The evening world., 1911-04-18
No RTNG.

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July /, 1907 Tho Puhlic Service
Commission of the First Distrist 'ooS
Office under a plcdge TO provide more
subways ana elevated extensions, rs
creation being the outcome of dlssaiis-
faction with the dilly-dally methods %
the old Rapid Transit Commission
Three and one-half years In time and
nearly si.oo.oO OF public funds wAe
spent by the commission In laying out
the Triborough. an Independent system
OF subwaNs and elevated extensions.
The cost Of Tie Triborough. vita its
lii miles of single track. including s.a-
tion finish. was estimated Mt tit,ODtV'.
Then the Commission Topped to the
Traction Ring on bee. Il, 1910. after hav-
ing spent $4,000. 0Oo building the Centre
street loop n 81. 10000 for construc-
ton Of the, Fourth avenue subway In
Brooklyn, both link In the Triborough
system.
Pledges Before Election.
October, ls09-rhe Evening World
secured pledges from the present mem-
beers of the Board of Estimate and APP
p~ovtiOnment. who were then candidates
for office, binding them. over their sig
natures, to support the TrihorouGh.
Under the Rapid Transit laws the Board
OF Estimate and the Commission divide
authority in traction regulation.
Jan. !, l9l0-Mayor Gaynor, Comp
troller Prendergast. President Mitchell Of
the Board OF Aldermen. and Borough
Presidents McAneny OF Manhattan.
| Steers of Brooklyn, Miller of the Bronx.
Dresser of Queens and Cromwell Of
Richmond. took office.
April 40, l9lo-President Shonts OF
the Interborough Rapid Transit Com
pany. called upon Mayor Gaynor. ,
May s, lolo-Mayor Gaynor signed
the bill which made enough public funds
available to secure the building of the
Trlborough.
July o, l9lO-Prcsidcnt Shonts. of
the lntcroorough. supplied Mayor Gay
nor WITH advance plli for the So
called comprehensive system" which
embraces the use nv the lnterborcugh
OF all the city funds available for sub
WAYS. IN extending the present Inter
borough system. Not difNcult, at all.
for the public to comprehend.
Aug. 40. isio-Contracts for the con
struc'ion OF tho Trborougl wcra adj
vcrtiscl by the Puzzle service Com
mission.
sept. Is, lelo-Prcsident william G.
McAdoo o. the Hudson and MsnnattalJ
Railroad Company sent his FIRST offer to
the Commission to operate the Tribor-
ough n II were built with city money,
The Commission could not have accept
ed the McAdoo offer. even had II So
desired. FOR the principal reason that the
contract for the operation OF the Trlbor.
ough would have to 60 TO the lowest
bidder Then, besides, the Triborougt
was a paper railroad which had not We,
been built.
Strike Through Queens People.
Sept. 20, l9lo-Prcs,dcnt Shonts Of
fcrcd to turn the Ste.nway tunnel L
Queens over t. the city and operate il
THls Mas 20 strike az t.o O.. ,ovous'
through the people of Queen. who wer,
not provided for in the Independent sub
way system as laid out originally.
Oct. az, lelo-Bius were opened for
, the construction of the principal por
tons of the rrihorougE.
Nov. 10, lslo-"hnirman william Il
! Wilcox OF the commission said; "Th
: oppos ton is now So hostile to the con
structloa OF the truuk Emo ut i.. T".
. borough because It will he prohtabIs
F.; As soon as the commission Fan com
plcie CONSIDERATION ut these bids II VII
0 advise the Board o.: Estimate OF Its ac
! ton