New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-04-24
MAYOR NOW APPROVES.
THINKS EAST SIDE SUB WAY
IS .SORELY NEEDED.
PRESIDENT HAFFEN SAYS 1T Is The
ONLY SOLUTION TO PROBLEM IN
THE BRONX.

ONLY SOLUTION TO PROBLEM IN
THE BRONX.
Following on the action of the Board OF Alder
men which on Tuesday adopted resolutions du-
vocating an East Side branch OF the SUBWAY
and urging the Rapid Transit Commission u
take up the subject without delay, Mayor 1t"
Yesterday stamped the project with MS "p
prevail. To a delegation of the East oloe Ad
PAYERS Association. which called at Inc Mayor
office to Law before him the needs of the East
Side of Harlem and of The Bronx loi an
East Side route the Mayor said that he oeh7Veo
that such 2 branch of the rapid transit system
was sorev needed. and that he hoped tnat IL
would be built The Mayor furthermore inaili-
tested the warmest interest in the present as
tatcn for the accomplishment or such ai I'M
provement and urged those who mad lnteleS'eu
themselves in the movement to obtain by means
of wide discussion the best route Tor SUCH d
branch of the underground railroad
The Mavor expressed the opinion that d coh-
stitutiona1 amendment might be necessary IN
$500, 70 ,ernit the CITY to go beyond its debt
,i,ni+ in The issuance of bonds to carry OUT I'M
movements of revenue bearing character
Thus exemption should be made from an issue u
bonds for an extension of the rapid transit sS'
tenn where the city would not actuahy spenu "
cent but on the other hand. Woulo e'eii'ui'
cor,e into the possession of a pubic property
, bringing in an income of several mliilohs yearly
The Mayor however. did not think that such L"
,ronosed amendment should stand in the way
of the necessary preliminary WORK WHICH, %
has been stated from time to time In Inc IT'D
r,e will consume two or more years the
DELEGATION was headed by Senator Hennessey
and Gerald Griffin.
MAY FIX DAY FOR HEARING.
,... 80 M Eaet Side subway will be
brought I'D before the Rapid Transit Conrnls-
sion at it's meeting to-day, when resolutions
from, the Harlem Board of Commerce, the MOTT
Side Board of Trade and several other represeIi-
tative organizat tons will be read. III Is uliuei
stood that the commission. in answer 10 'iie io
quests of these associations, will nix a DAY LOT d
general hearing upon the subject, at Whlch 'iie
views and needs of the many diverse sec'iotls
of the citv which such East Side line VIII
reach will be carefully discussed and conslueieu
A movement is foot TO organize genera
oop,vittee of thirty or more citizens, ten or
whom will represent the interests OF Inc BRONX
fen the interests of Harlem, while the remaining
fen will represent the East Side bounded on 'ne
north by One-hundred- and-tenth-s'" On tue
west by Central Park on the east oy the East
River and on the south by some such street as
Thirty-fourth-st., Twenty-t hird-st or even lui
Their south Louis F. Haffen. president OF the
Borough of The Bronx. SAID IN reference " 'N0
a committee yesterday:
..Tbers can he only one solution to the rapid
transit problem Of The Bronx. and that is
direct East Side subway. Such branch OF the
rand transit system will accordingly pehent
Harlem and the great East Side to an equal oe
gree Accordingly, the movement whch mas
now been taken up by the several organizations
in these respective sections of the city should
combine in one representative body, which VIII
act az a nucleus in the fight FOR this aoSoiu'eiy
necessary Improvement
RAILROADS COMMITTEE TO TAKE
ACTION.
Action Will be taken by the Railroads Com
n1ittee Of the Board Of Aldermen tomorrow IN
fixing a date for a hearing on the proposltion
for an East Side subway. For the purpose Oh
securing a representative gathering. and or on-
! tanning as wide an expression OF opinion as Is
| possihle blank notices will be sent out by the
| clerk of the committee to such representative
! organizations as the Harlem Board of Com
| n,erce the Central Taxpayers Alliance Of The
! Bronx the North Side Board of Trade. the East
| Side Taxpayers Association. the Upper East
| Side Association. and also the various district
| organizations.
| II will be after series of such hearings
! that the committee will report to the Board OF
| Aldermen what preliminary steps II would De
| best for the Rapid Transit Commission TO take,
| and also what legislation might be passed at
| Albany next winter for the purpose OF hnerat-
! ing the city from the present barriers OF the
| debt limit in reference to revenue bearing mu-
| nicpal improvements.
| The principal point, however. which VIII ne
| made at the hearing before the Rapid Transit
| Con mission by the representative civic organl-
! cations which are urging il to take action IN
! regard to an East Side subway will be that
| the CITY will he able to issue bonds FOR this
| road two years from the present time, in con-
| sequence of the natural increase in the assessed
| valuation of property Thus IL is pointed out
| that the cty's property is increasing at the
| present rate about S150OOO0O year. mas
| much as the debt limit increases one-tenth as
| fast as the assessed valuation of property the
| debt limit would therefore increase SIoooooO a
| wear or S15O00OO0 in two years. According 10
! William Barclay Parsons. chief engineer of the
| Rapid Transit Commission such an East SIDE
| subway will not cost more than S1o,OOo,OOo
| Thus IL seems that the expense of such a branch
| of the rapid transit system will be met alone
| by the increase in property assessments, With
/ ont anv encroa chment whatsoever upon pres
| ent municipal improvements. For this reason
| the commission will be asked to take up the
| preliminary work for East Side subway at
| once.
MORE SUBWAY PETITIONERS.
| NJ GREAssLE No ,432 LexIngton-ave.
| John LAWRENCE. No. PAS West One-hundred- and
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