The evening world., 1907-09-12
1000 DEMAND
A SUBWAY FOR
FOURTH AVENUE
Meeting Held in Brooklyn to
BE Followed by Gathering
on This Side To-Nigt,
fDElAY IS OPPOSED.
McCaHen Says improvement,
Would Be Best Thing Pos
sibIe for the City.

/ II the nas-rneecnG hold at Prcspeo;
Hall. South Brooklyn. last night. tc
protest against furthet DELAY In build
ing tho Fourth Avenue Subway tc
Conoy Island is any indication at nil o.
the feelings OF the people on the SUB.
ject Cooper Union should be taxed &c
its capacity when the meeting for tAe
same purpose OF protest Is he'd there
tonight. Brooklyn registered he:
wishes Yesterday evening. II is now Ut
10 Manhattan and the Bronx. whic..
eoroughs are just as yitatty Interested
The same speakers who addressed
the Brooklyn meeting which wns at
tended. in spite OF the downpour of
rain. by 1000 c!asons. Will appear To-
night. A reflection In Manhattan OF the
tetnper OF The people aa 1t was eI-
pressed In Brooklyn viii serve to show
the new Public Utilities Commission
that siIe Fourth avenue subway must
not be abandoned
! Senator Patrick H Mccnrren. Bor-
ouEh President Bird 8 Coier. Comp
troiler Herman A. Metz. Acting Mayor
Patrick II. MCGOWAN. Edward VI.
Shepard. former Rapid Transit Com
missioner William S. Hurley. former
Mayor OF Brooklyn David A. Body,
Congressman George E. Waldo. Con-
| gresham william " Calder were the
speakers at Prospect Hall. Each made n
plea for the hasty completion OF tho sub
way. all agreeing that continued delay
1 will mean depreciation OF real cHta,e
values and tho practical destruction Of
South Brooklyn as commercial and
| business section.
Mr.. Hurley presided When Senator
I Mocarren was introduced BY Mr. Hurley
the gathering appiauded for three
minutes
McCarren's Speech.
"All OF you intelligent gentlemen are
here tonight to voice your sentimen,
In favor OF the proposition to build
the so-called Fourth avenue subway
and thereby beaen, the community
no said
This is rather dry subject and
one that is akin to business propos!-
ton. In all -Ereat Undertakings OF this
kttsa -it,-sti feea.,tty ~ popular continent
Is an important factor. There are gen
erally two classes OF cit!zens Involved.
those who favor such a project. and its
| opponents. Sometimes In these dis
putas tho men on one side arc con-
vinced they are In serror and change
| their Views. That requires courage.
But In this casc believe you are not
In error, believe you arc struggling
for tho best possible Improvement that
the city can hnvo.
Now. gentlemen, I want TO say this
about the extraordinary bond salo.
Don't delude yourselves about the sue
cass OF this bond sale. II was mol rhe
bowling success you suppose. 1t Is true
that tho bonds were nve times oversub,
scribed. But t.re city had to guarRn-
tee i-f per cent. The per cent bonds
2wn<V not ssids dss=aaar5 Tho eosHte4. around
| tho counter or under IL.
s3o,o0o.ooo Needed
tlemeu. that i will cost about thirty
millions of dollars to build this sub
| way. II Is estimated that II Will cost
pss sr,y HRa msn doaa. r N Il fav1. 1 !.
necessary, because It Will be an object
lesson. 40 not belieye the subway
| VIII y,sld protit after i "a built until
| IL has been running several years, but
| II will build UP the community and II
will furnish an object lesson TO the
people OF the greater city of New York
of Hsre ep.''as Senator Mecaren mad. refer
! cncs TO municipal ownership. He said II
| A.axaa i tailute all nYer thu world Ho
| detied any man In the building 10 deny
| hia statement
Whatever Individual effort can
nana am or gas rHTss s sS q 81
ton that vii secure the conAruction
OF the Fourth avenue slbway we
ought to imp1sss On she as we nsn
| that tho subway should hs built and
/ built right now
Acting Mayors speech.
Acting Mayor McGowan said:
'-rhis delay by, the. Public Service
| Commission In authorizing the construc-
ton Of The Fourth avenue subway rs ~
wayTis not entirely a Brooklyn, matter
II Is Manhattan matter aa veil. What
concerns Brooklyn and Manhattan
''if there il any reason for the delay
Ia advertising for bids The people q
ne city should knew the ~, reason ,s'a, ,sad hnd
II the construction OF Ge Fourth avenue
subway .sy cannot begin any TOO soon
| Service Commissioners have mRde up
their minds 10 build the subway we
don't know what they intenq 10 do. but
We have The right e,,, to knew; ,n They .hould
the delay and what prompts 1t.
The twenty-three millFonn needed for
/ the subway has been set aside for that
purpose aad-sthHas against tho bor-
rowing capacity OF the c.tya clatm
| II LIS unfair to prevent us from either
using the money or borrowing against
itt, II should be used now In the con-
struetion of the subway.
Advice from Metz.
Comptroller Metz advised tho South
Brooklynites s@to stick togutnol in their
! fight for the subway. He said the sub
| way is needed and that the nsw com
] mission Will authorize the advertising
Tor bids II they keep after the members
! thereof.
Mr. Coler spoke OF the great need OF
| the subway for the purposes OF to-day
and those OF the future. He said that
| fve years ago tho building opera tons
| OF the borough were Very great but that
| to-day they~Rre tremendous, He said
| that he has estimated that the Increase
! In population this year Will be Mt least
4 l3o,0e& He said II the city delays much
| longer the Jersey subways Will be In
| operation and that there Will be n great
migration OF Brooklynites there,
| Edward NJ. Shepard. who was. counsel
| for the old Rapid Transit board, said
| the Subway must be built. He said II
hns been approved by that old board,
| by tho Board OF Estimate and Appor.
tionment and the Apneliato Dlyision OF
the Supreme Court Hc said that sec
tion 81 OF the Rapid Transit act, made
lH.pSAtibla 70 prevent ths building of