New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-12-03
NAME SUBWAYCOMM|TTEE
Hepburn and ToWne Select 80
Men to Advise Officials.
SETH LOW TIE CHAIRMAN
Finance, Engineering and Mer-
camille Affairs Represented
by Eminent Men.

A barton Hepburn, pIeSiuTHt u ti0
Chamber of Commerce, and Henry r
Towne president of the Merchants Asso-
cia ton, announced yesterday the names OF
the thirty men who viii jointly represent
the two organizations on the citizens
committee which is 10 aid the city's Off
Gals in reaching d decision on the sub
way question.
In a circular letter to the appofntees
Messrs Hepburn and Towne said Mayor
Gaynor requested them to appoint c1tl-
zens' committee OF men eminent in
finance. engineering and mercantile affairs
to investigate the subway problem and TO
report its conclusions to him.
The scope Of the committees work was
explained in the following paragraph OF
the letter:
Because Of the vastness and conlpied aI,t
OF the problem. public sentiment at pIeSeelt
is confused and uncertain as 70 the reiaLHe
merits of the plan favored by the Puhllc
Service Commission. of the moolncaIIorits
oI,s sources. OF the alternate plan covered
by Mr.. McAdoo's PROPOSAL. snd OF the slll
other plans suggested by other Pa t sror,,
The purpose in view is to obtain rom q
representative committee OF citizens, whose
conclusions will command publc respect
and confidence. such explanations ana sus-
cestiors rs will promote q clear unoer-
standinc of tie several plans and will as
sist in crvstaIlizins public sentiment N
favor of some definite SOLUTION " tlS eo
problem which now confronts TINS CITY
s--Navor Seth Low was designated to
call the committee together for organiza-
ton.
The men amounted to serve or the COM
n1ittee are: Ex-Mayor Seth Low; Abraham
Abra ham, of Abraham & Straus; Irving L
Of 10 Terminal
Company; Alfred P. Boiler, of Boiler &
Hodge: George B Cortelyou, president
Consolidated Gas Company; John D. Grim
Minis; Robert E. Bowling, president City
Investing Company; Homer Folks: Henry
Hentz of Henry Hentz & Co; Francis l.
Hine president of the First National
Bank: Augustus n. Hand. OF Hand, Boeny
& Jones, lumber merchants: Darwin P.
Kingsley president Of the New York Life
Insurance Company: Edgar j Levey,
president of the Chelsea Realty Company
and the Title Insurance Company, and
director in numerous realty companies;
William H. 'McCord. president Metropoli-
tan Realty Company; Alfred E. Marling,
president of Horace s. Ely & Co, real
estate; William A. Nash president of the
Corn Exchange Bank: William H Porter.
president of the Chemical National Bank;
Frederick Potter. director of the Realty
Associates and other realty interests;
Samuel Rea. second vice president of the
Pennsylvania Railroad: Franklin Renfng
ton president of the Foundation Company.
Charles A. Scheren. president of Charles
A. Schieren & Co. fire insurance; Isaac n.
Seligman, banker; r. Aymar Sands of
Bowers & Sands real estate man and
banker; J. Waldo Smith: DIN J. Stephens
real estate man; Edward NJ Shepard; J
Harvey Smedley, secretary of the Long
Island City Savings Bank: Charles Sooy-
smith: Frank A. Vanderlip. president of
the National City Bank. and William j.
Wilgus, consulting engineer.
The only men on this committee who
have thus far publicly disclosed their pref
erence for certain subway routes are
Samuel Rea and William ! Wilgus Mr.
Rea made statement in which he criti-
cised the McAdOo proposal as inadeouate
for the PENNSYLVANIA Railroad and spoke
warmly for the extension of the INTERIOR
ough system. Mr.. Wigus is an omen on
ponent of the trihorough route. and though
he does not avovedy champion the Inter
borough the alternate plan suggested nv
him is very much along the lines sought h,
the Interborough.
Mr.. McAdoo called on Chairman Ui11oox
yesterday. and in his absence remained
with Commissioner McCarrolI for over an
hour.
The activity of civic bodies which ar.
sending deIega tons to public officials N
plead for action and regard for local in
terests is not decreasing
Business men and bankers fror, E2-oo,,-
lyn called on the commission Yesterday 70
urge the construction of the r-oaf,,-.-
section of the Observation-Disclosures a,,ar,,.
loop, which was not included in the Offer
made by Mr.. McAdoo
Commissioner McCarroll who received
the delegation. spoke favorabIy of the Mo
Adoo offer and said the Broadway sectior
would not be left out, but that some sec
tions would have to wait until tho f,,,,5-
necessary for their construction were
available, and that the commission was
working on the selection.
THE commission. said Commissioner
McCarroll. has given the question careful
consideration TO determine which con-
tracts should be awarded under these bids
and for what sections. and it needs all tho
more careful examination. perhans nv
made by Mr. McAdoo
His proposition is before us and II is
very important one: 1t is also a very on
couragins one, and whether it is a proposf-
ton that it will be in the interests of tho
city TO accept is another thing. We-virI
bear in mind that his proposition is 70 on
crate the triboroush route in New York
as laid out, but making some other sug-
gestions.
The question before the commission is
whether any of the changes proposed In
his bid are desirable. and this is receiving
now the very careful consideration of the
commission