New-York tribune., 1922-09-03
Transit CommissionSends
Plans for $68. 900, 600
Crosstown Railroad to.
the Board of Estimate
Action Mandatory
Before Election
Ocean-to-Sound Route to
Eliminate IL Structures
i'm Crowded Sections

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to the Board of Estimate yesterday,
with request for its approval, the
route and general plan for cross
town subway in Brooklyn and Queens.
The proposal includes four-track sub
way line, with two three-track
! branches. The estimated cost of the
, project when completed is $6s,0O0, 600.
| The commission, however, reserves
it's power under the rapid transit
act to contruct first two tracks, and
| then add others as traffic develops.
| The cost of a two-track line with a
connection between Bedford Avenue
| and Livingston Street and including
a connection to the Fourth Avenue sub
way at Ashland Place, is estimated
at S40,000,000. The connections under
this estimate would be two tracks in
stead of three.
| Section of Chapter w of the rapid
transit laws of 1891, with amendments,
requires the Board of Estimate to fix
a day for consideration of public hear
ing, within week or ten days at the
most, of any route or general plan sub
mitted by the Transit Commission.
The law also provides that the board
must take action in approving or dis
approving the plans within sixty days
from the time they are filed with the
board. The plans were filed with the
secretary of the board yesterday, and
the time begins to run from then.
That means that the board will have
to act at least few days before Elec-
tion Day in November.
Joins Two Boroughs
| The main trunk line as proposed will
cross Brooklyn and Queens between
the Brighton Beach line in BROOKLYN
and the existing elevated railroads at
the greensboro Bridge Plaza, in Long
Island City, thus continuing the link
IN the Sound-to-Ocean route, with the
elevated railroads in Queens forming
| the northern spurs and the Brighton
Beach line the southern spur. For a
| short distance in Queens, for the pur-
| pose of connecting with existing ele-
waited lines, the proposed railroad will
be an elevated structure. The remain
| der will be all subway, incl6ding the
| branches.
| In the communication to the Board
! Of Estimate the Commission says:
The commission regards the con-
| struction of this subway of paramount
| Importance, and believes that the ex-
penditure of the necessary amount i'm
yolved in it's construction will do more
to meet the needs of the people of
| Brooklyn and Queens, provide needed
| facilities and relieve congestion than
any other similar expenditure The
main transit lines in Manhattan extend
| north and south, while those in Brook
1x,r e4
| The need has long been recognized for
line in Brooklyn and Queens that
will extend north and south and tap
existing rapid transit lines, thus Civ
| ing much needed fiexibility to the pres
ent system and affording the public a
! wider choice of routes of travel than
is now possible.
Affects Wide Area
"Some of the main advantages of
| this route may be briefly summarized
as follows:
at joins the boroughs Of Brooklyn
| and Queens as they should be Joined
and eliminates the necessity for pass
| ing through the Borough of Manhat-
tan south of Fifty-ninth Street to get
to Brooklyn, from Queens, and vice
versa.
ut extends through thickly settled
district in which in large part the
transit facilities are archaic. 1t will
provide for the first time modern
| transportation facilities for a large
section of Queens, for Greenpoint
Williamsburg and the Bedford dis
| trict in Brooklyn. People living in
these districts can be carried with
out change of cars northerly to and
through the Greensboro Tunnel to
Manhattan, or they can travel souther-
ly without change Of cars to the busi-
ness and financial center of Brooklyn
and thence to Manhattan.
"By connection with the existing
rapid transit lines in Queens it will
provide line running from Long ISL
and Sound to the Atlantic Ocean.
! "By connection with the existing
! Brighton Beach line and the Fourth