New-York tribune., 1911-04-20
NTERBOROUCH GETS OUT
Of SUBWAY CONFERENCE
nirecfors Demand What Wilcox
and McAneny Have Called
MntoIerabIe Proposition
MAY FORM NEW COMPANY
pPT. Has New Plan. AND Offer
NAV Be Backed by 500, 600
600 Cash. the City 10
Furnish the Rest.

Furnish the Rest.
-,i~actors of the InterborouEh RAPID
--srsit company at formal meeting
,.s, week decided they would make no
,,-,hs~ moves in the subway situation,
!. was learned yesterdav until they re
.,,red definite assurances from the city
authorities that no rival company would
:, permitted on Broadway.
AZ both chairman Wilcox Of the Pub
II, Service commission and Borough
r-esidsrt NcAneny. chairman OF the
-. terence committee of the Board Of
r.,ir,ato have said such 2 proposition
..rl5 he "i0tolerable." II would seem as
,,o,zh the Inter borough company offer
.,- ~, instruction of new subways had
,eer indirectly withdrawn BY the direct
crs n that corporation.
rba, the IrterboroUgh, as such. had
..,.b5ra7.r lent some color 70 story
.eos, YESTERDAY that certain interests
-s~s talking Of forming new company
90 make subway proposition. II was
.sro-ied that these interests were Inter
,orou-h interests and that the plan was
80 3sisv the solution Of The problem
...u further II the story is true, it is
,,ossib'e that the Interhorough. having
found that 20 had shut itself ont, thought
., pet control Of the building Of future
.,,bvavs through a new company.
The Mayor may have had some knowl-
,dy. of tho possibility Of new COM
ANY II was inferred yesterday, from
,bs language Of his statement Of Tues
5or night In which he said that If the
visiting companies would not come to an
srrsemert another company might be
formed
When tho attention % Chairman Will
COX was caUed 10 this remark Of the
,isro- hs sad: There has been talk of
otber offers No definite otfer has been
made but the making Of one is under
consideration by certain persons who
have talked Informally with the ccm-
mission bout it,
The chairman would not indlcst" IN
an va who the persons were to'Vhom
h referred
Following q confererce between the
Public Service Commission. the con
ference committee of the Board of Esti-
mate and President Williams. Walter G..
oskmar. Nicholas r. Brady and J.
Herace Harding. Of the Brooklyn Rapid
1rns'r Company, President Williams
made fhe following statement last night,
Mu a., request of the joint committee -
-ae Bo.r0 ~ Estimate and the Pubii' e'I
vice Co-1r1li ssiOu Va a re formulating GsI
mite statement setting forth our attitude
sG certain nnaSe- of the transit sltua tiIh
ss hrCu-.r cut iu our conference WI. tie
commit, since our proposition oi Ma'eH
o. Ns- -.. rr-fr-G
SON .s these. re FOR instance orr oher
regarding the Jriborough route and the
conditions .rder which extensions Wo.lu 70
erersf.. have heretofore been suoilll, ,.eg5
i~ irfrr0d. truewritten memoranda, aiu
these together with the other matters IL
cussed ir 1u~ -onferences. will be ampilhed
ana -sI t,r'r more in detail.
This statement VIII not emoody a new
Irlu.e'tIor. t.r ne doubt the ddVisanllHl
NJ continuing propositions. hut we tHIhr
and rave trCu-h. from The start That tne
..rf committee IS entitled To nave before
uNf~ our signature formulation OF lle
points which Nr have COnCeJe0 IN con- Ct
,r.re Tria is also 0ue - the pubHc. 80
thar there may not be- any nnsappreHensi"n
g. tu ogr attitude
Df course there are some phases of the
subject which cannot now be abSoutciN
determined. especially as 10 certain e%-
tensions w-ioh .sye heen discussed. unt'
ffe attitude ~ ire rifr IS more defnltelF
settled but generally speaking, the pup,
llf viii have In tnis statement - clear dnn
c.ur.e,- n presentation ~ our position as
10 ara able t0 give a. the present time
aHf with the present knowledge. Ine
et..a-
meeting with mo committee tomorrow
and vH ho rca1V for submission without
Unnecessary colav probably early next
Week
Borough President McAneny was still
confined % his home Yesterday with
hearv cold. but it was known that he
coucgrred with the other members Of
the Joint committee in asking the Brook
I'm Rapid Transit 20 place the offer in
writing.
The conference TO-DAY 70 which Presi-
Gent Williams referred has been called
~ 80 o'clock one thing that will
DO discussed T. was said. ia the amount
o. none. that the Brooklyn Rapid Tran
st would no Wiling to put into the elab-
Grated plans which arc 20 be compost
nrr of tHe original Brooklyn Rapid
Transit offer and the trihorough system.
Tho entire proposition win call for about
s-25c0"pp ~ was estimated. and the
-'ports r.re that the Brooklyn Rapid
Transit stands ready 70 raise SSOVoVV'
thar amount. and viii call upon the
city lo provide tho remainder
M;er 'ra BROOKLYN Rapid Transit con
ference yesterday Chairman Wilcox had
luncheon with President Williams. Mr..
Bsdy and Nj Oakman Later. the
chairman conferred for an hour with
1aror 0a nor a. the city Hail. Neither
would d.e-u.s the matters under consid-
'rston
10 Vas .aIo Chairman WillcoX 70 cast
is about -u~ some solution Of the aim
cult Of bringing the Brooklyn RAPID
Transit over nto Manhattan without m
c4rus tIe Jntag0nism % the inter-
oorough