New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-06-26
pspJD TRANSIT BOARD weary.
S,,ccrsr1ONs MADE WHICH THE COMMITS
sroNERs CANNOT ACCEPT-oNE NAN
FEARS AN ACCIDENT ON THE
ELEVATED ROAD.
ELEVATED ROAD.

,r,, .,o,,hers NJ the Rapid Transit Board met yes
.r.,,, a, their office No. 255 Broadway 10 hs'eH "
,e,or, offered by the Trades Union hap'd ,'-.'''
c,mmi,tee Commissioners Steinway' Oh".'.'
Starin and Orr. and \. b. Boarunla" "'' ..a
shcpard counsel. were present. Inc iepo..
signed by Thomas Clegg. secretary OF '"e
I-n,or Committee who said that 1t represented the
opinions OF 10000 workinsmen' IL susse
tho Commission build a double deck underground
,ooa or a deem Iron tube tunnel either OF whic'i
sy,.ous the report declared. could be ou'it C"eP'
enough n Ieoye surplus from the sooVo'V" a'"'',
ab,e sufficient 10 construct a connecting e'''
road for the accommodation OF the resiue"'' - 49,
Twcnty-third and Twenty-fourth waris.
Charles g. StOvcr read the report ""0 49,,
finished Commissioner Steinway to, INN .I,,od
R,,,1 Transit Commission bad alread! hVes's'"u
,ha svs,c,, nroposed by the committee anu tna'
,o .>,,,v no misunderstood the position III WHO"
the Commission found ITSELF .
"your committee" said Commissioner o'o"""''
is lame on facts The decision VI VIC ' r " :,
Court forbids what you propose as eiiec'uaS % -
forbi,Is what we proposed. We cannot -" q ian"
chise We cannot make the city rcsPOhS'o'e 'o'
the cost of the rood and there Is no sS''oo"o aV'
otIo W. m. told that less than sl9o"@J Is avail
able We ar. not only handicapped by me Judges
decision but we precluded for the uhe oe'hs
from doing anything at all
81 am not quite so hopeless Commissioner Stein
w.v annears 10 be" said Mr.. orr. Il mink tndt IL
may no possible In time to devise something that
The courts would approve The greatest dlihcuny
that confronts us is 10 find rcsponso lessee, VINO
Will build the road and guarantee the CITY against
having 10 pay the cost. 49,,
Charles Frederick Adams. OF the Social R"rorrn
club argued that the decision Of the Appellate
Division only referred to the plans presented to l.
and that mobilization of those plans might De ap-
nrove-l by the same bench. The opinions d the
justices carried weight as they had no jurisIic-
lion as to the question Of expense Al they were
asked do was 10 approve or dlsapproVe the COM
missions report.
Mr. Boar,iman said In reply 70 question from
Commits soner Steinway, that the decision OF me
Appellate Court was against any scheme OF the
miincipal construction OF the proposed road.
Referring TO the plans Of the Manhattan Elevated
Railway Company. Mr. Clegg said that me structure
OF ,he road rO,ing and that some day DE
accident would prove II. To place our tru-t IN the
Manhattan structures he went ON. Tor rapid tram
slt for a long to come IL as foolish AZ 10 trust
in the Manhattan Railway Company's promises or in
the Manhattan Railway Company's respect for the
laws" l.,
So far nobody had offered any suggestions that in
terrssd the Commission, ana Mr.. Orr asked wear
ily: Has any anything 10 say likely TO afieet
the question at issue
f. b Hawkes. who announced that he has been a
Trades Union member for thirty-nve years asked
n he hearl you Commissioners ne said. want
backbone Remember the VIII ~ the people Is be-
hind vou and he will 81 the people Is greater than
the Constitution. lie, your lawyers snow You now
~ build the road. II they can't DO H. get o'het
LAWYERS The other side has smart lawyers ana
they threw you down. that's all there Is TO H. nov"
try again. . -.
Nj orr though, that Mr.. Hawkes. was out OF order
and the Commission went into executive session