Talk:Dual Contracts/Tri-borough system notes

Tri-borough Rapid Transit Railroad (1910)
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Form finally adopted by the Commission September 1, 1910...
 * Lexington Avenue Route
 * River Avenue Route
 * Jerome Avenue Elevated Route
 * Southern Boulevard and Whitlock Avenue Route
 * Southern Boulevard and Westchester Avenue Route
 * Canal Street Route
 * Manhattan Bridge Route, Revised
 * Fourth Avenue Route
 * Bensonhurst, Bath Beach and Coney Island Route
 * Brooklyn, Manhattan and Long Island City Route
 * Brooklyn and Manhattan Loop Lines


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Trinity place and Church street and private property to Vesey street, under Vesey street and private property to Broadway, northerly under Broadway to a


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The Broadway branch begins at the Brooklyn terminal of the Williamsburg Bridge, at or near Driggs avenue, and extends thence under the plaza of the Williamsburg Bridge and private property to Broadway at a point

Lexington Avenue Route

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ROUTES.

A route lying within the Boroughs of Manhattan and The Bronx and made up of several sections as hereinafter described. The said sections are as follows:

SECTION 5-O: A route the centre line of which shall begin in the Borough of Manhattan at or near the intersection of the southerly line of East One Hundred and Twenty-ninth street with the centre line of Lexington avenue; running thence southerly along Lexington avenue to a point about half-way between East Forty-second and East Forty-third streets.

SECTION 5-A: A route the centre line of which shall begin in the Borough of Manhattan at a point in Lexington avenue about half-way between East Forty-second and East Forty-third streets at the southerly end of Section 5-O, above described; running thence southwesterly in a curve under Lexington avenue and private property to East Forty-second street; thence westerly along East Forty-second street to a point near the intersection of the centre line of East Forty-second street with the centre line of Depew place produced; thence southwesterly in a curve under East Forty-second street and private property to Park avenue; and thence southwesterly and southerly under Park avenue to a point in Park avenue between East Thirty-eighth and East Forty-first street, at which a junction can conveniently be made with the subway constructed under resolutions of this Board, adopted January 14 and February 4, 1897.

SECTION 5-B: A route the centre line of which shall begin in the Borough of Manhattan at or near the intersection of the southerly line of East One Hundred and Twenty-ninth street with the centre line of Lexington avenue at the northerly end of Section 5-O, above described; running thence northerly and northeasterly in a curve under Lexington avenue and private property to and across East One Hundred and Thirtieth street; thence again under private property and East One Hundred and Thirty-first street and under the Harlem River to the Borough of The Bronx and to a point on the northeasterly side of the said Harlem River distant not less than two hundred feet northwesterly from the westerly side of Third avenue; thence running northeasterly under private property and East One Hundred and Thirty-fourth street and again under private prop-

erty to Third avenue at or near the intersection of Third avenue with East One Hundred and Thirty-fifth street; thence running northeasterly under Third avenue and Morris avenue to a point at or near the intersection of Morris avenue and East One Hundred and Forty-eighth street; and thence running in a curve under Morris avenue, East One Hundred and Forty-eighth street and private property to a point in East One Hundred and Forty-ninth street between Morris avenue and Cortlandt avenue, at which a junction can conveniently be made with the subway constructed under resolutions of this Board adopted January 14 and February 4, 1897.
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SECTION 5-C: A route, the centre line of which shall begin in the Borough of Manhattan at or near the intersection of the southerly line of East One Hundred and Twenty-ninth street with the centre line of Lexington avenue at the northerly end of Section 5-O, above described; running thence northerly under Lexington avenue to the Harlem River and under and across the Harlem River to the Borough of the Bronx and to a point in the northeasterly side of said river at or near the point where the said northeasterly side is intersected by the easterly side of Park avenue; thence curving northeasterly under private property into Park avenue and running northeasterly along Park avenue to a point at or near the intersection of East One Hundred and Thirty-fifth street, where the lines will diverge, one line continuing northeasterly along Park avenue to East One Hundred and Thirty-eighth street, near which point spurs or connections will be constructed as hereinafter stated, and thence still northeasterly and northerly along Park avenue and under East One Hundred and Forty-ninth street to the northerly side of said street, near which point a spur will be constructed as hereinafter stated; and thence still northerly and northeasterly along Park avenue to its intersection with East One Hundred and fifty-sixth street; and the other of said branches continuing northeasterly under Park avenue, private property and under the tracks of the New York Central and Hudson River Railroad Company and under East One Hundred and Thirty-eighth street and private property into Mott avenue; thence running along and under Mott avenue to a point between East One Hundred and Fiftieth street and East One Hundred and Fifty-first street; thence curving northwesterly into East One Hundred and Fifty-first street and continuing northwesterly under East One Hundred and Fifty-first street to a point between Walton avenue and Gerard avenue, curving thence northerly into Gerard avenue to a junction with a certain rapid transit route heretofore author- ized and known as the Gerard Avenue Route
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And also a spur beginning at a point in the Borough of The Bronx under private property in the centre line of the branch just described, situated about three hundred (300) feet south of East One Hundred and Thirty-eighth street, and curving thence northeasterly under private property, Mott avenue and private property into East One Hundred and Thirty-eighth street to a point near the intersection of East One Hundred and Thirty-eighth street and Park avenue; running thence easterly under East One Hundred and Thirty-eighth street to a point near Third avenue, [where?] a connection can conveniently be made with a rapid transit route heretofore duly authorized and known as the Southern Boulevard and Westchester Avenue Route.

And also spurs, beginning as above stated, in the Borough of The Bronx, near the intersection of Park avenue with East One Hundred and Thirty-eighth street. One of the said spurs shall begin in Park avenue, south of East One Hundred and Thirty-eighth street, and thence curve northeasterly and easterly under Park avenue, private property and Canal street, west, and again under private property to East One Hundred and Thirty-eighth street. The other of said spurs shall begin in Park avenue north of East One Hundred and Thirty-eighth street, and thence curve southeasterly and easterly under Park avenue and private property to East One Hundred and Thirty-eighth street, where tiie said spur shall unite with the first spur above mentioned. The centre line of the said two spurs shall then run easterly along East One Hundred and Thirty-eighth street to a point about three hundred feet westerly from the intersection of One Hundred and Thirty-eighth street with the westerly side of Third avenue.

And also a spur, beginning as above stated, in the Borough of The Bronx, at a point on the main line of the route of Section 5-C as above described, at or near its intersection with the northerly line of East One Hundred and Forty-ninth street; thence curving northerly under private property to Mott avenue; thence under and across Mott avenue and under and along East One Hundred and Fifty-third street and under and across One Hundred and Fifty-seventh street; thence under private property and under the bed of Cromwell Creek to Exterior street; thence under and along Exterior street and under the viaduct and Jerome avenue to a point near the northerly corner of Jerome avenue and Sedgwick avenue; thence running northeasterly in a curve under private property to Sedgwick avenue, and thence under and along Sedgwick avenue to the intersection of Sedgwick avenue and One Hundred and Sixty-fourth street.
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And also a loop, beginning in the Borough of The Bronx, at a point on the main line of the route of Section 5-C, as hereinabove described, between East One Hundred and Fifty-first street and East One Hundred and Fifty-second street; running thence northwesterly and westerly under private property and connecting within private property with the spur of route 5-C last above described, near the point of where the centre line of said spur would intersect the northerly line of East One Hundred and Fifty-first street produced.

SECTION 5-D: A route the centre line of which shall begin in the Borough of Manhattan at a point in Lexington avenue about half-way between East Forty-second and East Forty-third streets, at the southerly end of Section 5-O, above described; running thence southerly along Lexington avenue to a point about half-way between East Thirty-sixth street and East Thirty-seventh street, at which point the tracks will diverge into two branches. The centre line of the route for one of such [branches?] shall run thence in a curve southwesterly under Lexington avenue and private property to East Thirty-sixth street; thence westerly along East Thirty-sixth street to a point about one hundred feet easterly from the intersection of the centre line of East Thirty-sixth street with the easterly line of Fifth avenue; thence in a curve southwesterly under East Thirty-sixth Street and private property to Fifth avenue, and thence southerly along Fifth avenue to a point between Thirty-fourth and Thirty-fifth streets, where it shall be rejoined by the second branch diverging as above stated. The centre line of the route for the said second branch shall run from the said point of divergence in Lexington avenue southerly under Lexington avenue to a point about half-way between East Thirty-fifth and East Thirty-sixth streets; thence in a curve southwesterly under Lexington avenue and private property to East Thirty-fifth street; thence westerly along East Thirty-fifth street to a point about one hundred feet easterly from the intersection of the centre line of East Thirty-fifth street with the easterly side of Fifth avenue; thence in a curve southwesterly under East Thirty-fifth street and private property to Fifth avenue, and thence in a curve under Fifth avenue and rejoining the branch first above described at a point between Thirty-fourth and Thirty-fifth street. From the last mentioned point the centre line of the route shall run southerly under Fifth avenue to a point about half-way between West Twenty-fourth and West Twenty-fifth streets produced; thence along Madison Square and into Broadway; thence southerly along Broadway, passing under Union Square, and still southerly under Broadway to Chambers street, at whicn point a loop will begin, as hereinafter stated; thence southerly along Broadway to a point between Vesey street and Barclay street; thence in a curve southwesterly under Broadway and private property to Vesey street; thence westerly along Vesey street to a point about one hundred feet easterly from the intersection of the centre line of Vesey street with the easterly side of Church street; thence southerly along Church street and Trinity place and curving at the southerly end of Trinity place into Greenwich street, and thence southerly under Greenwich street and under and across Battery place, and under Battery Park to a suitable terminus therein.
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SECTION 5-E: A route the centre line of which shall begin in the Borough of Manhattan at a point in Lexington avenue north of East Thirty-sixth street, where Section 5-D above described curves westerly into East Thirty-sixth and Thirty-fifth streets; thence running southerly along Lexington avenue to the intersection of Lexington avenue and Gramercy Park; thence southerly through and under Gramercy Park to [the?] intersection with Irving place; thence still southerly along and under Irving place and crossing under East Fourteenth street, private property and East Thirteenth street to a point in private property between East Thirteenth street and East Twelfth street, curving thence southwesterly under private property, East Twelfth street, Fourth avenue and the present Rapid Transit Railway structure in Fourth avenue to a point in private property between Fourth avenue and Broadway at about East Eleventh street, curving thence southerly under private property into Broadway at a point near East Ninth street, at which a junction can be conveniently made with Section 5-D above described.

And also a loop the centre line of which shall begin as above stated in the Borough of Manhattan at or near the intersection of Broadway and Chambers street; running thence southeasterly in a curve under Broadway and the City Hall Park, recurving southerly and westerly under the City Hall Park and Broadway at a point about opposite the centre line of Murray street, and rejoining the main line at a suitable point in Broadway, between Murray street and Chambers street.


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GENERAL PLAN OF CONSTRUCTION

The general plan of construction adopted for the foregoing routes is as follows:

For the route running under Lexington avenue from about East Forty-third street to East One Hundred and Twenty-ninth street, known as Section 5-O, there shall be four tracks. For the route running westerly and southwesterly from the southerly end of route 5-O under East Forty-second street, and known as section 5-A, there shall be four tracks. For the route running northerly from Lexington avenue and East One Hundred and Twenty-ninth street under the Harlem River, Third avenue and Morris avenue, known as Section 5-B, there shall be four tracks up to the point where the said route begins to curve in order to join the subway at East One Hundred and Forty-ninth street, and from that point there shall be two tracks. For the route running northerly from East One Hundred and Twenty-ninth street and Lexington avenue under the Harlem River and Park avenue and other streets to East One Hundred and Thirty-fifth street, where the lines diverge as above described, there shall be four tracks. For the branch of such road, running through Mott avenue to East One Hundred and Fiftieth street, there shall be four tracks, and for the remainder of such branch, [?] through East One Hundred and Fifty-first street into Gerard avenue, and for the spur included in said branch, running easterly through East One Hundred and Thirty-eighth street to Third avenue, there shall be three tracks. For the branch of said route running northerly from East One Hundred and Thirty-fifth street and through Park avenue and other streets, including the various spurs above described, there shall be two tracks, except that in the loop north of East One Hundred and Fifty-second street there shall be one track. For the route running southerly from a point near East Forty-third street and Lexington avenue, known as Section 5-D above described, there shall be four tracks as far south as the point between East Thirty-sixth and East Thirty-seventh streets where the line diverges as above described; there shall be two tracks from the point of divergence through East Thirty-sixth street and Fifth avenue to the point where the lines reunite; and two tracks from the point of divergence through Lexington avenue and East Thirty-fifth street to the said point in Fifth avenue where the lines reunite; and for the remained of the distance southerly under Fifth avenue and Broadway there shall be four tracks as far south as Chambers street. From Chambers street southerly under Broadway, Vesey street, Trinity place, and Greenwich street, there shall be two tracks. In the loop under the City Hall Park there shall be one track. There shall be as many additional tracks as may be needed for convenient operation of terminals under Battery place and Battery Park. For the portion of the route known as Section 5-E above described and running southerly through Lexington avenue, Gramercy Park and Irving place and private property to Broadway there shall be four tracks.
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All of the above-mentioned tracks shall be placed in subway or tunnel substantially parallel with each other and on substantially the same level; except that wherever required by special necessities of surface or subsurface structures or other special or local necessities and except for the purpose of avoiding grade, crossings at Lexington avenue and Thirty-fifth street, Lexington avenue and Thirty-sixth street, Lexington avenue and One Hundred and Twenty-ninth street, Third avenue and One Hundred and Thirty-eighth street, One Hundred and Forty-ninth street near Courtlandt avenue, Park avenue and One Hundred and Thirty-eighth street, or at the City Hall Park loop or elsewhere, any one or more of the tracks may be depressed below the level of the other track or tracks to such depth as may be necessary; but this limitation as to the level of the tracks shall not apply to the portions of the route passing in tunnel under the East River.

Seventh and Eighth Avenue Route

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thence southerly along Seventh avenue to a point about half way between West Twenty-fifth and West Twenty-sixth streets.
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And also a suitable connection extending under Seventh avenue and Broadway or Times Square to a point between West Forty-third street and West Forty-seventh street, so as to afford a junction with the existing subway constructed under resolutions of this Board adopted January 14 and February 4, 1897.

SECTION 4-A: A route the centre line of which shall begin at or near the intersection of the centre line of Seventh avenue with the northerly line of West Forty-third street at the northerly end of Section 4-O above described, and running thence northerly under Seventh avenue to the Central Park; and thence under the Central Park to Central Park West at or near the intersection of West Sixty-second street.

SECTION 4-AA: A route the centre line of which shall begin at a point under Central Park West at or near the intersection of West Sixty-second street at the northerly end of Section 4-A above described; running thence northerly under Central Park West and Eighth avenue to a point between West One Hundred and Forty-ninth street and West One Hundred and Fiftieth street; thence curving northeasterly and running under Macomb's lane to a point at or near the intersection of Macomb's lane with West One Hundred and Fifty-third street; thence in a curve northerly and westerly under Macomb's lane and private property to West One Hundred and Fifty-fourth street; thence westerly and southwesterly in a curve under One Hundred and Fifty-fourth street and private property to Eighth avenue; and thence southerly under Eighth avenue to a point where the centre line of the route as above described diverges northwesterly from Eighth avenue to pass under Macomb's lane.

And also a spur running northerly along Eighth avenue from a suitable point north of West One Hundred and Forty-ninth street on the section last above described, to a point about half way between West One Hundred and Fifty-fourth street and West One Hundred and Fifty-fifth street, so as to afford a means for future connections or extensions northerly.

SECTION 4-H: A route the centre line of which shall begin at a point under Central Park West at or near the intersection of West Sixty-second street at the northerly end of Section 4-A above described; running thence southerly under Eighth avenue and Hudson street to a point at or near the intersection of Hudson street, Chambers street and West Broadway upon the centre

Hudson street, Chambers street and West Broadway upon the centre line of route 4-€ hereinafter described.
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And also a spur running from a point on the centre line of Section 4-H above described at or near the intersection of the centre line of Eighth avenue with the centre line of Greenwich avenue produced; running thence southeasterly along Greenwich avenue to a point at which a junction can be made with Section 4-B hereinafter described at or near the point of intersection of the centre line of Seventh avenue produced with the centre line of Greenwich avenue.

SECTION 4-B: A route the centre line of which shall begin at a point in Seventh avenue about half way between West Twenty-fifth street and West Twenty-sixth street at the southerly end of Section 4-O above described; running thence southerly under Seventh avenue to West Twelfth street; thence curving southeasterly under [West?] Twelfth street, Seventh avenue and private property to West Eleventh street; thence still southeasterly under West Eleventh street and Greenwich avenue to, under and across Sixth avenue; thence running under private property and under Clinton place or Eighth street, and again under private property, to a point at or near the intersection of the northerly side of Waverly place with the easterly side of Macdougal street; thence still southeasterly under Macdougal street, [?] place, Washington square and West Fourth street to a point in West Fourth street at or near the intersection of the centre line of West Fourth street with the centre line of West Broadway produced.

SECTION 4-C: A route the centre line of which begins at the southerly end of Section 4-B above described at or near the point of intersection of the centre line of West Fourth Street with the centre line of West Broadway produced; running thence southerly under West Broadway to a point at or near the intersection of the centre line of Chambers street with the centre line of West Broadway.

SECTION 4-D: A route the centre line of which shall begin at the southerly end of Section 4-C above described at or near the point of intersection of the centre line of Chambers street with the centre line of West Broadway; running thence southerly under West Broadway to Murray street (near which point a loop may begin as hereinafter described); thence still southerly under West Broadway and Greenwich street crossing under Battery place into Battery Park, and thence curving easterly and northerly in a terminal loop under Battery Park to rejoin the main route in Greenwich street near the northerly side of Battery place


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junction can be made with the subway constructed under resolutions of this Board adopted January 14th and February 7th, 1897.
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PLAN OF CONSTRUCTION.

The general plan of construction hereby adopted for the foregoing routes is as follows:

For the route running under Seventh avenue between West Forty-third street and West Twenty-fifth street, known as Section 4-O, there shall be four tracks. For the route running northerly under Seventh avenue, Central Park West and Eighth avenue to West One Hundred and Forty-ninth street, known as Sections 4-A and 4-AA, there shall be four tracks; and on the loop at the extremity of section 4-AA under Macomb's lane, West One Hundred and Fifty-fourth street and Eighth avenue, there shall be two tracks. For the route under Seventh avenue, Greenwich avenue and Washington square, known as Section 4-B, there shall be four tracks. For the route under West Broadway from Fourth street to Chambers street, known as Section 4-C, there shall be four tracks. For the route running southerly from Chambers street under West Broadway and Greenwich street known as Section 4-D, there shall be four tracks; for the loop beginning near Murray street in West Broadway there shall be one track; for the terminal loop under Battery Park there shall be two tracks; and there may be constructed under Battery place and Battery Park as many additional terminal tracks as may be needed. For the route under Twenty-fifth street from Seventh avenue to Broadway, being a portion of Section 4-E, there shall be two tracks, and for the remaining portion of Section 4-E, from Twenty-fifth street and Broadway through Fifth avenue and Washington square, there shall be four tracks. For the route under Broadway between Twenty-fifth street and Forty-third street, being Section 4-F, there shall be four tracks. For the route under Eighth avenue and Hudson street, being Section 4-H, there shall be four tracks.

All of the above-mentioned tracks shall be placed in subway...

Brooklyn and Manhattan Loop Lines
[section 9]


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near Fulton street; thence curving southeasterly under private property into Fulton street and running southerly under and along Fulton street to a

Brooklyn, Manhattan and Long Island City Route
[section 10]


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at which point a spur shall begin curving southeasterly under and along

shall curve northeasterly under and across Broadway to Kossuth street

Fourth Avenue Route
[section 11]

Bensonhurst, Bath Beach and Coney Island Route
with the westerly line of Stillwell avenue; and thence running northerly over and along Stillwell avenue to the point or place of beginning of the said loop.
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PLAN OF CONSTRUCTION

The general plan of construction hereby adopted is as follows:

For the whole of the route above described there shall be four tracks, except in the above-described loop where there shall be two tracks.