New-York tribune., 1904-10-31
WERE A SOP TO M'DONALD.
ORR DEPENDS THE ADS
DeLany May Eramine Contract
People attack Signs.

IN x5ew Of the protest that has gone up AT ahe
orHgurenent OF the subway stations pS ao'elsl
.Sns which are so loud almost 20 be audible
CORPORATION Counsel Delany. so he told lfapuhe
reporter last night IS consieerngshe quesaon as 10
whether the city did. and il 50 had the rsht io'
make a contract with the operating company pea
,v,,.t,ne rhe rresenee and character OF sach sshs
Mr. Delany said he wooio uhoo~"'eN'S
opinion the subject
Alexander e. Orr. president OF The hafia Iral-S..
Commission sntimated that the operating coiAps.s
sas acting entirely within it's rights aho iiia' '
signs were there 10 stay . ur..r
%, s ,se rnterhoroughs lease" Mr. Delany toid me
reporter ~ane until have made very O.. -
examination DO not care 10 De quoted one ~as -
,he other You can say however, that ] am slfls
the subject consideration III y p'O
ser 20 sneak Of orhand.
.sbss whether Mayor Mcclellan or me fNapia
transit Commission had asked hiIn Ior ELI "p'''O-
on the question. Mr.. Delany saAo; 4,
.sSr rr,f some one undoubtedly will ask ne AN
.ho.e things come 10 our once NA'e
heard comments. however ,,,
= vC.Aen seen by the reporter John B McDoilaAu'
Che contractor. evidently concerned AZ lle ~ w
hspcnt expressions OF public disapprcFal OF '"e
advertising exhibits .s
.,rr orr remarked the reporter, was quoted
,n,s morning as saying that IL the station aaNei
-,s3ne concession had not been mace you "ouio
-,o. have undertaken the construction OF tie i"1'
-Ae. so she-e were no other bidders the whoe Gu
-. -,tg,,r ttus have come TO a stan6stil, ano
sner the Commissioner could not afford 10 reiuse
-errnss.on 20 this plan for aoGitioia,
Tns6e mart O. the contract DO you Teoah i'ia's
any such stipulation
mDoN.A.D BECOMES FRIGIO
r,. nahssuauy genial contractor now became
.-gla hesitaaed moment and thea so1s'-' -
the question ,.,,+ q .,,,ula-
.,o- ., n, said The contract is matter OF pupnc
rsaard Any one can see st." Further thsh inns US
Mcdonald declined 20 so. his atntooe cieas -
eating, however. that the less sac ABOUT INC
,a.t the better pleased he personally woolo De
A. he home last night MI Orr virtually con-
.ooa r,e statement attributed 20 him yesterday
,nornirg urging that there had been snch d "a
tssders for the construction woFh tfaat le
sion had been Obliged 10 throw IN unusDsA
q sop a, ~ ~
sas understand the contract" said Ny. oIT'
..he CITY has no right 10 prevent the placing OF any
ADVERTISEMENTS unless they interfere N some way
wish the operation OF the subwsy-that Is nochaue
the sfasrways or up the signs Designating me
etstionS 49,,
Iylleo we were booking for somebody 10 builo mo
subway nobody seemed anxious 70 take hold OF H.
and we obliged 10 grant privileges IN the CON-
.ract which we would not have 10 90 again
TT va. different with the second oontract-lhe
one sor the Brooklyn subway. There We VIII nave
the mower 70 say what advertisements shall be
rlaoed or whether any at all shall be perrnitted
Apnareatly Mr. Orr net much in sympathy
those Who protesting ZIG
ana nature OF the signs
Il haven't heard any complaints against the
s.gns." he said i went to look at them yesterday
myself and dent any great objection TO them
ns they al present"
Mayor Mcclellan would not submit TO an inter
view yesterday and Controller Grout declined 10
discuss the advertisements.
Despite Mr.. Orr's oprion which IS apparently op-
posed 10 that OF john De Watt Warner chairman
% the Municipal Art Commission. VINO denies me
afr-are eHG.zT ants HfA
expressions OF public dsapFroral. both heard and
eoeE in TIE subway yesterday we're not few. As
10 the visible expression. the condition Of number
O; the signs bore eloquent testimony.
While the signs appear 10 be made cf galvanized
aron and scarcely .end the'selves 70 summary ce-
s:ruc,ion IL Was remarked that not "a few had
buckled somehow IN the night and that in certain
Instances the more vulneraole paper aaterIses ss
rler;s which pasted had been scratched on
an patches. by means 81 finger nails or some sharp
insirument, permitting glimpse at the metal be-
Even the police on duty in the stations gave vent
was canvassed last night. Asked however whether
any one nae ai1empted, Ito, TO wFeak yosnSe On me
like innocence OF expression and protested that they
ssv Mans a Susg sb%ay y p II M we're of onon that
e was probably only question of time before n"
more :;strtkjnr'' adveriisiag decoration.
in the smaller signs. if the adjective is peruis
sible The Advertisements Of certain dandruf1
peciai targets Of disapprorai ana many a lady OF
The poster. alas, suffered The ampuiation OF her
olfactory member. leered al the protesting pub
nc shorn ~ her crowning glory her Uranium
bare as Mo6red's shield. Several OF the larger
advertisements. which seemed be ~ Only TWO
varieties, theatre and stea1hoat notices were like
wise the worse for wear. These exhibits which
exceed the girth and stature az a museum giant.
have grown 20 such proportions thar in certain
cases they begin 10 cover the artistic glazed
taienoe "erowaiag plumbers which. in the 81.
Der7or stations. the costly handiwork OF one or
Ehe best known pottery companies in THIS country.
The deicate ana tasteful designs Of encsustic
T!!ing set in mosai % which the subway architects
and subway travellers alike especially prOud.
n of instances entirely concealed
AS for the signs generally they grow like
mushrooms IN the dark. many heretofore 'un-
ndorned" stations being beset by the public pests