The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-03-01
NEW SUBYAYS FOSfARTSOON
BGDS FOR TWO LINES WILL me-
ASKED ron ABOUr APRIL T.

n1roaaway-l.exingtoa IN slanhattan ana
BrSaaway Lafayette On DrosMlyu
% m nulla On seesisa Paan 30 clty.
Cslnw Aboaa 93o.000voOO . Ne@P.
Another confereAcs was hold yesterday
&C the Ofiicss Of the Public Service Com
rnission batwesn the members of that
board and Mayor 0aynor. Comptrollsr
PrsndsrgAsf and Prsaidsns Mitchell of the
Board Of Aidsrmsn On nov subway pasnsL
The Mayor and his colleAgnos In tho
Board Of Estimate are AnxiOSs 60 have
the BrOadway-Lsxngton subway In this
city and tho Broadway-IAfayetts rosHts
In Brooklyn started without further
delay.
One result Of yesserday's meeting was
an agrssment that tho form % contrast
and the specincatiOns for the two routes
should be ready by April and that when
the fornaality Of holding . few public
hearings on thsm had been complied with
there should be nothing TO prevent the
immediate advertising for bIds Tor build
ing the roads.
Although those at the confsrenoe yea
tsrday would not talk for publication.
Il is known that the subway in Manhattan
and that in Brooklyn. which will be tho
first two to be undertaken. will be con-
stricted. - was the case in the present
subway. with the city's credit. The cost
Of the construction Of these two roads
will probably amount TO nearly Sl0O. OOo.-
90. u was decided yesterday that the
work shall 10 carried on in such q way
a. not 70 make this total outlay an i'm
mediate liability AgainsS the city.
The specifications for the two routes
will ell for building them in sectio@s.
and the contracts will provide that certain
parts Of the work on eech OF tho sections
shall be done year by year until the entire
work In completed. The work win take
from four TO FIVE years. but the provision
that the city shall bind itself only % the
payment Of 30 much OF the work a. can bs |
done in a year will mean that thu ccst
81 the work viii he spread over the fun |
period of Construction instead of the
whole coet becoming an immediate dsbt.
Mayor Gaynor and Comptroller Prem |
dergast. u il Understood. told the Puhlic |
Service Commissioners yesterday ssas
from $40 OOO. 90 20 s1a 0oO. 600 cash year on
sideways. Under the plan which n 90 be
followed. which 10 practically q pay -
you go principle but in q such modIAod
form - 20 meet the requirNnentn a. tho
Law with regard TO c0ntractural iahislties.
thsra Will be- no further hindrAnop % nho
baGinnang Of the worn On the anbwnyu
ca the around al nnMneiml imahlllilea.
baannss oven WIN undgr4nhinW 90 woFs
"A. t,,sl H'A. ana N4a4N1|a nAnell.AfhHntanR
tks CIV 6oul mot be called upon 20 spend
more than $40. ono. 900 . year
Mr.. PrenderGnss. Il is said. informed
the commission 81 yesterdays confersace
that the city now had bcrrowinR margin
% about S47 go 90. and that at least
one half OF this could be set aside this
year for subway construction. particularly
in view % the fact that the enacting bill
now before the Legislature which takes
out OF tho deb, limit bonds issued for sslf.
sustaining improvements will add many
millions 20 the city's credit
30 bright 10 the outlook for the develop
meni Of the transit facilities OF the city
that It was practically settled yesterday
that as soon ~ the contracts for these two
lines are OUT OF the way preparations
will be made Immediately for building
several extensions planned for The Bronx
and Brooklyn and for carrying ont Of
what u known a. the triborouEh route.
which will give an unhroken line between
The Bronx and Coney Island
Although neither the members Of the
Board Of Estimate nor tho members % the
Publ" Service Commission felt justified
Yesterday IN pinnIng themselves down to
prediction ss 70 the probable date OF the
actual beginning of constructing the two
subWays. they are confident that there 10
No reason why ground should not he
broken m the two boroukhs before June I. |