New-York tribune., 1911-02-28
REPORT ON SUBWAY NEAR
MCAneny to Get Interborough'S
Final Figures To-day.
NO YIELDING SPIRIT SHOWN
Negotiations Point, It Is Said, to
Possible Deadlock Between
City and Company.

Borough President McAneny will be
ready TO submit his report on the Inter-
borough subway offer TO the Board OF rs
innate next week. IL was learned yester-
day. conference between the selected
committee OF the Board Of Estimate ana
the Public Service Commissioners on the
one side and officials of the lnterborougn
Rapid Transit Company on the other @'ill
be held this afternoon. when the final fg-
ures and data will be submitted. so that
the long delayed report can be made.
The possibility OF deadlock between the
city officials and those OF the Interborough
was frankly admitted yesterday by man
who has been In close touch with the ne
gotiations He said that the Interborough
had not shown the slightest inclination TO
make any Of the concessions that were so
confidently expected from the company
shortly after the submission of the offer.
Thus far the conferences between the JOINT
committee and the company's officials have
been productive only of removing from the
field OF consideration various pet schemes
that had been suggested by members OF the
Board OF Estimate.
1T is possible that the Interborough VIII
recede from its position of standing ahso-
Z
description of the situation given. "Ihus
far IL has shown a willingness 70 make
concessions only on minor questions, and
there is no doubt that the secondary details
of construction and operation will be settled
TO the satisfaction OF all parties. The com
pany, however, has made no concession on
any Of the principal features OF the pro-
posed contract.
Charges Delay on Company
Some of the Public Service comma-
sicners are hopeful that the Interborough
will change its attitude at the last mo-
ment To me there appears a possibility
, that the company has perhaps resorted 70
policy OF prolonging the negotiations 50
as to prevent the building Of new lines for
scme time, and meanwhile reap the goloen
harvest that has no parallel IN the MS
| tory OF transportation. ] may not be rlGht
on this but the manner Of doing business
that has been pursued by the heads OF tn7
/ Interborough in the past by no means ex-
cludes such an assumption.
The first four or five conferences OF the
/ ioint committee and officials OF the Inter
| borough we're devoted to the explanation
/ OF the situation 10 the members OF the
Bosr4 of Estimate. who admitted that they
I had no real idea Of what the whole thlng
/ meant Many changes Of the route were
suggested by them until they found. upon
! explsnation, that their demands could not
| be fulfilled.
II was said that several conferences
were devoted to finding some means oy
which the Interborough plan could be nm
! proved I'm the matter OF the clause whcn
! permits the city to take over the new SUD-
wavs after ten years. As the offer stands
/ the city will find itself in the possession
| OF an uptown and downtown trunk line
I that will have no physical connection.
II was proposed that in the event o.
| the city's deciding to take over the lines
/ after ten years an exchange should DC
made so that the Interborough would own
the whole West Side subway. while the
| city would take over the East Side line
! The Interborough stated that 1t would
have to get the consent Of each individual
stakeholder, and It was also found that
the scheme could not be made legal
The Brooklyn Extensions.
IN the matter OF Brooklyn extensions the
rnterborough. il was said. has been taking
ters. Its contention is that the company
| has lust so much money 10 spend, and
cannot get more. II the city officials lay
out some additional route in Brooklyn they
| will have TO take off stretch representing
the same investment somewhere else.
! Members OF the Board OF Estimate were
anxious 10 secure some extensions for
Queens The offer Of the lnterborough TO
operate the Steinwsy tunnel and to make
an elevated connection with the Second
avenue line did not go beyond the Queens
boro Bridge plaza. The Interborougn re-
fused 10 consider any extensions into
Queens or the ground that IL could not
make the operating expenses OF such an
extension even II the whole population ot
the district rode twice a day
The InterborOugh also stated that the
I increased demands for service, as pre-
scribed by the Public Service Commission.
made the operating expenses OF the present
subway grow from 35 per cent Of the gross
receipts last year 10 - per cent this year.
and the company has TO figure on this
basis the operating expenses on all new
! lines.
The negotiations with the Brooklyn Rapid
Transit Company for the operation OF the
! Centre street loop are also said 10 be at
the point of being deadlocked. The terms
| offered by the company, IL was said yester-
day, do not cover the fixed charges in
volved. ss required by law. The company
also wants a connection for its Brooklyn
! Bridge lines with the Chambers street ter
/ minal. which would cost the city at least
s2OU,000
CAN'T EXTRADITE DAVlE