The New York herald., 1922-09-03
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and Broadway to Lee avenue; thence
win bend southeasterly under private
property. Wilson street. private prop
erty, Ross street, private property ROD
ney street ana private property TO
point in Bedford avenue at or near hoap
street.
The line will then continue in Bed
ford avenue to a point near Hancoch
street. when the line will curve IN
general southerly direction under private
property, Fulton street. private property
Rreyoort place. private property rranh-
lin avenue, private property, Atlantic
avenue. private property. Pacific street
and private property to point In the
Brighton Beach Railroad right OF way
at or near Dean street, and thence along
that right OF way to or near eastern
Parkway. where a connection can De
made with the Brighton line.
One branch will begin at or near Bed
ford avenue and Hancock street and In
n general southwesterly direction extend
through private property and intervening
streets to a point under Fulton street at
or near Franklin avenue, thence west
erly under Fulton street to or near Fort
Greene place, where a connection can
Ashland place connection. thence curv-
Ing westerly under and along Lafayette
avenue, private property and Flatbrsh
avenue to and under Livingston street,
where a connection can conveniently be
made with the proposed Livingston
street subway.
starting of Second Branch.
The second branch, beginning under
Fulton street at or near Fort Greene
nlace. is to connect with the existing
Fourth avenue subway at or near ASH
land place. Two tracks OF this branch
will continue under and along Fuiton
street, and a third track under ana
along Lafayette avenue. private prop
erty, Ashland place and private prop
erty to a point In Fulton street az VI
near Ashland place. -
AT its recent hearings upon its S2le,-
600. 900 of new subway projects the
transit Commission announced the
crosstown route as one Of the first to be
put under way. stating that II proposed
To begin the construction of this line as
soon as the necessary preliminaries couid
be met. At the hearings the suggestion
was made that the line follow FRANKLIN
avenue. but Commissioner Hardness
suggested that as Bedford avenue IS
main north and south route OF cehtrdi
Brooklyn, possessing many advantages
over Franklin avenue. that thoroughiore
should be selected.
Commissioner Hardness. who was not
satisfied with the original route as pre-
sented, directed the engineers to MAKE
further studies OF the possibility OF CIV
ing the crosstown line northerly outie'
through the greensboro tunnel into
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Fulton street into the business section
Of Brooklyn and thence through the
proposed Livingston street subway into
Manhattan. These suggestions were
found to be feasible and their incorpora-
ton In the plan makes the crosstown
line one Of absolutely first rate i'm
portance.
Commissioner Hardness also ordered
studies made OF connecting the Fulton
street elevated with the Fulton street
branch of the crosstown line and thence
with the Fourth avenue subway and the
Livingston street line. and another study
OF the possibility of connecting the Fifth
avenue elevated with the proposed Liv-
incston street line. These studies are
approaching completion and will be an
nounced soon. In addition to giving
greatly improved service the adoption
Of these plans will pave the way for
elevated railroad elimination in impor-
tant streets in Brooklyn, namely. Fulton
street from Fulton ferry to point
east OF Bedford avenue and Flatbush
avenue and other downtown streets now
occupied by the Fifth avenue elevated.
AS soon as tho route and general plan
have the approval OF the Board of Esti-
mate. the Transit Commission Is pre-
pared to go ahead with the drafting
OF the plans and specifications and the
drawing OF form of contract. The
route must also be legalized. and If the
requisite consent OF adjacen. property
owners can be promptly obtained no
serious delay should ensue. If, how
ever. II is necessary TO obtain the vail