New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-05-24
HOSTILITY TO THE B. R. 7.
Continued from 6rst pcge.

ton Of the marlborough offer Of Decemoe1
5. 1910 This proposal is now regarded a. 80
unfair to the city and so Impossible OF auop,
ton by the city that II has been nesihe,p
wise by the company itself to enlarge ~. ~,
though not changing It's essentially "ro"e
features. .os.,
The Mayor opposed the McAdoo proposai
ns n competitive system with the lntel
borough, and is opposing the bfoonS"
Rapid Transit proposal hin,
/ dislike to speak Of these matteIs, ",
lnasmuch as the Brooklyn Rapid Trshsl.
proposal In its present shape reaizes III
BEYOND any apparent possioility .,' -
months ago the Mayors expIessen nv r,ust
believe that his present attitude ls passu
upon insufficient information and knoWieos.
of our proposal otherwise he wonlh no,
he urging a compromise winch more ia
makes impossible 81 realization a one-ia.e
CITY system and establishes for an lnnen'
lite period IN the future two-iare sSs.e.
am conscious In making these s'a'e
,,npts n YOU (which YOU are at liberty 70
use II Won desire) that ! am sup)ecuns ,,lc
corporation which ! represent 10 my ~
sible hostility OF the Mayor not QnIy III ~
Immediate matter now pending belore ,n.
Hoard Of Estimate and Apportionment pI'
In other matters which may anect tne
istions of the city toward me colnpai,yn
But we have started out IN ms end,,cted
I'm n frank open way: We nave COMFY 49,
orr negotiations In the same spirit anu we
have sought to accomplish ouI III IaPPoca
only by direct plea 10 the lnte,us' 81,
and fairness Of tie public. ana, 70 epc,aI
tent that the Mayor or any otn'u ~, ~ DC
eeaks 10 provent the adoption OF Mna'..d
believe ali fair minded and disihteIoss go,
mon will unhesitatingly assert Ia vi. ,,,biic
transportation plan now ne.o a,ne spirit Of
20 pkness 10 point out the source 'iIu ~ ~
dangers Of compromise suSResIol.o
can only mean delay and CONFUSION, ori,t.
W. ueIconp opan argument anu 49,.
,r, tut i'm Justice 10 ourselves ana 20 III
hnndreds Of thousands Of people M,J ~
homes of transit relief have been I sIss,;ons
our proposal We feel that an s5ouId he
Id In tho daylight OF public discussio ,
nn tbat The people. as well az thelI ~
resentative officials. may ne sn,e ty POGO
in,oIIigent Judgment upon the quesiol'. =.
W. can not and will not put ourselves "
80 ,ha nihIic as advocating openly C0nI,,
rrebensiye plan IF transportation Ie1 III
and at the same tune De Lesser and
VAIL sAi9sb Man Very truly yours,
fno'e Se'''' r q WILLIAMS. President
I,,srborouoh Sees Big Loss
coor,,ssioner Martin said in his home
=, rInshine last night that 1t was true
na had suggested division Of territory
- Colonel Williams. but he declined 70
o,t.r into any Of the details NJ the plan.
For week stories have been current
IN regard TO plan Of compromise tha'
had hoen suggested, by which the inter-
horough and the Brooklyn RAPID transit
should divide the territory. PRESIDENT
Shonts If the Interborough has asserted
that he knew nothing or such talh'
chairman Wilcox Of the Public service
commission has said that no such pan
had been presented for the CONSIDERATION
Of the commission. 1t seems that Mayor
Gavnor had tried to get the two COM
pa MES to agree 10 the compromise before
placing it formally before the commits
sion.
The compromise suggested was that
the Interborough be permitted to bulld
a loop through. Brooklyn whereby IT
could keep much of the business that II
now takes from the Brooklyn Rapid
Transit at the Atlantic avenue station Of
the Long Island Railroad, and that the
Brooklyn Rapid Transit have a loop In
Manhattan by which it could distribute
it's Brooklyn traffic.
Martin to Colonel Williams was that the
Interborough he permitted to extend its
present subway in Brooklyn up Flatbush
avenue and out the Eastern Parkway to
Utica avenue At that point 1t would
turn north in Utica avenue and through
that street and Stuyvesant avenue run
over to the Eastern District and then
west and through the proposed 18th
street tunnel TO Manhattan again.
The Interborough has figured that IL
the Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company
should get a line to Manhattan and up
town to 59th street the Interborough
would lose a greater part of it's Brook
lyn business 40 per cent of which is
turned over 10 il by the Brooklyn Rapid
Transit Company. This would mean
loss. they calculate, of $1,50O0O a year
The compromise plan also provided
that the Interborough should get the
West Side and the Bronx lines and ex.
tensions in Queens.
The Brooklyn Rapid Transit Com
pany's part of the division was the lines
1t suggested in Brooklyn. including the
Fourth avenue subway and a loop run
ming up Broadway. Manhattan, 10 59th
street and over that thoroughfare to and
across the Greensboro Bridge.