New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-01-19

SOME DOUBT AS TO WHETHER 1T WILL
BE MADE AT ALL
THE RAPID TRANSIT COMMISSION READY TO
RECEIVE PRoPosAIs-No MEETING OF

RECEIVE PROPOSAlS--No hhbi'> -
ELEVATED DIRECTORS
r,,s eth the move Of the Manhattan Elevated
Railway Company IN the rapd-tIansit game me-
are many people who think II WI" oe '"e -,
ha,.sn's move for some time to come. lhe direct
o-s ~ tho Manhattan company did not hoo 'he''
promised meeting yesterday TO consider theh Pi''
for he Introduction OF electricity on 'heT s's.''
They gave as a reason for this the absence .. WI
Could who was serving as juTymah III WV"
Jersey But had Mr.. Gould been IN New o'A "''u
the meeting held no contracts would rave peei
.,yrad with the Walker Manufacturing company
~ Cleveland to equip the road with eectrici'E'
course Of action that had been deterI"'"eu uio"'
according to announcements printed III sonie w.,
naners Major J. w. H!nkley. president Oh inc
walker company said yesterday that o'no'ais y.
IN. company had been mis1uoted when they hau
noon mazda 10 say that contracts with the Man
haitian company were az good as ssned ms
was not the fact, he said No contracts hau even
been drawn up. , ~
Maior Iy,nklev proceeded to explain that in such
an important matter as the eQuipment 0i '"' '
waited with electricity deal Of consideraUoN was
necessary. and that the directors OF the road woIu
be certain 10 20 into every possible oetaii p'O
sramme involving the consumption OF Huen '''.'
and labor before they would be ready 70 taHe Nv
,cls,ve steps The Walker company was workihs
on It's plans and specifications he SAD ou. !"
xvou1d take some time 10 finish them before .i'c'
could be presented TO the directors OF the Ma, Ma,
haitian company; how long, Major HihK4ey o0u'o
not say. ..,..., -,
All this talk is directly In lie with the views VI
close observers who 90 not believe that the Man
haitian conanv is sincere in is promises with re-
gard 10 improving the facilities Of It's rosa' tSII
observers believe that delay ana & NyIanhattan
road as long as such policy remains pUssret *
These men argue that the oI4ong , % low in use
would involve the expenditure Of vast ahounI ~
money; that the damages IeSoiums, ~ ne EXPENSE
oi,,, live
hugely not TO mention the mere COS! =. Oeti,rat ed
On 1 h Cost - the Changes and the introduction
Of a new motive power would amount to between
;0S DTSp erS s eoSid Not ' Vel be estimated
pSr sei Ss sTe as the
ssoneemiSSlate seriously the only course by wneh
hey Soqa giys SsM41T pro SEsn Sobody
tSat the mere change Of motive power ana me
building sn OF sfs s% Of Mayor Van wyek would
make any apprecable improvement IN ~, eH Tr,iIs ~
lions that now surround travel Withn 'he "ii''' "a
IKE Rapd Transit Commissioners, by the report
IF their Contract Committee, nave pIaceu tne1ii 4.
eeIves IN Condition 10 receive whatever proposals
the t5 ear ca to any
the elevated people might have TO PROCESS 70 b 5ns
have however made i perfectly plain p1t HPS" atop
rests the cre3it or me PAVE me nisns for securing
rapid transit by Of the tunnel road pso
ne and the public awaits the same things from
me weri6y Of notice that the position now taken
Nv the Rapid Transit Commission relative 70 me
uiopositfon OF the Manhattan company is aII lI
Identical with that taken by me MeorEPO,r'a u
Street Railway Company in its letter declining 10
bid for the tunnel contract II, .o. 81,
IL is probable that the Commission VIII soon au-
dress a letter to the Manhattan company, inVluhhg
tie application which that company mas alIeaui y.
announced its intention TO make. me couhsei %
the Commission VIII not appear before the Appel
late Division Of the Supreme Court 10 maxi az
Iiicaton the order putting into effect Us rap'o-
Transit decision until some time next Week -,s
IL was said yesterday that George j. S'0ulu,
president Of the Manhattan company, could haNe
escaped Jury duty at Trenton, but he Purpos,eay
served in order 10 establish beyond question mat
he was a taxpayer in New-Jersey, aud not In New
York. . Ia ~cord
ing The companys plans: The subject Is not reaoy
Tor discussion The whole question OF eiee'Tc's ~
vet in the air I have doubt we shall many
adopt electricity. but until Mr. Could comes 10
town we shall not settle anything