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298 RECORD AND GUIDE September 2, 1922 new city construction. Each successive period will result in further elimination of elevated lines and eventually all these unsightly structures will be gone." The new subway routes and extensions and links of old subway lines, as proposed by Jvlayor Hylan, are as follows: 1. Construct two-traek extension from Fifty-ninth street and Seventh avenue across Central Park to Sixty-third street and Central Park West; north on Central Park West to Seventy- second street, -west on Seventy-second street to Amsterdam avenue; four tracks north on .Vmsterdam avenue to One Hundred and Sixty-second street; three tracks on St. Xicholas avenue to One Hundred and Sixty-eighth street; on Broadway to Dyckman street. E.xtensionsi Two tracks on .Amsterdam avenue from One Hundred and Sixtj'-second street to One Hundred and Xinetieth street. Two tracks from Dyckman street and Broadway north on Seaman avenue, under Harlem River, through Riverdale avenue to city line at Yonkers. (To serve the hill section west of Broadway construct enclosed escalators on station streets from Broadway to Fort Washing¬ ton avenue.) 2. Construct four-track subway from Seventy-second street and Amsterdam avenue, south on Amsterdam avenue and Tenth avenue, connecting two tracks with Fourteenth street line. Other two tracks continuing south on Hudson and Washington streets to a loop at the Battery and tunnel to Atlantic avenue, Brooklyn, connecting with Red Hook line at Hicks street. (Con¬ course at Chambers street to connect with present AVest Side subway station.) Construct at Seventy-second street. Broadway and Amsterdam avenue an underground concourse to enable transfer of pas¬ sengers from the present West Side subway to new Amsterdam avenue line. 3. Construct f-wo-trai-k Xassau-Broad street subway from City Hall to Old Slip, connecting with tunnel to Montague street, Brooklyn, as concluding part of Center street loop, as provided in dual contracts. 4. Construct four-track subway from Harlem River south on First avenue to Tenth street; two tracks west on Tenth street to Second avenue through Stuyvesant avenue to Third avenue, to Bowery; south on Bowery and Park row to connect with new Dover street tunnel to Lafayette avenue line. Brooklyn. Two tracks east on Tenth street to Avenue C. through Avenue C. Pitt street and East Broadway to Park row. to a loop east of Mu¬ nicipal Building. Extension: Four tracks north on First avenue under Harlem river, through Alexander avenue to Third avenue, to One Hun¬ dred and Sixty-first street, at whieh point three tracks on Third avenue to Boston road at One Hundred and Sixty-third, on Boston road to One Hundred and Seventy-fourth street, on Southern boulevard to Pelham Parkway. Three tracks from One Hundred and Sixty-first street and Third avenue to Webster avenue, on Webster avenue to Fordham road, connecting with recapturable "Ll" on Webster avenue, running to a connection with White Plains road line at Gun Hill road. 5. Construct two-track subway from Lexington avenue and Forty-second street south through Lexington avenue and Irving place to Fourteenth street, east to Tliird avenue, south to Stuyvesant street into new First avenue sub-way. 6. Construct two-track subway through One Hundred and Twenty-fifth street from Hudson River (Fort Lee Ferry) to connect with new bridge from Bronx and Harlem to Astoria. (This line permits interchange of passengers from all city-owned and operated north and south subway lines, as well as operation via new Tri-Borough Bridge to Queens and Brooklyn. 7. Extend Queensboro subway from Forty-ftFst street and Eighth avenue to Tenth avenue. 8. Extend Fourteenth street line from Sixth to Tenth avenues, to connect with Tenth a\'enue-Amsterdam avenue line. 9. Extend West Side subway from Broadway and Two Hun¬ dred and Forty-second street to A'an Cortlandt station of Putnam Division. 10. Construct two-track subway from Huntcrspoint avenue station of the Queensboro line to Jackson a\-enue, Boraen avenue. Front street, under Xewtown Creek through private property to Manhattan avenue. Four-track subway from this point (two- track loop) through Manhattan avenue to Roebling street, to Taylor street, to Bedford avenue to Lafayette avenue. From this point, two tracks continue on Bedford avenue to Fulton street, through Brevoort place and Franklin avenue (with transfer connection at Franklin avenue and Eastern Parkway) to inter¬ section of Franklin and Flatbush avenues, connecting with No. 13; other two tracks run west from Bedford avenue into four- track Lafayette avenue subway (Xo. 11). 11. Construct four-track subway from AA'ashington street and Myrtle avenue, running through Myrtle avenue to and through Fort Greene park and Fort Greene place to Lafayette avenue, to Bedford avenue; continuing three tracks on Lafayette avenue to Broadway. (Two of these four tracks from Bedford and Lafayette avenues to Myrtle avenue and AA'ashington street are included in Xo. 10). Two tracks from ]\Iyrtle avenue and Wash¬ ington street to 'Tillary street; under Brooklyn Bridge property to Fulton street, tunnel to Dover street, Manhattan; under Brook¬ lyn Bridge property to Park row connecting with First avenue (Manhattan) subway. (Transfer connection at Washington and Concord streets to Hicks street subway and at AA'ashington street and Myrtle'avenue to Court street and Borough Hall stations of "recaptured" subways; and at Myrtle avenue and Flatbush avenue extension, to Myrtle avenue station of "recaptured" subway.) Extension: Three tracks from Broad-way and Lafayette avenue through Broadway to Jamaica avenue to a connection with "re¬ capturable " "L" east of Crescent street, which runs to One Hun¬ dred and .Sixty-eighth street in Jamaica. 12. Construct three track subway through Utica avenue from Eastern Parkway subway to Flatbush avenue (spur tracks from Eastern Parkway already laid). Extension: Through Utica avenue to Flatbush avenue cross¬ ing at Jamaica Bay. 13. Construct four-track extension from Flatbush and Frank¬ lin avenues through Flatbush avenue to intersection of Xostrand avenue, through .Xostrand avenue to Emmons avenue (Sheeps¬ head Bay) into Surf avenue. Coney Island. Two of these four tracks will be an extension from the Malbone Street Tunnel. The other two tracks are described in Xo. 10. the crosstown subway. 14. Extend Xostrand Avenue sub-way from Xostrand and Flat¬ bush avenues through Flatbush avenue to Jamaica Bay (Con¬ course station at Flatbush and Xostrand avenues -with Xo. 13). 15. Extend Fourteenth street-Eastern District subway from Bushwick and Metropolitan avenues through Metropolitan avenue to a connection -with the Jamaica avenue "L." IG. Construct three-track sub-way from the Prospect avenue station of Fourth avenue (Brooklyn) sub-way through Prospect avenue under Gowanus Canal to Lorraine street to Hicks street, to Atlantic avenue, by tunnel to connect with Tenth avenue (Manhattan) subway at Battery; with loop through State street, Clinton. Pineapple and Hicks streets. 17. Construct three-track subway from Xinetieth street and Tenth avenue, north on Tenth avenue to Fort Hamilton Park¬ way, through Fort Hamilton Parkway to Prospect a\'enue, through Prospect avenue to connect with Hicks street line. (The recaptured Culver line to operate through this line to Manhattan Instead of present operation.) 18. Extend Fourth avenue subway from Eighty-sixth street to Xinety-sixth street. 19. Construct two-track sub-way from Fourth avenue and Eighty-sixth street east to connect with new Tenth avenue sub¬ way and with Xew L^trecht avenue line to Coney Island. 20. Construct two-track subway from Fourth aAenue at Sixty- seventh street to connect w^ith tunnel to Staten Island. 21. Extend Livonia avenue line through Xew Lots avenue to Blake avenue, through Seventy-sixth street to "recapturable" extension of Liberty avenue line, running to Lefferts avenue, Richmond Hill. 22. Extend present Corona line from Alburtis avenue to Main street. Flushing, crossing Flushing Creek by bridge into sub¬ way, the bridge also to accommodate vehicular and pedestrian traffic. Extension: Two-track subway from Main street to Bayside by way of Jamaica avenue, Sanford avenue and Broadway to Bell avenue. Extension: Two tracks to College Point from Main street. Flushing, through Farrington street, Myrtle avenue, to College Point causeway; Thirteenth street to East River, tunnel to Clason Point Road and subway to One Hundred and Seventy- seventh street, intersecting the Bronx Park subway at West Farms and to the ne^v subway on Boston road and Southern Boulevard. 23. Construct subway extension from Corona line through Queens Boulevard, from Gosman and Greenpoint avenues to Jamaica avenue. 2 4. Extend Astoria line through .Astoria avenue to Steinway. Extension: Through junction and Woodhaven avenues to Liberty avenue, meeting the new boulevard across Jamaica Bay. 25. Construct bridge from St. .Ann's avenue, Bronx, and One Hundred and T-wenty-fifth street, Harlem, over Randalls and AVards islands to Potter avenue, .Astoria; Astoria trains to oper¬ ate over bridge into subway on St. Ann's avenue, Bronx, to One Hundred and -Sixty-first street and Third avenue and into sub¬ way on One Hundred and Twenty-fifth street to Fort Lee ferry, Manhattan. (This bridge will provide a through route from the Bronx. Harlem and AVashingtou Heights to various parts of Queens and Brooklyn without passing through Manhattan.) Legislature Passes Bill for State Coal Administrator (Continued from page 295) Short shrift was made of Mayor Hylan's proposed plan, which came in the form of an amendment to the bill, for the authorization of Xew York to operate municipal bus lines. Under this amendment Xew Yor'.v City could issue certificates of indebtedness aggregating $5,000,000 for financing the Hylan municipal bus plan. The pretext for the suggestion was that a shortage of coal would seriously interfere with the opera¬ tion of the subway and surface lines in Greater New York. But while the amendment was under legislative consideration Commissioner LeRoy T. Harkness of the Transit Commission issued a statement that no concern should be felt about the transit situation in Xew York City on account of a coal shortage. "We are practically out of the woods as far as soft coal is concerned," he said. "The strikes have been settled and there is excess capacity in the mines that will permit of a large surplus production."