New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-02-08
MAYOR FOR ONE SUBWAY
cavnor's Message to AIdermaniC
Roard Emphasizes His Views.
HITS "PUBLIC DECEPTION"
nnly City System Can Be Built,
Ne Insists-SS0, 100000 for
Various Improvements,

,,svcr Cayncr. IN his annual statutory
800 70 the Board Of Aldermen. for
- .,.S the board had been looking anxious
y since the first of the year, devoted him
~ entirely to a plea for a single subway
-, IN he built largely by private capt.
ae Is provided for by the latest Plan
he Interborough Rapid Transit Com
- When the message reached the
- Yesterday the members were deeply
..,,eed in discussing theatre ticket
.-e-r,ating ordinance. They stopped long
ugh 10 receive the message When the
~ started 20 read il a motion was
..,cslv passed 20 have II printed. and the
.e,urnent Of the ordinance went en-.
Starting out by saying that on December
q. tar0 the citys ability 70 become in
.,s.ss for general municipal purposes was
~ 81 40 o0 the Mayor argued that the
~ needs this and more for many i'm
-..,e,,ents that have tcen hanging fire for
,.,,s and that II private capital could he
.,rs,ed in the building OF subways that
.sosld he accomplished.
ror City improvements, $4,000 900.
The Mayor referred to his orders 10 the
-sx commission, which resulted in in
.-sssed assessments to the amount of $500
s,oo which on July Will increase the
s.bt limit by Ss00o000) but added that
.rcb an increase could not he expected in
sgcceedins years. The Mayor said:
put this increase Of 100000 is all needed
AZ various necessary improvements other
80, subways which have been postponed
a. several wears now until the matter Of
srbp-gy construction should be disposed OF.
!. * better that this fact be stated. Among
,tsse POSTPONED improvements are court
SoDses for the Supreme Court for the COun-
,iss Of New York. Kings and Richmond;
minor Courth ouses, borough halls or mu-
riapal buildings in the boroughs, DELAYED
,sw school houses and hospitals: the con-
s-ucfiOn Of sewers; the acquisition OF
rsrks and Fairgrounds, the opening OF
nns-kways and streets of such a character
Raj the city should pay for them in whole
AZ in part. the completion of bridge ter
r,srals and many other things, all agSre-
eating more than SS0.eoOW.
Abiding 10 the s43.0O0O0O which has been
-slsssed for subways alone from the self
supporting bonds q the present subway,
~ Mayor declared that II would hardly
sns,s for a trunk line through Manhattan
ard that extensions 10 IL could scarcely be
constructed for ten years on account Of
Ire slender margin cf the sity. The Mayor
added:
Many OF Us have therefore been anxious
n have private capital come forward 70
hep the city build the subways. II sum
cent amount Of private capital could be
sdief 10 the amount the city mas on hand
Tor subway construction. 50 that In that
way fund large enough 10 construct the
suhVays would he made available 10 the
civ the work Of construction could ne
Started IN an the bOrOughs al once ana
Of Taf 10 Cd
within three wears and all OF II within five.
Strangely enough when this was proposed
many persons. including some public ON
Gals. thought that il meant the building.
ownership and control Of the subWays ny
corrora tions-so uniformed were they Of
the subway law. They set MP a demand
% city built owned and controlled sun
Wsys. as they phrased II. not knowing
that was the only kind that could he built
under the sections OF the statute applicable
20 the case.
Subways Owned by the City
Tsov have 10 be constructed by the city
through rhe Public Service Commission, and
are owned by the city from the start. The
civ only leases them out for operation
This IS the case whether the city puts IN
al Of the construction money. Or only a
part of it. The interest on the money PUT
In rv the city IS paid out Of the earnings
q (. 10 subway. The interest on the private
cspital furnished % the city and nut IN IS
pad m The same way The prinClpal put III
iy the city is paid by a sinking fund ere
s,ed out Of such earnings. The principal
o. the private capital put in is paid IN the
same way. This Is all now well understood
sitf0uCn IN is stiu being falsihed by q few
for the purpose Of public deception.
The difference in the Board Of Estimate
an AuportiOnment is whether the city shall
eonu'ete this system. planned and laid out
gradually from the beginning and partly
bu1f. or abandon IL and build what is called
hv some an independent system. and by
others a city" system. As | have already
rointad out. we cannot build any system eX-
cent = city system. The use Of this phrase
can therefore. mislead no intelligent per
son And the phrase INDEPENDENT sys-
ten means independent and separate from
the present subway. That would mean two
irdenendent systems. with separate fare
On each. so that an additional fare would
have 10 ne paid 10 transfer from one 10 the
other II seems hard 70 understand why
such q thin, is proposed and striven for.
Attached 70 the Mayors message was the
annual debt statement of the city as of
December 81. 1870 which was transmitted 10
the Mayor on January Is by Deputy Con-
trols- Fisher The information contained