New-York tribune., 1911-03-24
PREPARE C|TY'S DEMANDS.
Interborough Will Soon Be Asked
to Yield Ground.
B. R. 7. LOOMS UP AGAIN
It's Offer To Be Taken Up if
Company Refuses to Accept
Notifications.

Members OF the Public Service Commis-
s,Jn and the conference committee Of the
Board Of Estimate mot Yesterday 90 for
rlulate certain modihca tions vhirh they
viii ask the Interborouch ;apid TRANSIT
Company to make in it's proposition f'r
the extension of rapid transit lines. Tn"
request f,r these notifications viii he ~
the form of an utimatum. as II viii h'
understood that unless tho InterborouFn
consents 10 grant the demands It's prop'-
si,ion will not he acceptable 10 the repre-
sentatives Of the city.
" is said ,hat the committee has declofh
that the time for bufHng on the part of
the lnterhorough has gore and that the
company must not delay the settlement of
the transit problem further by di'ator|
tactics From the attitude 1t has taken 50
far in the negotiations, as described nv
one of the conferrces last night. the chahceS
are that the company will refuse To grant
the demands Of the city.
In case the best offer that the Interior
ough NAV make is turned down the rep
resentatives of the city will take up the
proposition Of the Brooklyn Rapid Transit
Company more in detail II Is probanle
that that company will I've asked to moo
ify its offer 10y linking the proposed UneS
in Brooklyn with q modified form OF 'he
triborough plans. as outlined for Manhat-
tan and The RronX. At present the y. X.
T does not contemplate runninS line
above seth street. where IT would turn ana
cross tho Greensboro Bridge.
Tho Public service Commission and the
conference committee Of the Board OF rs
tir,ate did not finish the work of tormu-
latine the demands oh tho Interborough
Yesterday. but the demands arc expected
ia be ready by Nonday That afternoon
there will he another conference with the
representatives Of the BROOKLYN Rapid
Transit COMPANY, and then 'lm' Tor '''
final session with the IntcrborouGh' "'H
or two later. viii hc appointed
Although there Was som" Su~pl''"'
among some of the conferrees at nfSi thaI
tho Brooklyn Rapid Transit 'onpan@' }"
making its offer. was working WIN '''
Peterborough, that idea has worn a"d>'
There is q disposition 10 treat II aS hond
tde offer in competition with offers oi
other companies.
Among the proposed notifications o' 'ne
Interborough plan discussed yesterday hH
the conferrecs were. first. an interchange
of franchises between legs OF IN" pI"Se''
subway and the proposed new East "ld'
limo downtown and new West side lihe
,,rtoun. second. the segregation ~ the
&. noa.ppo that il is proposed 10 have t"e
civ put into the new subways. fourth
limitation Of tho earnings ON the cap'd'
mt by the company into the new me-
fourth. q saparation of the proposition l"f
the third tracking Of the elevated nnea
from that for the extension OF the SUBWAY
s,stem.
I, is said that the city viii ask the IN
,srhoroueh to agree TO - scheme OF d''c'-
mining net profits which viii Include lax
ing the tickets dropped J.. all IN, "-A''
"a a basis for receipts aud the average
est of carrying passenger over t"e ''-
tire system as a basis for operating "A-
:,enses To provide however that nc
scheme shall not work too well FOR the
comnanv IL is suggested that provision
no nIaced I'm the contract for limitation
~ tba money that can be earned by the
cor,panv ON tho new capital invested 10y
&, all i'm excess Of certain amount To be
divided between the city and the company
I, is also 10 he suggested that the COM
rorv hold itself ready TO operate any i"t-
,,re extension that the city may desire l"
LI,ild with some provision, poSs'blE' lnd,
Tho Companv be not called upon 10 h'V'
d great dehclt. 49,, =, osl,,d 20
make the proposed extension up JcIoi,le
ovenue in The Bronx. q part OF the sun
wav rather than of the elevated SYSTEM