New-York tribune., 1912-03-05
DELAY SUBWAY ACTION
Absence of Commissioner Malt
bic Causes P0Stponement.
soFFER is NOT DISCUSSED
City Officials Will Go Slowly Un'
less New Commissioner
Is Appointed.

No action was taken by the PUBIC OCT
vice Commission yesterday on the latss'
subway offer Of the rnterb- rough kaPll
Transit Company. The commission met aho
.saiourned without even discussing the SUD-
sect II was understood that action was
postooned because OF the absence OF COM
missioner Maltbie
After the meeting Chairman Wilcox lefl
for Washington to attend the meeting OF
the National Civic Federation. He Will no.
be back, IL is understood, until the latter
part OF the week. This would seem to
mean that the proposition cannot be acted
on by the commission in time TO forward
IL 10 the Board OF Estimate for this week
meeting
AS a matter of fact, the city officials
want time 10 study the proposition, and
Will not hurry action on il unless II be
comes evident that new member OF lie
Public Service Commi sion is 10 supplanI
william McCarroll immediately.
President Williams Of the Brooklyn Raplc
Transit Company in statement yester'
day. expressed the fear that the receipt b!
tna city OF an offer from the lnterborouGr
might result in some changes i'll the agree-
nnent with his company which would no
be pleasing 70 it. He said that ne hao
given the public officials an idea OF hi:
attitude in regard to the proposed returf
10 the daal system. He said:
We staaed that while we were prepared
70 carry out. and strongly preferred U
carry OUT the arrangement aSreed upon
on July "a, we would not seek 70 en-
barrass the members Of the Board ct Esu
MAZE and Ruh!ic Service Commi- son !.
what we bslieved TO be sincere e-oedVo!
10 reach basis Of agreement WIN tES
Interborouigh company tnAt would proves
on proper Germs Tor the c~mpleuon OF tnt
so-caI!ed "a" system in Manhattan az.
The Bronx We. however, maze II p!d!I
that should we be asked 70 Tnoa:Ly t!:e d. ar
rangenent agreed upon last summer VIZ
Woulo lesI otaTseIVes Tree 10 maAe our ae'
cision IS 70 the acceptance or any Pro
posed Modification or as 70 a w wltHorsw- 5sn,a =
1-orn the situation, upon a.! the 4dc~s O.
they might lf.en exist ..- -. "a
The Company fully appreciates the re
sponsibility Inv olved in tbs truSteesh!p
epd il has therefore sought from Tune .
lime assurance I from the city oHc!a!S lne
rothirg in the negotiations with the InteF
borough company would be allowed 70 n
Ieyiers viii the ~i5s eSsen5ai reief if'G Tor upwarc
~ two million OF the ciuzcns OF New 1ork
Such assurances have been gwen, r0t.
privately ana in l.un1c az fba Bo3rd
T2stinoate transit committed by ControI!e
Prendergast, by Chairman WillcoN OF -"
Public Service CcmmisS,'oh an 4''tSi s,jcb as
s1irsnces were given IN good faith. IN
pending Offer Of TIVE Interoor2ugA hapi' +iLa !
transit Company. howe er rai e d .4ds, HIla
;ssTe a. TO a nun1bsr of specific questo n
Which his company considers VITA a.. 70 trus {n
4ss- Convinced that 1he. matter az stdh'
IS too poT59nt to justify the oTiS'0gk Ras 6skec
that assurances covering these sPo04-''
points be formally gwen.
A summary Of street railway operauoh'
IN the greater city for the month OF DE
oeunber shows that the total revenue cal
miles operated on all lines was 26,5O'O'S a.
against 24,S94,53S in December, 1910. Tn
number Of revenue passengers was 1885,
f25. and the number Of those riding o!
transfers was 27,150,csz The correspcnoln'
agures for the previous December were
1S5 s04 1Ss and z,442S95. The total revenue
from transportation was S7i76.0Ss s., agains
ss.76s. COS p in the corresponding month o
1910