New-York tribune., 1909-01-08
MET. RECEIVERS REPLY
EA AH4CSTED 4VAIL4BLE
FUNDS, THEY SAY.
TEL L. s. {. 1t Must Change POlicy
Of "Opwession" or Raise
Money Itself.

Adrian h Joline and Douglas Robinson. re-
| celVers Of the Metropolitan system in a letter
addressed TO the Public Service Commission
u'iuel uate OK January s, in answer 20 the com
iilSSIons oruer TO Increase the service on the
Elsh'h street crosstown line. tell the commits
sion that unless its policy Of oppression main
tanned and persisted in." is changed materially.
the commission must raise the money TO make
! the improvements demanded
| The receivers who have snen+ ba+u.o &C ana
| OVo ana SlOoOOOO0 on the property In the last
| fifteen months have exhausted OH ,uaI,
| FUNDS and must raise from $4,000 900 To zoe
oooOoo IN the no distant future they saw
| we Aho" or no method of obtaining the
"00essdly Iunds. say the receivers, except by
FeSor'ing to the financial markets Of the country
anu aValIins or money seeking safe investment
Ioui pohcy or oppression, maintained and per
-h' Notwithstanding the indlsputabIe evi-
submitted to you, constitutes such
nie"ace tlat any attempt on our part TO procure
'he requisite cash to enable us 70 carry o.,
N"''"s successfully would be utterly futile"
"coNFIsCATORY ORDERS"
receivers accuse the commission Of max
ahe'-e ls "llieh are practically conhscatorv in
~"'1 ac'er. In this connection the letter saws.
Joint rate reMdrng M on the proposed 59h street
the 'hat the properties In our are TinGaI
stsntally return whatever no are earning sub
return No testjnig9n amount approximating such a
tins "ds reasonably expected by us thar Ibn ,ac;s
h you and woud effect some chanE S"hSdeTstGn m ERA %
MeropoIiIiaa nag Ineref0f0re maintained toward the
nembsr %lch an appeared in the public press on De
TO Sa2w beyond question you either fail
making orders v Ii SGJuaI situation or bent upon
eaI,y confiscatory in their character are PNc''-
You must certainly understand ina, tbess roads
manner Uitttd 10 oe operated in a satisfactory
money IN excess OF the revenue Tt wiag isige sums OF
Of hos You intend that orders Of the character
StH street line shall he complied win yo, rnrss @
9TI o. VS. some practical method raising the
OF this hi iaGf pf6ptTi e92t you are row making appraisal
ford "a BASIS q. FopT for n5een, Gsaa9d & wers nsuet
iture Nevertheess To 9TeeFs sra 1foTns exPed.
and gTas Teggrins large capital Expenditures
6ls You are doing Notwithstanding tie repeated
apIaren+iy. @Ss ACQUAINTED with facts which you
prove. '''''' "''ho'S" unable to dis
'hicSs IN" order in regard 10 the Sth stree,
! crosstown line is modified the receivers ca.
they probably will ask the court 70 ello,,. ,bar,
10 break the lease and thus be relieved Of op4r-
a''hs The line, as IN the case Of the 5eth street
cT"sSto"n line. They point out that further
curtailnent Of transfers would follow and also
great curtai!ing Of the service, over tho Will
iamsburg Bridge 10 Brooklyn Indeed the ser
vice 10 BTooklY n. II is limited is kel, fo he dis
continued altogether.
MAY BREAK sTH STREET LEASE
We do not intend 70 place any additional or
deIs for cars" the letter continues. and even
mad such been our plan your course would have
rendered II impossible OF accomplishment Your
orders with reference 10 the Brookiyr and East
10th street ferry branches Of the Sth street
crosstown line make necessary the addition oe
between twenty five and thirty car units rep
resentinS an outlay OF from $275. 600 to s45000n
70 say nothing Of additional operating expenses
estimated 10 amount to more than 500 600 A
year"
That the ,ec>ivers intend 10 throw the whole
blame upon the commission In case it is d.
cded to break the lease of the Sth street line is
shown BY the following extracts from the let
ter:
and 1915 unquesiiona6ly seem to make II IN" 1In
The properly Of the central CToss"V 10 aa 9PfTaG
Company. which Includes the Sth street crosstovn
next which agreement relieves us rom b AP n 50
sity paying sum OF 81 go 1llarterlv as mari
OF the stipulated rental under the terms Of the
The result of former investigation. when or
last spring and tho decrease j. travel On the line
under gder consideration, due to tha operation OF the
for nstTuctions in the eTtnr o arP0n1ed tee s
road Company.
on2 The rasf add%aa d5Sea5 sgrdep which cempes with
increases the possibility that shall be obliged
a tion Of operation by Us the abolition Of the ex-
VOWED will be thereby entailed but Of course you
viii assume the responsibility for whatever line
cal sequence OF your orders.
BROOKLYN SERVICE CURTAuMENT.
In regard to the probable ctIrtailment and
possible abandonment Of the service 20 Brook
lyn over the Williamsburg Bridge the receivers
say:
According to our Interpretation of the provisions
of final order No. l0l5. II does apply directly
the service across the Williamsburg Bridge hut
in the of Ceasing to operate the f'entrai
crosstown lines in all probability. there Will be
very great curtailment OF the service 10 Brooklyn.
and possibly such service will be discontinued alto
geth-r the lines which operating
across the Williamsburg Bridge.
Referring to the disposition TO he made If
the 127 new cars ordered by the receivers and
to be delivered this winter. the letter says:
IN letter to you Of December a. 1905 told
you that did not have sufficient op-
crate the schedule You suggested without robbing
pect TO receive 127 during the winter.
bat in ordinary course only a small part OF the
be allotted to The Eighth Street Crosstown line.
new cars does not necessarily mean correspond
ing increase in our available equipment. They are
II IS no longer good business judgment to con-
tnue in operation, and which must necessarily be
The transportation requirements, taken as a
whole. viii not Justify the assgnmeni the
tionaI your orders require: the con
of the situation a whole, that. when equta BILE
distribution OF equipment Is made upon receipt
OF the the demands OF the service
lines other than eh street will require the
signment to them OF all The extra cars available.
SHOULD ASSUME RESPONSIBILITY.