New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-01-25
SUBWAY CHANGES
AT LAST ACCEPTED
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queens lines are not included IN the u'-
borough scheme.
When asked yesterday whether Inc
contracts were being rushed prepare =
tory to getting them through before
February !. Commissioner Maltbie Oh
the Public Service Commission, VINO u
opposed to their present form. said:
am advised by Chairman Wilcox that
the work of preparing the maj dral u
is proceeding as rapidly as possible . pu'
that no tanning process VIII D. W
lowed. While | disagree with Chait ,,,nsa
Wilcox as to the advisabillty OF MI" his
! contracts, I have great respect foF , ne
opinions and the high character o'
motives. Ever since the Board oil Es 80
mate adopted a resolution, over ID.
and half ago. approving Sup"aI I'll ,Lo
icy laid down I'm Joint report oi t.I
Public Service Commission and the Board
Of Estimate. Chairman WILCOX nae ~ Ia
stantly been willing to give II cnccl, "i ~
IL was only upon the request oI ..' No /,
members Of the Board OF Estifls !. ', ~
any part Of II was held III aoe! VIA a,
pending conferences with company ON
Gals | know of no one VINO mas - :,
more anxious TO proceed than ,haiI az -
Wilcox but | cannot beneNe Una, ~, a.
the ma jority OF the commission Ii,ei'u'
TO ignore the rights Of the MINORITY
At the meeting of the fuphc "ciN
Commission yesterday Commissioher
Cram proposed the following amend
ments to the pending subway contracts
which were referred TO the commission
and its counsel:
7 suggest hat counsel for the colninlS-
sion be directed to insert IN 'nese 'ol
tracts a provision proNid'ng WA. w
state labor law aHd the eight hour Id"
he enforced. . -
The contracting companies must ne
bound 10 the enforcement OF these law
both in the interest Of the wage carneI'
which they affect, and the PUBIC H.
est. which they must guard iurIne.
suggest that counsel for the connnisslo,'
be directed to insert the provision lhdt
during non-rush hours the mahil''u vi
train service be given whenever 'ne y.
binary service docs not provide seats
for all passengers. 80.
That in the case OF arbitration inc
third arbitrator shall be public oiiicer'
prefera bly, the Chief Justice OF the 'ou't
of Appeals.
of violation OF any of these proposed
amendments the party OF the seconu
part-that is TO say. the tracuoi con-
pany-shail he held responsible ana tnat
the penalty for the violation Of the lau"r
law. il repeated more than three times.
shall be the forfeiture of the contract
al the discretion of the Public Service
Commission.
When the attention Of Chairman
Wilcox was called 10 a report in some
Of Yesterdays papers that T.. g. Con-
nette. while transportation engineer
for the Public Service Commission. nad
made a report declaring that the oper-
ating contracts would result in the tax
10 property owners half century
hence of S4GI6,OOo year and ,hat
this report had been suppressed. he
said
There was no suppressed report. sup
pos, we have had information from "A
hundred different sources purporung 10
show lust what the effects Of the "ork
of construction and operation In cohten-
piation N>ild mean To the city imam
c!ally Reports were submitted b! our
own experts by experts for the com
panics. by experts for civic bodies ana DN
experts for the Board Of Estimate Your
Judgment and that of myself rs TO what
the traffic carried on lines ten years hence
will be may be Of equal worth. II You
could prognosticatc to that extent you
would be worth A million dollars year
as an expert Perhaps We ar. bnildlhG
TOO many subways. but | do not think
YOU can persuade the citizens OF Ne"
York that We are.
II was said at the office OF the Pubic
Service Commission that the repori OF
r. G. Connette. dated March %. 1917.
from which deductions were drawn D.!
certain newspapers YESTERDAY was
modified by later report made by Mt.
! Connette dated April !, 1917. AS soon
/ as he submitted the report OF Mafch
-; he recognized that ii was inaccr-
rate. it was said. and on his own inl-
! tiatiNe. submitted the later report.