The New York herald., 1922-05-12

stations of all the other lines it would
intercept-the Broadway. Myrtle and
Lexington avenue elevated lines and the
Fourteenth street-Eastern subway.
THE commission has also in view a
further connection between this line by
way Of Flushing or Park avenue and
Jay and Smith streets. to the Borough
Hall section of Brooklyn. At some
future time. no doubt. it will also be
desirable to connect the northern end of
the line directly with the Astoria branch
of the Queensborough system, thence
into Manhattan at 125th street and
across 125th street to Fort Lee ferry.
The estimated cost of the line as now
proposed is $24.000.000. and the time to
complete from three to three and one
half years.
Another East River Tunnel.
"(6) The proposed link between the
Fulton street elevated line in Brooklyn
and the Manhattan sections of the
Brooklyn Rapid Transit subway would
proceed. at the Brooklyn end, by way
of the so-called Ashland place connec-
ton. This will provide additionally a
connection with the present Fourth ave-
nue. subway. 1t Is the view of the COM
mission, however, that another crossing
10 Manhattan should be afforded through
n new East River tunnel for the relief
from overcrowding of the existing
Whitehall tunnel. IL such plan Is fol-
lowed it will involve more or less modi-
fication of the projected Nassau street
line in Manhattan. The building of this
line. for which provision is made in the
dual contracts. had not been undertaken.
apparently more or less by common con-
s0t, q
1921. The present commission. upon its
appointment year ago. made no change
in this situation pending proper consid-
Grafton of plans under which il might be
linked with tunnel of its own or other
wise modified.
"The present recommendations of the
commissions engineers cover two alter
native routes. Each Of these would re-
uuire, at the start, the removal OF the
elevated railroad from lower Fulton
street. Brooklyn. thereby greatly i'm
proving the most important thoroughfars
Of that borough. Under either the Full
ton street tracks would be dropped to
a subway at a point at or near Cler-
mont avenue. and carried thence via
Fulton street. private property. Fort
Green place. De Kalb avenue. further
private property and Livingston street
to Sidney place From this point
the first of the alternative routes
would proceed under Grace Court
and the East River to Nassau street
and thence across Park Row under the
presen. Post office Building to a con-
nection with the Broadway subway at
City Hall.
"r-nder the second alternative the line
would run from Livingston street under
private property to Clinton street and
thence through Liberty street and lower
Fulton street under the East River to
Ann street, in Manhattan. and across
Park Row to the main line at City Hall.
"The great central district OF Brook
lyn has so far been deprived OF proper
access to the citywide subway system.
The commission wishes to right this
seeming injustice as soon as possible.
Brooklyn needs more than anything else
In the way Of transit facilities additional
trunk line access to and through Man
haitian. There are so many branch lines
traversng the Borough of Brooklyn un-
der the dual plan. the traffic upon all
of which Is developing remarkably, and
so few trunk lines serving these. that
only about half of the full capacity OF
the existing Brooklyn system can really
be developed until more trunk lines are
constructed This in the Judgment of
the commission. Is the strongest argu-
ment in favor OF the construction of
new and separate tunnel for the down
town Manhattan connections.
"The estimated cost of the first OF the
alternatives proposed. from Ashland
place TO the City Hall. within which part
OF the original Nassau street line would
be incorporated. is S2S.000,000. and that
Of the Ann street connection, $25, 900. 900.
In estimating the outlay upon either of
these alternatives. however. allowance
should be made for the estimated cost
OF $1,000 900 OF the Nassau line as
link In the dual plan. which Is still car
ried in the estimates OF uncompleted
dual contract work. and which, of
course. would be deducted from the total
cost OF tho purely new work.
An Eighth Avenue subway.
"(7) The Eighth avenue Amsterdam
avenue line would. in many respects be
the most important and the most ambi-
tious In scope. Beginning at point In
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