New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-02-02
THE RAPID TRANSIT MIDDLE.
COMMISSIONERS APE HARMONIOUS
OTHER PEOPLE ARE NOT. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
TUE MANHATTAN ROAD.

OTHER PEOPLE ARE NOT. OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
THE MANHATTAN ROAD.
,obn IT, Irman samuel spencer ara E"g''e IL
pushe q. the Raa41 Transit COMMISSION ''''' Vo"
siderable tire Yesterday together IN go'"E oN'' %
general question Of plans looking 10 "'',","'
through improved facilities 10 be lTo'u"o W 'N'"
sors granted % the rre-ec' ei.va'eu RAJ 'o"u
THO corris.orers say Trey are lot IN me icas'
disturbed ~ me Farquhaf b:. NJ in~an H1hHH
.e.t ve.,e-dav: 80 Ear ~ an. concerned, " tne
,son. wan, n lecisats n. OF o'hce am perfectly
raady N no. an sure have ,ried 10 90 my ""'s'
70, ,wo years the members OF inc co"''' ~
hoc, giving ,ho!r tine 10 the public lner"-t an" nave
worked conscontiOu>ly within ire terms vi INV NV
an, part.cnlar!y de>rous," added Mr.. lnman 10 the
Tribune reporter. that II yon say any'"hs ~ o'"'"s
from nc you shall ,ay that tho actions OF the com
m,..oner, hive been harmonious In thcr results
There h,v, been Excursions In the course oi o"'
deliberations In when. Tor the TIM" Dpile' M nav
not agreed iut no good results an achie'eu
without hcalthtul discussion. Here III"
i've mon I'm this commission. each possessed Vi
r,.i.,,o cLor,cter.tIcs Each has lis indivlduai
,ows ,o advance and support Every man who
has brains may be expected to have ndividuai views
which he will press as far rs possible But III u'c
cour,c Of the deliberations OF inns 'o''"'>''o'
there has never been any serious divergence "
views We have debated questions Tor an "o"' :"
more without coming to an agreement Du' V" an
II /, not true. have seen 1t asserted '"a' '"'io
bovc boon scrloits conflicts Of opinion between tc
commissioners Our final conclusions have ai""!s
been unanimously reached. and thlhR u"S law
should be made to appear In rhc pnUhc press WIZ"
has given so liberal criticisms to all mat we "Ne
accomplished tried 70 do
Mr. Inman said also that the commissioner WV
devotlng themselves TO "A solution OF the pro- III D.
nroyidiur for immediate relief In CG matter OF .aWd
nj
mont I'm the matter Of terms aud plans would be
submitted by the Commissioners TO the Mahhat'ah
Extension Committee whereby scheme Tor |'c
carly realization Of improved rapid transit would uc
outlined.
s familiar with the operations Of that road spoke
with some icrvency yesterday with respect 10 TIE
criticism, which have fallen upon the commissioners
and their apparent relations with inc Mahhh'''h
Company Mr.. lnman, IN his Interview declared 'n''
he had not a dollars interest In tue MINIMUM
Companys STOCK bonds. The friend now quote"
cannot he so classed lie spoke. however WITH ieei
ing against the criticisms to which the organization
has rcocuy been subjected. lie advanced the theory
,hot The present demand was for immediate Improved
rapid transit facilities. Those. he cohtinneu' co""
onlv be supplied by extensions or added privileges
10 the Manhattan Company lie admitted WIN h"ch
can,or that the Manhattan Railway itseh ana u.
IT'S extensions now existing TO be acquired would
however that 1t sought now only 70 re'ieVc ',e
wants Of the present. and 10 trust 10 time TO supply
other cxpcdicnlS and methods some mouNe P"".''
he added. mi ght be- devised which wouid rc'o'n
,ionlnc the entire system within orei Pe"o'.
New Workers had only to look backward over per'a
OF fifty year, and compare the local trahspor'a"o'
facilities Of that age with those OF the present !"
| form, o,,o ideo ~ what the future was likely TO pro-
! vide demand. A.,
lie ie that Justice was not done either !" '''e
Manhattan Company or to the RAPID transit 'o"'"as
| sion I'm the discussions now going on IN ''e p"o"0
press. ia" elevated railroads. he SAID were a cA'""-
and an approved means OF transportation Any othcr
system wouli IN the first place. require the support
Of vast capital 10 secure its perfection. and many
year, would necessarily be required TO Insure us
| construction and completion. For Wo years tho
| present Commissioners had been sedulousy and con
scleniousy striving to devise some practicable under
| ground plan They had failed and their time had
| been Substantially wasted rs business men Oh III
tcsrity and common SENSE. they had turned. Ia re-
sponsc 10 the demand, OF the people, TO the easiest
| and most prompt method Of supplying the dchcicucy
There was no way except through the extension OF
! the Manhattan system.
| The Manhattan Company was criticised because II
was unwilling TO expcnd million, Of dollars for these
| extensions, and only to charge maximum fare OF
| cent, for Il continuous ride Of sixteen miles
The company. the speaker said could not. with profit
to itself the basis Of Authentic calculation afford
| TO de- It, Tlrr" parallel In railway history,
| he said to that Of the Manhattan Company. In tle
matter tf numbers OF persons carried aud the IN
| nn',imal number of people injured. nni yet the
management WIS constantly receiving ceislr" from hc
public and ia" press. because under existing con
| diiiuus limited by law ID could not more cNpodllousN
| or comlrclcn,lvcly transport Its willing patrons. .
| Tins The Manhattan Company pointed 10
the slow process OF the elevated system In public
| favor when il was Started In the seventies. willie
now In the early ninetrS with traffic OF 100000 per
| sons day II falling into dlsrepuc because.
| white operating under really primitive conditions ~
far ~ granted facilities concerned, II was faNei
to lis utmost power In attempting to do what hu"en
year, ago would have been regarded a> Impossible Of
| accomplishment IIls friend Of the Manhattan Com
pany bespoke fairness IN the matter Of public S"nlt
| mcnt on the subject The problem after all was 10
| I've solved q business basis. only so many people
could be carried on train at minimum OF cost. The
| question OF maintenance of way WAS constantly
present ami involved greater expense than the public
realized The elevated system. he said. whs iOr the
time being here II could not be removed unti'
| something was provided 10 take It's place. a com
| mission appointed for the purpose nfer two yrnrs
| of service had offered plan which was shown To he
lmpraccablc Could any body therefore. suggest any
plan calculated to supply the Immediate relief de-
Inandcd except through the mcdiumship Of extensions
| OF The present elevated systeml
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