New-York tribune., 1905-06-01
TO BUILD SUBWAYS HERE.
MR. MORTON'S NEW WORK.
Made President Of Company Faith
cred bg Metropolitan.

Paul Morton Secretary of the Navy, in WASH
ington yesterday announced that when he leaves
the department on july next he Will come 10
New York TO be associated with Ihohias T.
Ryan and the Metropolitan interests ana thae ne
expects to take active charge of the plans 1or
building the e,1bways which the Metropolitan
interests expect to get when the contracts are
awarded.
II In understood that new company. fatnercd
by the Metropolitan interests is to be organ
fzed with a large capital-sone put 1t at Sl5o,-
00oO00-and that Mr.. Morton will be IN charge
Of the Metropontan's new work. whether 1t De-
gins soon or late. While the new company VIII
be controlled by the Ryan interests, it will not
for a long time have much to do with the sur
face Iires in this city 1t is understood that II.
H VreeIand will continue the practical mead
of the old system. For obvious reasons 1t VIII be
several years before there will be any Metro
politan subways.
with the Interborough already intrenched, and
actively hostile to rivals, 1t is guesswork When
ground will be broken by any new company Tor
another tunnel system. Evidence is accumulat-
ing that the Interborough will back the Tam
many leaders of the Board Of Aldermen in their
contention that the new Elsberg law is uncon-
stitutional and a contest of that sort has 8
direct bearing on future franchise granting in
this CITY If the Interborough should lend Its
assistance to the aldermen the latter might
block all franchises until the courts pass on the
ouesttons raised by ex-Judge Dillon and l..
Latin Kellogg with reference to the constitu-
tionality Of the law. The chances are that
the aldermen cannot hold up franchises longer
than the end Of the present year. ControlleF
Crout who has 'mercilessly criticised the alder
men, is in favor of sending franchises to them
as before that the Board of Estimate and APP
portionment in working under the new law, may
he on the safe side There are so many ends to
the fight for future subways that it is utterly
impossible to predict with any degree of GER
tainty when the Rapid Transit Commission Will
be able to let any new contracts, or when secre-
tarv Morton will be able to figure as a tunnel
builder on Manhattan Island.
81 F Deyo who chief engineer for the
Subway Construction Company, has become a
member of the Metropolitan staff, and 1t is said
that many of his colleagues in the employ of
the Belmont interests will follow suit.
The indications that the Rapid Transit
Commission at it's meeting to-day will refuse to
sanction the building of an additional track on
the I'd and Sd ave. lines. This is likely to have
far reaching effect the general situation,
for If the Belmont interests could get these ad-
ditional lines probably there would be q sudden
cessation of opposition on the part of those who
| threaten the granting of any and all franchises
| for subways.
NEW COMPANY INDEPENDENT.
John B. Mcdonald, who built the present sub
way. and who will go with the company as
| the official contractor said last night:
The new company will be independent of all other
| companies OF the city. 1t will build the new sub
ways If it gets the contracts, entirely on its own
! account and VIII afterward Iun them; Paul Nor
eompany CON mS because he is about and
perienced operator Of railroads in the country.
| mates for the proposed subway6 . l., +, Dey00;
the engineer who was with me en- the SUBWAY VIII
" DO not know anything about the rulnor that we
a WI are fathered by the Metropolitan Street Rail
way Company that we are the Il MeTopo5an a oSy
connection that will have with the Metropolitan
Street Railway Company is thaI we t VIII h5xe nter
wise we al interesfed in the same line of work as
! ourselves
The following statement understood to be Off
c,al was issued last night;
| ,rA seIaction of Paul Morton. now Secretary OF
the Nay 10 fhse hs Netropoiitan traction interests
vas decided upon at eohdereaiSe esociafed m cif y
5ae lew = RYAN in his various enterprises whether
aofion railroad mining banking or other and
VII lie Ieq q, NeH-York and in the first instance Mr.
Morton is have charge OF 1ne I'M :,
tionS ND ~ Transit Commission AS is well known
ba @ ia seeking the contracts for additional subWays
ana i6 Ml Iobn b Mcdonald will have fun charge Of
the engineering features OF Ihe cVed with the inter
MT 'hiab -hG are preparing bid for new subway
lines The fact that he comes 70 New &c 1orf X IN m
Side of Mr. Mcdonald. the constructor OF me eTis @
ing subways. and of . L. r.; Shows the deter
/ OF the Rapid Transit ConlpaHs' SHOWS 'te ue'e'
bird