New-York tribune., 1907-08-30
TRANSIT ORDERS MADE.
MORE CARS CALLED FOR.
Results of Merger Inquiry-Tran-
script Made of Destroyed Books!

,nnousIv adopted five orders providing for radical
changes in the operation Of the elevated surface
and subway lines in Manhattan and The Bronx
and ordering the Brooklyn Rapid Transit to snow
cause why il should not discontinue its ash and
garbage trains. In compliance with provisions Oh
the public service act, each common Garner cor
poration affected has day on which 10 appear
and present evidence and examine witnesses IN re-
gard IN the matter contained in the orders Inc
hearings on the orders will be held from Sepfe1n-
Der is to 90 inclusive. After the corporations nave
their day in court the orders Will formally De
issued TO them.
The five orders provide for a material increase
IN cars on the surface lines and of trains IN 'le
subway and on the elevated. Besides these orceTS
the commission issued an order to the inter ool @
ough- Metropolitan Company directing IL :"
Marvyn Scudder expert accountant lol Hi
commission access all its books. papers ana rec
ords This order directs the lnterporoush--iot
noIitan TO let the commission know WITHIN hNe
days whether il intends TO obey IT or not, -
one of the orders directs the New YORK ny
Railway Company TO increase service on lls -
ca, and Fourth avenue line by the ADDITION ol d
total of $50 Another directs that ule
&, tho subway and on all elevated INES Dc III
creased 20 per cent for an hour and a nan -, -
before and after the rush hours anu S ~
ADEQUATE transportation facilities on hohuays
The New York City Railway COMPANY Is 60
ssos - ;,craase the service its Broadway
t.. o,5 The lines run in connection Win 'ii''e
lines and in continuation Of them over l.as
and Ienox aveues. Seventh and Lexington 49, =.
and also TO make other changes IN 'Ne
,... chat numerous
=, -, ta,,s sbau he run to West Farms over 'iie
second and Third avenue lines uhoer Ce, 80, p,;a
att,ons This and the order TO the h~Fooh4s ~ sas
Transit Company comprise the oPeiA
issued yesterday
BOARD RECEIVES CONTEMPLATION
A. soor as news of the orders got out YESTERDAY
afternoon the rooms of the commission III -
Tribune Building were flooded Win caiiei' .,o
CONGRATULATE Chairman WILCOX ana MS
,ss,o,er. on the work they had done
s-sa ,~su.a Yesterday are only the first OF
.,a MANY that the commission INTENDS lsSulis'
Chairman Wilcox said yesterday that II me-
remer1bered that those already issued CoHe -.
the most obvious points that had beeh pioNe =.
9, the inquiry or that had been brought 10 i'' "
tention. so ,ha,,callv
..r,.ra will he others Issued" he emphap0'i'
said There are still many points IN 'ne SCI
Of the transit companies that we reei v" ~
have more information about before We ,.o51v
ders concerning them. There are uNuou -,
-, t.orros that We can and will order 'ha'
,-u eive the people Of this city better trai'S''
facilities and that at the same time VIII "oiA II"
Injustice TO the companies involved We -
issued orders to increase service during 'he Us
hours but we will study this propieih
and decide what we can do later
o,he- commissioners said practically the same
.b,nr Yesterdays orders were issued because -
IS the object Of the commission 10 an Iou u - IN,
better transit rapidly as 1t can ana mus ~
issue orders from time to time and not "ai' u-'''
the end Of the inquiry.
Operation was affected only by the oroers yeS'ei
dsr with the exception of the one directing the
marlborough metropolitan TO turn over IT'S oooA7
for examination by the expert accountant 00
struction will be taken up later, and ORDERS co'e
ing that will ,nauestionably be Issued II is saiu
r--iSa
ness with which the commission has been aoie
10 put Itself into position Where II cou.o
issue orders of the nature OF yesterday g. IL %
understood that this promptness has somewhat
surprised counsel for the merger. who rather eN-
pected that orders would be Issued until INC
middle of September at the earliest
II the Irte-borough- metropolitan corporation
obeys the orders CT the commission 1t VIII mean an
annual additional expenditure of millions OF ooi-
lars Just what the amount Of the addiuonai ex-
ner6itura will be cannot be closely estimated at
this time.
On one line alone the commission has ordered the
oreration of $50 additional cars. THIS will prob
ably mean that the New York city Railway Com
pany will have 10 order the construction OF add-
tional cars TO have enough equipment TO maintain
its reserve.
MANY NEW EMPLOYEES NEEDED
The putting on Of the extra will mean the
employment of $50 additional employes-1S0 motor
merger 70 operate a fifth more on both the
subway and elevated lines during three hours each
day is probably known only by the managers Of
those lines It will. it is believed, be heavy.
The changes and additional service ordered on
other lines OF the New York City Railway Company
will also involve considerable extra expenditure.
as will the orders affecting the elevated and sub
way lines.
The Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company is only
slightly affected by the orders. Should the ash
would not be materially affected financially. It's
contract with the city for the removal of garbage
expires in a few months. that order would mean
only slight financial loss
Whether the orders of the commission will he
obeyed by the corporations affected is matter
that is causing much speculation. Counsel for the
merger extremely reticent and would give no
indication Of what its attitude would be. The
missioners themselves would discuss this phase
of the question.
We have had information from officials of
the companies as TO what their attitude will be-
said Commissioner Eustis. and / do not know
what they intend doing. They certainly have not
indicated TO US that they will refuse to obey our
orders. except so far as the books of the Inter
borough Metropolitan concerned"
De Lencey Nicoll, Of counsel for the merger in.i-
mated at one Of tine hearings Of the Interborough
Metropolitan inquiry that there might be a test
OF the constutionality of the law because the cor
poration might refuse to obey order of the
commission
II was believed by many lawyers last night that
the corporations would refuse TO obey the orders
thus forcing court test OF the constitutonality
Of the public service bill. The orders that were
issued to-day involve the expenditure of so much
money and such serious changes in operation"
said that If the carrier CORPORATIONS
have any idea all of testing the constitutonalfty
of the law itself they will make the on these
orders-that is. by refusing to obey them
This seemed to be the general opinion among the
lawyers. They pointed out in support Of il that
while Corporation Counsel Ellison did not declare
the bill unconstitutional he did declare II con-
stitutional but expressed doubts to the consti-
tutonality Of some of its provisions saying how