The sun., 1910-05-16
four NEWSUDVGYCONTUA
NEARING TO-DAY DEVOTED TO
MUNICIPAL CONSTRUCTION.
alternative Plan Is CSRstruetion ny PrI-
vate lndeDendence LeagurFs
sSinmened 60 Gene 60 thc Meeting
and OBJECT 20 That From the start.

NNermattfe van u Conalrmrti0n ~ prl-
vate Capital lndeDendenee LeagurFa
sSrnmoned % Gene % thc Meeting
and Obleet 10 That From the start.
The Public Service Commission will
give a hearing this afternoon on the form
Of contract which has been drawn by the
beard for the building oi the proposed
new subways with the city's money.
lt 10 expected that the hearing will b. Of
particular interest for the reason that
Gov. Hughes has signed the hill putting
into eject the constitutional amendment
eXempttng subway bonds from figuring
a. debt In arriving Rt the debt lmls.
The operation Of this amendment will add
about A7.OOO.OOO 10 the city debt margin
and the Board Of Estimate has promised
after July 10 appropriate enough more
ont % the annual increase of real estate
values 20 fnd 800. .OOO. 600 II necessary for
rapid transit purposes this year.
The hearing this afternoon, which will
be before the whole commission, will b.
devoted entirely 20 the forms of con
tracts for the construction in sections Of
the proposed triborough system of rapid
transit routes. -Four forms will he sub
mitted. One covers the underground
part only Of the Broadway Lexington
route IN Manhattan and The Bronx.
This includes the Lexington avenue sub
way from tho Battery 20 the Harlem
River and the underground sections Of
the Bronx branches beyond the Harlem
River a. far as Bancroft and AIdus
streets on the Mestchester avenue branch
and a. far a. River avenue and i57th
street on the Jerome avenue branch.
The elevated parts of these two branches
covering the Jerome avenue route from
i51th street north 20 WOodlAwn and the
Mestchester avenue route from Bancroft
street 20 Pelham Hay Park. together
with the Coney Island extension u the
Fourth avenue subway IN BROOKLYN and
tho For Hamilton extension Of the same
subway. will b. covered by another con-
tract A third contract ~ devoted 20 the
Broadway-lafayette avenue subway IN
Brooklyn. running from the end Of the
Williamsburg bridge it Broadway 10
I.afayetts avenue and tAck throuEhi afay-
e'te avenue TO a junction With the Fourth
aventae subway az Flaibush avenus.
Ths fourth form 20 contract 10 confined
entirely IN the Canal street subway run
ming from Centre street under Canal
street 20 West stregf.
In al thess forms tho contracts and
specifications are the same. the differ
ences leing Ia the description II the
routes. The contracts ara based On the
unit priCe IS stem of bidding. under which
the bidder states the prove al which he
will furnish materials aud do the work
required by the contract
The rapid transit committee ~ the
Independence league haa issued call
% tho members 0f thai organization
urging them 70 attend ta-days hearng
20 insist that the commission shall adopt
the plan for the building ~ the new roads
by the municipality. ln condemning the
alternative plan for construction by pri-
vats capital, which has been drawn by
the commission. the Independence League
COMMITTEES Hays ia ~ call we have
reached the crisis on this question. n
You really want municipal ownership
come % this meeting and say ~. II will
probably bs your last opportunity 20 b.
heard. Il is municipal ownership no" or
uavsur