Year: 1876

A reference TO the map shows two lines, the heavy
along the curb being the one adopted by the Com
mission Il will be noted that at Battery place and
State street they have taken oblique direction
throughthe upper end Of the Battery This was found
necessary the engineers considered It impractcable
to make sharp around the by the curb.
II will also be that the lower end they have
invaded the park make the connection with Fulton
ferry, via Front street. and that the main line runs
down through OF the Battery avenues TO pier No l.
adjacent 70 three ferries In laying out these lines the
Commissioners believed that they would meet with
but little opposition but seems that in this partcu-
lar they were IN error, and


coNsIDERABLB OPPOSITION


entering the park all has been offered by factious
citizens who fear that the beauty of the Battery will
be materially marred If the road goes over 1t The
Park Commissioners who have been applied TO by the
company for perm sson to build according to the Com
mssioners award. referred the matter to their land
scape architect Fred Law olmsted for investigation
and report This gcntleman's examination resulted in
the conviction that there would be less objection II the
road set back few feet behind the edge of the
Battery, State street. than If II were constructed
along the sidewalk curb He argued that II erected
on the curb II would be unsighty obstruction to
good view OF the park whereas, II placed inside by
the aid Of shade the structure could be entirely
hidden The dotted lines on the map show the course
Mt olmsted proposes 70 take in the construction OF
the extension OF the main line to pier No. /, and


THE CONNECTING OTHER FERRIES.


The writer who conversed with the ex-Rapid Transit
Commissioners, Messrs Mott and Canda, on the sub
ject OF the proposed change in the location found both
gentlemen concurrng with the Of the landscape
architect the Park Commission Mr. Canda stated that
he heartily approved Of putting the line inside the
Battery where the columns could be entirely hid by
vines and creepers and the road entirely shut in from
sight by raped growth OF evergreen There is
necessity for placing columns on the avenues or
walks, and he could not why any property owner
should object The company ready to push their
lines TO the ferries few weeks after they have
secured the right OF way and they also prepared TO
begin early In the spring the construction OF the east
side road which is 10 through Front street. Coenties
slip, Pearl street. New Bowery, Chatham square,
Bowery and Third avenue with branches through John
to Fulton ferry, Chatham street to City Hail. to
the Thrtyourh street and Astoria ferries and TO the
Grand Central depot


The Elevated Railroad Company PROPOSE II they get
the right of way through the Battery erect hand
station that part Of the Battery where the
tracks form triangle on the map above gwen u
will DO there proposed street under the trian-
gle and Immediately which the station will be built
To Mr.. Omsed belongs the credit Of this suggestion as
to new street that Of the Battery He
proposes TO make II quite broad, to allow the
stages and other vehicles that lumber up White
hail nd exit into State street. Battery
place, Broadway and Greenwich street.


IL Is TO be hoped that IL


DIFFICULTY CROSSING THE BATTERY


be settled permanently, the Commissioners Of Rapid
Transit recently appointed to settle disputed rights of
property will have serious trouble in giving
the companies the right Of way through the streets
named by the previous commission. Ii may be stated
in this connection that the Corporation Counsel has
given written opinion to the effect that the Park Com
mssioners have the power 10 permit the road TO be
erected over the Battery