New-York tribune., 1911-11-30
ROADS WILL Fight
TRANSFER ORDER
Public Service Commissions Act
Looking to Restoration Stlrs
Surface Street Railways
of Manhattan.
SAY PLAN Is C0NFISCAT0RY
Decision Affects 151 Points in
"his Borough and Is to Go Into
Effect the First of the Year,
but May Be Held Up by
Litigation.


Litigation.
Conferences will be held among the
various street railway lines in Manhat-
tan next week to decide upon a general
policy of fighting the action of the Pub
lie Service Commission yesterday In
directing it's counsel to draft an order
restoring the transfers at Isl points in
Manhattan which were abolished when
the old Metropolitan system ceased to
be. The order is to take effect the first
of the year.
From an authoritative source IL was
learned that the Third Avenue system
would appeal to the courts aS soon as
the order was entered. The Metropol-
itan system will take a similar course
said an official high in the councils OF
TIT road.
This will mean long and costly litiga-
tion. no move can he made until the or
der is entered officially. Then the coun-
sci for the roads will ask for = hearing
As this Is expected TO be denied by the
Public Service Commission. writ OF
certiorari will be sued out.
ssy Order Is Unwsrranted.
The basis Of the suit will be that the
order is unfair. unjust and unwar-
ranted by the law and the facts in the
the case" and, further, that To restore
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fscating the property of the roads al
fected. II will be asserted by the coun-
sci for the roads that the properties
would not make fair returns as invest
ments if the order of the Public Service
Commission is enforced.
one of the counsel for the roads af-
fected said last night that as soon "a
the Supreme Court issued the writ Of
certiorari the surface lines would II All
proba bility obtain an order compelling
the Public Service Commission to show
cause why it's order should not be held
up pending the litigation.
Metropolitan system official said he
believed there was possibility Of soma
of the reorganization committee OF tho
.
1T may be that they will regard the or
5 der as an expression of public opinion
and decide TO agree to it, he said
Guv s. Tripp, chairman Of the reor-
ganization committee, said thai no state
ment would he issued until the COM
, mittee met early next week. Pressed AZ
In what course the committee might
take. he said: The Metropolitan viii
. probably contest the order
Oren Root general manager ~ the
Metropolitan system, would say only
that the order would mean consider
: able extra burden upon the properties
embraced in the system
Frederick w. Whitridge, receiver of
=, the Third Avenue Railroad Company,
smoke I'm n similar vein, and added that
tho matter as to what course would be
: pursued rested with the reorganization
committee. Adrian s. Joline and Doug
las Robinson receivers of the Metropoii-
tan Street Railway Company, referred
reporters to the reorganization commit
{, Q tee.
% Text Of the Order for Transfers.
3 The order provides through routes ana
u toint fares for the transportation OF pas
sengers for joint fare OF five cents for
. n continuous trip in the same general
direction as the maximum TO be exacted
y for sue. TRANSFORMATION between the lines
n and at the points named In ad-
4 dition to all transfers now existing or In
j force. such Joint rate to be made ef-
4 fective by the issue OF ticket or trans
u fer slip from the line Of the company
upon which such passenger originates 10
: such connecting line at any other such
q point TO a line operated either by the
e company upon which such passenger
originates or operated by a company
now exchanging transfers with such
original company"
Other lines affected besides those men
toned are the 42d street, Manhattan
willie G. ST. Nicholas Avenue Railroad
Company the Dry Dock, East Broadway
& Battery Railroad Company, the Kings
bridge Railroad Company. the Second
; Avenue Railroad Company, tho Central
Park. North and East River Railroad
, Company and the 2sth and 29th Streets
Crosstown Railroad Company.
The Public Service Commission came
TO its decision yesterday after holding
, hearings on the matter that lasted all
summer