The evening world., 1911-04-18
SH0NTS AND MAYOR
HAVE CONFAb ON
SUBWAY PUZZLE
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Visits City Hall With Andrew
Freedman, but None VIII
Talk for Publication.
DEADLOCK NOT BROKEN
McAneny in New Statement
Says b. r. rs Oher Puts
City in Better Position.
NOT BROKEN

Borough President McAncny declared
thar he and the other members OF the
subcommittee OF the Board OF rsti-
mate had not reached a decision a. 10
the subway situation. But. Mr..
Aneny says. he wishes TO emphasize
the fact that the offer Of the Brooklyn
Rapid Transit Company offers a prom
islng alternative" and that the city
10 In a better position than IT has been
at any time to compel satisfactory re-
suits
Mr.. McAneny dictated a statement
over the phone to his once. II was
typewriter and handed out for publ
cation. The Borough President Is still
confined 10 his home by a severe cold.
About the same time that Mr.. No
Aneny was preparing his statement
President Shonts and Andrew Freed.
man OF tho luterboroush were In CON
ference with Mayor Gaynor In the city
Han. For fully half an hour they dis
cussed he subway situation when
Freedman and Shonts left they de.
cilned TO tell what decision had been
reached. Mayor Gavnor sent out word
that he had no statement TO make.
What MeAneny Says.
In his statement Mr.. McAneny said:
The committee still has to hear tho
Brooklyn Company with relation TO GER
tain details OF the proposition not as
yet completed. chiefly those that have
10 do with the financial considerations.
One or two more sessions ought to lie
sufficient TO cover these. At the same
time we shall call back the officers OF
the lnterboro to so over fnali,ics with
them. We shall then be prepared to
make our report to the Board OF EST
mate: but what its conclusions or rec
concentrations Will be Il Will he impos-
eible to state at the present time.
The PETERBOROUGH has as yet made
no formal representations to the COM
mittee In regard to the use OF Broad
way as part of the u. X. r. plan. The
members OF both the committee and
the Public Service Commission are unan-
imous In their judgment that no
agreement could or should he made on
behalf OF the city that would bind II to
give or not to give Broadway to any
particular company. As Mr.. Wilcox
put II In one OF our conferences, the
proposition TO make any condition for
or against one party az a sine qua non
OF the acceptance of the offer OF the
other would be intolerable.
Harmony In Committee.
1T is proper 10 add that there has
been no appearance Of minority spirit
In the conferences at any time. Ex-
cepting In a few matters OF detail, none
OF which have involved the important
principles of the discussion. the con-
references have been practically IMAM
imous In their conclusions as to the
qualifications TO be pressed upon the
IntsrborouRh company and as to the
treatment OF the situation generally
The conference which was to have
been held to-day at the offices OF the
Public Service Commission between
the members OF the commission and OF
the special committee OF the Board of
Estimate and the officials OF the Brook
lyn Rapid Transit Company was post
poned until tomorrow. on account .oi
Mr.. McAneny's illness.
Chairman Wilcox said to-day:
1T Is believed that. In one or tive
more conferences with the officers of IN,
Brooklyn Rapid Transit COMPANY. IN,
suggested notifications TO tho plan PRO.
posed by that company can he nut II
form n submitted to its representa-,
tives. The modihcs lions to he proposed
20 the lnterborough Rapid Trans,
Company by the conferecs have beer
practically agreed upon.
Nothing can he said as 20 y nnal de
cision on the subway situation pendin,
the decisions OF the lnterhorough IN,
the h. r., T. upon tho modification
deemed necessary to the proposition
made by the two companies"