The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-06-08
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NJ ono 81 the burned cars II vas u piece
~ tho side II the ear and demonstrated that
tho copper -heathinK did not prevent the
burning Of the wood which II covered
FROM the steel car Mr.. Rice has samples
Of the aluminium interior fitting which had
been melted by the heat
After the reading Of the report the Mayor
asked George l.. Rives II the board had the
power to enforce the recommendations
made bv MIR Rice or If they were only to
he taken as academic.
Mr.. RiveA seemed in doubt az to the power
Of he board to order the disContinuance of
the copper covered cars. He told the
Mayor that when these cars were approved
by the Rapid Transit Commission they were
the highest standard.
Mayor Mcclellan was not satisfied with
the answer and drew from Mr.. Rives the
statement that the contract between the
city and the peterborough provided that
the road should be operated with the best
devices and equipments known TO science.
If it could he shown. Mr.. Rivea said. that
the company was not living up to this part
Of the contract il could he compelled to do
a, b,t tbaf raaannuhla Tina would hn 20 ~
he allo wed for making the needed changes.
The Mayor suggested that The counsel
to the board should make a report as to the
power Of the board to force the company
to adopt the recommendations made bv
Mr.. Rice. Il can answer that question
now, said Mr.. Rives. The only way the
board can compel such changes is for the
commission to order the company to do
these things, and then IL the company re-
fuses to comply to go to the court and apply
for a forfeiture Of the franchise. But il
will have to be shown that the application
is based upon reasonable grounds. The
commission has approved of these copper
sheathed cars, and W het her in view of that
fact the court would order the company to
replace them with other cars wit bout giving
the company reasonable time to do 20 is
problematical."
1t vas finally decided to send a copy of
Mr., Rice's report TO the marlborough Com.
pany 60 learn what attitude the company
would he inclined to take concerning the
recommendations of Mr.. Rice.
Mayor Mcclellan got after Mr.. Rice again
Yesterday in the matter of the defects in
that despite the fattening of parts Of the
tubes under the North River the tunnel
will I've ready for operation by the beginning
of he year Expert tunnel engineers have
said tha' the damaged sections would
have to he rebuilt.
At the last meeting Of the commission
whom Mr.. Rice presented his optimistic
repNr tho Mayor had consideration de-
ferrcd Until Mr.. Rice could ohtein a copy
OF a rnpor made to the Interborongh Com
ranv nv Engineer Jacobs, who had declared
that ID would take a year and a half more
ard COST more I han 81 ,0o0, coo TO remedy the
defo cs.
IN his roror' to he board Yesterday Mr..
Fioe said that he had heen unable TO get
Mr.. VI cots's report and quotes this letter
from Angus Belmont. president of tho
company; 81 have received your letter Of
Nav 90 in rCgard to the Brooklyn tunnel
and raCret tha' cannot send YOU a copy
Of Jacobs report except by authority Of
our boat"
Tho Rice report said that since the ex-
animation had been mad" by Mr.. Jacobs
'an"ther method has been proposed and is
now in Process OF execution, by which the
work will be Accommodated with an ex-
Tenditurc of less than 5000, OOO and will
allow for tho operation of the tunnel by the
fr.t oF tho wear"
The headings would meet early in Novem-
her and II looked as though the tunnel would
he rridv for operation in the beginning
Of the year, he added.
whit do you me IN nv 1t looks as though?
Cannot you give us something defnite?"
asked the Mayor.
Mr., Rice replied that his computation
was made upon the progress already made
and of his kno wledge of the conditions
90 far encountered under the river.
"Or in other words, the Mayor remarked
sharply, you don kno anything abou
j and are unable to give US any definite
information"
will you stake your professional reputa-
ton on the tunnel being opened by January
u" asked the Mayor later. Mr.. Rice said
he would and the Mayor intimated that
be would let the matter rest at that.
The committee on plans gave a hearing
to T. B.. Behr. the inventor of the mono
rail, on his application for a franchise to
build a high speed railroad from Brooklyn
10 Coney Island. His scheme and inven-
ton have already been described in THE
Sun. At the close of yesterdays hearing
Mr.. Orr stated that it seemed so attractive
a proposal that the committee would fix
a day for visiting Mr.. Behr's Offices 10 ex-
anime the working models of the mono
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