New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-06-11
Confident SUBWAY
PROBLEM IS SOLVED
Conference Committee Puts Fin.
ishing Touches on Report To
Be Submitted Tomorrow.
llNMovED By SUGGESTIONS
Eleventh Hour Offers Disregard
ed in Draft, Which Is Expect
ed to Serve an Ultimatum
on the marlborough.

Members Of the Public Service Com
,,,sson and Of the conference commit
ga If the Board Of Estimate who have
,sten part in the preparation OF the re-
,or, on the extension of rapid transit.
,.hich is 70 be presented TO the board to-
-o--ou. are confident that they have
found a solution of the problem that will
result in the speedy letting of contracts
for new subway lines.
The report Of the conference commit
zee will be presented 70 the committee
# the whole OF the Board OF Estimate at
. o'clock tomorrow afternoon. After il
Ia. been discussed by this body in ex-
ecutive session the report will be turned
ove~ n the Board Of Estimate at a pub
rc meeting. II is not thought that there
will he much discussion at the public
meeting. but the report will be referred
,o- action 70 the regular meeting Of the
hoard OF Thursday.
n is confidently believed that some
definite action will be taken at that time
II Is believed the suggestion Of the re
nor, that the board serve an ultimatum
m the Interborough Rapid Transit Com
psnv that IL may have the lines to COM
rlete The III" Of It's present subway, the
lines In The Bronx and the Eastern
Parkvav extension in Brooklyn II IL
submits 10 notifications OF the terms
tia, it 81 far has stuck 10 in it's nego-
tistions with the city will be adopted by
the board
Definite Action on June 227
The report suggests that the INTERIOR
oush have a week in which 20 give its
nosition on this matter. This should
make = possible for the Board OF Esti-
mate 10 take some definite action az its
meeting on June 30. II would be hardly
POSSIBLE for the contracts to be prepared
between that time and the final meeting
n the board for the summer, on July .,
but that would make no difference. as a
special meeting Of the board could and
would he called at any time in the re-
cess period for the purpose Of passing on
The contract forms.
50 far as the city conferrees were con-
ceraed. the suggestion Of President
Shonts Of the PETERBOROUGH. that his
company might be willing to waive the
guarantee Of the extensions Of the
Fourth avenue subWay-to Coney Island
and Fort Hamilton-uade no change in
the situation Yesterday. They had not
heard Of il officially. President Shonts
declared that he had mentioned the mat
Ter Informally 10 Chairman Wilcox Of
the Public Service Commission some
time ago. bur II is acknowledged that
there had been no formal presentation
70 the conferrees.
However President Shonts said he
would present the subject to his board OF
directors 10 the regular weekly meeting
on Wednesday. and he had no doubt they
would be willing To stand behind and
give him the authority 10 make the for
nal proposition to the city. That would
be something for the Board OF Estimate
N consider, the SUBWAY report having
been formally presented to them. AS
said yesterday, there is no reason to be-
ieve that such an offer would make
h much Of an impression on the repre-
sen1tives OF the city, as tho concession
would be too slight.
Those who have got an inkling Of the
terms Of the subway report Of the con-
ference committee have CLEANED the IDEA
that IL viii be found that both the Inter-
borough Rapid Transit Company and the
Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company have
been manpuvred into such a position
that neither Of them can well withdraw
from the field and is likely to accept
what is offered.