The evening world., 1913-10-22
mitchell ATTACKS
M'CALLFORDELAy
IN TRANSIT WORK
Advises Him To Ride on Roads
a Day or Two With
"rhe Chief"
HE PROMISES REFORM.
Declares That Complaints
Made to Transit Board Get
Scanty Attention.
HE PROMISES REFORM.

Putroy Mitchell, Fusion candidate for
" yor answers the attack on him ~
Edward y Mccall In regard 20 the
transit facilities, and says Mccall should
take u ride with his chief through
the boroisshs and nnI out what he Is
talking about. Mitchell says that he Is
absolutely sure Of election and will see
to ~ thst the work OF Improving the
transit facilities In every borough Is
rushed ahead. The statement is as fol-
lows
The Murphy ca ndidAte for Mayor sx-
presses himself 49, very confident ~ tho
support Of citizens Interested in better
transit facilities lie contends thst
sonI- residents OF the Borough of
Queens. for example. VIII vote for him
not because Mr.. Murphy ls his chief.
but because Of the record he has made
~ Chairman OF tho Public Service Com
mission. In advancing the interests Of
good transportation IN the Borough Of
| Queens.
Mr.. McCalls record OF delaying
work on the Stcinwsy tunnel until ths
Board Of Estimate would approve n
modification OF tho Interborough con-
trait In the interest Of the Interb, rough
I have several times referred to in the
campaign.
M'cALL COULD HAVE ACTED IN
APRIL.
Mr.. Mccall could have gotten thinss
under way In April to have had the
| sain Nnn - Ian
done at actual cost, and by this tina
the tunnel would have been In actual
operation. Mr.. Mccall defends his own
motives in bringing about this delay;
he asserts that \ desire To help out the
Interborough was not his motive for the
delay on this and other lines.
III 1T. lgo0au really wants to
DO something 20 promote trans
Dsrsataea fasiiitlss n oussas o. n
DFoehlyn. 1lohnonA. 1ssAx %
Manhattan he nssA not wait until
~ 10 Asfsatsa. 8s ooula, were 10
% disposed. accomplish moro n
that direction now thaa he possi-
bly, could were hs elected Mayer.
The facilities sad service a4eraea
On ths street surfaos railways IN
Queens aaA portions q the other
SsrorShs are Mttis shoss Of seaa.
dalous.
"If Mr.. Mccall would only sentence
himself and the other Tammany COM
nissioners to spend a day or two. per-
haps, with their Chief riding to and
fro on some OF the street railway lines
lin Queens, even Mr.. Mccall would want
to retire from tho campaign and try to
al To .sll ma In In
thing for the relief of these conditions.
u Mr.. Mccall wants to do something
for transit relief in Brooklyn. Queens
and other boroughs why does he not
start now. when the need is great aald
he has a great deal more power than
he would AS Mayor.
PROMISES QUICK RELIEF A;
MAYOR
II am elected Mayor. as an
certain I will he. I shall ind a way
1, secure substantial measures Of early
relief from these conditions OF transit
congestion In each OF the borouxhs.
shal, consider that I have n positive
publit duty To act theoretically and ef
f.ctively to that end. and ] Will find 4
WAY to 10 that effectively.
Il
he placed on my ability to see to it tha
cll-founded complaints against trans
portstion companies are vigorously an'
, capahly prosecuted.
my observation - that when .
I complaint 6oss into HI. 1o0sn's
a Public Service oomnasaIea II gets
scansy attention. unless u - hacked
mp By some organization. assocaa-
tiou or man Of means, Who viii see
TO IL that oompstsnt counsel. s1-
ports ana tie iiks ere employed to
. push the ease and present Il before
the Commission.
. "If | am eleg ted Mayor one OF m
4, first official acts will he to esta blish
special bureau In the office Of the col
poration Counsel. under my own inms
diate and continuous supervision.
win make II publicly known that cit
zens having complaints as to the sel
10 vice or facilities or rates ~ public SCI
y vice companies may present such con
'e plants to this bureau OF the city 20,
ernmentt
SAYS THE BUREAU WILL TAX
'' VIGOROUS ACTION.
" III su>h complaints. upon prelin
" nary investigation, seem well founde
the bureau will undertake the vigoro'
aud adequate presentation OF such ma
iers of complaint before the Publ
Service Commission,
~ "That VIII enable Mr., Mccall and i
Tammany colleagues to continue
", y, their present frame of mind that 4
commission In u judicial body and n
q. "A body designed to AFFORD relief fro