New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-06-05
REPORT TO Be ACCEPTED
Subway Conference Committee
Harmonious. 1t Is Said.
FINAL MEETING TO-DAY
Seems Certain That Each Bidder
Will Get Some of Pro-
posed Routes.

The transit committee ~ the Rosrd or
Estimate and the members Of the PUBIC
Service Commission. who have MADE UP
-,e speciaI subway conference body. Will
meet again this morning In what will prob
shIv he their last session before the COM
rnittee reports TO the Board Of Estimate at
the meeting on Thursday. They ola not
meet Yesterday. as was first planned. be-
cause the details which now remain 10 ne
finished are so minor az 20 ne sate from
any disturbing power. and the conferrees
believe they can end their work with one
session to-day and that will probably he
n comparatively short one.
Although the conferrees declared yester-
Cav that the appointment of j. Sergeant
Cram e the place held by Commissioner
Rasseit could not m any way affect their
work. n appeared that their efforts were
FASTENED so as 70 preclude any possibility OF
Mr.. Grams spelling or delaying the work
which they have been so busy on since
February
Borough President McAneny. chairman
II the transit committee said the entrance
q Nr cram into the situation could not
Gclay or affect matters in any way. for
the present with the fundamentals NJ
tie subway situation settled by the transit
coron7itt4e'e report The outgoing commits
sicnor Passett will he sorely missed, how
ever. said Mr. NcAnenv. when il comes 10
The fre' dealings between the commission
and d., subway builder or builders.
Neither Mr. McAneny nor the other
member, Of the conference seemed 70 have
env doubt that the proposals embodied
n tho transit committees report to the
BOARD of Estimate would he eagerly
orasred nv the marlborough and the
Droot'vn Rapid Transit Company.
Its case Of fish. cut bait. or 90
ashore said one OF the conferrees yester-
dav. when askeC whether he had any
doubt a. = whether the lnterborough
would consent 70 do business on p basis
which also allowed the p. r. r. a foot
hold IN Manhattan.
No specific announcement ~ the terms ~
the transit committees report and recon
mendations has as vet been given out, but
Il has been practically admitted that the
long standing puzzle will he solved by
granting 10 each Of the two bidders. the
lrterborough and the 2. r r. some Of the
rroposed routes In this way. II is sald'
the PETERBOROUGH Will get a chance at the
West Side of Manhattan. south N 4-d
street and the East Side. north OF that
street. while tho r. r r. will get. IN ad-
dition 10 practically All the Brooklyn pro-
-osa1s distributing trunk line in Man
haitian from the proposed Liberty street
tunnel under the East River, which shah
loon All the bridges. Furthermore. II Is
understood. the BROOKLYN company VIII get
the Staten Island tunnel, which Will give
- first cali in an entirely new field OF
rapid transit.
Apart from the above. and partially con
troverting IL. was. the rumor that the g. IL
T would get an even larger slice OF the
subway pie. with a Broadway route mp 10
A2d street and possibly the Seventh avenue
route from 42d street south
At any rate the chairman Of the Board
Of Estimate transit committee declared
that the matter would surely be settled
now. and settled quickly and It is known
from other sources that the work OF the
conference though differing somewhat on
various details. has been harmonious
enough on the fundamentals 10 make ~
certain that there will be enough votes 10
insure the acceptance Of the report