New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-07-08
INTERBOROUCH CRITICISED
: Wilcox Calls New Subway
Proposition Unfair to City.
Astonished at Company's Change
of Position-Presldent
Shonts Explains.


Chairman WILCOX of the Public Service
Commission in q letter written TO Mayor
Geynor yesterday. declares that the Inter
borough Rapid Transit Company has backed
down on plans upon which il had about
reached an agreement with the Public Ser
vice Commission. that its latest proposition
for the use of city credit would more than
use Up all the money that the city now
has available for subway work. leaving
none for other routes, and that the terms
which il now proposes are in many respects
unfair TO the city
The Mayor had written TO Mr.. WILCOX
that he thought the Interborough's last
proposition, sent 20 both officials on Tues
day. should be submitted TO the light OF
r,,,lIic opinfon Chairman WILCOX shows
how much thought aid study his commits
sion has given 10 the entire proposition, ana
states that il expects TO be ready TO ad-
nertise for bids the Broadway-Le8lns-
ton route within two weeks, and then asks
Do YOU and the other. members o. the
BOARD of Estimate and Apporuonrnenl De
lieve that pending the compleuon l, OF iIeso
nations and OF the public discussion 10
which you have referred, work on the Ut
borough route should be suspended or I,tab
advertising for bids should be postponed.
After saying that the letter Of Mr. Shonts'
the president Of the Interborough COM
pany. is remarkable chiefly as indicating
the radical change Of position Of his COM
,,any from that taken in its recent negotia-
Mons with the commission. MI. WILCOX
states that the lines which the commission
believes should be built, and which prac-
ticaIly became the basis Of negotiations as
10 terms, were as follows:
Seventh avenue extension. A four
9yal-T Fras TNert
way OF Seventh avenue and other streets
10 lower Manhattan. -.
> Brooklyn connection. A two-track me
connecting with the above through Maiden
Lane and other streets III Manhattan. IN,
der the East River. Pineapple street ana
Fulton street. Brooklyn, TO connect Win
the present subway near Borough fiaIt-
3 Eastern Parkway extension A iouF-
rack line 10 connect with the present sub
way through Flatbush avenue and Eastern
Parkway TO Nostrand avenue
l. Madison avenue extension a iou t
track line 10 connect with the present SUD
1xsv In Fourth avenue. through manson
avenue under the Harlem RIVER ana mo
The Bronx; two tracks 70 connect with me
Jerome avenue line and two tracks TO con-
meet with the West Farms division o. the
subway. I'LL.
from Times Square TO 18th street under
s Steinway tunnel. The line to be extend
ed through 42d street to connect with tie
subway ar or about Seventh avenue; Such
line 10 be turned over 10 the city as part
Of the extensions
track elevated line 10 connect WITH the
present subway and TO extend northeT!N
through White Plains Road 10 Becker ave
nue.
The chairman goes on TO say that IN the
negotiation for the construction and opera
lion of these lines the following terms and
conditions ultimately came 10 be considered
as the proper basis for an agreement:
a-fTacr and pFg11iT n
ming these lines TO be borne by the Inter
borough Company without the use OF the
city s credit, The city 20 provide neces-
sarV real estate except that USED Tor ter
minaIS and storage yards :, d..
fb1 The ownership and title 10 all lines
fc1 The marlborough Company sur
render its rights under existing contract ;
for the present subway to A renewal OF
s15cla contracts for the renewal term of
twenty-five t25) years. All lines, lnclQdlnS
Tie rresenr subway and the proposed ex-
tlneito1s 70 fall INTO the possession OF the
CITY upon d certain date not more than
fifty (501 years from the cate CT the coI1l-
pleIion of the extension.
fdD The civ TO have the right 10 terr1l-
nate the contract for the operation OF me
lion Of ten years from the date OF com
melton upon paying the company an
amount not exceeding the cost Ileit pIuo
i per cent and decreasing year o! gtdI'
The city to purchase the equipment pro
xided II should take over the extensions
before the end OF the lease.
0e) All net profits arising from the op,
,,rsTiou Of The above lines TO be divided
equally between the city and the company
"a The CorYranv TO operate any addi-
ainnal lines which may he constructed ny me
city extensions to the system, Pr3Iiu ,,e
diminish the company's profits from ITS
then existing system
As YOU know says the letter, these
negotiations were nearly brought 20 sue
eessTul conclusion. but at the last minute
the directors Of the interborough objected
10 the proposed terms. We have under
stood that the terms We're satisfactory TO
the Interests that the Interborough COM
many expected 70 finance these operations
and that such interests have not changed
their position
To show that the terms offered IN the
latest rropoSition are not so favorable as
those previously made, Chairman WILCOX
points out that the marlborough now wants
The extension built with city money,
whereas they had repeatedly declared that
they would provide the necessary money
without asking the city for a single dollar.
The utilization of the citys credit in
this -vav" says the chairman. would make
3,rpossible The construction by the city OF
any additional lines in Manhattan in The
Bronx IN Queens or in Brooklyn. The loop
lines. the construction Of which was begun
i1v orr predecessors, would have 10 remain
unfinished, and subway connections with
The new bridges would have to be ahan-
s5oned. thereby decreasing their value and
utility from the transportation point or
view
Declaring that if the Intertorough were
to be allowed TO use a portion of LeHfng-
ton avenue the whole tri-borough route
would he disrupted and il would be i'm
possible at any future time TO use this ave
nue. for through route, Chairman Wilcox
-ssvs that every time the proposition has
come UP IN The past il has been pointed out
that the commission would not let the In
ferborough. under the guise of extensions.
interfere with the development of a broad,