the opening OF the
new sections Of the Interborough subway
system. 1t 10 now Recognised ana con
ceded by all that this impossible existing
condition must be remedied In the inter-
est OF a vast number OF the citizens OK
New York city.
"In the judgment OF engineers and
transit experts the old system Of rapid
transit between the downtown business
section of the city and the west Sioe
residential territory must now be re-
stored. The basic defect of all recent
transit work has been the unsound De-
lief that all traffic must centre and stop
at Times square anu S.a
the nature ~ In,hes uis .h.owgh
services Ia impossible under existing con-
ditions, betatise in running trains at high
speed on a Roadway of one minute ana
forty seconds wrecks were bound 10 re-
suit by the use Of CROSS tracks at Grade.
III IL also a.. .,.-,.s. :.
~ 'h'ru .,,rs, ahout the
impracticapIe-, ms o''u' sh,,,is
unfortunate auopo ,o,,- uss,s.s
service "hlcH hecess 80 80 ,ned-
operations per pei soh &C., C.,trai and
ing ana uhioauins, 80 a.. 20 800,
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IL at lts hlsnes. po". .,,,.s a. 50
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The business Mems League, recog-
MIXING tho shuttle as the most distress
ing feature of New York city's daily
life. urged me to make study OF the
problem in, ALI Its aspects. 1 desire tc
report the results OF my observations
posed remedy. which is Endorsed by
prominent experts Win "hoin hs't
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3. ,ryoIyss danger 10 nassengers on TN,
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nnst nass the Times SQUARE and Gran,
CENTRAL stat,ena.
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the rroh,em led ma to make a series O
nsrsonsI investigations during the las
ser- weeks durinr the rush and non-r,isl
hor-s Tho conditions are almost beyon,
haI,af scenes are enacted every morn
me and avery evening throughout IN
entire rush hours which are a disgrac
"a anv ciyjIIzsd community.
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