New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-01-26
ANOTHER SUBWAY OFFER
Sprague and Associates
T. Would Use City's Money.
.os1 ABOUT $4,000, 1000
,r,sr marlborough Engineer
uould Give Over Property
at End of Ten Years.

II, SnraGue, consulting ehsHi'ei
- Broadway. and Oscar 7. Crosby.
fNo.,,r Of :. O. White & 20. mechanical
O..~s submitted yesterday TO the Pub
snt-..,cs Commission a proposal for the
DC -, and operation Of IAN indepen-
eau.p .,,y brilt- rapid transit system"
oeL" .iao is practically a reversal OF the
4H'- ru+e~hc-ough subway plan. Instead
p', COMPLETION OF the natural IT for
Of ". o9ered bv Mr.. Shonts. they seize
na'''. s.n street as the Strategic tie that
p R-ieAv they propose 10 run the
...i,eton avenue line down TO East S4th
.,erce westerly 10 Seventh avenue.
- G connecting link with the INTERIOR
Of Seventh avenue and West 4Sd
street - ,,-o,,,,,.., -,
-, the bidders estimate that out
- property" and including extras
,..srast. the total construction cost 10
-, .itv will be S75o0o,oc.
- also agree TO give over the entire
.-.v as a going concern at any time
80. ten wears from completion a. 100 for
Ao,os then outstanding after applica-
- the accumulated sinking fund, and
.,- the preferred and common stock.
-. accumulated obsolesccnt fund 70 be
.s,sined by the city
~ n-oposal offers the city =. per cent
-. -. earnings which on s7J,oO0oo0 would
y. s1ysoO. the surplus earnings to be
.,iSed in the proportion Of 20 TO private
.,,.,al and 70 70 the city-approNimately
.,,-tbird n two-thirds-
-. ,-oDossl came 10 the Public Service
,..,,c,Ission late in the afternoon. Chair
-, Wilcox declined 70 make any COM
emf until he had time 10 90 over the
.,-,s Controller Prendergast also de-
.,.,ss 70 make any comment on 81. John
Prov Mitchell. President Of the Board 81
,i5s--,sr had gone home when the copy
- the Offer reached his Office.
soraque Father OF Trolley"
Frank X. Sprasue is sometimes called
o.. father Of the trolley car" because he
rss prominently identified with its de-
,,lonr,ert he was formerly chief con-
,,,,,nr engineer for the marlborough Rapid
Transit Company. As an engineer he
r,,cs6 his opposition 20 the triborough sub
vay plan
r was reported last evening that the new
,r.- entsied the financial support Of !. P.
No-rsr 4 Co.. hut this report was later
5,sc-edi,ed. Mr. Crosby Is director in the
fr-o NJ I G. White & Co and is associated
with several directors representing banking
'rs,itutions IN this city.
llr. sprasue proposes 4 four-trach. one
1--we subway from Times Square and 45th
street down Seventh avenue. through Var
ck street with an extension through
church street 70 Liberty. With two tracks
70 ne Bauery The strategic point IN
The whole route rs the four track crosstowr
sornectIor through saith street from Sew
srih 70 T -xirgton avenue. The uptown end
N -ae route is like that Of the INTERIOR
ouEh. consisting Of a four-track extension
Id INxinzton avenue TO East lSSth street
nth d connection for an extension un the
Southern Boulevard. thence north from the
Esst 13Sth street junction 70 East 18th
street. 10 connect with future th-se-track
Elevated NJ River and Jerome avenues 70
he Jerome Park reservoir.
Double Track to Brooklyn.
The Brooklyn system he proposes 20 con-
rect hy means Of a two track extension
rom Liberty street through separate tun-
r,ls under the East River TO Flatbush ave-
rue and Fulton street via the Manhattan