New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-05-11
3. R. T. WANTS TO KNOW
Seeks Guarantees for Its Share
of Dual System-Morgan In
terests Disclaim Desire to
Hasten City's Action by
Threats of Withdrawal.

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snecial executive session yesterday af-
ternoon. \ resolution practically puttinG
I'D the responsibility for the delay to
the Public Service commission was
passed and that body was asked TO act
on the routes with the least possible
delay.
controller Prendergast. who, il was uu-
derstood. had received assurances from
J F. Morgan. ir. representing the bank
ers Of the marlborough, that they had
no desire 10 hasten the city unduly by
threats of withdrawing from the propo-
stion. supported President MCAneny in
his stand making it obvious that Mayor
Gavnor would he unable to put through
any resolution approving the INTERIOR
ouch offer Immediately.
Majority Opposed to Mayor.
Informal discussion revealed the fact
that. in addition to the Controller, Presi-
dent McAnery had with him President
Mitchell Of the Board of Aldermen. Ror-
ough President Cromwell and Acting
Borough President OLeary Of Queens
ten votes in ALL Borough Presidents
Steers and Miller stood with the Mayor
for Immediate approval. but they had
only six votes SO the resolution Of ap-
proval vas not offered. 1t was an
rounced that the following resolution,
which lad been drawn up by President
McAnenv and was offered by controller
Prendergast. was passed unanimously;
Resolved. That this hoard authorizes
and directs its conference committee on
transit proposals to ascertain from tne
Public Service Commission the stat
Of each of the several routes COMPRISED
within the proposed dual system Of RAPID
transit lines that nave not a' Ett peJG jd
presented to this board and that sara
committee is requested to urge upon the
Public Service Commission tho importanc"
Of action upon each Of the sag fon,fS l.i,d d
the earliest moment practlcahle. ana
Resolved. That the SAID committee IN
form the Public Service COMMISSION ina
This board faVOrS the ADOPTION al the SO
called Liberty street and Pineapple street
tunuel route as part Cf the system OF me
Tnterhorough Rapid Transit company, ana
the Whitehall street. Montague Strce'
tunnel route as part OF lhe y N'e'T - W 80 I,
opcrated 10y the Brooklyn Rapid TRANSIT
Company.
Chairman Wilcox OF the Public scr
vice Commission is expected L" return
10 the city this morning after western
trip of three weeks. President NC
Aneny said last night he would suggest
,o the chairman an immediate con-
ference between the conference commit
tee of the Board of Estimate and the
Public Service Commission. 1t may be
held this afternoon-the earlier the pel-
ter. according TO the attitude Of Presl-
dent McAneny.
Insists on Complete Routing.
The Board of Estimate will hold an
other special meeting on Tuesday after
noon. at which President McAnenY Will
report on the attitude Of the commis-
sion. It is not likely that any aihrina-
tive action on the Intcrborough propo-
sition will be taken even then, as Presl-
dent McAneny is firm in his determlna-
ton that the entire dual system, with
all the routing complete, must be passed
at the same time.
President McAneny holds that the two
most vital propositions are the tunnel
routings between Manhattan and Brook-
lyn and the physical connection between
the Canal street and the Broadway lines,
which would give an outlet up Broad
way to Brooklyn passengers coming
across the Manhattan Bridge.
Commissioner Maltbie of the Pubic
Service Commission, in the absence oi
Chairman Wilcox, said he was not sure
that the commission would be willing TO
back down on the tunnel routngs as
laid out by them. They decided that the
lnterborough should get the Whitehall
Montague street tunnel. and laid out 4
new route, the Beaver Clark street tun-
mel for the Brooklyn Rapid Transit
Company. abandoning the Liberty
street Pineapple street route entirely.
The commission says its engineers hold
that the engineering difficulties in build
ing a tunnel through Liberty street
would be such as TO make the proposi-
tion cost 100000 more than that
selected by them But engineers for the
lnterborough and the Brooklyn Rapid
Transit Company and those consulted
by President McAneny assert that the
Liberty street route is perfectly feasible.
Commissioner Williams said that so
far as he was concerned he was for har-
mony and If the companies had reached
an amicsble agreement about the tun-
nels he did not see why that layout
should not be adopted.
Chairman Cram OF the Public Service
Commission declared that the threat Of
the lnterborou3h to withdraw it's offer
was "a bluff made by the traction trust
Tor the purpose OF intimidatIng sup
posedly weak public officials" He de-
cared that the city could build and OPP
erate It's own subways without the aid
OF corporations that have capitalized in
decency."
me position OF j. p. Morgan e. Co, as
previously defined, is that they have no
oesire to abandon the subway financing
"hieh they have undertaken I'm behalf OF
INC marlborough Rapid Transit Com
pahy' but are exceedingly anxious to
na'e the last word said by the Board oi
'suinate on the subway arrangements
iheir own negotiations have been with
"e ihterborcugh Rapid Transit Com
pahy and not at any time with the city