The New York herald., 1922-05-07
Crosstown Line to Connect
Queens, Brooklyn and
Richmond Boroughs.
MOVING WALK in AID ST.
McAneny and Hubert Shovel
First Earth for Extension
of Long Island Lines.

Detailed plans for new subway con-
struction to cost approximately $780,
100000 probably will be made public
by the Transit Commission early In
the coming week. They will include
half a dozen major operations which
may be outlined as follows:
1. A new four track trunk line sub
way running the full length of Man
haitian Island under Eighth, Amster-
dam and probably Fort Washington
avenues, greatly relieving the stress of
north and south travel on the Inter
borough Seventh avenue line.
2. Extension of the present Seventh
avenue subway operated by the Inter
borough up to the Harlem River. running
beneath Central Park West.
3. Brooklyn crosstown trunk line link-
ing the present routes centering at or
near the Prospect Park station with the
Greensboro Bridge Plaza, in Long Island
City, where they will connect with the
Queens extensions to Astoria and Corona.
operated by the marlborough, and with
the Brooklyn Rapid Transit service Of
its Broadway (Manhattan) line. This
new route will give the first direct rapid
transit facilities between the boroughs
of Brooklyn and Queens without cross
ing into Manhattan.
4. Construction of the so-called Ash
land place extension. in Brooklyn, 90
carry the Fulton street elevated line
under ground at a point near where the
Flatbush avenue line intersects Fulton
street This operation is expected to
afford vast relief to the overcrowded
Fourth avenue subway and to be most
important Improvement in the business
heart of Brooklyn.
Tunnel Under the Narrows.
S. A tunnel under the Narrows con.
meeting the Fourth avenue subway IN
Brooklyn directly with the rapid transit
lines of Staten Island. This opera
ton, linking Brooklyn with Richmond
borough. when taken in connection with
the Brooklyn crosstown line connecting
Brooklyn with Queens, will complete the
project of a system of rapid transit SUBJ
ways girdling the entlre CITY,
g. A moving sidewalk under Forty
second street, between the Grand Gen.
tral Terminal and Times Square, to re-
lieve the shuttle line of much of its
burden of short distance crosstown pas
sengers This has been one of the pet
projects of Daniel l.. Turner, consulting
engineer OF the Transit Commission,
and it is believed to have been incor-
porated In the plans about to be made
public.
7. Extension to Flushing, l.. l.. of the
Queens line now operating from the
Grand Central station to Corona, L. l.
1t operates on an elevated structure
from Long Island City to Corona its
present terminus. and the Flushing ex-
tension also is to be elevated. This Is
an Improvement for which Flushing res
idents have been fighting for years.
Ground was broken yesterday in
Bryant Park, back OF the Public Lii
hrary, for the extension westward of the
greensboro subway to Eighth avenue,
Manhattan, where it will connect with
the newly projected Eighth avenue
trunk line subway. The Manhattan
end of the Queens extension now termi-
mates under Vanderbilt avenue and pas
sengers bound for shuttle trains must
take tedious walk. The new link be-,
gun yesterday will change all that 1t
will afford direct connections with the
B. r. I. Broadway line, with the in
terborough at Seventh avenue and with
the coming Eighth avenue lines
The contract, which is held by the
Powers Kennedy Contracting Corpora
ton, calls for an expenditure OF $4,000
600 and for completion of the job within
four years John J. Kennedy said that
with any sort of luck. he expects to beat
the time limit by several months.
McAneny and Hubert Dig.
To nh -
Transit Commission, turned the first
spadeful of earth. About him stood
representatives Of the city adninlstra-
ton. including Murray Hubert, Presi-
dent of the Board of Aldermen Deputy
Police Commissioner Harriss and former
Fire Commissioner Joseph Johnson. Mo-
tion picture camera men ground their
cranks. immortalizing the scene while
McAneny shovelled
Then came Mr.. Hubert with another
nrce new spade TO turn the trick as
Mayor Hylan's representative. There
was some laughter at recollection OF the
wordy encounter between Mr. McAneny
and Mr.. Hubert on the previous evening
in Town Hall. Now they are Joining
smilingly In the same job. But as Mr..
Hubert bent to his task Mr. McAneny
dropped his spade, turned with laugh
TO the camera men and said History
LOT OnCt ~ BOlilB 10 snow n member OF
the Board of Estimate taking orders
from a Transit Commissioner"
Thereupon the chairman of the Tran
sit Commission registered" authority
and gave n vivid pantomime Of the sec
tion boss squirting the laborer to his best
effort Mr.. Hubert laughed with the
crowd.
Afterward there was luncheon
served in the Commodore Hotel. al
which A. ]. Powers, president of the
contracting corporation, presided. Nd
dresses were made by Mr.. Powers, Mr..
McAneny Robert Ridgway and others.
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