New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-04-13
NO RAPID TRANSIT FOR NEU YORK.

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The Tammany- Manhattan conspiracy has
triumphcd. The Rapid Transit Commission has
surrendered abjectly to the Manhattan Com
pany and there will be no swift, convenient
and comfortable means of travel between the
upper and lower parts of the city for many
years to come. If every street every avenue,
and even every public park. were given over
to the Manhattan corporation TO fill with lis
ugly and noisy structures, there is no reason
to suppose that this company would try to serve
| the public to the best of its ability. No rail
read corporation in the country has shown a
more It adfa>t dSre gard of public interests and
private rights, a more reckless defiance OF just
criticism. and more audacous determination
to squeeze every dollar it could squeeze out of
the people, without making any intelligent and
earnest effort to carry lis passengers rapidly and
in comfort. With all the extensions and adj
vantages which the Rapid Transit Commission
has now granted no one can reasonably expect
that this corporation will try to give much
better service in the future than it has been
giving for years. lis only aim has been 10 in
crease lis profits not to promote the prosperity
of the metropolis, not to build up the city which
has lavished upon it privileges Of enormous
value not to earn the good Will and praise of
the people who are compelled to use its cars.
The compensation which the Rapid Transit
Commission has decided TO require from the
Manhattan Company is groteSqucly trivial
only per cent of the net earnings. IL Is
amazing that any member Of the Rapid Transit
Commission should have ventured to propose
50 petty and SO contemplate Il return TO the
city for the extensions, by means of which the
company will be enabled to enlarge its rcve-
mes and multiply its profits. The action Of
the commission in this matter is indcfcnsbc.
But months ago TIE TEIEryE made it clear
that the Rapid Transit Commission had been
made up in pursuance OF conspiracy against
the people of Ncw-lolk. entered upon by the
Tammany leaders with the chief owners Of
the Manhattan. After the action of the Com
mission yesterday can any one possibly doubt
the existence of this conspiracy? Mr. Croker,
Mr.. GilrOy, and their associates and agents are
now in the highest spirits. They have carried
out their schemes and they are certainly no
poorer to-day than they were before the Rapid
Transit Commi>sio was made up. Mayor Gil
roy expressed the most fiery Indignation when
an underground road was suggested as pos
sible rival to his beloved Manhattan. II j.
well known in Wall Street that certain prom
inent Tammany men bought Manhattan stock
when it was quoted at far lower figures than
the quotations OF to-day. These men had Gin
side informaton'' 1t was bad enough for the
long suffering citizens Of Ncw-Y ork when Tam
many without allies was plundcring them and
cheating them ont of their just rights But
the close combination between Tammany and
the Manhattan Company makes matters mrh
worse. The action of the Rapid Transit Com
mission yesterday was a betrayal OF public in
terests. and a triumph Of the evil elements in