The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-11-20
PLEASED AT M'ADOO'S OFFER
81 BW ~ sfTt trTON tLE arm
IP TB ~uE ENTENT.
Ma, ne Dcas, In Going ahead Win rri-
hsrsugh s,st~,n Pinns p. -. sun,-
missioners Delighted With Prospect
NJ t'saflirt With Present Ro,~s.

The offer made nv President Nc Adon
20 the Hudson and Manhattan Railroad
Company may lead to some DELAY m
Lifting the contracts for IN. Instruct ION
Of th., proposed tr,borough subway
because Of The stipulation by Mr. MCAduo
that his proposal shall hold good only
~ case the city agrees Ia build IN" wall
street tunnel under the Ea>' River and
10 Law out a route .nd"r Broadway from
Tenth street to thirty third street To
make connections between the 'rihor
orsn hRe and the present Mchduo sys-
TEN
Although th., members of the Puhhc
Service Commission were no' Inclined
20 discuss yesterday wha' ATTITUDE rhry
might a6op' on tn. Nc Adon propo-liiun
AZ their rsg'Ilar meeting ihis week there
was no h-s.tancv On he part If the ON
rnisslonsrs IA expressing ih-r delight
over IN. Offer mad. by Mr. McAdop
They regard "a" scheme suggested hy
Mr. Nc Adoo a. DESTROYING h- object ,nu-
~ those. including The Merchants A--p-
ciarion and he. Chamber Of Commerce.
who have con ended thar n would b"
unwI-. to award he contracts Tot rou-
striictIng tn. new subway b-fur'. max 'ul
certain that after he. city had spent morr
than 0o.0p Oh' Oh it -oIn. pract zeal
railroad corporation would Offer 10 equip
and operate II
The proposal bv Mr. Nc Adnp in his
letter to the commission star ng tina, his
company will be- willing To- operate and
equip me road AZ it, u~n -Np.n-.. arid
to divide The surplus earnings equally
between III. city and IN. company was
pleasing L. the commission >nuth-"
attractive proposition j. that should the
earnings for the first wear ar tv" Of The
opera, ION Of the new subway show a ln-ss
this deficit IL To h- maize good 10y 'he
company from the earnings - sul'-'- ri-nt
years II was explained YESTERDAY IN the
Offices Of the Public Service. Commission
tina; This WAS proposal very dif"r-nl
from thar made by The lni-vhuruugh
company when II Was s.'-king III. rISh,
20 extend it's present subway Dn. uf
the conditions laid down nv the Ir'"--
borough was thai the Citv should qua
antee ~ against loss condition thar had
more than anything .lse 10 do with the
refusal Of the commission 20 assent to
the schemes submit .St To II hy the Inter
borough company.
Pending official cons iderati If IN.
Nc Adoo proposal the members ~ th.
commission would not allow ih.In,eiN 80
Yesterday TO he quoted. hui IN. following
mulCa'<~ inc dt'lINur III lfAt commission
While not having had time {" study the
details Of the Nc ioo proposition, there
Vas one thing clearly apparent and that
vas that there was mo- Intention ON has part
20 interfere with the logical ,eN -lO pm-nI
OF any other rapid transit system When
the iri-borough spt"m was laid out the
commission was careful NOT To- plan the IAN.
through streets where the logic ~ events
would call for the extension NJ any subway
IhanRes suggested by Mr. Mo- doo IL - 10
b. observed that he carefully r-frain-
frim suggesting ANY change which wOuId
c-'LfiiCt with streets or territory whar.. any
existing rapid transit line wouli naturally
~ AXE it's extensions tie even So far
a. TO point ont that the seventh av-uur liu.
for instance. could easily no projected from
Times Square. and that no suggestion made
in his proposition inferi-r.s at all with .uch
development
IL Is quite novel and certainly very vel
come TO find that an operator a. prominent
a., Mr.. McAdoo ~ IN this community i
wiling to approach the sub oct OF transit
iE such a fair spirit and with no appa rent
dssire on has part to block the develop ni.u'
q; any other system II -h-r- - one thing
the people of New YORK nav. h.com. tired
and Disguised with II IT, the blocking policy
Which hss 80 long iLtsrf.r-d with transit
development IN this civ
Mr.. McAdoo said Yesterday thai n The.
clty accepted tn. proposition mad. bv
hrs company the promises would h. car
ned out IN every detail He explained
that the reason why hi- COMPANY did nor
proffer 10 issue free transfers from the.
Manhattan subway over the Hudson
River route 10 Jersey City wa- b.CatI-.
u was felt that th. property own.r~ Of
The Bronx and Brooklyn would Object
he Thought properly. TO such 4 transfer
s.sNs
taReols only 20 th. New .I.--av Interests
Ne added that 'h"r- would be- y cumpr..-
hen-iv- 'ran-fsf system on al ne line
IN the borough- Of TINS city
No mention wa- made IN Nir Nc A,Ioo =
letter Of the BROOKLYN subway lunp and
Of the Fourth aV-nI- subway IN Brook
Ign b~caIi-.- these lines are now beng con-
STRUGGLED nv The CIfy and the .-IuIt.rn.nf
and operation Of these line -hould herr
fore be a matter Of sep-rai.. consideration
IL ~ understood however that If th. CITY
will pay part Of the cost Of she .-IIIpIn..rr
~ the TWO branches the Hudson company
will he. willing TO make such connexions
with tn" main system a. will permit IN.
operation OF these lines IN integral
par Of that sy-rem
President Mitchell OF m. ard Of Al
dernen. one OF Ih. members of ne. Board
Of Estimate. who has announced hl- in
fentinn Ia vo'. Tor tn. ttI-huruugh route
said yesterday That while h. was delighted
that an oh.r had been r'C.-iv ed 20 ,.Iuir,
and operate the new tunnel No. was MOI
surprised a. the de' elOpin.ni h.-cntI-. IN.
had fef sure 'ha' such an of'er world he
made sooner OF later.
IT'S Significance me- SAID. referring 20
the McAdoo proposition. hes ia n. far
that In spite Of the general loose talk 80
the effect that the 'riborouRh rout.. a.
planned would not bs profitable and
would not invite an Operating bidder
s'sch bidder has already CONS forward
and vnat IL even more important, rni-
nhsr shovs that the ci-y IL no, a, 'h..
mercy NJ any ON. traction COMPANY
This oher demons' rates that fh.r.. will
bs no hesitancy on The part ~ bidder
rn come forward xn-n the ciry has A.,
artracflH" TRANSIT proposition TO Of.r
comptroller Pr-udsrRa-'. VINO favor-
the building ~ the rriborOugh route.
said thar the offer mad. bv IN. Meade
company 20 his mind wns far NOR. ahvau.
n zeoIs 10 ,h~ city than any Of 'h.. ,-u,a-
rive proposals which had b-..n mad. Nv
the inisrborough company
All that Borough Pr.sId..nf NcAn.pv
would say Yesterday Was
~ is certainly an 'mDortanr d-v.lop