New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-03-26
WANT BILL FOR SUBWAYS'
Nany Going to Albany to Urge
PASSAGE of Wagner Measure.
IrGlLIzE TWO NEW ROUTES
MoAneny Says His Committee
Will Vote for Adoption of the
Interborough's offer.

e,-syaI score representatives Of various
-. organizations will 60 10 Albany to-
-. ~ favor before the Senate Cities Com
,,,ae the passage Of the Wagner bill
..rdirg the rapid transit act to give the
49,. authorities a freer hand I'm the de-
.,lonrent Of further transit lines.
nh. Public Service Commission formally
,roved the action Of its secretary and
'.,,se1 Yesterday in preparing and intro
,,,airq the bill, although Commissioners
,,,,,hie and Cram voted against IT because
.so,, do not favor the proposition of the
,-,crboyough Rapid Transit Company.
porouch President McAneny gave out a
no statement advocating the passage Of
.sa bill. In the course of it he said:
Tho Wagner act IS an enabling measure
onnTEtbinC: II does rot restrict the authority
s1',;tber the Public Service Commission or
bo Board Of Estimate TO deal with the
,,yatiou In any manner that the present
act would permit. 1t merely ehlarseS tle
ss,,tboritv of the two boards TO the decree
.enessarv to give effect 10 the proposed dual
,on n and when 1t is finally approved;
Without the bill, however nothing Coulo
VA done. II IT fails 10 pass. the transit
trotiou vii again fall into confusion. ana
,he relief for which the city is waiting VIII
~ nostponC6 for many months.
f,oHre among other distorted state
,nents recently made. that ! am credlteu
with doubt as 10 tho proprlety OF certain
- Tho amen .incnts proposed. on the con
,rsry have examined II with the great
.et care. and find nothing whatever IN II
,bat Is not proper and necessary. l nave
W. douht that the loose criticism or the
~, that has proceeded will he adequately
answered NJ to-morrows hearing.
Going ahead with the rreliminaries
r.cessarv TO carry out the dual scheme Of
transit as proposed for tho marlborough
psrid Transit Company and the Brooklyn
panid Transit Company. the Public Seryic"
Cor,nission Iegalized two new routes. The
srst ie 2 proposed extension OF the Stein
nav tunnel route west in 42d street from
Madison avenue to Eighth avenue, and the
second is tho extension % the Seventh
.ysrue route. already laid out. beginning
at seventh avenue and 18th street and run
ming south through Seventh avenue. and
DC extension as proposed, under Narick
street 10 West Broadway and Leonard
street
Wilcox Explains Resolution.
In introducing formal resolution ap-
rroving the action Of counsel and the sec
rotary IN drawing up and introducing the
Wagner bill Chairman Wilcox explained
that they mad received their instructions
in the matter in the same manner as in
rsst cases. but because Commissioner
cram had raised the question as 10
whether the bill had ever been formally
approved h. the commission he asked for
the passage Of the resolution.
Commissioner Cram said he voted
against 1t because ne did not think any
officer ~ the commission should work for
a bill fiat had been drawn up by corpora
tons hartman Wilcox retorted that
such q statement as had appeared in one
Of the newspapers was not true.
q am glad It is not true" said Mr..
Cram. but / vote against the resolution
anyway"
The resolution instructed George IS. Cole
man and lie Roy darkness, Of counsel 10
tho commission. and Travis H. Whitney,
the secretary. to appear at the hearing in
Albany to-day In favor OF the bill. The
Board Of Estimate has already requested
the Corporation Counsel to appear in favor
Of the bill Borough President Miller Of
The Bronx will head large delegation
from tha; borough Borough President
McAneny will go, If possible. Eugene II.
~
tiyes of the Merchants Association. and
Allan Robinson will go for the Allied Real
Estate Interests Ten civic organizations
in Brooklyn Will be represented and a
dozen or more in the other boroughs.
Senator J.. NJ Travis Of Brooklyn, head
cd delegation from that borough that APP
peared before Commissioners Eustis and
McCarrol IN opposition to the Wagner bill
yesterday. The Senator said he would do
all he could to kin the bill because it gave
permission to run an elevated road on
Franklin avenue.
More Statistics Needed
In his statement, President McAneny SAID
that tine conference committee Of the Board
Of Estimate would not have its report on
the Interborough's latest offer ready for
several days, as some additional statistics
were needed In view Of the hearing on
the Wagner bill to-day. however he deemed
it proper 10 say that his committee would
vote in favor Of the adoption Of the propo-
sition
There can be no doubt" he said that
the board al the present moment is dis
posed 10 concur with practical unanimity in
the favorable action already taken by the
Public Service Commission. and that the
commission will he asked 10 proceed with
the preparation Of operating contracts with
The assurance that these when submitted,
viii have the boards formal approval"
President McAneny went on TO say that
TIE primary purpose Of the recent ncgotia-
Tons had not been necessarily 10 put the
city In the business Of railroading for profit,
hut 10 lay out system which would de-
Nelop the city and permit an even distribu-
non OF the population. He added
II should be considered that both the In
lefborough and the Brooklyn companies are
proposing TO contribute the capital required
LOT their respective shares OF construction
ana equipment without other immediate
return than interest and sinking fund
charges II is to be borne In mind, also,
that the offers Of neither Of the two com
IaIIeS nave been accepted upon anything
approaching their original terms The
ConlpameS. during the many months Of ne
EQUATIONS, nave been beaten down 10 the
.dst possible point thai either Is pTepaT red
- yeId, and the rcpIe ScntatiVcs Of both
he public Service Commission and the
,bosId OF Estimate who have been engaged
"a the negotiations are well satisfied in
Iuth, thai II the proposed contracts are
ulaHe me city VIII get The system IL desires
Upon the best terms that il possibly could
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