Year: 1879

is 1855 feet above high water mark and it must con
sequenty be adapted to the most perfect system oi
OF Fifty-ninth Street and west OF Eighth
avenue is undoubtedly the most desirable
part for o residences slider and the only reason why
speedy means OF communication with the business
portion of the city. The only of reaching this
section heretofore was the Eighth avenue which
take about one hour and half from the City Hall.
Ii should also be borne in mind that these cars do
not the ridge. but only along base to the
Harlem River. and precisely the same thing can be
said OF the Hudson River trains. they running along
the base of this ridge its westerly side. so that
beautiful sites from the fact that Whatever
existed for reaching there except by private vehicles
or the old Bloomingdale stage"


what are the prospects at for securing this
desirable end?'


'The New York Elevated Railroad Company now
propose to run their road up Tenth avenue.
bridging Msnhattanville. continuing Tenth
avenue to High Bridge, thereby removing all the
the S AS we M Spown awns to the eoneura
tion OF Manhattan Island. New York can extend in
but one direction. and that northwesterly, The
effect Of rapid transit will be to bring all this I'M
mense territory desirable for residences into the
market"


HOUSES FOR MIDDLE CLASSES.


Don't you think that in addition to furnishing
sites for rst class residences the opening up OF
much accessible land by rapid transit ought to be
q valuable auxiliary in doing away with the present


II certainly do think so. for thousands Of houses
for from S $500 to saoS per annum and this class Of
houses will bring back to the city clerks and me-
chancs in large numbers who in years gone by
moved to Brooklyn New Jersey because of the
want Of this very class Of houses. When this road
is extended beyond Kingsbridge into the newly
or S.. 600 will be built because there viii be demand
for such. and there is no doubt about the invest
msat paying large percentage on the amount in


"Do you regard it as certain that such houses at
rents coming within the reach of workingmen with
families win be builtY'


al 40 but DO not helieve thay can ne erected fast
enough TO meet the demand. I understand that
steps have already been taken by distinguished
acres Of land in desirable part Of Westchester
county. upon which he proposes to build 1000 frame
houses. neatly finished, having three rooms on the
poses to sell for 81 900 each to clerks mechanics and
laboring men. think this is the first step in the
right direction to solve the tenement house problem
You by the project have mentioned that
each house has q quarter of Of ground at
tached to it, thus not only affordng the purchaser
enough land to make him ample vegetable
garden. think il man owns his own house. no
citizen than he could be living In a tenement house.
from the fact that he then becomes . taxpayer in
terested in good sewerage. clean streets and an


els there any doubt about this gentleman's 8
philanthropic scheme being carried outP"


GOOD WORK BEGUN.


IL don't think there is, from the fact that he
belongs to family who generally carry out what
they undertake. Ibelieve the gentleman has already
had the ground surveyed and estimates made for the
erection OF those houses but further than this
would not like to state ut present"


1T Is said that some Of the directors Of the New
York Elevated Railroad have entertained doubts
whether it would pay to extend their road the
west side 70 Kinasbridge. What is your opinion on
the subJectr


II have never had q doubt that it viii pay. and
enormously. Many Of the directors Of both roads
had doubts whether rapid transit would pay any
where, and were very timid about buying the stock
at fifty and sixty cents dollar and this very day
the stock 10 sold ct 1885, and little to be had at
hat Avnnn tt,tc ttvnA vnik1N D(
elling public the day through and when their roads
have been extended to High Bridge and Kingsbridge
groundless those they entertained at first. The
demand for facilities has been far ahead Of the sup
ply since the elevated roads commenced run
ming and it Is about time that the timid directors
should abandon their fears that the roads will not
pay II extended the whole length of the island.