New-York tribune., 1902-12-17
WORK TO BE BEGUN AT ONCE.
Mr. Jacobs Says the Company VIII Lose
No Time.

Charles NJ Jacobs chief engineer Of the Penn
svIvania Railroad tunnel. at his home the DoFllton
Sevenrv-frst-st. and Broadway told tribune re-
porter last evening that members OF the stan o!
the company were much gratihed that the city OF
New-York was benefit by a work or the proposed
magnitude. -.
President Cassatt. OF the Pennsylvania Raliroao
COMPANY" continued Mr. Jacobs. will probably
give ont statement of plans in a few days he
has already said that as soon as authority was
given by the public officials we should nave IN
gtructions TO proceed with the work Immediately
The con1pany has already expended about S8So,eN,
and as tho interest on the investment is about
s1.000 a day the company will not lose moment
Moreover. a guarantee accompanies the id'CLise
TO start work within three months great deaI
of the work will be pushed night and day II Will
he a wonderful thing for the city-one or the
greatest benefits ever proposed. When you thlnk
of the trouble transit in the last week the peneht
that will be enjoyed in crosstoWn travel WHICH
will relieve the congested condllon' can easily NC
imagined
we are very thankful that the aldermen nave
risen to the occasion and realized the beneht TO the
public generally by granting the franchise
At the home of A B. Boardman. counsel tor the
oe,revIvanfa Railroad No. West Fifty-thtrd-st-,
il was said last evening that he was int Fn1la-
delphia. but would return to town to-day
When the meeting of the Board Of Aldermen was
over Alderman Sullivan. who has been one of the
most bitter opponents OF the franchise, was asked
what he had 10 say regarding the action OF the
aldermen. He said: Well We put up the pest hght
We could and. in view OF what has occurred we
bow to the will Of the majority All the votes that
were cast against the franchise are practically
Taumany votes. and this proves where Tammany
stood on the project. l have no KICK coming
Alderman Doull, also Tammany man saIu;
yes I voted against the franchise. Now let the
PENNSYLVANIA people make good don their promise 70
give eight hours a day and the prevailing rate OF
wages to the they Will emplo" on the tunnel. n,
h1I1 Won can almost bet It that they won't but
that thew will bring bunches of 'dagoes here TO
work on the JOB, and pay them what they please
and work them as long they want to- It's done
now and l have nothing more 70 say
Alderman Mathews, a Republican VINO mas peen
onposed to the franchise in its present forr sald:
There has been no politics behind my attitude.
Abe CIruber from whose district come, has not
s1temuted to influence vote l have been IN
favor of granting the franchise but under better
Conditions than those offered by the Pennsylvanla
neonIe but now that II Is over l am sa tished II
II doesn't pan out to be what IS claimed for II
shall always be glad to know that l had no hand
in it - +bo
leading la bor' men, who opposed the franchise
,InIees the Dor clauses were inserted in the
Contrart said he believed the aldermen thought 1t
was for the best interests of the city to pass it.
s did not .hink that the fact that few Tap1Inany
men voted the franchise would cause the labor
Iots ro he directed against Tammsny in the next
-onnicinal campaign He said the measure could
Tot Ta We he7n passed If the Republicans had shown
the same opposition TO 1t that the Tammany men
Sisriaved and he held that the mere fact that
fsur Tammany men were for it at the eleventh
hour did not mean that the organization could be
heId responsible for their attitude