New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-06-29
B. R. 7. TO TAKE LINES
REJECTED BY RIVAL
informs City 1t Will Accept
Terms with Slight
Notifications.
ACTION EXPECTED TO-DAY
President McAneny Urges Quick
Agreement, While Chairman
Wilcox Hints at Some
Further Delay.

~ the Rrooklvn Rapid Transit Company.
last night Informed the city's conferrees
through Borough President McAneny
that his company was ready to take the
transit lines rejected by the Interboroush
ccnpsnv in accordance with the citys
.ffer Of April 25. subject TO certain mod
tfcations The notifications on whlCh
The company stands are slightly different
Son1 those laid down in the reply oi the
r r. T forwarded on Tuesday night.
In the course of the day the company
Welded few things and received as
eurances that a majority of the mefnhers
Of the Board of Estimate would he Will
ing to accept the notifications as altered
This places President McAneny, as
chairman Of the conference committee
of the Board of Estimate, in position
10 report fully to the board at its regular
meeting this morning. His commlt'ee'
Including also Borough President Miller
OF The Bronx. and Borough president
cromwell of Richmond. had conference
with the members of the Public Service
Commission last night
The question as 10 whether the com
,rittee should recommend that the Board
of Estimate take definite action to-day
was discussed at some length. II was
eajd that no statement on that point
would be made. but it is believed that
70 determination will be reached until
this morning.
chairman Wilcox of the Public Service
Commission was inclined to take the
ground that the reply of the 4. X I.
was not an acceptance under the terms
Of the report. as il involved conditions.
and in view of that fact he was inclined
20 go slow President McAneny ex-
pressed the opinion that the entire mat
ter should now be pressed to conclu-
zion by July and that it would be
absurd to enter into more negotiations
at this time.
President McAneny. in line with his
POLICY from the start. wants TO have
whatever action is taken 10 be unani-
nous and does not seek any open divi-
sion on the question among the city's
representatives. After various confer
ences yesterday it was determined. how
ever, SO II was stated last night, that
if the question Of ratifying the acceptance
,f III, BROOKLYN Rapid Transit is brought
fc 3 vote to-day at the meeting Of the
Board Of Estimate and Apportionment
~ least ten woes will he cast in its favor.
The votes counted in this connection are
the three Of Controller Prendergast the
three Of President Mitchell Of the Board
of Aldermen. the two Of President Nc
Aneny and the two Of Borough President
Steers Of BROOKLYN.
Lines B. r. T. Would Take.
The lines rejected bv the Interborough.
which the Brooklyn Rapid Transit now
offers 10 operate. are:
The proposed Lexington avenue section
cf the triborough route. from 9th street
and Rroadp.av 70 The Bronx.
The Southern Boulevard and Westohes-
Ger avenue line as far as the Bronx
River.
The Jerome avenue line as far as
Kingsbridge Road.
the Queensboro Bridge: one to Astoria
and the other To Woodside and Corona
The Eastern Parkway line. In Brook
lvn with extensions down Nostrand ave-
nue. TO Flatbush avenue. and from Bur
,slo avenue out Liyona avenue TO New
Lots Road.
The BROOKLYN Rapid Transit Company
offers 70 give a fve-cent fare over the
entire system. which means fve-cent
fare from The Bronx TO Coney Island.
Chairman Wilcox stated several times
Yesterday that he believed that the city
should live up to the terms OF the NC
Aneny- Wilcox report. He expressed the
belief that if the Brooklyn Rapid Transit
COMPANY was allowed to suggest modl-
fications and have them considered the
Interborough should receive the same
privilege.
Il have no hesitancy in saying" he de-
clared, that if any new proposition
sbould come from either company ii
would not be thrown out of the window.
believe the first thing to do is TO let our
contracts for the construction Of the tri-
borough route. 1t is not necessary that
an operating agreement be made now.
II the companies do not like the city's
terms. then the city should 20 ahead
with the idea of obtaining an inde-
pendent operator
The Interborough started campaign
yesterday TO arouse sentiment against
giving the proposed new lines TO the
Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company. 1t
had posters put up stating that it would
be an outrage to permit the city TO be
cut up into two fare zones. President
Shonts issued q statement I'm which he
said:
We desire 10 correct the false impress
sion current In the newspapers this
morning that the Brooklyn Rapid Transit
Company accepted terms which the
Interborough refused. The conditions
We're absolutely unequal. In fact. we
offered. II given the Brooklyn Rapid
Transit Company's terms. TO operate
subways wherever the city desired. We
had no alternative but to refuse the
proposition made to us in the McAneny
report We were advised that our
eeptance must be unconditional. and the
conditions left no other course.
Must Furnish Half the Money"
The Interborough Company was re-
qnesffH 20 ssrure private capital to con-