New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-03-19
FEELING Of Relief.

Feeling Of Relief
When 70 was all over the nervous ten
Zion under which the members Of the
board have been working for some time
was apparent in the reaction.
Wei. II is done AT last" exclaimed
President McAncny. as he threw his
arms out i'm an expressive gesture. Il am
more happy than 1 can tell YOU.
Everybody Was congratulating him for
TIE work that ne had done In getting the
contracts through in their present shape.
Mrs McAneny waited in his private ONCE
a. congratulate her husband.
William X. Wilcox. former chairman
81 the Public Service Commission. whose
name would have been signed To- the con-
tracts f IL had not been FOR unforeseen
bitches that came up just about the time
his term expired sat behind the members
~ the Board OF Estimate as they we're
taking their action yesterday The board
unanimously passed resolution express
ing It's appreciation OF MS distinguished
services" on behalf of the system.
Another resolution expressed apprecia-
ton of the services rendered by the new
chairman of the commission and the other
members of the commission. Former
Mayor Low was thanked formally for
what he had done in Strengthening out
some of the knots into which the situa-
zion got at various times.
81 am more than gratifed al the way
this thing has come out. said Mr.. VIII
coX later. Il am pleased that the con
tracts have been approved just as they
were when I left the commission. ] am
also greatly pleased az the appreciation OF
ny work On the part OF the Board Of Esu-
mate. Few people realize what an i'm
portant step for the future OF this city
has been taken by the board in approving
of these contracts"
Mayor Gaynor issued special state
inent
This great matter has now been
brought 10 conclusion" said the Mayor.
'If IL the greatest accomplishment Of oar
day The effect il is To have on the CITY
% New York is something larger than
any mind can realize. suppose all IN
telligcnt persons realize 10 some extent.
and some ~ them 10 the full extent. the
Immense amount Of work We have done
and tho wear and anxiety We have suf-
fcred over II Tor three years. Never were
.greatcr dificulties-legsI engineering and
sinsncial developed and solved.
Abuse From Newspapers.
"Aud think ~ the abuse and charges OF
apn account Of 10 from certain newspaper
propiietors and others. But ! think that
81 this respect my feelings have been
much more outraged or account OF my
associates. and especially two Of them.
than OF my own account. In the nature
az things. ] am not To- be participatOr
iu affaiis much longer. but they are
young men with a future before them.
81 have ali along noted with anxiety the
effect sucu abuse ana cruel treatment was
having ON them. Their treatment by two
sets Of newspapers here has been false.
cruel and unjust TO the last degree Of
NICE and infamy. How long is such Il
lavIess condition to continue here? But
hope or wives and grown ana grow
ing children will 10 longer see ~ lam
pooned and caricatured as stealing the
citys money. selling the city out to
dishonest expioters'
The Mayor said he did not think he
would ever have answered back II he had
been the only one abused.
Outlining the negotiations that had led
up 10 the contracts a framed to-day. the
Mayor said that when he and his asso-
ciates in the Board of Estimate came into
once il looked a. though the tri-borOugh
route. in which the city would have com
peted with the present subway. In reality
itself was 10 become an accomplished
fact. Hs began To realize tina. il WAS not
the thing 70 do. Others realized the same
thing.
And finally We concluded TO do what
We have now accomplished he said.
And what a struggle we have had. We
have planned a railroad system which
connects all Of the I'VE boroughs. and as
a. rule on single five-cent fare.
The Mayor also referred TO the fact
that the great matter CT the relocation
~ the tracks OF the New York Central
Railroad on the West Side would soon
he settled and that the dock problem had
been settled.
VIII Be Ready to Get Out.