New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-06-14
If Companies Refuse to Accept the Operating Terms
Confemees Suggest That Work Be Begun at Once
on Triborough-Qyick Decision Is Expected
NEW CONSTRUCTION PROVIDED FOR IN SUBWAY REPORT.
'ith a single fare. These groups are as

with a single fare. These groups are as
follows:
l. The Broadway, Manhattan. line. con-
meeting with the Fourth avenue subway at
Flatbush avenue, Brooklyn. proceeding un-
der the East River by way OF tunnel TO me
Seventh avenue 10 59th street and across
the greensboro Bridge 10 a point OF con-
nection with the projected elevated line 20
run through Long. Island City south to tho
Williamsburg Bridge.
connected t by way OF Spring street with the
Broadway line: and southward ~, thr9Tsni Wsi
Street district. The projected connection
by way Of Canal street from the Man
haitian. Bridge terminus 70 broaaway,1s US
necessary.
8 The projected line from Union Square
through i4th street and under the Eas'
River TO the Eastern District In Brookyn;
thence 20 a point a: present undetermined
in the direction Of the East New YORK ana
Rdgewood districts.
The proposed new tunnel by which the
Interborough would get It's lower Sew
enth avenue line to Brooklyn would run
to the north Of the present Battery tun-
ne from Whitehall street probably 70
Pineapple or Montague street in Brook
lyn, and thus up Fulton street, TO swing
into the present subway at the Borough
! Hall.
The Brooklyn Rapid Transits proposed
Broadway 59th stret line in Manhattan
would start, as planned, at the At!antic
avenue tsation Of the Fourth avenue SUD-
wav. run down Atlantic avenue TO the
East River and through tunnel to the
south OF the present tunnel over 10
! Church street and into Broadway by way
OF Vesey street.
Terms Of Operating Contracts.
The operating terms that are proposed
for each company provide for o-ceh'
! fare for a continuous ride over any part
of the system operated by single opera
tor. that ali contracts for the operation
Of lines shall fix the term of the lease
at forty nine years from the date or the
beginning Of operation except the So
called bridge Ioop). and that the city
retain its right to take after ten years
OF operation any line covered by forty
Eine-year operating contract upon GER
tain agreed payment II is further pro-
posed that the receipts and operating ex-
penses OF all lines operated under the
. new contracts shall be escertained as fol-
lows: Receipts 10 consist OF value or
tickets collected at stations, miscel-
laneous earnings from stations. pro
rata of advertising and other receipts.
fixed cost Of operation 10 be, station ex-
lenses, ma lntenante OF way and struct-
ure. damages for accidents and special
taxes. IL any; all otner expenses 10 be
divided on cost per passenger basis. 10
be determined according 10 unit costs
on the entire system for single fare.
being Transportation costs maintenance
% equipment renewals and depreciation.
cost Of power, general and administra-
tion expenses and general taxes.
It is provided in the report that the
net profits derived for the operation OF
all lines by single company be divided
equally between the city and the opera
tor after provision has been made for
the carrying charges.
II IS proposed that the Brooklyn Rapid
Transit build with its own money
connection between It's Brighton Beach
line from the Prospect Park station 10
connect with the Fourth avenue subway
and the East River tunnel. The argu-
ment is that the line would be of benefit
only 10 the Brooklyn Rapid Transit. and
of no use TO the city by recapture.
The four points that the lnterhorough
has not agreed to yet are:
I. The adoption OF the cost-per-p passenger
Jasis as against the car mileage basis IN
estimating operating expenses on the ne"
The inclusion in the construction ac-
count OF the cost Of real estate and ease
ments.
from the cost Of construction. the INTERIOR
ough desiring that all discounts on bonds
be added TO the money cost and mat the
II per cent bonus shall be computed not
only upon the actual cost in money, but
upon th.. discounts The conferrees insist
that discounts must be excluded.
The right Of the city 10 transfer lines,
recapturabe after ten years. TO a second
OPERATOR with one intermediate recapture.
In speaking Of terms that have not
vet been agreed 10 by the Brooklyn
Rapid Transit the report suggests that
the company might be willing to yield
after further negotiations.
BRIT. Still in Some Doubt.
II saws: The conferrees have not yet
pressed tG a conclusion the following
notifications. which they believe should
he made: First-the amount OF the al
lowance 10 be reserved from the gross
receipts In lieu Of the net earnings OF
the present lines. Second-The question
of giving a five-cent fare 10 Coney ISL
and"
In regard TO the earnings the company
AZ first wanted 10 take as basis the
earnings OF the lines for the year i'm
mediatcly preceding the beginning OF
operation Of the new system. The con-
ferrees said this would not be fair. as
the earnings would be increased on the
prospect OF the aew system. They sug-
gested an average Of five years prior
10 the operation Of the new system A
compromise was suggested by tbs
Brooklyn Rapid Transit and rejected