The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-04-05
ALL CLAhORED FOR SUBWAYS
$500. 900 900 WORTH ASkED or
BOARD o. ESTIMATE.
Suburban DeleEatIsns Ash THAT Their
Borough Ne Favored Especially
Probably van Have to PAY foe Their
DNm-NeN Contracts Nearly Ready

| The rapid transit committee 30 the
Beard 10 Estimate held pubhc hearing
yesterday ia IN. CITY Hail ia listen
I 10 Suggestions concerning subway de-
velopment~ IA the city. Mayor GaynOT
presided. but the need for II was not
explained by him or by any other mem
her uf the COMMITTEES. The Beard 81
Estimate has uo power 10 map ont ~
initiate RAPID transit routs- That power
belongs Ia the Pubho Service Commission.
aud all that the Board - Estimate has
to do IL To esther approx" or disapproNe
of a route. and IA ease ~ approval {"
provide for the payment ~ the c"nstr,ic-
ton Of the route
The mssting was attended bv a big
gathering Vt property owners aud ~
civic organizations from each Of the
borOughs. The demand 81 each Of th''@''
borough groups was that their respective
bOroughs should b- favored IN the plan
ming Of new subways. IL was estimated
that " all the suggestions made at tn.
hearing were carried ou' the city would
he committed ~ an expenditure of At
least SSOl .ts0. 90 fer new zubNaVS
One pOint Oi interest IA the hearing
was the attitude which III" Mayor IN
dicatet Ee would tak" with regard 70
suburban rapid transit extensions. tie
intlmated more than once TINT while
he would agree tn tn uS.. oi IN" city :
credit for the building ~ trunk lines
the construction ~ p'i' ~ 'h. way routes
would have u he plid Tor bv the prop
eTty owners ber"ht~d toy the Improve
ment. To the speakers 81 several 81 the
delegations D." put the question: a. ="
whether they farored tho assessment
plan, hat the BroWu-yIll" people were
the only ones who answered - the affirma
tive Another hearing u To- h'' held
m nex' Monday
Chairman Wilcox 81 the Public Service
Commission announced yesterday thai
the public hearings required Nv N" la~
on the form- ot contracts which have
heen prepared for the Broadway -lseNtng-
ton avenue route IN Manhattan. the
Broadway Lafayette route % Brnoklyu
the Fourth avenue lRrCp s'yu' "Vt"u
sinns and the canal street crr-stoWu
line will probably - begun ~ .eSs than
three weeks Mr. WillrrS sad y--t"r-
dnv that tho advertisements Catlng
the heaTng- which mus, appear for two
week. would undoubtedly D" published
ns - week
Thes. hearings mainly viii - formal.
and after they have been h"li all tna'
will he needed before uld- f.r the con
str,Iction ~ the roads ar" asH"t 'nr
will 10 the approval Il tho Cooperation
Counsel q me contract fHr'u- lht~
Will mean thai the contracts can -
awarded - III commission ha~ -
p@Ctri before tn n~giEu ~ - June
Mr. WILCOX saii Yesterday
The entire ct ~ construction OF
these lines - estimated 20 - over So
fts' 49,. While there are unr- than
twenty rapid transit ROUTES already
a,i oIt ~ The Rapid Transit ,HwwI-
SION and the P'lphr ~--s..s tnmUt-~I'H
which have rec Ns..i ~. approval e the
BOARD - Estimate aut Nupurtunm-.
ant for which consents have H@"r H.
tanned the comm S'uu has gH"u.I no
81, Napl" 90 press work upon fnH I|Hrs
m@nf tuUsJ A''-T ttr- v.r. - started
other routes vii - taken .p 'nd ,Hu
- der@u