The evening world., 1911-01-04
ONE FARE SUBWAY
IN ALL bOROUGHS
IS MAYORS VIEW
Makes Detailed Statement of
Position in Response to
Labor Delegates.
TELLS OF HIS HOPES.
Wanted to Begin Digging
Three Months After AS
suming Office.

Mayor Gaynor to-day expressed at
iensth his views on the subway situa-
! ton TO n large delegation OF labor men
from Brooklyn and Queens representing
the Board OF Delegates OF the building
trades who In turn rcprezeat hundreds
OF thousands OF workers.
The Mayor made It clear that lie al
vocates subways and extensions over
which the public can travel, In conneo
ton with the present subway for a
single i've cent fare.
He doesn't care a rap. he added. who
or what company builds the new trunk
line subways 80 long as they are built
and no more than a hve-cent fare ,s
charged for interborough travel.
Financial Situation.
A. TO the financial status of the situa-
ton. the Mayor said that II the city
undertook to build Independently.
twelve years would elapse before the
combination OF extensions would begin.
AZ present there IL the marlborough
Offer. he said. providing for an expendi-
ture Of Sa.ooo,ooo by the city and s75.-
100000 by the company. with promise of
immediate construction and assurance
Of a ride for a single fare. with uni
versal transfers. lie cited the case OF
the surface roads In Manhattan which.
before bankruptcy. furnished transfers
At every intersection. with the break
Ing OF the leases. the roads became in
dependent. a%bolishing the transfer sys-
tom and compelling the payment Of ad-
ditional fares.
Talks Of %Forseries.
"Some time ago a man named Nicoli
wrote TO me saying he wanted to know
my attitude or subways." added the
Mayor. "He inclosed many quotations
rom newspaper reports OF my speeches.
These quotations consisted largely Of
forgeries. The writer-Nicoll-said he
represented all the workingmen of
Brooklyn. questioned all OF Nlcoll's
statements. 1t Is very easy for two
or three people to get together and
send insulting letters to the Mayor.
when Z oams into once I had
hoped to bsgin subway digging In
three months, but delays one way
ana another prevented.
II never had any objections to the
Tri-borough route or any other route"
But the notion OF two or three or
more Independent routes In 20 absurd
that I was certain the workingmen
would never stand for Il.
II receive many letters from persons
Who do not know the first thing about
subways. So-called labor leaders have
also written to me. ! call them mis-
leaders. They are the sort that make
. big noise 1854 days in the year and sell
out on Election Day.
Very Little Money.
AS 70 the money for building sub-
ways, the city has very little. II would
% twelve years before we could start
the extension to Coney Island. II the
Interborough ofer Is TO prevail the city
would ave money to begin the build
Ing Of extensions at once. whereas "
we put all the city money In trunk lines
nov II would be years-twelve to NJ
~teen-before n complete system OF sub
ways was BUILT.
whichever way Il II don the city
WIN own the lines anyhow from the
day the lines are built. Companies are
al the sa ne to me. ! never saw one
that was better than another. Have
you' They are all run for the stock
holders.
1--WE have got 10 treat the railroads
fairly. II We IMPOSE too harsh or strict
! conditions we might bankrupt them.
That wouldn't do the public m good.
A. for municipal operation, we are not
educated up to that yet, JUDGING from
the grafting practices we have seen In
once. No. Il IL your children-their gen.
eration-which must take up municipal
operation OF railroeds"
Alderman william p. Kenneally, who
headed the delegation and introduced
the speakers. comes from Leader
Charles T.. M%urphy's district and Is a
warm personal friend OF the leader of
Tammany. K~enneally's activity was
described by many nv Inter5orough
aocelsratlon.
A Conference.
COMPTROLLER Prendergast and President
Mitchell of the Board OF Aldermen held
q conference to-day with Borough Pres
|. ident George McAncny at the latter's
residence. No. 10 East Forty-seventh
street, In relation to the subway ques-
ton, which comes up at Tomorrow
session OF the Board OF Estimate and
Apportionment.
Comptroller P~rendergast and President
Mitchell each have three votes, witt
the two votes OF the Borough President
they would command eight votes
enough to block the subway and IL
crab OF the In~terborough Rapid Trann'
Company.
A report that they had agreed to com
promise with the marlborough. the lat
ter company yielding In a few mino
|. details, was denied by both the Comp
A.~p~r era Mr. Mitchell