New-York tribune., 1922-03-09
Transit Board
Orders Il for
Brooklyn Line
Elimination of Subway Plan
on Extension of i4th ST.
Eastern District Route to
Save City Si,OOO,OOO
bryan Opposes Action
,Nids TO BE Asked at Once.
but Its Completion Rests
With Board of Estimate

The Transit Commission Yesterday
announced definite action by vote
Of two TO one in favor Of the con-
struction Of ar elevated railroad. in
stead of subway. for the uncompleted
portion of the Fourteenth Street-East-
crn District line IN Brooklyn, fro~
Mckibben Street. near Bushwick Ave
nue, to connection with the existing
3. R. 7. elevated railroads at East
New Yort
Commissi sioners NcAneny and HarK-
ness w~.>d for the elevated construc-
ton. wnl.e Commissioner O'Rysn went
on record in favor Of subway for
the TWO and onc-half miles Of new
extension, declaring that he would not
vote for any more elevated lines in
the city
Commissioner Hardness holds that 7
subway for this stretch of road would
cost $4,000 900 more than ar elevated
structure and take Two years longer
20 build, and he justifes his opinion
on the ground that The existing con-
gestion on the transit lines does not
warrant oelay.
Commissioner Hardness said last
night that advertising for bids would
be begun at once.
Bids to BE Asked at Once
But it should be home in nina"
nc said, that after we advertise for
bids and award the contract it has to
90 to the Board Of Estimate. and there
is no way Of telling when that body
will act in the matter. Construction
ought to be under way, however, at
an early day, as all that is necessary
for the requirement of a right of way
for the two anc one-half miles mapped
out is to condemn an easement on a
right of way owned by the Long Island
Railroad Company-a right of way the
company Is ready to turn over with
out delay
The Fourteenth Street Eastern Dis
trict line begins as a two-track sub
way in Manhattan at Sixth Avenue and
extends eastward by subway and tun-
mel under the East River TO North
Seventh Street, Williamsburgh, thence
by subway under Metropolitan and
BushwiCk Avenues TO the subway
portal at Montrose Street and Bush
wick Avenue. Beyond that point the
line diverges to the route of the Long
Island Railroad tracks, which are fol-
lowed east and south 20 a connection
with the b K. 7. at East New York.
The new line will be operated ultimate
~ in connection with the existing
Canarsie line of the B. K. T., thus pro
viding route from Manhattan which
will tap The Canarsie and Browns
Vile sections, and will provide the
earliest means of relief possible for
the congestion at Canal Street and
Broadway.
O'Ryan Cites Opposition
General O'Rvan cites the attitude Of
the Board OF Estimate against elevated
construction and the further fact that
the people along the route of the pro-
posed elevated construction have
voiced their opposition to elevated
roads, and he suggests that the best
policy is to recommend to the Board
Of Estimate that it provide the extra
funds for the building of subway in
stead OF an elevated structure.
The Transit Commission yesterday
directed the secretary to advertise for
bids to be received on March % for
the completion of construction of the
Lawrence Street station on the Mon
tague Street tunnel line of the B. r. 7.
The station is located under Willough-
by Street, and extends from Lawrence
to Bridge. The plans provide for an
escalator at the Lawrence Street end
Of the statiou platform, and for com
pletion of the contract III eighteen