New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-06-07
WHAT |NTERBORO WILL
Do, THE PRESENT PUZZLE
soid in It's Behalf That Sugges.
tions of Conferrees Would
Ruin Both Bidders.
WANTS BROADWAY TO ITSELF
And Shudders at Report That
Division of Lines Projected
Would Let Rival in
There.


pond Transit Company would meet the
,n-r,s Of rapid transit extension that
r,I be proposed by the unanimous re-
-, If the city's conferrees to the Board
>, estimate and Appointment to-mor-
row.
representatives of the Interborough
r,-e declaring that not only would they
80, agree to the more advantageous
inns n be demanded by the city II they
,.ore nermitted TO build any extensions,
~, that they would not consent to ouiid
ory extensions on any terms II the
yrooklyn Rapid Transit Company should
So allowed 10 run up Broadway to 59th
street.
IN the other hand members of the
..,.arence believed that the INTERIOR
o,gh would yield. They declared that
"a marlborough had constantly receded,
oror,ing more and more liberal terms,
ed that il would probably do so in this
,ose when II realized that IL was neces-
sary 10 preserve it's present business
,,s that the city could not be "blufed'
t,.o keeping the Brooklyn Rapid Transit
at If Manhattan
The great question that was still hang-
ir, era among the conferrees last night
,ros as 10 the length of time the Inter
foropgh should have in which 70 con-
cider the demands TO be made by the
ci,v Some Of the conferrees were lor
,e-r;,ting several weeks. Others de-
dared emphatically that a few days
u.orld be enough. as the delay had been
too long already
Chairman Wilcox of the Public Ser
vice Commission and Borough president
NcAnenv. chairman of the conference
committee Of the Board Of Estimate ana
annortiorment. were hard at work on
,he report of the conferrees most OF yes
,erdav and last night. There VIII De
another meeting Of the cOnferrees al
The Bar Association tonight at when II
,s honed the report will be In such
sborA that the signatures Of every mem
her of the conference may be attached
and the document sent 10 the printer
pv hard work IL is thought the report
NAV he printed in time for presehta-
,,tn AZ the meeting Of the Board or rs
innate and ApportiOnment tomorrow.
II is understood that the report VIII
recommend that the Brooklyn RAPID
'rr,nsi, be permitted 10 build the Brook
lvn lines proposed by il and come to
Manhattan by way of a tunnel through
Pineapple and Liberty streets. In Man
haitian II would be allowed TO go across
Liberty street TO Church street TO Nesey
street 10 Broadway and under that
iborouglfsre 10 Seventh avenue, to o9th
street. and thence across the Queens
bOro Bridge
What nterboroueh Is To Get
The report will recommend. it is said.
that the InterbOrough he permitted TO
build the upper East Side and lower
Vest Side extensions 70 its present sys-
ten. the extension in The Bronx. TO ex-
tend and third track the elevated lines,
70 extend It's Brooklyn lines up the
Eastern Parkway and up Lafayette
avenue. and possibly loop the latter
around through Bushwick avenue TO
tunnel coming under 14th street-but all
this only upon condition that II agree 10
letter terms than it has offered hlth-
erlo.
The suggestion will be made, it is SAID
that the Interborough and Brooklyn
Rapid Transit Company get joint occu-
pancy Of a six-track line from Fourth
syenue and Flatbush avenue along Flat
bush avenue 10 the Eastern Parkway
and under that street, the lnterborough
10 swing off at Utica avenue and go
over 10 BushWick avenue 70 connect
with It's Lafayette avenue loop, and the
Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company TO ex-
tend out 10 Buffalo avenue, and in time
70 build the proposed Nostrand avenue
and Livonia avenue extensions.
II is also provided. it is understood,
mat the Brooklyn Rapid Transit Com
lany be allowed TO extend its line down
satbush avenue to connect with its
Srghton Beach line at the Willink en-
usnce Of Prospect Park. thus bringing
mat service in a straight line TO Man
haitian II is also provided. il is said
mat the Brooklyn Rapid Transit Com
psny operate the Fourth avenue sub
way and the Centre street loop accord
ing TO the plans outlined in its latest
Proposition.
is understood that the report will
Fo'lde in some way for a five-cent fare
WConey Island over the Brooklyn Rapid
transit Company's lines from 18th
street, in Manhattan. but on Just what
"'ins was not revealed last night.
Arrangements can be made. IL is said.
which the Brooklyn Rapid Transit
o0nEAny can get access to the Grand
oeh'rsl terminal by giving free trans
'''s TO the McAdoo line and accepting
e same at Broadway and 33d street.
physical connection between the two
s'ems AT Church and COrtlandt streets
eso contemplated, but there would be
Hee transfers to the McAdoo trains
s0'hs to New Jersey.
M Official OF the InterbOrough was
s-V'ed yesterday as saying that any
NNlsion Of territory as mapped out
:, "e city cOnferrees would be disas-
ps 70 both the Interborough and the
'yn Rapid Transit Company.
MEANS Bankruptcy, He Says.
-" report such as il is said Will be
IN, this official was quoted as
tor. would mean the equivalent OF