New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-02-16
DECISION EXPECTED TODAY
RAPID TRANSIT WORK WILL THEN MOVE
BRISKLY
A. 3. BOARDMAN DISCUSSES THE CON-
SLANT GROWTH OF TRAFFIC.

The decision Of the Appellate Division Of the
Supreme Court in the rapid transit matter is
expected to-day. If it shall favor the accept
ence q the securities offered by Mcdonald the
contract for the work on the tunnel road will
be closed within few days. Not a member Of
the Commission fears that the decision will be
adverse. President orr said yesterday:
After the Appellate Court has decided there will
be meeting o. the Board We will have some
vi probably be the tine OF the meeting The
ea-ruiitree that is 70 formulate q plan upo5 UbirS
si-tanrs may be organized may have a report TO
make az ma time 4 he Appellate Court shall
n a feW days thereafter
W orr was reminded that the time given to
Nj Mcdonald in which 10 furnish his sureties
and sign the contract VIII expire on Tuesday
next. and he was asked If another extension Of
tir1e would be given TO the contractor If he de-
sired Il He replied:
I suppose We would give him more time if he
neeecd i The work has advanced so far now, and
CT 5lti0ns are 50 favorable, that could not
fev days
William Barclay Parsons the engineer for the
Beard. has q plan for organizing the corps OF
assistant engineers which viii. he believes meet
III appreciation of the Commission Applicants
VIII be obliged 70 pass a Civil Service examina-
ton and the successful ones viii be appointed
rant Already applications are coming in in
a-ge numbers Some think that all that is nee
essary IS political pull How far the Civil
Service examinatio viii co away with the
men whose claim rests on politics pure and
simple remains TO be seen.
4 B BoardIlan. Of counsel for the Commits
son. IN speaking OF rapid transit in general and
ot rhis tunnel plan in particular. said yesterday
I Is question Of only short time. relatively.
he rrr7Ta
ny further shutting OF OF light and air by eIe-
rared structures. and there Is such need for bet
t---ua plan must be extended The volume Of travel
II r cent y yearly s bs Is 5ftesfed d bv 'e e r@te
The elevated roads and the surface roa IDS are now
Z fve years then, the traffic longiUudinally viii
haze doubled snd there viii be other way Of
caring for & except by means OF the tunnel road
MISSION Surely robody thinks TbaT this new road
an AIRY as many passengers as are now carried
q. al surface roads and all the elevated roads
The logical conclusion is that there must be other
tunnel roads built and IL viii De well to be pre-
pared for the situation that will ensue and not be
srtakeh By condition that VIII be worse than
the that a. present afflicts this city.
When President Orr vas asked yesterday
why the Long Island Railroad. whose applica-
zion Cor q tunnel franchise under the East
River is held Up by the Municipal Assembly,
had not applied 10 the Rapid Transit Board for
a franchise he replied
am somewhat surprised that they have not come
p he Board That they nave not is proba oiy Que
the powers Of the Commission we're extended al
re tine when the limits Of the city were extended
is the opinion OF counsel We look with favor
rns tunnel plan We believe that the rapid transit
tunnel VII De merely the first OF many tunnels
President Baldwin OF the Long Island road
said that as negotiations for q TUNNEL fran
chise had been begun with the city it
thought wiser 70 continue them with the city