New-York tribune., 1922-12-18
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Construction on
L r.. 7. Ordered
SD 81. ON East Side subway
Will Be Express Stop;
Local Stations to Have
10. Car Train Capacity
Aim TO Speed Service
improvements Will Relieve
Congestion Along Both
Routes. Board Believes

RI. reeonstruetion OF Thir,y-tsird
street station Of the East Side sub
way from a local TO sn express stop
las been directed b. tAe Transit Com
mission in orders Issued 20 the Inter
boroarh, it vas announced yesterday.
AZ sbe sane time the commission
Authorized the lengfhening Of the local
stations between Brooklyn Bridge and
Grand Central on the East Side, and
between Tines Square and Ninety
.lxth Street on the West side subway
"a accommodate ten-esr trains. instead
% six-esr trains ss at present. The
to,al cost Of both improvements IL e't'-
mated at sl,00O,Ooo.
A. shis comparatively lov cost ths
esmnsission hopes 20 provide improved
facilities uhich will DO much 70
relieve congestion on The local sta
.ions involved and particularly e.
Grand Central, where tle efs
ehangirg from express 70 local IAins
and The Queensborough routes nsee
caused delays and hampereo seITles ,
which ecnstitute serious and growing
P'yti watinx the Thlry-tbird Street sts.
.,on sn expYess stop it Is expected wil
sTord much needed transit relief 70 the
rapidly growing midtown business sec
tlon and will also ~ IN Win tns llu0n
dlscussed plan Of making supofoah
trsfie terminal Of the old car BAN sise
AZ Thirty.third Street and Fourth Ave
nue. X has been suggested tnHt 3
terminal for commutter trshic between
the city and the suburbs be built on
this site, and the commission has
devoted considerable study 20 the
problem, but no definite conclusions
hsye get been reached.
Trs6ie Increase foreseen
" such a center for suburban trsiie
a located near Thirty-third Street the
eommission believes that q great in
crease IN trsfic may be expected. simi-
lar 10 the increase which has come 20
tte Pennsylvania Station on the West
SIDE subway during the last year. The
Interborough's records show that
1000. 900 passengers used the station
during the year, which was en- increase
Instead Of slowing down the running
time Of express trains Of the East Side
rorte engineers Of the Transit Commis-
sion believe that the new express stop
may even serve 20 improve the scheo-
ulss. The slight delay In stopping AZ
Thirty-third Street Will be compensated
for by the less lengthy stops AZ Grand
Central, thus obviating the possibility
Of trafle being held up waiting for the
train ahead 20 get out Of the station.
To Alter Fourteen Stations
OF the proposed expenditure OF
$4,000. 900 about S3,O00,0oo will be in
,olved IN the local station lengthening.
These stations, which src on the line
q tho subway ~ originally operated
by the Interborough Sefore the Lexing-
ton Avenue and Seventh Avenue sub
WAYS we're constructed under the dual
contracts, are shorter BY more than
700 feet than the local stations on
those two lines. There are fourteen
stations 70 be altered. eight on the
East Side subway and six on the West
side subwsy. They are as follows:
East Side Line-North Street, Canal
Street. Spring Street, Bleeeker Street,
Astor Place, Eighteenth Street,
Twenty-third Street and Twenty
eighth Street.
West Side Line-Fiftieth Street,
Fifty.ninth Street columbus Circle),
Slsty-sizth street, seyenty-ninth Street,
Eighty-si1th Street and Ninety-hrst
Street
The platforms Of the fourteen sta
lions VIII be increased from their pres
rnt length Of 225 feet 20 i36 feet When
originally constructed these local sta
tlons were only 200 feet long, providing
capacity f~r four-car trains only. They
later we're heightened By twenty-five
feet, making possible the addition OF
two ears 20 she trains