The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1912-05-11
positively committed TO the e1pendi,ure q,
Ga, ,O0O. 900 of routes allotted to thai ro,,

positively committed TO the e1pendl,ule =,
| $50 900 900 of routes allotted to that rom
| pany
| If this be tho fact what Is tho a,a,I.i,s
| city credit for subway construction in c,
| cess of said S5s 900 900? ! understand I'm.
| excess Il not over ga. .0OO, ,0fO, but thar with
| the approval of courts or otherwise an adj
| lditional amount Of possibly &2% .OOo, ,0oo ma,
BE- realized. whereas the city's cxpes.,.
| turs on acco unit Of the linea allotted IN tho
Brooklyn company aggregate upward oi
~ 900 0o0 THIS would mean a denci"ncr
Of upwar ard Of 81 900 O0o In the amount mo-.
esssry TO carry out tbe Brooklyn plan. a..
though oil the lines allotted to the In,,r.
! borough company would have brrn con
| structed Would not this resul, ci'hcr.n
tho abandonment OF part Of the Broadwav.
Fast River tunnel line. all Of the Fourtcen,b
atreet- Eastern District line. the South
| Brooklyn extension Of the Fourth s,enuo
line to Eighty-sixth street or the rif,.
ninth street extension Of the Eastern b,,
| trict line in Queens?
| The quest ions which ] have asked s,iiL.
| Al the root of the whole transit subject and
J whatever the truth IL the people oush IN
know 1t and he governed In their a'tino.
accordingly before any irrevocable stop IA
| taken by their public of',c,als or any change
| made in the arrangement approved h.,
July
\. n. p. Alter Manhattan Lcrs,
Tra net
When this letter was made public ye.
| terday IL aroused great interest as indl.
ca ting that the Brooklyn Rapid Transit
Company was coming out openly for \
part Of local trAhlc on Manhattan Island.
Mr. Williams a request for 4 loop by which
81 hA nrp n ~oS lin 10
on this aide Of the river indicated. ~ /,
was said in many places yesterday. that
the B. r. r. wanted to enter into competi.
ton actively With the marlborough Tor
| short haul trafio in Manhattan. II tn.
sssvof n.stsG tSS ss f'ad
should send all its cars to Brooklyn before
they were available for work under
Broadway. then there would be the usual
crush At night and morning. 40 those who
argued for the B. r. T. pointed out.
tho attitude o. the B. r. T. vas ' no, a.,
csptsd without a word Of criticism
That's no sentlemen's business ~as
one comment.
Members OF the Public servic. Com.
mission who heard yesterday that Mr..
Me- Aneny and his associates at the Cit,
He'll were blaming the commission n,
delay didn't mince matters when they
talked about 1t. Commissioner J. Ser.
9eant Cram. who still has the idea that
the city has the money to build its own
subways and who would like to havs
municipal operation also. let himself he
put into print as follows:
| whole ThisG . Dls1, says Gran.
| n Is the capitalization Of indecenc,
nothing more. The whole thing IL a blun
made by the traction trust for the purpose
Of fntimidating supposedly weak public on.
1 In h n tn ealL -
city can get along without these corpora.
| tions.
! The city should get alonk without these
corporations that have capitalized tnde.
| cency for the city has plenty OF money
! to build necessary subway lines. II should
never submit TO the dictation OF these
traction people
When say that these traction com paniss
have capitalized indscency ! mean Just
| that: the conditions In the present system
arc indecent. and the companies wan,
TO be paid for continuing present condi-
tions. There ia plenty Of city money avail.
| able for transit construction work.
Because Mr.. McAneny. who has ius,
| put through a echeme 10 spend SO .O0O osO
Of public money to buy . site for A new
court house when there IA a site available
Ia City Hall Park. which cost not hing say.
that the city hasn the money to build sub
| ways, NnAI OOeAu mAke " Itat tlW,HO
! nm couod be used for transit work Who
is II that lives downtown now and usn.>
to use City Hall Para? Ru a few ianiror.
of big buildings. There are no lon ger du.e,l-
ings in the neiH borhood and The ooui'
house could be put in the park as wrll =.
| not.
| The whole transaction with the tran,i'
corporations Ia a defiance OF public sem.
ment II the question WAS put TO n refer
endum vote there Ia no doubt in my mind
that N per cent. OF the voters would insis
that municipal construction and opera ion
of transit lines he followed
Another Commissioner who was willing
to talk anonymously said, speaking Of
delay:
MIR. McAneny seems to have lost all
regard Tor the facts when he tries to pvt
the blame on us for delay. when the
| lInterborough proposition was brought
in here on February - last the Lord
snOinted. az Dock Commissioner Tomkin.
calls him. began giving out interviews
to the effect that jus, a. soOn ~ the Public
Service Commission got through with tho
proposition the Board OF Estimate wout
pass II in jihy. Well wc put il through
in lesA than week and il has hecn moro
than eight weeks since /, was turned ovcr
to Mr Mc\neny. and he is s,ill pnyzling
himself about the det a,ls and doing no, hing
but ,Alk
Another COMMISSIONS who aleo asked
not TO nave hie name mentioned, said:
Who VAS il, II not Mr.. McAnrny. who
attended to all Of the details? II wss III.
Borough President OF Manhattan who VA,
tho most familiar with all OF the plana he
fore the proposition WAS submitted 10 us.
But although Ne were able 10 understand i
and approx" II in less than n week II il still
worryinS Mr. Me Aneny. One OF he thlnss
Tor instance, At which he balks is that thcre
IA n"' any physical connection he,wecn
the 'w" routes Al Broadway and Canal
Nree'. He knew thar beforehand But
as matter Of fact II would only rrisrd
ne speed Of trains on the Broadway route
II We Nere TO have the tracks OF the two
systems Joined Al that point The con
tract Tor the construction Of the work has
already been given out. and McAneny
knows II. That IA a sample Of the lr,ls
hA"st that b" IL trying 10 pick in the promo.
st'on. And after eight weeks he /. sp-
paren!iy no better on than he was A. tho
beginning. n
The Board Of Estimate will have ano, her
special meeting on Tuesday, al which
suoways will be considered
G. E. eARRETsoN BADLY HURT.