New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-06-14
RAPID TRANSIT CHANGES.
SWIFTLY SHIFTING PHASES OF THE DIFF
CULT PROBLEM.
A POSSIBILITY NOW THAT NEGOTIATIONS MAJ
BE REoPENED WITH THE MANHATTAN
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. MAY
BE WITHDRAWN

BE WITHDRAWN.
Rapid Transits rapid transitions are becoming In.
teresting even record-brcakers. They are Of
intense interest, and have been all along to the
srapriding citizens OF Manhattan Island, but Of
late they have taken to themselves phases with
a celebrity that in itself challenges admiration. After
more than two years If )rk. theIc was sharp and
sudden quarrel in an open meeting OF the Com-
mission last week. The resigna'jons OF four Of the
five members followed. and left only John H. starn,
who convened himself In meeting and sturdily de-
manded before that the Manhattan Elevated Rail.
road Company should pay for the extension Of Its
valuable franchises by the city, The othe Com
missioners-or three Of them, anyway-announced
that they would have nothing more TO do with the
thing, and ntimated that Rapid Transit could go 70
Halifax for all they cared. Now it seems likely that
the designations, which have not been accepted by tho
Mayor may be withdrawn, and that the Commission
as at present constituted will give the city at least
temporary relief In its lines OF business travel
Nothing certain In the matter can be announced.
but there Is reason for believing that the Commission
will now meet possible and consider
Mr. Starins proposition as based upon Mr.. Spencer's
compromise measure. How soon that meeting can
be held Is a question. Yesterday was the regular
meeting day, but Mr.. Sarn did not repeat his last
weeks half-h OF commune with himself Mr..
Spencer Is out OF town, and so Is John ii. lnman.
The latter Is expected back to-day, however. II he
should be needed but 1t is doubtful whether Mr..
Spencer could readily be drawn back from Saratoga
where he has gone under a PHYSICIANS advice. IL 10
Just possible that the other commissioners may meet
at Mr. Steinway's house to-day. When they do come
together they Will find that Mr.. Starin will not easily
retire from the ground he has taken. lie believes
that the additional privileges proposed to be ex.
tended the Manhattan Company Of great valuo.
and that the recompcnsc the city should be pre-.
porticnate The amount that he suggested, he says
Is small enough.
On this point OF compensation the difference be-
tween the stand taken by Mr. Starin and the COM
promise measure offered by his colleagues does not
seem to be great that the return OF the four CONS
missOners TO their posts seems the more likely. II
their designations We're designed TO force another.
they sgnaly failed, and the possibility Of thus get
ting rid Of Mr.. Starin's vote taken away. They
will now undertake to show Mr.. Starin that his prop
osi,ion. which is that the Manhattan Company shall
pay lump sum OF $4,000 annually for their added
privileges. is less advantageous than that proposed
by Mr.. Spencer a compromise measure. Mr.. lnman
has said that this compromise proposition would re-
qure payment the first year OF $i45,O0o, and that
the payments would increase annually until within .
few years they would be above Mr.. Starfn's
limit. Mr.. starn declares that he Is
not an obstructionist and will vote
for "any fair arrangement that will relieve the stu
alton, IT, then. the other Commissioners, when they
return can show that their proposition would be as
Il greemcnt might be looked for. They have found
that Mr. S,aln has stern ideas OF what Is "fair"
when the city's welfare Is In the balance and that
his desire has been TO get much money for the
otys treasury rs possible He will undoubtedly
argue that II the other proposition will take as much
money from tho Elevated Railroad Company as his
will they might as well accept his and reach set
tlcment.
IT, after all, settlement should be reached under
,hee substitute propositions, there Is little question
tina, the present commission will 60 out OF existence.
and the future Of rapid transit will rest In the hands
OF Mayor Giroy.
After the regular monthly meeting OF the Manhat-
tan directors the president George j. Gollc. had =
conference with Russell sage and other directors
and rapid transit one OF the topics discussed .
We took no official action In regard To raPd
transit,s he SAID afterward, but we VIII CONSIDER
proposition TO negotiations II the Rapid Tran
81 Commission makes one" .
Mr.. Gould ., poets to sail for Europe tomorrow
but other officials OF the road will conduct the heso-
tiatons II the commission takes the lni'lauve' ~
Mayor Giroy left his office shortly aiter noon
Yesterday and did not return again during the ua!.
A r,imor was circulated that the Mayor was ABOUT
To accept the designations and put allaround lammahy
Hall men In the commission TO replace the iour
members who had resigned, and That tichau Crohrr
might be one OF the new commissioners. Iamhiahy
leaders seen last night discredited the report, es.
pccially that part rclatsg 10 Mr. Croker.
"If new commissioners are named sald one ot
these "Tammany Hall and Mr.. Croker Will be nAeiy
TO DO pretty thoroughly represented, but the Boss.
will moi do so absurd a thing as TO become memDSS
OF the reconstructed board"