New-York tribune., 1911-01-05
SUBWAY REPORT TO-DAY
Mitchell and Prendergast to
Oppose |nterborough's Offer.
SEE IN IT A MONOPOLY
Mayor May Present Minority
Statement to the Board of
Estimate Meeting.


Mitchell Of The Board Of Aldermen will pre-.
| sent to the Board OF Estimate to-day tho
| report Ct the transit committee on the prop
osition OF the Interborough Rapid Transit
Company for the extension OF the subway
system as transmitted to the board by the
| Public Service Commission Mayor Gaynor.
| the third member OF the committee, takes
| an entirely opposite stand 20 that OF the
| Controller and President Mitchell. He win
not concur in their report, but Il was not
| certain last night whether or not'he would
present minority report
| The Mayor was anxious to see copy OF
the majority report before making his re-
| port but he did not get II. IL was not
done before he left the City Hall, and no
will probably not have time to look through
| II before the board meets Asked last night
II he would write a report. the Mayor said
he did not see how he could unless he first
saw what the majority had written.
II is understood that Mr. Mitchell and Mr..
Prendergast not only oppose the INTERIOR
ouph plan rs transmitted to them by the
Public Service Commission. but comcat the
idea on which the offer OF that company 10
| based The ground is taken that a major
ity of the members OF the Board OF Est-
mate were elected on platform calling for
an independent system Of municipality con-
structed suoways. and that the granting to
the Jnterborough OF virtual subway mo-
nopoly would be against the best interests
of the public.
Favor City Construction.
In the report the Interboroush ofrer ~
taken up and compared with the advan-
tages to be gained by constructing the pro-
posed triborough system with city money.
| II would be well enough, II Is understood
the report will say, TO allow the INTERIOR
ough TO build its natural extensions With
IT'S own money. but bad policy to permit it
TO take any part OF tho triborough route OF
to permit it to use ary OF the available city
money. so that the city would not be able
TO build the proposed tnborough indepen.
dent system
1t Is possible that the report may sug-
gest that the Public Service Commission "a
ahead at once with letting the contracts foa
tho triborough ami forward them to ths
Board of Estimate for consideration
Borough President McAneny is stii Of
the opinion that no positive action should
he taken on the Interborough proposition
until the Public Service Commission indi.
Gates more definitely what the exact tarrns
o. the Interborough are to be.
passed resolution favoring "the propcut.
ton for further subway development now
submitted by the mterborough Rapid Tran.
sit Company In a communication sent
to Mayor Gaynor the association urges the
acceptance Of the offer. with such modin-
cations as the Beard Of Estimate may
deem essential II Is signed by the follow
ing firms:
Ths National Cloak and Suit Com
rany. Enrich Brothers, Cammeyer, A. ID.
Matthews Sons the Simpson Crawford
Company, B. Altman & Co. Bloomngdals
Biothers, a. l. Namm & Son. Abraham n
Straus, Rothenberg & Co.. III. {. II. Koch 81
- Co, the Siegel-Cooper Company, Greenhut
& Co. r IL. Macy & Co. James McCreery
& Co., the o'Neill-Adams Company. Saka
Co.. the Fourteenth Street Store and
,r Lord ~ Taylor.
Mayor Sees Labor Delegation,
i. 4 committee from the Board OF Dele.
y, gates Of the Kings and Queens County
>. Building Trades called on the Mayor yes
Q, terday TO say that II was In favor Of ths
ir Interborough proposition. The members OF
or the delegation said they were In sympathy
- with the Mayors declaration that the ciu-
a. zers did not want to pay two subway fares.
"A The Mayor made a speech outlining his
- views on the subway question. Referring
id to the letter he received recently from tho
4 secretary Of the Central Federated Labor
e. Union in Brooklyn. he said:
as received letter from some labor leader.
nj at least he calls himself such. In Brooks
lyn, named Ncols, Otto, l think In which
he had got together all the sentences that
Of lie could PICK out OF some newspaper that
Of has engaged itself very much in forgenes
Ce of that KIND. and IL was anything but an
Ialg co 10 m. al.
at the workn ymen in Brooklyn. and I wrote
a back. questioning his statement that ne
s. repre sented any Workmen In Brooklyn, and
Dn | don't believe he does. At all events his
1g view. ! thought, was entirely mistaken.
ce lie did not, know the first thing that wss U
in my mind. ard | very much doubt IL he
rs knows very much of what is IN his own
n mind, from his letter. He certainly old
e net know what the workingmen are think.
ne ing of | thing | myself know something
2S about what the workingmen OF the city ase
IS thinking about.
IS Sticks to One Fare Idea.
10 .'We have got to build these subwayA"
in the Mayor continued. The one thing Z
~ have kept my mind to Is that whatever
ne routes we build up We must build them
,r- so that these companies that operate them.
so whatever companies they are, whether the
M present company or some new company.
az will carry us all over the city for ons
To- fare" He added:
hv The city could build ELL these subways
W ! with it's money, but IL would take ionS
~ time You are talking ABOUT the extension
in to Coney Island, on Fourth avenue, "
Brooklyn, which is tound to come way. N
III the city did all this thing With It's own
,at money with the little II could afford 70 uss
sh eacn year, twelve years from now the ex-
no tension to Coney Island would not be built
We have got to build tire great trunks trst
and then 6uild the extensions. But now We
have an offer by which the city puts In the
money II has now-s13 600 0O-and the COM
pany nuts i'm si5,Oo0,O0O. That VIII enable the
city TO have money left from year TO year
,St to build these extensions.
Judging by the sort ot men Put In ofncs
here very often and the amount OF dtshon-
tstv and graft that exist In our depart-
is ments generally or has heretofore existed.
m | am not very eager TO put the railroads
m under official hands. who will be grating
~ and committing larcenies as we have seen
ne done here for years. But the time will
he come y hen men like you and your children,
CT when YOU are educating In the schools. VIII
q grow to that great intelligence and honesty
zen that they can undertake to run their own
irs railroads, but | do not think that time has
IS come yet.