The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-11-22
INTERBOROUGH'S new OFFER
WILL PAY HALF FOR NEW UP
AND down TOWN SCRwAYS
u Gets Contract Tor Operation
willing Then TO SHARE Profits Win
the City-The Trsbvvs0gh Contracts
WIN ne Delayed ny McAdoo Omer.


The marlborough win not make a
proposal in composition with that OF W. g.
McAdoo Of the Hudson tubes TO equip and
operate the triborough subway. IL Is.
however. ready to make a new proposition
10 the city. one which will bear on its
earlier plan to extend its present line from
Forty second street north under Madison
avenue, IL il can get that route and south
from Times square under Seventh avenue.
with dow nfown branch under the East
River to Brooklyn.
The company in its frnt proposal to the,
commission and to the city offered To build
these extensions ut it's own expense. When
II was found tina, the city could spend al
least sso. 900 .UoO tins Year on new sub
ways President Shunfs put in another
ofer which called for binding 'h. .xten-
slons with the City's credit
The Public Service Conmiss refused
20 listen to the suggestion and went ahead
with the preparation of the triborongh
route. From what could he asr~rtaned
yesterday the latest proposal Of the Inter.
borough company In not one that con
niCts with the offer Of the Nc Adoo com
pany IL had been estimsfed by the
lntsrborough company that the cost Of
building IT'S extensions would be about
$40 UOo.TO What the marlborough is
now prepared 20 do Is TO announc. its
Willingness TO construct the extensions
provided the city bears half the cost nf the
work and provided also thar rhe Inter
borough company shall get IN. contract
for IN" operation Of the funnel in connec-
ton with the present sub~ay for number
Of yea ~ TO be decided upon byboih parties
to the agreement
IL IL believed that il such AN OFFER should
he submitted to the commission that
body will agree to il since the ext .,nsi lone
mapped out by he Int erborough company
would he of great public con ven fence
and par icularly as IL ia underst God thar
the Interborough company will duplicate
Z he offer made by the NcAdoo company
for the division OF the receipts from the
roads after the fixed charges have been
met
The contracts for building the various
sect ions Of the tribornush route will
not be- awarded this week. II was said
yesterday at the officea of the Public
yeTslCe Z COMMISSION tnAt the DOaru "Ouiu
make no effort TO award the contracts
until the proposal made by the McAdoo
company had been considered. since the
modifica, ions insisted on by Mr. McAdoo
would mean the maxim OF several chan gees
in the route.
Mayor Gaynor. who haa been abb olutsly
noncommittal SO far on the triborough
schesne. seemed pleased Yes, erday At
the offer made by Mr. MeAdoo.
1t Is certainly n good indication.
IN. Mavor said and I SUPPOSE that there
will he other offers. The public should
not come To- conclusion OH any route
until all offers are in That Is the way
sensible men do everywhere
Although Borough President McAneny
OF Manhattan. who has been opposed to
any nasty action on the triborough |
route by the Board Of Esr innate. would |
not talk yesterday ON the McAdoo offer
il il believed that he will favor such a |
modified route ~ thar sasgested by Mr.. !
McAdoo In fact II can lie said ON the |
best OF authority thai II Mr.. McAdoo
will in clude IN his equipment and opera |
{ ION scheme an offer 10 run the Pelham !
Bay and Woodlawn branches Of the new |
subway and he Fourth avenue subway /
in Brooklyn there IL little doubt as TO the !
accept ance OF his propoess by both the |
commi ssion an d he Board OF Estimate.