New-York tribune., 1908-04-04
BASSEIT FELT HURT
THINKS p. S. c. TOO H4STT
Estimate Board Also Calls for Re
port on Le.rTngfOn 44CeHue RouIe-

f-or7-rissioner B2ssett was much pe-toroed YES
s<-esv when lie returned from Albany 10 nro lhat
.ne Public se-vTce Commission on THURSDAY aan
rssed = resolution directing that the chief eTg1-
-.e~ r,-e7are q oace detailed plans fo- Ise pro
rcSee Fsroa6xay-Lexing1o1 avenue subway II
Nanhsttzr Both he and Commissions McCar-
-aT ,ae o1s,e- Brooklyn member we're absent
-Ae- ths acton was taken and he Thought Il
hardy 1ai- that ;iaey should not have Hao q Chance
- exu-eSS themselves OF the proposition
Il the stated public meeting yesterday theretore
D. had the resolution brought Up for reconsoeTa-
1sor and put 70 another vote i was again p@sseo
hy the vote as On THURSDAY COMMISSIONS
sasseer asking 70 he recorded as not voting Ae
then introduced a resolution providing that the
chief enginsc- should prepare plans for the bTo2o
vzr pan O the observation-disclosures avenue SUD
WY II B-ooklyl. The same tine ne was "e-f--
inz oz the Manhattan and Bronx plans
Commission Bas<eIr explained his position oF
ssrfnE 1llat = vas based MS Conviction that
- 49, ,f relieving the pressure on the Brooklyn
Bridge zss rn5s- pressing This could best be oo-ie
Re sgic ty putting 1c work the Williamsburg
B-s5ze As I show II TIE attached raelIo72111@'
ne ADDED. there 10 90 l1lS II a manner
sfz- vii te effective except 70 build thar portion
OF The BROOKLYN s7l5zsy loop line which runs I'd
Broe6zsv From time 10 time have made myself
main on This subject, and consider Il was under
s-ood -ha- The plans O. ire Broadws>-LataZ-e''e
subway should be prepared simultaneously WITH
sse rlzns Of 1he lower part o. the Broaoway--<e1-
-e co-1rsiss.oner-s memoranda stated that there
Va nov no scent route from Williamsburg 10 ne
lover par q Manhattan except over t-e hToohIFn
E7-fsvs -Hz c!fv way 70 relieve The latter bridge
he said uzs fo- the Brooklyn Rapid Irarsll Sonl-
mn 70 r-r is Broadway elevated cars through
.Le Centre street Ioop q tae ci-y O. some lessee
u IN trains Ger route O. foT me c4NE
O. so-1e lessee - -z1 trains through me e-lrre
Street loop and up Broadway. Brooklyn tnTodsh
g s-rt7-zsz The first tzo lie rejected on me as
sumption thar The Brooklyn Rapid Transit con-
s1z-z would no- agree Jc -heID-
The other commissioners said the- were N SYN
7ztir win -he remarks O. Commissions -asse'I-
F-- -Ilev thought me committee o. re "Eole
snoz,Id consider IRE question before the engineers
--ere instructed 70 prepare tle plans i vas re
fs--ed u tbs committee COMMISSIONS tasssNl
sIc-e voting II r. negative
me Board q Estimate and ApPor-ioanlent yes
ts-5sv- with Nz-o- Mcclellan and Controller Metz
e-gosuE voted 10 request TIE Public Service COM
mission 70 present 10 ne board. within sixty days
Tor approval forms Of contracts for CONSTRUCTION
g tas Lexington avenue SUBWAY
.-This means tAe expenditure Of 100000 more.
s-d an o-rosed 70 II said the Mayor with q
meaning look a ms colleagues around tle h-g
-sbse
TIE CITY Is not II financial condi-ion 10 provide
tne funds SAID me Controller
What Is TIE lse q throwing this burden OF the
ritz when We haven't ire money asked the
zss--or What O. vou propose doing Le asked
c Presicer- -Ahea--l. who moved The resolution
The sane Is ne board did last week II the
cas- q The FOURTH avenue subway" SAID Nj
Ahea-n-
Sixty million dollars repeated the Mayor as
the President q Manhattan insisted pushing MS
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