New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-06-28
T ACCEPTS AND THOSE INTERBOROUGH REJECTS

; AND THOSE INTERBOROt
lars annually in carfares 10 the people-and
! for the contribution Of all increase in earn
ing capacity or existing lines; and. In ad-
| diti0n by reason Of the voluntary compe-
! tition offered 10 its surface lines the com
pany must bear whatever loss Tor rev
| years AZ least II suffered by those lines
/ And by the time harvest comes, II II
| comes the CITY may exercise It's privilege
| under the contract and turn the then prof
table lines over 70 new operator Inc
/ notifications which We have requested will
| not hasten the harvest time-thev merely
/ offer some protection against posslnle loss
and assist in our financing OF thls great
project.
| The lines that the Brooklyn Rapid
Transit agrees 10 operate as original
lines under IFS letter IF Yesterday, and
the wav in which il proposes to group
them into contracts follow:
CONTRACT no. T.
The Fourth avenue subway from Man.
haitian Bridge 70 i3d street. BROOKLYN.
! two-track subway under the East
River from a connection with the Fourth
avenue subway 10 the Battery, In Manhat-
tan.
two-track line from the Battery. via
Church street and Nesey street. to Broad
/ way.
A line through Broadway 70 42d street
and Seventh avenue. through Seventh ave
nue. 10 59th street. carrying either -FOUR or
six tracks from Vesey street 10 OH. as the
| occasion may require. and FOUR tracks from
9th street nOrthward.
/ two-track line from seth street easteriy
I 10 and over the Greensboro Bridge. there
TO connect with the proposed dictated eN-
tension of the Brooklyn Union Elevated
Railroad Company.
/ A two-track line. when needed. connect
ing the Manhattan terminus or the Man
/ haitian Bridge. by way OF Camel street to
south BROOKLYN extensions dependent
| upon decision Of citv mot determined IN
the report as 70 alternatives under COM
pany's proposition.
CONTRACT no. .
The Centre street loon line, including
/ connections with and operation over the
Williamsburg Bridge. Brooklyn and Man
| haitian bridges ,..,,,-. -
Bridge by way Of Delaney street and
! Spring street. ~ point or connection WIN
the new trunk line in Broadway.
An extension OF the Centre street line
from It's present terminus ~ the BROOKLYN
| Pri5ce TO tho Wall street district by way
Of Nassau and Broad streets.
CONTRACT no. 3.
! 4 ,wo-track subway from Union square
| Manhattan. easterly under 1-th street an
/ East River 70 the Eastern IuslllC 80 he %
BROOKLYN. and thence over a route 10 ne
later determined and 70 a point connecting
with the Canarsie Railroad
CONTRACT 40. /.
,uo-track 69) subway connection be
! tween the Brighton Beach tracks near Nal
hone street and the Fourth avenue SUBWAY
near Fulton street or Fourth avenue. foi-
lowing generally the lire OF rla'ouSh ave
CONTRACT 40. :.
Extension If the Brooklyn Union Elevat-
/ cd Railroad from q connection win me
/ VUli9r,sburg Bridge 20 q connection Win
! the greensboro Bridge.
Extension Of the BROOKLYN Union tieLat-
cd Railroad MYRTLE avenue branch. 10 Lu-
Third tracking privileges on the Fulton
etraet and Broadway elevated lines ana on
/ the Myrtle avenue line from Broadway ~
extensions in South Brooklyn. dependent
iipon decision Of city mot determined IN
| the report as 20 alternatives under com
Extension 10 Jamaica depending upon
decision Of CITY apparently not definitely
determined In the report.
The reply OF tn Interborough company
10 the propositions Of the city consisted
If fourteen page typewriter state
uent i'm which almost all Of the terms
proposed are called intolerabe. accom-
named bv a four page letter Of transmits
sion signed bv President Shonts. The
whole story is told. however, in these two
paragraphs from the letter:
We regret for the reasons set form IN
! the ACCOMMODATING memorandum. inat W
ara unable % accept the terms proposed.
\ or under tie new conditions that iiNr
arisen TO continue m torce our suuaWd'
= Il
I W. arr likewise compelled 20 decline me
terms rendered for third tracking the lie
ysted lines We nevertheless stahd pre-
,ared within the rea SOnahle limits or or
/ resources 10 relieve at an early date IN"
| ,nfortunstA condition Of travel congestion
/ IN This civ our offer or june IT, ltl'. " ilH
respect 10 elevated Improvements ana me
/ onerati0u OF the Belmont tunnel connr'l
ing Queens with Manhattan. upon Wnlcl
an agreement had been most rtacntI
ui,h the Public Service commission. VIZ
/ still leave open for your luI'n7I 'o''i''''d
President Shonts goes on 10 commits
erata with the city because the refusal
20 his company 10 accept its terms VIII
leave New York divided into two rapid
transit zones. requiring double fare 10
travel from one to the other. He con
/ tinues.
! 7, cute the heart out ~ the business cen
| ire ~ Manhattan separates n from lis
residential districts. attaches II az Ter
| rrinaI 10 the Brooklyn system alone and
| necessarily unsettles and perhaps revoIu-
! tiorizes real estate values throughout the
| borouehs OF Manhattan and The Bronx 8.
| arriies the credit released through the sue
! cessfll operation OF the present subway
/ s~sten, on the island of Manhattan and 4
ersat norton Of the additional credit here
| after available 10 the development or the
! renid transit system NJ one borough. en-
! faile upon the city. under the guarantee
| rts,,.tsi6n 10 the Brooklyn company large
| Continuing deficit Of which Manhattan and
| me- Pronx will bear the larger proportion ,
! gives absolutely no rapid transit relief m
! H.. great residential district OF the upper
| Vet SIDE Of New York. furnishes no tran
ait facilities 70 the public using the new
/ Pennsylvania station. or 10 the lower West
! Sile leaves congestion upon the East Side
! Tor many years substantially where II
stands today. only IN the distant future
~ the triborough routes should be built
/ r,oroises 10 extend a limited service 70 The
pronX. and postpones such relief as ~ does
,ronose 10 confer upon limited sector
~ New York through period Of mani
years.
Much as President Shonts regrets Al
this. his company must decline. for, h
explains.
In Justice TO the holders ~ our stool
!. and u or bon Is shich, II must not b'