New-York tribune., 1922-09-03
New Line TO
Ioin Queens
And Brooklyn

psss~ -yossss the Broadway, Myrtle
ss. 3 ard Lexington Avenue elevated
~ ~ and by free transfer (which IN
~ .s.ss is required by Contract NO.
- 4 .sssas opportunity for passengers
.s.f.gring TO and from, the present
.,.vstsa lines,
s'ssssss sssssaut the crosstown line brook
srsnsis is incomplete and made
y. With 1t the system will be CO.
r,ssd and given flexibility of eper-
4 ~ s.. ssa will afford facilities in i'm
4 .,,areas OF Brooklyn that are new
& ss,.v destitute of real transit"
81 a,anission also says that studies
s. ss.rs made of the possibility OF CO.
Il ss.s,;rso with this line connection
s.~ tba Fulton Street elevated and
~ ranrth Avenue subway that may
4 .s,y imnrove the proposed Ashland
i ssss ssssss ennneetion. tits planned to make
4 ss.rr rarary connection with these
4 ines, but IL is pointed CUT taae sasn q
.snnectien can be used intshsiVeiy ehiy
4 ssmuorarily, and thereafter ior emer,
i srnrs purposes. The proper permanent
safIet, il is stated, Is through the pre-,
nosed Livingston Street SUBWAY, ana
ssenae By tunne! to point IN Mahhat@
san near the City Hall, where 9 con-
aectien can be Raads with the Broad
way subway
aIn addition to the great modern
tseiI;ties this plan will provide" the
.o,,nn,,n;eation furthsx says, lit also
sonstitutss en- important step looking
- sse eventual removal of elevated
s.,,roads fram the main business
.s.setg OF Brooklyn. If the commits
.;as,s oians are carried tnrough the
vsites Street elevated line could be
y.moysd from Fulton ferry to poin,
n ssst If Bedford Avenue, and the Fifth
@ sysrse elevated could be removed
& irom m Flatbush Avenue and the ethe,
H desntown streets"
4 Commissioner Leroy T. Hardness
Il sesjng chairman. In announcing tbs
& s5option Of the crasstown route, says
.Sst Il illustrates better than any other
youte ''the essential difference of the
philosophy underlying the Mayors
d transit plan and the plans of the
Transit Commission"
Differ from Mayors Plan
sThe commissioners plans provide for
seorganizing the existing companies"
said Commissioner Hardness, "vesting
the title of their roads in the city, the
removal Of all the abuses i'll financing
and management that have led to just
criticism in the past and then unifying
the entire system under the control Of
public board of control, Of which
.he Mayor of the city appoints three
Of the seven members. The ownership
of the lines would be all vested in the
4 city without drawing on the city treas
i ary, and through reorganization, con-
/ solidation and unifcation permit of the
utilization of all lines to the fullest
j possible extent.
i aThe Mayors plan is based upon the
4 bfesking apart of the city-owned lines
4 from company-owned lines, leaving the
! present companies as at present or
4 ganized and with no move to so change
them as to prevent the recurrence of
past abuses. The important factor,
however, is that in moving against the
companies he separates the lines, and
instesd Of unification produces disin-
tegrstion. Instead of securing a COM
gleials unified city-ewned system with
cat expense to the city, his plan in-
volgas, before even getting to new con-
struston, paying scores of millions of
dollars to the Interborough and the B.
K. I. TO recapture the possession of
sty-ovned lines. AT every point where
4 the city-owned line touches privately
owned line there is necessarily involved
4 in the Mayors plan q transfer point
and an additional fare,
q The Brooklyn crosstown line is an
example Of how through the utilization
d o. all existing lines it is possible to
give vastly improved facilities, and
Il mrough free transfers at all intersect-
3 ing points make that service available
d y practically all parts of the berougns
n ai Brooklyn and Queens"
H Hope for Quick Action
H At its recent hearings upon it's s21s.-
4 100000 Of new subway projects (as
compared with the S600,O0O,000 pro-
4 Rosas IN Mayor Hylan's plan), the
atahsst commission announced the
esI0ekiyn crosstown route as one of the
aIH 70 De put under way, stating that
" proposed to begin the construction
" as iine as soon as the necessary
pselnlnaries could be met. At the
Meanings the suggestion was made that
ehe me follow Franklin Avenue, but
oomamlssloner Harkness suggested that
4 a. neaterd Avenue is a main north and
souta route of central Brooklyn, pos
Sssssiag many advantages over Frank
IN avenue, that thoroughfare, in his
%0plnson, % should be selected. That and
ssasf suggestions made by Commits
s,one, darkness, with the final ap-
prevail Of the commissions engineers,
xs.e adopted and the original route
'Aa plans changed accordingly,
Il as soon as the route and general
1 !aa nave the approval Of the Board
4 hstimate-if they do-the Transit
ssa @smanission is prepared to go ahead
HM me drafting of the plans and
sseineanons and the drawing of a
.s'm OF contract. The route must also
4 Mgaiized, and if the requisite con-
sssss oi adjacent property owners can
sasuld ensue.
.nt Inc advancement Of this crosstown
sS.ssay IS the fourth mile post in the
ssn sN commissions campaign for
s Sss Iacliit!es. In addition to attempt,
s 70 complete the work which it
.sau uncompleted upon assuming Of
,ss =, 0ne year and four months ago, the
ss-'ll.sslon s.saa. has already got three other
ny y0stant transit improvements under
~: ~ me improvements are the ex-
sason OF the greensboro subway
S.n 1rand Central Station west un-
Il. rrorsy-second Street, Bryant Park
~. ~ sorty- first Street to Eighth Ave-
h sa.;. 81, second, the approval Of the ex-
i,sss is'oa OF the Greensboro subway,
yss,.e .ae present terminus of its south
& st,sas sssea i extension at Corona to Main
81 tss co. !. riushlng, plans for which are
h t,,,;sw wen advanced, and, third, the ex-
B hasp,a oI the Fourth Avenue subway,
II Esssayh, from its present terminus at
81 aleaty-slXth Street snnth tn Eart ua.a