New-York tribune., 1886-07-20
WESTERN UNION OBJECTS.
ITS OWN SUBWAY PLANS PREFERRED.

THE ELECTRICAL COMMISSIONERS TO USE 1hh'"
AUTHORITY.
There were several new turns to electrical sup
xav matters yesterday. IL appears, rist ol nl
that the Western Union Telegraph COMPANY, Una.
has never presented any pIan DR. subway system
before the Commissioners although speclhcaiIy III
yited to do 80 by then, now opposes the schene
that has been adopted. and declares that pieltas
tn Eury ITS own wires III It's own way. If the IN
terpretation which has been placed on the powers
sud authority of the Electrical Commission mas
Leen correct this could not be allowed. Some hlnls
have at tunes been made regarding the unconstlucc
t,onality of the act by which the Commission l'se
exists but eminent legal authority III the S'ate na
assured them that the Commission II coh"u,u,vSI
legally their powers are somew hat loosely sta'eu,
il is said and their duties not clearly defined.
virtue of the act the Commission ls empowered
not only to devise and adopt plan oi subway com,
municatOn for the city, but II Is also empoweleu
10 compel all companies operating wires TO piacc
them underground IN the manner that it shall order
The Western Union Company. Tor seVerai lnonvn mo 5
has had experts at work on supaay eon"nauv
declares that il will put down despite tGe ouoma?
Commission or its plan. Dr. Norvln 1reen ptesif
dent of the Western Union ConI any, as . ou' " "
town Yesterday. but Nj. Somervile, in speaking OF
the company's stand in the matter said suos'""
tally:
,essrS 10 the nlsm sent 70 us " subway commission
IL has beeu considered but no actoh mas oeen ,o %
own wires as II piesses We have satisfactory system
row ia operation 10 our uptown once ID iwe's ~, Sns
Tor another The Commissions Ian may tie all Ilsh';
Sa, before We fe Ss SSs a%ss Wf the power to
,c"upel MS the ius that may blld Messs'
amnc this view Of the subject for and IN they send
jn an answer only that 1t has not oeeh decucu
80 obey the Commssltn
{ Eo.wel y. Flower and Theodore MDss two of the
COMMISSIONERS were ready to talk of the possible
refusal on the part Of the Western union COMPANY
to comply with the Commssion's piah MI io"o'
SAID:
f, Ihave sent experts repeatedly to Dr. Green ana zen
er Eckert. and each aud every occasion the nsme
thcy have brought back tha the telegraph ieopIu
ii ran suggestion to offer aud IN snort mat t,eS Icy
had nothing to do 9th u.s. They seemed 20 zee o
work Of the Commission us all impracticapie liece VI
ausuess and a and wonld give Us DC iiforuatiOn as
~ wnat Ih wanted ~ ~irat they willing TO DO
They talk - aDoui wanting 10 put their own "ires
uu-trelound. Why haven't they done sol Iney na'o
,a ge en%gHI 1Te o sHSn ali right
this Judgment is backed ny the soundrSt leSai opnio"
In regard TO the impracticahility OF the western
Irion, propostion to Law its OWL wires. MI. r low
er said that if this allowed every other @ @eIc-
graph. telephone and electilc lighting c"lihnmS nt
might clam the same right COMMISSIONER MOSS
read Sir. Flowers views and expressed his ehI"c
concurrence with them. lie SAID furthel'
scme papers claiming that tie work Is IN danger
of bel controlled by the big corr or 'tons or lontca
or worse csuros see how the CouinSsloh Is 10 "vp
IN should hsrpen Or My =, sT,T a""ers xamne every
ward OF tie work before 1t is completed ana II hee oe
as ny aeeroration is uo'iced other failnre to
comfy exactly with the s'rnreht sIeclncaon rnnn
We will set their pond Will be III danger oi penE
forfeited.
Late in the afternoon formal proposition was
made by the Dorsett Electric Subway COMPANY ~
t,r Consolidated subway Company. by which lOi
simulated price the former agrees 10 luIhlsn tIo
Cunsohdated Construction Company, whose pIo-
p,Sal has been accepted by the Commisslon win
me necessary aSphaltic concrete material that may
lie called for by the subway Commission. SeVeraI
other companIes have also su ubmltted proposals 10
the Consolidated Company, but the DoTsett 'on-
pauv is likely to have ITS proposal accepted TO-DAY
and then the Consolidated Company Will proceed
to pcTcctlng its bond. The name OF tne sur so,es
viii Lc submitted to the Commission tomorrow.
The Commission will meet this afternoon Inc
Construction Company Is rapidly proceeding Win
it> organization and is now ready 10 sign the Coh-
mission contract. The factory of the Dorsett Com
pany is operation at Twentietl!-st and Avenue
H.. where pipes OF all sizes are belliR haue !9l ''
subway systems in use III Brooklyn, Providence,
and Baltimore Justice William II. Kelly. counsel
for the Dorsett sy stem. and ID. ii. Dorset repre-
scuted that company at the conference yesterday,
ana an oifcer and lawyer represented tue Con-
30 dated Construction Company.