New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-08-02
GO RIGHT ON DIGGING
No Alarm Over Suit Filed by
Directors to New Subway.
new CONTRACT AWARDED
Willcox and McAneny Going on
Vacations, Satisfied That
Victory Is Won.

AtnCOEh CHAIRMAN WILCOX OF tne rune
Service Commission was served with an
order yesterday to show cause why the
work on the Lexington avenue subway
should not be stopped. the commission
awarded the contract for Section u, which
takes In the new subway from 106th to
'a1sth street.
This went TO the Oscar Daniels Company,
pf No. 3s Park Row, which was the lowest
bidder and the contract will come before
the Board Of Estimate meeting on Thurs
day morning for approval There will be
Two stations on this part OF the route. one
between 10th and Nth streets and the
>other at 1leth street. The contract price,
ssccording TO the unit price submitted by
khe Daniels company, has been estimated
lat S2,s25. 74O "a, but that was on the basis
Eof large bore subway. and according to
Ahe modified plans the cost will be some
Nhat less than the first estimate,
The Bradley Contracting Company, the
leuccessful bidder on four other sections
kpf the subway. did not start actual opera
Htons yesterday on any large scale. For
Ithe final alignments OF the street lines and
lsubway lines they must wait for the re-
bort OF the commissions surveys, and that
will be in their hands some time to-day.
Photographers for the Public Service
Comulssion were busy yesterday taking
lIiotures OF Lexington avenue along the
Eoute Of the subway in order that there
shall be on file record Of the present
icondition Of the street, as the contracts
ICall upon the builders to restore the street
60 that condition.
With these preliminaries out OF the way,
abe Bradley company will proceed with its
shaft sinking and other more advanced
preliminary work. after which they will be
Nm shape 10 take on the force Of actual
'"diggers" Meanwhile some two or three
Thousand eager laborers swarmed over the
eubway route yesterday seeking work. but
were put off for few days
The complaint which seeks to tie up all
This activity is made by the Admiral Realty
company. 1t calls upon the defendants 10
show cause in Special Term. Part l OF the
Eupreme Court. tomorrow morning, at
1910 o'clock. and is signed by Justice Gle
gerich.
Attacking the right Of President Mitchell
90 vote as Acting Mayor and that Of Vice
lChairman Bent to vote as President OF
1.-The Board of Aldermen at the meeting OF
.the Board Of Estimate on July q, when
1.-THE contracts were approved, the complaint
goes on to recite as other grounds for the
esnjuncuon the fact that minor changes
were made in the contracts without the ap-
proval of the Mayor.
Oliver c. Semple and Leroy 7. Hark-
ness. assistant counsel to the commission.
will probably appear in court tomorrow
20 represent 1t.
Controller Prendergast Borough Presl-
dent McAneny and Colonel Timothy S.
Williams. president Of the Brooklyn Rapid
Transit Company. called on Chairman
Wilcox Yesterday shortly after the com
plant had been served in the Injunction
suit The city officials said mat their
talks with the chairman had not been con-
corning the suit but that they had gen
eral talks on the subway situation prior
70 the leaving Of Mr. McAneny and Mr..
Wilcox on vacations.
Theodore P. Shonts. president of the
Interborough, said.
so far as future subways are con-
oerned. il does not look as if the Inter
borough will get much chance even 10 bid
on them when they are offered for opera
ton II seems pretty well cut and dried
affair for the Brooklyn Rapid Transit
Company. However, the Interborough'
which. as the citys tenant, wanted TO do
the right thing by the city, can afford 10
let the city go its own way
The PETERBOROUGH got one communica-
ton from the Public Service Commission
Yesterday. though whether il was a salts
factory one is doubtful At its stated
meeting tho commission executed the Ger
'tidcates for the third tracking of the Sec
ond Third and Ninth avenue elevated
lines and for the building of the Bronx
extensions TO the two latter lines and the
Queensbor Bridge extension to the Sec
. ond avenue line
But the certificates require that as soon
as any extension is put into operation the
city is 70 receive one-half of the net prof
fits in excess Of the net profits of the ele-
waited system for the two years ended
June so last and the extensions are TO
pass to the city after all renewals in
1898
At present the Interoorough pays no
share Of the profits 10 the city, and II has
a 9s9-vear lease Of the elevated roads.