The evening world., 1910-12-21

advance. 1t Will make a farce OF the
hearing"
Don't you think It an open question,
proper for discussion. whether YOU in
tend 20 stand with the other Fusion
candidates for the platform upon which
o were elected to Officer
There are a good many details and
conditions raised by the Public Service
Commission which ! must study re-
piled Mr.. McAneny evasively.
p. 8. Board a Joke, Says Metz.
THE Public Service Commission has
proved itself a calamity. as | always
said 1t would" declared former Comp.
troller Herman Metz. who called at the
City Hall to-day. III n Tammany Hail
crowd had wasted the public funds the
commissioners have wasted In p,cpai-
Ing plans and Specifications, they would
all be In -" Mr.. Metz named a
place which certainly a point TO his
argument.
THE commission always was a Joke"
he went on.
When I was Comptroller, It jumped
on me because | wouldn not stand for
the T%rIborough. At that time the city
did not have a dollar for subways and
now IL has 100000. The commission
wasted more than 100000 IL 1t wasted
q cent on the T%riborough contracts. The
commission is nothing but n Joke. II
they had had any sense the members
would have resigned long ago"
0aynor Would Welcome Offers.
Mayor Gaynor said he had not read
all Of the Commissioners letter 20 the
Board OF Estimate and Apportionment
and that he would not talk about II. lie
refused to say how soon the Board
would dispose of the subway question.
He concluded:
Il would be delighted II there were
more offers"
Chairman william II. Wilcox OF
the Public Service Commission said;
Who knows whether we wouldn't get
an operator for the new subway who
was In sympathy with the interests OF
he PETERBOROUGH? We ant prevent
n company from owning sock In an
other. but that means little. Take
Brooklyn, for instance. The destlnies
OF most OF the street car companies
there are controlled by the Brooklyn
Rapid Transit Company. which Is only
a holding company"
Mr.. Wilcox admitted that the city
did stand to lose something by having
rs whole subway system In the hands
OF n company. lie said tina, was the
penalty the city has to pay for get
ting quick rellef"-a binding together
Of old lines with some new ones and
SIC, Co., 600 OF private capital.
BEST We Could Do."-Willcox.
william X. wilcox further said:
There Is no desire on the part OF
the commission to shift any espons-
Utility properly resting upon 1t. But the
Board OF Estimate has coordinate
authority In such matters, and II APP
pearsd to the commission that 1t would
be well TO have the board state Its
Wishes In the matter.
The commission believes that In
view Of all the circumstances. 1t would
be best Tor the city 10 accept the prop
csition OF the I~nterborough Rapid
Transit Company"
h chairman reviewed the history
OF the negotiations with the INTERIOR
ough from the time. . yea ago last
spring, when the company was pub
hshiAg Advertisements In the news
papers In which IL proclaimed I'VE are
ready 70 sct." A. that time tho oom-
pany offered to pay the entire ooSt Of
all the extensions IL asked for out Of
.ts own money. The city entered into
nsgotAAtions with the company, but
ala not think Il vas worth while to in
quirs into h reasons At the present
time.
Steers Changes Front.
Borough President Steers of Brook
lyn said to-day hat he has heard 80
muoA subway talk hat he 10 tired OF
10. He read The Evening Worlds
story showing how Brooklyn fares in
the plan Of the marlborough. After
reading II he remarked:
why didn't they say that before7
don't see that the Triborough plans
were any better than the INTERIOR
ough's."
He was pressed for reasons for that
statement. but his manne plainly
showed he regretted having said as
much - he did. for he refused to re-
peat II and tool refuge behind the
declaration. Il won't discuss It,"
The Evening World holds the writ
ten pledge Of President Steers. given
before his election. tor "A c~ity-owned
subway. Here Is his exact language,
Z am In favor Of the extension
% the general subway system In
tho CITY ~ raptdly a. funds avail
ehls for that purpose will allow.
A. 60 the local needs OF Brooklyn
believe that the Fourth Avenue
subway should DO built At once and
am In favor OF the construction OF
the Lafayette avenue loop n the
Ylatbush extension At the earliest
moment.
! I'm In favor OF municipal own
srship OF the subways n heart
liz subscribe TO the provisions In
the fusion platform relating there
"IRAvElllNG BAR" WITH