The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1911-06-17
SUBWAY REPORT NOT FAVORED
NJ GAYNOR. PRENDERGAST or
Mitchell, IT SEEMS.
Mayor Wants TribOrOugh Line and the
Other Two " ant Devastating Changes
In the McAneny Proposals Cram Op.
poses Ills Colleagues on q Point.


It isn't certain by any means that the
report of the conference committees
Of the Public Service Commission and
the Board OF Estimate will be adopted
at the meeting Of the board on Wednes-
day. Mayor Gaynor wants the triborough
route and Comptroller Prendergast and
President Mitchell Of the Board of Alder
men are said TO be opposed to many Of the
recommendations made in the report
Of the committees. II was learned further
Yesterday that unless the report Of the
committees is modified in a great many
OF its clauses Mr. Prendergast and MIR
Mitchell will vote against II and as each
Of them has three votes their votes with
the three which the Mayor has would
he sufficient to defeat the report.
Although Mayor Gavnor continued
Yesterday his policy Of silence il was
stated by men who are supposed 10
he in his contidence that hs was averse
to pandering further TO either the Inter
borough or the Brooklyn Rapid Transi,
companies and was inclined to take the
attit,id" that unless the companies were
prepared AZ the open meeting Of the Board
of Estimate TO say whether or not they
would accept or reject the proposals
he would be disposed to dismiss the two
companies from further consideration
and TO urg. the binding of the triborougi
route
\ consideration which is said to he
inducing Mayor Gaynor and two of the
members to favor the triboroug gh scheme
is that this road could I've built -by the city
for about two-thirds Of the sum which
the city would have it put mp for the
construction of the lines which have been
planned for the Brooklyn and INTERIOR
ouCn companies
Although the open meeting of the Board
OF Estimate next Wednesday is not TO he
= public hearing applications have already
been made to the board by the theatre
men hotel men and retail dry goods men
Tor an opportunity to have a say Oh the
McAneny report.
} Sergeant Cram. the new mep,ber of
the Public Service Commission, is known
to favor the triboroush plan. and in this
attltud" that he has taken there was
interest attaching to a call which Senator
Tim : llivan made yesterday on Chair
man Wilcox of the commission. Big Tim
said after he left the chairman's room that
he mad merely dropped in to get line on
tn" subway situation He said that he
thought that the situation would be
-ironed o'i in a couple Of weeks but when
he was asked in what way the ironing
would be done he would only reply that
neither he nor any one else would know
until the couple of weeks were Ip Big
| Tim Is closely allied will the heads of the
Bradley contracting Company which was
/ the lowest bidder for several Of the sec
tions for the construction Of the tri-
hnTntiph OF a. Ia
TO construct this line the bids of the
Bradley company would undoubt edly be
accepted
| j. Sergeant Cram had Disagreement
Yesterday with his fellow commissioners
when vote was taken az to whether or
not tn" commission should carry to the
| { ourt cf Appeals the question Of the juris-
diction of the commission in objecting t.
tho plan proposed by the bondholders Of
the Third Avenu" Railroad Company foi
J tho reorganization Of that line. Chairman
Wilcox introduced n resolution pro, dinl
| that IN" ISSUE should be taken 10 he Cour'
of Appeals. III" resolution was voteC
for by all the members of the commission
except Mr.. Cram, who IN voting agains
the appeal said
| cannot. after having carefully read III,
! opinions Of Mr. Justice Ciar, and Of Mr.
Justice lngraham. vote 20 appeal. a. enter
| tain no Doubt of tho re- Ili of the appeal
! | think th. Court or tpy"ais has already
/ passed upon the difference between M
original organization of railroad com
/ panv and t~ reorganization In the frs
instance there i no doubt of the jurisdic
! tlon Of this hoard, but | think IN the secont
the law relating to reOrgani2ationS of Corpo
| rHtions controls
| am satisfied thai II has not been super
seded hy the public service act and con
s"',ueniy | think a great hardship wull'
he inflicted upon the funior hondholdor
| II they should he kept indefinitely out Z"
what little j. left 10 them of their property