The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-12-07
And Extended Through The
Bronx to W00dlaWn and
White Plains.
COMMISSION GIVES CONSENT
Shonts Says New Subways Could
Be Started In 80 Days
Mayor Gaynor Pleased.

subway "A''..r.pn ana whlch can Degia
the Job w'rru .hr-v days, according
20 President ahnu,s. has obtained ths
consent of IA" Public Service Comma.
sion To ah third tracks To- tho Second,
Third and Ninth avenue elevated roads.
To day N" commission will decid. ~
iss'Ie certiticat" approving It The Cd
ditional rrLcl;s on m" ground mat public
necessity and convenience demand them
and al the same time consent will be
gwen To the plans TO extend the Ninth
avenue road through Jerome avenue
To Woodlawn and the Third avenue line
ito White Plains These extensions will
be- in addition 10 tn" lines laid out for
i'h" new subway system.
Another, 81 tension which the COM
| mission will approve to-day will be the
cros-t"wn elevated line connecting the
Second avcnu" eleva ted structure with
a line 10 run across q greensboro Bridge.
The company will pay to the city pr
cent. Of the gross receipts OF the new
BronN extensions. The franchise Is to
run for eighty five years At the end Of
the first twenty-five years and at the end
of every twenty years thereafter tho
terms Of payment to the city are TO bs
read justed
II il understood that the franchises
under which the third tracking will be
done are to be- made coterminous with the
present franchises Of the elevated rail-
roads That j.. they will be perpetual;
hut it il provided that II at any time the
city decides to take over these roads the
municipality will not be called upon to pay
the company for the cost Of constructing
the additional tracks just what re-
| muneration tn. company is to pay for
these tracks has not been determined. but
the payment will DO based on a percent
age on the increased gross receipts from
the new stations A public hearing IL TO
h" held by m. commission on December -.
The cost Of these improvements. which
IL estimated at s32. OooOOO. II 10 he borne
by the PETERBOROUGH company Ii IL be-
lIrved thar the lnr.rb orough's offer for
the developm, NJ of its subway system
Wa conditional On the city giving II per-
President Shont- of the marlborough ad-
mitt"d that much yesterday when in reply
To- a question IA to what interest his COM
pany might hav" 10 paw for the s75. 900 .0oO
of bonds which the company will have TO
sell 10 pay for its share of the new subway
lines H. SAID that that was "A question that
could not very we'll Ice an- ~,red until his
company kn"w what action would be- taken
~
and extension of th.. overhead Inns if
such condition was laid down /, has been
met 10y IN" Public S"rvic., commission.
which ~ nuw prepared 10 assent after
many months of cons liberation tn the pro-
pu-al- Of IN" lntorborouEh company
B"cau-4' If tn. Conpr..h"n-iv" natu-s
81 tn" lnt"rhorpugh'~ new subway plan
th"r" H. -om. doubt IN IN" minds - tho
commission A. - wh"i n"r rNs srhsms
could legally b" regarded a. an extension
nf IN" existing subway II il should bs
regarded A. an ..Nien-ion II would mean
that tn" commission and IN" Board 81
E-rrml'" r"uli nurhor,l" IN. INTERIOR
ough To- huIIi IA" branches or terms to- ia
agreed upun with TIA" company without
advert l-lnE Tor bids for construction
Mr. ~hpnts said Yesterday he had fors-
seen thar this question might he raised
and IN "or-"Iu"nc" IN" "n ZIn""rs 81 his
company had prepared specifications
for tho construction Of IN" new routes
IN sections - that tn" roads could he
after competitive bids had
been adverri-"d for He said that his
c pmpany was willing 10 follow this course
and 10 have tn. work don" entirely undsr
The supervision 81 IN" Public Servics
commission.
W" ar" ready 10 begin work every
~h"r" on every par 81 TN" propossd
INES. h" -aih yesterday. and To rush
n" c"npl"'ion OF the new lines. We
might possibly concentrate our first
'fort- on the section h"twe"n Long Acre
; quar-" and IN" Pennsylvania terminal.