New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-06-13
SUBWAY REPORT TODAY
To Be Made Public at Meeting oil
Board of Estimate.
DELAYED By THE PRINTER
Members of Committee Deny
Document Has Been With
held Because of Changes.

The long expected and many times prom
sed subway report was not forthcoming
yesterday. Borough President McAneny.
chairman OF the conference committee OF
the Board Of Estimate. was forced 20 ac-
knowledge that it had been a physical i'm
possibility 70 get the report ready for the
special meeting Of the Board OF Estimate
called for yesterday afternoon.
The meeting of the Board Of Estimate,
| sitting as the committee OF the whole, was
postponed until noon today. At that time
the report will be made public II was said.
After the committee Of the whole has con-
stdered the report briefly the document will
be turned over 10 the Board OF Estimate
| and referred 70 The regular meeting OF the
board on THURSDAY.
Mr.. McAneny explained YESTERDAY that
he did not receive the printed proofs OF
the major part 81 the report until late
Sunday night. He and a member OF the
Public Service Commission worked on them
until o'clock in the morning. Then Mt.
| McAneny. who has been getting little sleep
FOR weeks on account Of the subway neeo-
tia,ions. became so tagged out that II was
Impossible 70 continue.
The work OF correcting the proofs was
contir-ed Yesterday afternoon. and Chair
ma, Wilcox Of the Public Service Com
| mission went over the entire document
The printers promised faithfully that they
would have the report ready his morning
Members OF the committee declared tnat
there was not the slightest foundation LOT
anv statements that the delay IN the pun
| ucation Of the report was due 70 the tact
| ,ba, cer-ain changes had been made III the
| first draft.
| NJ WILCOX called az the home ~ J. ser
| eeanr Cram. the new Public Service COM
| missioner. Yesterday morning, ana they
vent 70 the offices ~ the commission To-
gAthAr Later IN the morning Mr.. cram
| called upon Mayor Gavnor, VINO nan a.
ready expressed his approval OF tne ap-
Monument Of the new Commissioner MI
| cra,, told Chairman Wilcox that he was
rsadv for snv work that might De ssslsnen
~ hin, hut nothing was found for him yes
| terday.
In compliance with an understanding
NTH Governor DIX. Commissioner cram
yesterday resigned as chairman OF the gen
a-ai committee Of Tammany Hall In'
occupart OF that place ia generally nun
more Than igurehead. and so far a. oou''
he learned last night no one mad oeen -
lected 70 succeed Mr.. Cram.
Figures made public by the Public ser
vice Commission Yesterday showed ina
about 70 per cent Of the excavation ana -
rer cent of all the work on the Fourth ave
nue. subway had been completed
The frst section extends from the Brook
lyn end Of the Manhattan Bridge 20 WI
Ioughbv street. r is being built by Jane
=. Graham. 10 whom the contract was as
signed by Smith. Scott & Co. About thre
hundred men are employed on this section
The Myrtle avenue station Is we'll unde
way.
| William Bradley is the contractor TOT IN
second and third sections the first extend
inc To Ashland Place and Flatbush avenue
and the other down Fourth avenue I
Sackett street. The two easterly track
Of the latter section are practically com
ploted. on the second section there ar
| some difficult places. one where the sur
vav dips down under the present suoWa
IN Flatbush avenue. and the other "ner
.he subway skirts the foundations OF IN
new Academy Of Music.
| ON the fourth section, which extends
18th street and is being dug by the z. F
Smith Contracting Company, consideraol
ouicksand has been found. All the con
crete work at the 9Th street station ha
been finished.
Section five is under contract n the Tide
yater Building Company. The excavation
is completed. all except four blocks. an
.bout half mile Of track has been laid
The sixth section is being built by the
r Smith Contracting Company. IL tx
tends 10 4Sd street. About third ot
mile Of a four track subway mas been com
pleted.