New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-06-19
MAYOR FOR "ONE FARE
REGRETS Subway System Is 10 Be
Broken by Fourth Avenue.
WOULD DROP COMPANIES"
Says in Letter That if he haa
Known of Difficulties ne nis"'
Have Favored City Operation

In letter to charles NJ ,,,,o~
! Trooklyn. made public yes'ei"'S' nit.
! Gaynor expresses his resrel 'na' 80.
Of the subway system Is 10 W. -.
the taking ont ~ the Fourth avenue nv
saws tho RIGHT Of Brooklyn PASSENGER "
20 q reasonable distance uptown IN Man
! haitian for ono fare T. indsputanle' anu
add tina, n no rad realized the dll'l'u'',e'
Of dealing with operating companies "'
would have favored immediate city op''
ton and let the companies go once lot a."
! The Mayors letter follows
/ June Il. 1911.
Dear Mr.. Higgins: ,,.t Tbursda -
/ since we talked together ltst T., pronk
about the Fourth avenue SI to ,Satter even
| lyn. / have considered inc Ina' =, ,aken
more carefully. ! regret 10 Scrat 70 see
out of the subway system ~, 7hrolsen bv
the unity Of the subway S sy,7S,Yav oyt Of IT,
The result il that cVerypouN WIZ o.
| by the Steinwsy tunnel from QuesS''' ,o 20
/ ough and takes the interpV'o".itm Inter-
TO RrookIvn. or who comes hy w ~
/ to~o,,,-b crrrn TIE Bronx To BrOoH9n; VI
( who cones by the lnteroorouSn i,O.,I cars
haitian to Brooklyn. has 10 n,a,sS % co
and nav another fare n ne "d"'S -
| ~ ~ 'rorrtb avenue subway to the lares
sSc,inD of the CITY through which IL ruI,-,
or to The seashore with which II i 10 10
= 10 NOT SEQ a single reason for DOING that
I fear a good many have not lookep ~ enc
what tho result Is 10 he thlhH '."' .o,,-
/ entering a subway should ne dnr 80
/ tlrue on one fare. But we tdIuD' ~"
evcrvfhing perfect in this worh. We Hlu.r
do the best we can through an conlen,,"''
/ and difficulties and with that be conleu,,
That the passengers hrouent onei -, Iine.
haitian every day by BROOKLYN car lites
should have p line through Mannat,an nn
which thew can he distributed along uptown
for q single fare To a reasonAhle "l>ld"Ct -
/ understandable But the arrangement pro
| roeod il that only the overhead roads from
BROOKLYN shall run their pa ssengers uptown
through this distributing nm ON - e.,
/ fare Those who como 10 va ma .,eH ~
IN. siirCsre limos and thcv will he mo ma
| ioritv-wilI have 10 pay another rare 10 20
bsd hoped that they would he given
transfers over this distributing inc. nul ~
,oerus that jq not 10 ne. Rut. again. We car
rot aIways get things exactly right. and !
/ tore some allowance will he made Tor me
/ difficulties ot the case. ..
n bad fully realized at me nrs,nn I'm Z
companies 7 believe would have favored
coming 70 immediate city operation ana -,
tho companies 70 once for all sincereN
yours ". j GAY MN mayer
| Charles NJ Higgins. Esq,
No. 81 9TH street. BROOKLYN y =.
With sufficient number Of tho votes NJ
tort NJ tho NcAnenv suhvays report the
chef interest centred yesterday on the CUES
ton a. 10 the probable attitude ~ the In
terboroush on the important amendment
| forced nv Nessrz Mitchell and PrenderGss'.
pro,icIng for an immediate settlement or
| the question ~ swapping leases so as ~
give the city 2 through north and south Inc
IN Manhattan at the expiration Of the ten
year term.
lanes I. Qusrkenhush. genera counsel
for the marlborough. said Yesterday that 50
far as the legal aspect Of the question was
concerned he felt that the PETERBOROUGH
would he willing 70 agree 10 that provision.
because they had already proffered their
consent on that point at the expiration Of
the ten-year term.
81 think we would be willing 10 take that
question IN now. just as readily as ten years
from now" said Mr.. Quackenbush. al
though there is another important aspect
of the question To be considered. and that
is the financial side-how II would aifo't
the Tnterborough's borrowing ability"
Mr. Quackeubush explained that even
though the marlborough might be entirely
willing 10 take NO the question Of swapping
leases. the SFlllFlIl'ul w 10 ~ '''''
might be harmful 70 the company when II
vent into the market 10 get money 10 bu!ld
the proposed extensions.
Tho indications Yesterday all pointed N
The strong probability that the McAneny-
Wilcox report. with the Mtchel-Prender-
cast amendment. would be adopted by the
BOARD Of Estimate at its special meeting on
Y Wednesday. At the open meeting there viii
no some provision for a public hearing. but
the feeling is that the matter has been so
thoroughly discussed and aired that any
further talk would be superfuous and 1t is
likely that the public hearing time will nc
limited 10 one hour
II has been believed that the Brooklyn
rand Transit Company will not hesitate to
accept the terms offered IT by the McAneny-
Wilcox report. and with the statement given
here from Mr. Quackenhush the INTERIOR
ouch's probable acceptance IS practically
forecast The matter Of arranging definite
~ for the exchange OF leases between the
marlborough and the city IL expected 10
lead TO further dickerng, but with the main
issue Of routes and operators settled ny tho
aecoUtance Of the report on behalf OF both
companies tt was predicted Yesterday that
IN, Mitchell reudergast amendment would
rot form a serious stumbling block TO tho
entire settlement Of the subways question.