New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-02-17
MR. IMAM WAS DEAF.
SOUNDS OF WAR IN THE RAPID Tl'AN9lI
COMMISSION.
LOOKED PLEASANT, HOW
EVER. AND TOLD ALL THE NEWS'

GNLI, AND IOASD mn
The Rapid Transit Commission has Inc hc" o'"9
- Va on William.st. where II met yesterday III
oxecutive session. Between the reporters VIM W.
cuplcd Room AZ. and the board, when SccI"ue" i: w.
in Room 40, was a thick oakcn door' t"'o"t" 49,
cracks and Joints Of which came an aD"n"""' 49,
of inarticulate speech, pitched in an eAcc'DmsH m n~''
nov II seemed as if there was a great tearing OF mar
going on. John II. Imam, VINO hau !uV r1Or n,. ,hc
with Jaw Gould and was not feeling Suu"o' "a
orst ~ emerge. looking very solemn. 10 'o Po"N
addros. ~ = rcnorter he paid not the slightcs' '''r"'''"'
Int walked to the door, where he p'uSou " -
! cigar. Another reporter. with more D,ch
followed him up and asked the mea"i"e
loud talk. toll, loud 70
..,o ma hears said the backbone OF hlch''onu
terminal and East Tennessee, and wi'h '"'' " "
parted. .u,,rc and was too
d,screct 70 divulse anything, if there was any ,""s
70 divulce. Nj. steinway, he said wouiu 10 IL w
talking to the press ou,, ?, q rcportcr
what were they quarrcllng about + d i'P"
asked. h., % fall, loud
ooh Mr.. Inman's deaf and they had 10 taiA io"i
81 that ne could hear" was the reply ana IN Il"
adviser Of the Commission hoated away f.
I'll, II si,rin came next. bowling ana sHiiiHN III
HE ccrial WAY 10 everybody. He looked mhch "'"
as If the sleepless nights passed in coh'cnpH'D" .
tMo nrospects Of n new daily paper except H"""'I,
we've beginning to tell on his iron constitution, ~
rushed through the room as last d > d" 'N
and none dared Try to stop hih' ,.. Mn
samuel Spencer, small and gray declared 'nhV w.
e.oinuov vas the man for talk. \ similar declarauoh
was made by +. l.. Busle' bach
Nv stelnway appeared. His hair was 'mo"" -"
like the name of a Hon. and Ills eyes Du"O" :,
Mis- snectacIcs with a jolly CLEAN ana t"l""o' "a
there was a fight he got the best oil H. '""' ""o -
,. he refused to say there had been any tearing VI
hair. .,,rs,. ncvs
- Tho d.v was u letter from Edwin EsnelDy' hr'u VI
the London house of Stcinway a sons gN"s III ''
nrcs.ious of the Grcathcad system oil un"o' "", ~.
,r,vc, in tbe British metropolis. 1t Is d great "
for GIeathead. c.muieion
II WAS voted that all the records OF the Oon'''Son"
sbould he kept i'm a big book chained 10 lc o''o
.,% H. IN, nublic might read them and BE happy.
Mr. s,oinwav and Mr.. spencer were appolhtcu Il
committee ~ select an engineer for the Commission
Eve have received numerous Applications l' '"0
office said Mr.. steinway, and shall ma a eoV' ma"
before Friday. We shall get a man OF experience anu
acknowledged ability"
Mr.. steinway and Mr.. Bushe VIII hult w d s'''
clerk. nt,
,ro cont NJ arms Of the city in the centre. ana a:oLlG
it the words: The Rapid Transit Ooh"I''o" i'
TIE ny rnnnicotiSn was received from Charles VI.
Jacobs. of London, the engineer WHO are" INC p.nns
Of Mr.. Corbin's proposed UNDERGROUND ~ (.mi - talk
ing his readiness 10 appear before the boltI i" In
Of tho London railways. He viii be lhNitc' 10 LIN
n lite speech on Friday, 10 explain, the dlh'lcm'c Oo
tu,aen a tunnel Of metal and a tunnel OF masonry, A.
Mont twenty plans have been submitted sll,' lnc
last meeting. most Of them based on tAco.y anu 1rIi
of the Imagination. y mover pan : 1nt - :, oicicut
u Thorn ar architect. lie wants 10 reclaim 3u!hclcN'
land along the water front for the building oi = w.,
stnry yIaduct. 100 feet wide. OF iron and mas0hrl; we
drst story for a six track railway and the -c'ond Tor
a boulevard. II would be a belt Inc, ana W"u." ~
a @,iDr" on extension OF piers and wharvcs 80 fctt mo
the rivers. r,i,,v tho OK.
oc,tivo session beginning az > o'clock and the public
hearing al 3, all az No. D. William-st.