New-York tribune., 1911-01-12

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admits that II what is called the trloorouSn ,sS.
Ioute should be built by the city the lhte, .,.o
Sorough company would probably De tue
Eccessful BIDDER TO operate ". when n. oiss as
Ior operation should he advertised I0l; ,,nt,on on
{eoujred by the statute, after consuuc',STn con, Snr
L Completed: IT, indeed, any blduer ,. lor
operation at all could be found 6us ancs NC
iav n ouote) 1T IS not OF hTst impoi,a
Namely of the triborough and OF tne
Zresenf subway should be IN ulHeren'
hands. II only there be two distinct sep-
STate and self sufficient systems. o-at ed
Rut pray II both systems are oPei go 80
Nv the same company, or by allied or suv,, SUI,
Gdiary companies, how are they sS the
Ind Separate? These words anu ,ey,y
hnrase independent system may ps 80 -
sttrsctiVe. hut hope they will delude no no
fody. But the history OF the WoTid smU06 I.or6
how potent attractive out eh,pS ,sica A.
and phrases always have been IN IN, iiiS'tGa tIa
Ing thoughtless people. II is Wen o,nnis
speine 10 our splendid system OF schools
The illiterate and thoughtless are no loHeo'
The ma iorlty among us
Expressing the belief that the cost OF
the triborough system as planned "ouiu
he so great that possibly no opera'o,
could bo obtained for il, the Mayor sara
that was probably what certain people
wanted. as the condition would ARISE
where The city would have to operate
the system itself. lie said:
have EXPRESSED a doubt in the toTe-
roins whether any bid to operate uit ~
terborough ttriborough1 wonr1otins wonI1 1 and
squippinc that gystem is put az sSStVv;yVoJ
] believe no competent person a ny 80 S'oii''''
that IL would he less tnan an sf-'ov'i is still
homeless Five and one-half per cent VI
that sum for annual interest ana .S siINi'ls -, :,
fund Is so. 10000 The highest eSuinS'e u So 8.
rsv%tg
rem that any ono has made IS S,,''' SeVo9'VC",
Forty per cent OF that for man maln'ehaaIrLlTis aILi &c
and operation would ,oTo,t ne t'tynJ' and sinking
ynnd amount Of si0Soo000 already shows 0
DEFICIT without going into other items
Would Force City to Operate
But the case is worse for the gross re-
ceipts would probably not reach Slooo.po
As is well known, that system was ieCeI,
" put up for bids for operation IN @ 90.
vance Of construction. but no bid was
forthcoming No one with private capital
for investment could sec anything out q
deficit ahead. Some arc glad OF TINS De,
cause they have IN mind, although they
keep II to themselves pretty well, that for
lack of bidder the city would be forced
TO operate the road and this is the OBJECT
which they are striving for.
Some time in the future, namely, when
She public virtue and intelligence Of the
community Is ~ for Il. the CITY VIII be op-
Grating, all Of its public utilities includine
yet in my judgment
In meeting the point Of the majority
report that money released by the ex-
rlusion Of self-supporting dock bonds
from the debt limit could be used for
subways. the Mayor announced that q
bill was being drawn TO carry out plans
of the Dock Commissioner for the con-
he
waterfront to take the place Of the New
York Central tracks on the West Side,
and that dock money would be needed
for that among other things.
Arguing for a comprehensive system
with single fare. the Mayor went on
10 say:
TIE report of my two associates says that
y year ago the Iptcrborough company
offered 20 furnish all the funds needed for
the city 70 build the extensions 20 the
present subway ard asks what has caused
that company 10 change its mind in that
respect. The lnterborough company never
T1ade such an offer
II did offer TO furnish the money to the
city Ia build the extension from 42d street
down Seventh avenue and 10 the Battery.
and the extension up Lexington avenue TO
The Bronx. The extensions which II now
proposes that the city should build, and TO
which IL offers 10 contribute, are in mileage
four tines the length Of the fra gments en-
braced in the said offer by IL year or more
ago. Let us not confOund things.
No doubt that company would be only
TOO glad to renew the said offer and have II
accepted. but no doubt the Public Service
Commission would promptly reject il now
es II did then, and say that the lean
must go with the fat: that no proposition
10 build sUbwayS would be considered un-
less they embraced extensions into the out
living horoughs. The profitable trunk lines
through Manhattan must 60 with the less
profitable and the unprCfitabe lines into
7he other borOughs.