The sun., 1919-02-17


and 10 Its partner. the city. That is the
element OF operating costs The reduc-
ton Of the rush hour means the speedy
disposal OF passengers, the rapid earning
Of revenue. the release of cars 20 convey
an increased volume of passengers, and
with II all Is the ability TO handle more
people with the same operating force.
ITO accomplish this the only remedy
h an express service from Fourteenth
street under the old route, past Grand
Central and Times Square direct TO Sew
enty-sccond street
The plan serves q triple purpose. II
reestablishes the old ana popular service
between the West Side and the down.
town East side business section. BY the
elimination Of stops Il provides a faster
service than ever existed. And finally II
gives the much needed relief TO tho
highly congested zone OF Forty-second
street
The old time slogan was the Bat
terry TO Harlem In Fifteen Minutes This
has become q fiction. II should be re-
stored as . fact. II can be made a
reality At a comparatively slight cost
1T II certain that grade crossings
In the subway must not exist II DIS
asters are TO be avoided. Thus ap-
pears the reason why tho engineers
nsve re!ecteo ai plans Ior INC Totcn-
on VI ns o,1 erV n,s Irvn oown.oM"
1919 es. ol1@ hereiore' 'he' TO-
'o''su =" 'he s"u'ue
go
r"posai Tor new Express Houtc'
THE only way . new through service
can be operated Is by the establishment
OF two-track express route at a lower
level under the former express tracks.
This proposed route should be construct
ed at q point below the Grand Central
station on Fourth avenue. Il should
turn into Forty-second street Just below
all existing tracks, continuing through
Forty-second street under the pres
ent existing right Of way and turn
ing under the present existing tracks
at Times Square ana returning 10 the
express tracks at q point above Times
Square and running into the express
station at seventy-second street on the
West Side.
"This plan does not REQUIRE the pur-
chase Of any new right Of way. II con-
templates q service substantially a,
grade with the exception of the points
q. which II leaves the East side OF
West Side express tracks TO reach the
lower level. II follows the plan adopted
by the subway engineers on the present
East side-Ierinxton avenue line Jus,
north OF the Grand Central station
where the express tracks are run al.
rectly under the local tracks
"Stops at Grand Central and Times
Square are unnecessary, This IN eyi-
denced BY the great volume Of traffit
which leaves the East side-Iex,nrtor
avenue trains and goes TO the West SIDE
points north of Seventy second street
via the shuttle. in the rush hours The
reverse applies TO the West SIde 10,
points south OF Fourt zenith street
Passengers desiring 70 90 70 s,tbe,
Times Square or Grand Central Womb
find It far more convenient TO take train,
going to the present Tines SQUARE a,
Grand Central station. such stons or
the proposed new East Side-West SID,
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the rush hour when other adequate
neans arc AT the disposal OF those des
unea Tor tine Fory-seccnd street stops
| Recently the Pubic Service Commits
SION mas announced that enc OF tn
ioaoine hho unioaoine operations az N!
shuttle Is to be eliminated by dividiht
tne local service from the City Hall will
the turning OF occasional trains from III
Lexington avenue local tracks through
the shuttle TO Times Square. Tney pro
pose TO butt emo this service at TiInel
square A cross at grade at the Crane
central is avoided by an existing depres
sion OF the tracks that turn into tn
Grand Central station on the new Lex
ington avenue DIVISION
| Unless the new East Side.West Sid'
eApress service Is PfovIueu tne pan .
the PUBIC Service commission VIII serv
only TO Increase the present congestion
and confusion at Times Square
Il have given serious consneration
the many proposals TO operate movin
crosstown platforms AT the site al IN
present shuttle, at Thirty-Iourth stree
ana Fourteenth street While on IN
SURFACE the seheme Is anuIms. ehs'neer
inform me that IN certain respects IN
moving platform IL impractical
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"A moving platform does not estah
l,sh mr. compete with a fast express ser
vice, It does not avoid the loading an
unloading operations at points OF conges
ton nor does the moving platform saw