New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-05-21
MAYOR HOPES FOR ACTION
Calls Estimate Board to Receive
Subway Report Thursday.
mitchell IS AGAINST IT
P. s. G. Lays Out Five More
Routes, Part of Those Agreed
On at Conference.

II the wishes Of Mayor Gaynor prevail
the report Of Borough President McAnenN
recommending the formal adoption of the
dual system of subways will he adopted a
The regular meeting Of the board on Thurs
day. He sent the following letter to eacf
member of the board last night:
Sir: \ meeting of the Board Of Estimate
viii be held at the Mayors office or
Wednesday. May %. at IL o'clock TO re
ceive the subway report, so that we may
be able, If possible TO adopt 1t at the
Thursday meeting. Very truly yours,
W. j, GAYNOR, Mayor.
At first il had been hoped that President
McAneny's report would be ready in time
for presentation at a special meeting at
o'clock this afternoon. When it was found
st could not be made ready until to-mor-
row. President McAneny suggested that ii
might be a good thing to let it lay over
for a week, I'm order that every member
OF the board might become thoroughly IA
miliar with it,
Mayor Gaynor, however believed they
were already familiar with the PROPOSE
ton and that there should be no further de-
lay. II was understood that other mem
bers Of the board felt as he did about It.
President Mitchell of the Board of Alder
men would, of course, vote against the
adoption Of the report at any time. lie
has brief ready for presentation showing
the grounds of his opposition to giving the
PETERBOROUGH Rapid Transit Company the
lines It desires. He is particularly opposed
20 the preferential payment suggested.
In addition to the adoption of the Qua,
system, as 1t has already been outlined in
the public prints, the report OF President
McAneny il was understood, will recon-
mend that the proposed Union Square sub
way, from the eastern district in Brook
lyn. be continued over to Sixth avenue in
order TO make a connection with the Hud-
son tunnels
He will also recommend the adoption Of a
Brooklyn crosstown line 10 connect the
greensboro Bridge in Queens with the
Brighton Beach line of the Brooklyn Rapid
Transit Company The Brooklyn Rapid
Transit suggested that such line might be
run through Franklin avenue but failed to
get the Legislature to remove the restric-
tons against an elevated railroad in sew
oral blocks in Franklin avenue.
The Public Service Commission formally
laid out five more routes yesterday. which
we're part of those agreed upon with the
conference committee of the Board Of Esti-
mate week ago
They are the eastern district route, in
Brooklyn; the two extensions of the Fourth
avenue subway to Coney Island. which are
10 be built by the Brooklyn Rapid Transit
Company; a connection between the West
Farms branch of the present subway and
the proposed White Plains route, and
connection between the Stenway tunnel
and the greensboro Bridge plaza in
Queens.
Chairman Wilcox Of the Public Service
Commission has secured the permission Of
the War Department for the necessary Dor
ings incidental to the construction Of a
tunnel TO Staten Island from 65th street
Brooklyn. The supervising architect of the
Treasury Department told the chairman it
might be necessary TO get a special act Of
Congress in order TO carry the Seventh
avenue marlborough extension under the
northeast corner Of the Federal Building.
not think any difficulty would be found in
getting such an act.
When the filing clerks of the Public Ser
vice Commission started to examine petit
ton favoring an elevated railroad IN
Knickerbocker avenue. Brooklyn. yester-
day, they discovered that many Of the
pages We're blank. The document was sent
in the form of a spool. around which was
wound the petition to the extent Of a foot
ar more. 1t was formidable looking
document, but it did not pan out to the cX-
tent imagined At that, there were about
eight thousand names.