The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1911-06-01
SUBWAY REPORT PAVORS BRIT.
But GIVES INTERBOROCGH A
LOOkIN FOR EXTENSIONS,

And suggests Aiiotting . Part Of the
Less for u. u. T.--Mr. McAneny
Thinks Ills RepOrt win start Dieging
Borough President McAneny. chairman
Of the Board OF Estimates subway con-
ference committee. who has been at his
summer home at Lake George since
Friday preparing the draft OF his report.
returned to town last night with the
report practically finished He will not
he able to submit II to the Board OF Esti-
mate to-day because II will first have to
be passed upon by the conference com
mittees Of the board and OF the Public
Service Commission. These committees
are to begin meeting this afternoon to
consider the report. and it was promised
last night by Mr.. McAneny that the COM
pleted report would be ready for sub
mission to the Board Of Estimate next
week. With the adoption by the Board
of Estimate Of n definite subway plan no
obstacles will remain to the letting Of the
contracts for new subway system.
Mr.. McAneny would not make known
last night any details. but sufficient was
lttiTutNt ITOtII liiuttdtc tidt uC anu
his colleagues on the two committees are
for scheme that will allow both the
Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company and
the Interborough company to share in
the new system of subways. II Is under
stood. however. that il the McAneny
recommendation should be adopted the
II. X. I. will fare better than the Inter-
borough. From what could be learned
last night the general proposition Of the
Il. r. L for the joining OF the boroughs
will be advocated AZ more advanta geous
to the city than the plans which have been
drawn by the marlborough.
But il is not proposed to leave the Inter-
borough ont I'm the cold altogether. II is
believed that the McAneny report will
suggest the advisability Of permitting
the lnterborough to build the extensions
IL has asked for Of the present subway
side Of the city and the extension north OF
= orty-second street on the west side Of
the city.
Further than that the understanding &
is that the conference committees will
suggest that part of the money which
the city has laid aside for the building
of new subways should be devoted to
assisting the Interborough to construct
these extensions. The adoption Of such
suggestion would mean that the B. X.
I. would not have at its disposal the
whole Of the fund which the city has
reserved for subways and that IL would
either have to modify jts plans in some
degree. or. il il should Insist on carrying g
out the plans in their entirety. would
have 10 spend larger proportion OF its
own money for that purpose than it had
intended.
Although Mr.. McAneny would not ad-
init last night that his report was in the
nature Of compromise. he did permit
himself to say that he thought that after
il had been discussed by the members
OF the conference committees il would he
acceptable to all the members OF the
committees and that there would not he
IA minority report. This statement was
significant in view OF the fact that Borough
! President Miller OF The Bronx. who favors
than once threatened to introduce a
system obtained another extension to
The Bronx and was allowed to third track
its elevated lines to his borough.
II there should be an attempt to pacify
7 he lnterborough interests by allowing
the third tracking Of its elevated lines
and the extensions of the present subway
lines an interesting point arises IA to the
attitude the Interborough will take il the
Il. r. T. should be allowed to build trunk
lines in Manhattan. The heads Of the
Interborough company have frequently
stated that IL there should be any disposi
ion on the part of the city authorities
to allow the B. X. r. to tunnel under the
main avenues of Manhattan they would
withdraw their proposals for the develop.
ment of the existing lines in this borough