New-York tribune., 1908-05-26
REGRET HUGHES'S ACT
sNSIT BILLS FRIENDS.
D1r, Ner Measure TO Meet Coz
ernors Approval.

-.-.. interested in more transit lines with least
=. disturbed by the failure Of Governor
80 - sign the Robinson bill. amending the
~5s transit act make il easier 10 get bidders.
- generally agree with the Governor that a
e<,,-vear franchise term is bad. but hold that the
r-.s+ amount Of good in the bill warranted its
passage
Aua1 Robinson president OF the Allied Real
estate Interests. declared that the traction syn
scste~ had used influence defeat the Robin
scn bill and that ". NJ. WINS knew that the
E,-sr- Belmont interests were opposed the bill
when he fled his brief in opposition.
Ex-senator Brush. Of the Brooklyn League. told
Governor Hughes yesterday that If the Governor
would consider anothec transit bill meet his
7uirenents that representatives Of civic organiza
tons would like talk with him Nj Brush
poets answer to-day
Nj. Brush. Philip Tilden. OF the Flatbush Tax
payers Association and Frederick II. Rowe, of
ire Citizens Central Committee of Brooklyn, Wis
fted Chairman Wilcox yesterday TO learn his at
titude regarding attempt get legislation at
the extra session Mr.. Wilcox said the commits
sion had never placed itself in the position OF seek
ing legislation adding taking away from its
powers. Il always ready 10 express lis ap-
proval or disapproval Of any proposed legislation
he said. but DID not purpose 10 be party to the
Introduction OF any bills.
Allan Robinson. who. by the way. is related in
10 way Assenblyman Robinson. made the fol-
lowing statement last night:
regret that the Governors memorandum
the Robinson bill is specific as could be
wished Apparently there We're reasons opera ting
in his mind aganst the bin other than the possible
-al!y T-rlder these circumstances, l cannot say
ga5 ged i this mater if in TferenSe to the n5roduc
.9 q ~ t P P4ee so csauTe Lar 81 s is fen 9 ne S mood
70 tackle = new proposition At this stage Of the
II the serious conditions which We are now facing
in this city-f there were some intimatIon I'M rom I'm
the Governor as TO what kind Of bill would be
II has been enormously stated from time to time
Robinson bill This IS not osez ITge - the Robinson
hil Just they Were IN favor of the EIsberg bill.
Toas @ e6ods ss sdoPea ff9 By the S traction a ndicae
n other campaigns have been pursued IN this one
] vs. trodneei and pssse5 in the legislature
- Teos This is T2e same John Ford whose name
sppeared in The ITfns investigation last fall Mr-
Jenluel Ely Quisg was on the stano and MI - dalIls
taEns ~ M sF9estSn ST3o1z Wss given
NJ Ivins-Was he John Ford retained 70 ap-
pear for the Metropolitan company?
-,oLFar whom did he appear? Al don't know
F5e 7ar have-orobablv he did not make ap
T7earsnoe for ANYBODY. He probably went un there
a T FoFd Fsa9 he and Ts asd G Sn s @ that Tine to oppose
-eI1ld and raid him 81 500 for his work He pre-
pared number Of briefs in the matter and went
This payment 10 Ford was in the spring Of
is05. within twelve months prior 20 the tine
when the Flsberg law. which he assisted in draw
ing was passed by the Legislature. Il is pretty
-zxseG in +he interest of the traction syndicate.
FOR II has eecJuslly cut of the possibility OF any
rrr1rerirE interests coming into the traction hed
methods which the traction syndicate
adopted in securing the passage Of the f-lSDeTg
lav Il has been using lately 10 defeat the amend
rnent Of that law by the Robinson bill VINO
would suppose for instance. that William NJ
Wins the destructive genius Of the lnTestlga-
-fon OF an-. champloning the cause OF
his ersrv-rile victims and engaged IN q Construc-
tive carpai-7 the interests Of those same VIC
-i1z1 ye- sI3cb i The case and I now challenge
NJ wins 70 deny that he vas fully conversant OF
he opposition 70 the Robinson. bill Of the trac-
-ion syndicate the time he fled his brief with
TIE Governor. He knew at that time that the
Ryan-BeImont interests were opposed TO this bill
Nr Robinson referred the Governors state
r-ents that another year the amendment ex-
erapting subway bonds from the debt limit would
p-oba bly, passed and that il would be easier
tc build subways with city money then But you
must take into consideration he said that the
r-es~nt suhIays GO not yield great amount OF in
come Now. il might he that municipal subway
would be operated Al loss. Just the minute that
--is happered the bonds would automatically be
-Isced back in the city's debt limit. with disas-
--ous corseGuences the constitutional amend
--ent would say that the subway bonds should be
kept out OF the debt limit only SO long as the
property on which they were issued was self
s1-pro-ti-E