New-York tribune., 1912-02-02
PREDICTS SUBWAY DELAY
M. J. 0'Brien Says 1t Will Take
Month to Settle Question.
NEW MEETING FOR TO-DAY
Hint That Interborough Will
Not Make Another Offer Until
, Assured. of Acceptance.

There was another subway conference
was reached. Their will he another con-
ference this afte moon, but no hope was
held out by the C orrferrees last night that
any solution woul . be reached then.
Morgan ]. OBrie II. counsel for the Penn
sylvania Railroad which has been acting
as an intermediary, after d talk with May
or Gaynor said he thought it would take
at least another mo nth to settle the ques-
ton He based that opinion on the situa-
tion as presented at, the Wednesday con-
ference. which he at .ended- Chairman Will
cox Of the Public S5Tvice Commission and
Borough President HdcAneny expressed the
hope that some settlement might he
reached much earlier. They do not want
the conferences strung out long if
there seems no chance of an agreement
being reached.
Chairman Wilcox, President MCAneny
and Controller lgrenderGast went into con-
ference in the afternoon with A. j. County,
assistant to Sam usl Rea. vice-president of
the Pennsylvania. Overnight Mr.. County
had seen the officials of the Interborough,
and while none Of the conferrees would
say that any conc essions had been made
President McAneny said that Mr.. County
had been able to clear 1VD some points.
President Williams. of the Brooklyn Rap
Id Transit Company who had talked with
President McAneny in the morning over
some of the proposed routes in BROOKLYN
was asked to come hack in the afternoon.
He arrived about 80 O'Clock, soon after
Mr. County went away.
II was reported THAI Mr. Williams was
asked if his company would he willing to
go back to the routes Of the McAnenY-
Wilcox report in which the lnterborough
had its share This wa s deEied, however
both by Mr. Williams a nd Chairman Will
cox. They did talk. however, over the ques-
ton Of the tunnel by which the Brooklyn
Rapid Transit Company would gain ad-
mittance TO Manhatts n. The Brooklyn
Rapid Transit is absolutely opposed to ac-
cepting the Atlantic avenue tunnel, in case
II has only one Of the two tunnels laid out
in the original report. 1t was said that
President Williams received assurances
that an arrangement would be made
whereby the tunnel line would connect
with the Borough Hall and the Brooklyn
shopping district.
officials of the Brooklyn Rapid Transit
are getting restive over the delay in reach
ing a final settlement of their part in fut-
ure subways. One of them was quoted
ANONYMOUSLY yesterday as saying that the
Brooklyn Rapid Transit was willing and
anxious to do all in us power to relieve
the transit situation in an adequate man
ner: that they would agree to provide for
the Pennsylvania station traffic either hy
a moving platform from Broadway at 94th
street or by a Seventh avenue subway
from 59th street which would connect with
the Brooklyn line in lower Manhattan.
The meeting to-day will he attended by
the fun conference committee of the Board
of Estimate the members of the Public
Service Commission, exclusive of Commits
sioncr Cram, who has refused to go 10
secret meetires; by Mr. Rea, Mr.. County
and Mr.. O'Br.en. Of the Pennsylvania, and,
possibly. Ssth -ow.
The int,Im diaries will not advise the
InterborouG,h 10 make another proposition
NJ all unless after d reasonable amount
Of discussion on disputed points we find
our minds meet upon some formal offer. "
said Mr.. O'Brien after his visit to the
Mayor 1T is a big TToblem."
This was fust another way of saying that
the Interborough would not make another
offer until II had assurances that its offer
would be accepted by the Public Service
Commission and the Board of Estimate
It was agreed some time ago that no plan
could be carried out before friendly suit
was brought to determine whether a
preferential payment could legally be made
by the city. Therefore. the statement made
yesterday that Up. Morgan & Co. had in
formed tho InterborouGh that that firm
could not finance the proposition until after
such suit was decided was not news TO
any one.
Meanwhile steps are being taken to get
subways actually constructed. The Board
of Estimate yesterday approved of two
more contracts for the Broadway -Lexing