New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-06-17
EFFORT MADE TO KILL
THE SUBWAY REPORT
s,,ouosed Agent of lnterborough
urues Building of Tri-
borough.
WOULD KEEP OUT B. R. T.
SUGGESTED That if City Con-
structs New Lines Present
Company Will Step In
and Capture Them.

and Capture Them.
r,suerces are being brought to bear
r,enbers Of the Board of Estimate to
-. then, 10 reject the McAneny-Wilcox
-.,ort on subways. which would natu-
..uy result in the city going ahead with
,,s construction Of the triborough sub
AZ bids for the construction of which
..re already been received. These in
snsnces are said TO emanate from the
,,,srhorough Rapid Transit Company.
ab,ch views with alarm the alternatives
,-.sented by the subway report. The
company is not so much opposed to ac-
,.nt,ne the terms offered 10 II for eXten-
s,ons Il is understood as II is to having
che Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company
,,nd trunk line from Brooklyn right
,r,o the heart Of Manhattan by way Of
p,oadwsy and Seventh avenue as far as
59th street.
7, WAS learned last night that for
-cs- iustice Of the Supreme Court had
called upon one Of the most important
-,er,hers of the Board Of Estimate
Yesterday afternoon and laid before him
,ss suggestion that the building Of the
,rihoroush subway would he the best
hing that the city could do
In rerlv 20 the question as 10 how he
aould prevent the Interborough from
cspturing the contract TO equip and
operats such 4 subway after II had been
tu,lt the former justice presented the
Man for the formation Of a municipal
corporation. or q semi municipal cor
marathon. for the purpose of operating
The new subway.
II can be said that the member Of the
Bard OF Estimate approached was not
rsu carried away with the arguments
pysentei First End foremost he is
~posei 70 an Iaterborough monopoly.
and he believes tho Interborough would
be only too glad 10 have the McAneny-
Wilcox report rejected in order that it
might capture inc triborough subway
when built by city money. The former
Justice said that he would see other
members Of the Board of Estimate In
regard to MS pan.
Mayor Has Breaches Subject.
Mayor Caynor had nothing 70 say IL
regard 10 the subway situation yester-
6ay. except that what letters he had re-
ceived had EXPRESSED widely divergent
views on the ~e00rt as printed. IT is
said. however. that the Mayor has
hosched The subject Of municipal owr-
ership and operation to several persons
who have talked with him i'm the last few
days
President Mitchell of the Board Of Al
dermen. mas from the start been in favor
Of the Thorough subway as against an
extension Of the monopoly of the Inter
borough II is not believed. howeveT.
that he could he induced to take a stand
that would mean the casting aside of the
work Of the conference committee and
the construction of the triborough sya-
TEN go that ultimately it might be made
a part of the Interboroughs operating
Eystem.
Those VINO have talked with the
various ne ubers of the Board of Esti-
mate since the publication Of the Nc
Aneny-Willcox report. say they are con-
hdent that the BOARD will adopt the re-
ptrt substantially in It's original form
Those who hold that the Interhorough
would like 10 bring about more delay or,
L nothing better could be accomplished.
rave the tribOrough subway built rather
han 10 have the Brooklyn Rapid Transit
20 up Broadway called attention last
night 70 the utterances Of Commissioncr
:. Sergeant Cram, who has taken the
Place OF Edward " Bassett on the Pub
Ae Service Commission. They declared
nat Commissioner Cram had gone out
q his way 10 praise the triborough plans
and 10 hope that the contracts would be
sent speedily 10 the Board Of Estimate
and Apporuonment.
Sullivan Talks Subways.
Senator Big Tim" Sullivan talked
f0eways With Chairman Wilcox Of the
PUBLIC Service Commission, for half an
houT yesterdsy. With him was George
ATaus, who Is interested with him in
several theatrical enterprises in 14th
Weet The triborough subway would
NO' through this territory and under an
extension Of Irving Place. south from
'''n Street TO Lafayette street.
This subway mixup will be ironed
.ut IN couple Of weeks" said Senator
sullivan refusing to be more explicit in
"saro 10 what he had i'm his mind.
big Tim" is a friend OF the heads Of
@e bradley Contracting Company, and
" may be that he was just wee bit
Interested in the contracts that they
"sht get in case the bids for the tri-
trough subway should be accepted.
4he executive session Of the Board Of
'utnate and Apportionment, meeting as
0'fhnhttee Of the whole. will be held in
e mayors offices this morning. At that
1"e' II is expected, there will be free
,hahge Of opinion on the McAneny-
"''cox report Mayor Gaynor will be
.''seht remaining away from his coun-
nome at ST. James on Saturday for
mrs, time in many months.
veral civic associations in South