New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-05-27
PETERBOROUGH EXPLAINS
Brooklyn Not Sure What Pan
Does for Borough.
DISCREPANCIES IN MAPS
Frank Hedley Says Immediate
Construction" Means What
Company Gould Do.

officials Of the PETERBOROUGH Rapid ifa"
sit Company we're busy yesterday explain
ing why the map published by them as an
advertisement in the morning papers al"
ut the same time distributed in Brooklyn
under the caption What the Interboroush
Plan Does for Brooklyn contained more
lines denoted as immediate construction
than the official map. 1t is the latter map
tina. they have used in their pamphlets uis-
tributed in Manhattan and The Bronx
In the map distributed in Brooklyn IL 70
said that the lines indicated by black dashes
are proposed subways. immediate con,
struction. Interborough and city money
on this map they have the following nne.
indicated In this way which in the ofncla'
map are not indicated at all or are ihoi-
Gated as possible future extensions-fro"
Bushwick and Lafayette avenues TO kiuse-
wood. by way Of Himrod street; from the
Eastern Parkway and Buffalo avenue ~
New Lots Road. by way OF Llvonia avenue
across Utica avenue, from the EASIER"
PARKWAY to Lafayette avenue; out NOS
trnnd avenue. from the Eastern PARKWAY
to Sheepshead Bay; the Coney Island ANU
Fort Hamilton extensions OF the fourt"
avenue subway and an extension Oh the
Roosevelt avenue line. in Queens. from
Woodside to Corona.
A delegation from South Brooklyn, headed
bv Harry Hanbury, called on Chairman
Wilcox Of the Public Service Commission
10 ask II there was any prospect OF the
immediate construction Of the lines III
question He told them all the Public ser
vice Commission had TO go on was the oni-
cia map.
When the attention Of Frank Hediey'
vice-president and general manager or the
Interborough company. was called TO the
DISCREPANCIES in the maps he said that the
Brooklyn map was prepared az the reques
Of some Brooklyn people who had wah,ea
10 know what the Interborough could ~
for that borough. He said that IN ADDITION
to what the city desired to have nulit AZ
the present time the Interboroush hau
agreed 10 construct with city money ana
equip and operate with Its own money any
extension that the city might determine 10
make. This. of course. was with the pro-
viso that the city guarantee the company
against loss In statement he continued
The additional lines shown in black on
this map could be built by city money
which will make the city's total contripu-
ton. II ali these lines were built, as SHOWN
in the map IN heavy dotted lines, $ll0oOo,Jv.
All Of these lines will cost to CONSTRUCT
SIS 900 600.
We were asked by the Brooklyn bodies -
show what the Interborough could DO OF,
its propositions that il had before the CITY,
assuming that the city mad about slo''cVV'V'1
TO spend This map Is our answer
1t has in It's propositions of December
and May 8 left it entirely for the city 10
decide when and where it shall build eX-
tensions TO the subway with the city !
money for construction and the Interior
ough's money for equipment and the inter
borough must operate such lines under rs
proposition wherever and whenever built
by the city for a single scent fare from
one end of the greater city to the other.
But" Mr. Hedley was asked, has your
company ever formally proposed the mme-
date building OF line from Buffalo and
Utica avenues TO Ridgewood?'
Why" he said, Il don't think that is a
fair question
In response TO a request Of the city's con-
ferrees some days ago the Brooklyn Rapid
Transit Company yesterday Informed them
that the company would agree that the So
called West End and Gravesend avenue ele-
waited railroads should be considered as ex-
that the title thereto might be vested in the
city from the beginning.
The last meeting OF the conferrees before
Borough President McAneny goes to Lake
George 10 draw up the report for the Board
of Estimate was held at the Yale Club last
night.