The evening world., 1911-12-14
TRYING TO SETTLE
THE %S52,00O,000
SUBWAY PROBLEM
Service Commission at Work
On Contract for Operation
and Equipment.
FOR PUBLIC BIDDING.
Let B. R. T. Renew Offer and
Permit Other Companies
to Compete.

fhs city Of New York has invested
1000. 900 In 10 subways. the ~construc-
ton Of which 10 now either under way
or completed. This IL entirely apart
from and above the city's investment In
the present subway.
The expenditure Of -. ooo. 900 represents
eleven and ons-haif miles Of under
ground tubes In three boroughs. When
racks are installed N trains running
B eleven and ons-half miles will mean
forty-six miles Of single track under
ground railroads.
This mileage when added to certain
branches not yet under contract In
Brooklyn. Manhattan, Queens and the
Bronx Will finally embrace . system Of
nifty miles Of road and more than one
hundred and nifty miles Of single track.
The estimated cost OF construction Of
the whole system y about t1eo. 900. 900.
When placed IN operation the new sub
ways will be able to carry comfortably
100000 passsngsrs . day. The exisiting
subway which was built 20 carry 100. 900
passengers . day Il now carrying nearly
100000 passengers . day.
The attorneys Of the Public Service
conmlsslon are seeking to DRAFT . con-
tract for the operation and equipment
OF the new subways which will possess
these features:
!. Allow public SidAing. WithouS
u no contract would b legal.
Z. cerEis the Drooklyn 1apid
Sseasat Company 70 submit 90 Q
I'D it, o6es OF last summsr- new
company 70 o. rsts the present
3rooAlyn elevated uAss - Q. nuso.
0e1 WITT the new subway.
!. Permit Ne ~1Aterborourn 2apaa
sssssit Company o. a,y other cen.
Deay 70 eoMpsts IA The biAainr.
4 1osoe he opsrasloa ana sauap.
meat o. Ne various ast4sions Of
ne new subway system - rapidly
= tAsv ere eemplsssa.
Taee claim ct counsel for Sractisn, IN.
ssrSso other than the b. r. T. that the
latter aggregation has been given pref.
10 freely admitted by the COM
intention.
"oAsH" WOULD HAVE OCCURRED
A PREFERENCE.
But the commission says that II tho
AZ Va taot summer nH0
sssn accepted. whereby the operator Of
the present subway put cash into the
construction Of the ne. suhways, II also
weuh have been given . preference.
n commissioners claim that the con-
sidsration offered by the b. r. I. for
the preferences Il admittedly has At pres
snt 10 the lines" in Brooklyn.
They arCus that II the Interborough
wants to btd for the new subways on
equal terms with the b. Il. T., the for
mer company can offer to put up money
10 build such lines a. It might want to
Upstate In connection with the lines now
3sing constrvctSd-for instance. they cite
an otter to build . west side subway
connecting with the PennsyivaniA Rail.
road station. and other extensions. with
private capttal, might be ar inducement
10 throw the new contract for operation
and equipment TO the Interborough.
o. the eleven n a half miles Of new
subways. costing 62.ooo.O 900. six miles
representing an expenditure of So. 000. 200
u upon the east side Of Manhattan ant
~ southesn and western portion Of thu
Bronx. Work 10 now under way alonl
Lexington avenue from Twsnty-sixtl
street to Fortieth street and from Fifty
third street to One Hundred and Twsn
ty-ninth street. and In the Bronx. aionI