New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-07-07
WANT TRANSFERS AGAIN
c.,.,se, for Lines Fight Hard at
'V''''" p. S. C. Hearing
ASKS SIX MONTHS DELAY
~. LAWYER Says He Needs That
One me- aI to Prepare Case-AnOther
INV Tells of Bankruptcy

=, ,erts Of the city. IN
Persons from hov in knee breeches'
gliding one ,be public Service CON-
appeared o. .Sav 70 urge that the street
mission compelled 10 give universal
i4"" .s.-s In a hearing that 0oii'.''',0-
uais. Ssv various members Oh 'ne IN.
OF ~. ~, cave the opinion indiVioua'y ,lla'
nissiTn "a the power TO make TINS ruilhs'
'ne' the other hand. they adop'eu a
but Oh nol,cy and said II must De
show nv ~ transfers we're really de-
sired. 49,, .ransportation lines
- during the hearing, and
fought Sf..bAvson. who appeared for
ChalIes s.,,,.r ~ the Metropolitan system
uo a deafening bomosheA Wheh ne
:. thought u would take MN SIX
- 70 present his case. some 'ot the
ino .,ssionsrs Mr. Eustis and Mr.. Cram
ooi~. -.s.,,lor were OF an entirely different
n "a aid that so long a time was un-
Necessary - 49,. poo~d =,
.., opened the long day by stating
-,'',' est Of his body for universal trans
W c. Connette transportation engi-
- the commission, started 10 TESTIFY
~, william D. Guthrie. counsel for Fred
-. n Whitridge. receiver Of the Third
,-.,,A system. interrupted TO make the
-, that the proceedings had been begun
= ,bs initiative Of the commission and
az not originate from a complaint. Nj
o,.,,Atte said a map showed one hun
"a and sixty-eight live transfer points
Ia me hundred and sixty-seven dead
ones MI No.,,
Ire for the transfers and deplored pres
-, conditions. Joseph s. Schwab spoke
o. The Home Rule Association, the Con
-, Of Taxpayers. the Real Estate Own
80 protective Association and the United
Peal Estate Owners Protective Associa-
son.
You must be busy" remarked Commits
mgr Frstis. who came in 70 Join Chair
,rsr Wilcox and Commissioner Cram.
- am. said Mr. Schwab. and hope
van gentlemen will get busy"
Ralph Wolf. speaking for Bloomingdale
p-o,bsrs. and NJ J. Boomer, for the
o,a Hundred and Twenty-ffth Street As
,,ciailon and the Harlem Board Of Com
,osres. both thought the commission could
~ ahead and order the transfers Mr..
p,ooner wanted temporary transfer
Issued right away. Walter ]. Solomon,
,spresenting the Fifth Avenue Association,
and E " Blooming dale, accompanied by
representatives. from department stores,
make. and then came the small boy in
tnlckerbockers, who lives in 1O6th street
and works IN seth street, on the other side
q town
list before the recess Mr.. Mathewson
hos,ed his little six months petard.
Wr Cram said Il this was the case he
would move for an order right away. Mr.
,iaihewson replied that property interests
O, over $4,000 900 were involved and that
Ia had 10 have time. Chairman Wilcox
SAID he wanted 70 proceed in an orderly
manner. but he didn't think six months
uscesary
Nor one" succinctly added Commission
r. Eustis
Dr. A. r. Weber. statstician for the
esmmission. said there had been a de-
crease Of one and one-tenth per cent in
cash fares the first year following the
abolition II universal transfers. Mr.. Con
ustte testified that before the abolition ten
thousand passengers had been counted I'm
one day transferring at Third Avenue and
18th street. He also said, after a vigorous
protest by the railway lawyers had been
CsrT1led, that the companies had bal
sneed their reduction IN gross receipts by
'sdgctons in expenses.
This afternoon was suggested as time
* The next session. but NJ. Mathewson
fought hard "On the outcome of this may
os7sEd the reorganization OF the surface
i-lr0ad In Manhattan" he said. 1T may
rrvc MS into 1ankruptcy,' said Chase
Ns.len counsel for the Central Park,
North and East River Railroad COMPANY.
Monday morning was decided on, Com
missioner Eusus suggesting that Nj.
Nathevs1r renew his appeal for more
Tine then. Commissioners Malthie and
GcCaro'' were also N attendance.