New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-03-05
Third Tracking Only Exception
to Complete Authorization
of Dual System--Board
Divided. 3 to 2.
M'ANEMY PRAISES M'CAll
Borough President Announces
That Board of Estimate
Will Take Favorable
Action in Matter
Early Next Week.

Tho cry of the long suffering sUaf-
hanger to sign the contracts fell Oh
responsive cars yesterday. The Puni'
Seryice Commission approved the l'hS
delayc6 dy;l subway contracts with ~
lntcrrorough |apid Transit Company
end the BROOKLYN @alid Transit Com
rarv. edward Z. McCaN. Ina .r'nd. "i
in. .on.lnis> .on. who nr'd TIN dec;d.'s
vote yo.cG ia the afrmat> N''A
Con,r.i- siorcrS Eu>uS and VIII. ms
vher ar, resolutions approving tfH
oon,ra.t~ were ~-ad ia omen n@'t'Nt'
q. required
norooeh President AlcAnen>. wac
h...4l tr. .r5nsi; committee -, li'r
Ece~3 ~ r.,,:.uat, during I'll The nes'-
,iatfo,,.. .-.>. statement asst 1l@ht
-. ., ho hoard would To-
gee contracts at lis rc@r-
l.e morrow y dehrit" ia,'
f.- . .rbl'c hearing - required WI"
~ nxe3 ~ hat rlceting. 'nd ne ''-
.,,,.,l or ,a.. hoard given AMI 'hc 90" o.
,.~..tS -.suomittcd "a 'hc Public ST
wee. Commission for ~N"c"i'o' CAIN
I,cz week he said.
Tile .ontracts - APPROVED ~ "'
f..ttf. Service Commission were III -.
tar,i,r,2r. :hc same as they stool
when chairman Wilcox retired from
oeice There has been only one mat
rial change i'm the instruments since rue
,,uhlic hearings on the last "iAl's q.
which President Mitchell OF the po"'
If Aldermen led the opposition 10 wv
contracts That related 10 the stem
WAY tunnel the city being relIeNeH
from paving taxes and assessments ''i
the nrouerty. amounting to >''"'''"'
Maltbie and Cram Oppose
Commissioner Milo Il. Maltbie st'"i
ont against the approval OF the co"
tracts 10 the last moment NJ
against each and every resolution 80
reod Of the meeting 10y Travis II. Nhi'
nov secretary of the commission III
most of his forlorn hope. but not III az
of il. MIR. Maltbie received the supp
~ Commissioner j. Sergeant O'""'
commissioner Maltbie submitted rs
90 Dronosed amendments To the on
tracts and certificates all oi VIII"
were voted down promptly. comm
sinner Cram sought solace by lsSu'H7
q statement Of his several reasons w.
voting against the contracts
So complete was the routing oi inv
.-fi in
opposition that harmless susses''o''
bv Mr.. Maltbie at the meeting Yes'er-
dsv. calling for trivial amehorheh' III
aseoloev-the change of an ana 10
an "o,"-was lost though the amend
mont was afterward adopted on III"
motion Of Commissioner Eusus. Inc
change from the 'conjunctlVe' 10 'h'
"disiuuctive" was the only amenaiheh'
r.ade AT the meeting Mr.. Maitbie re-
fcrred to it afterward.
Wei. they voted down my amend
mcnts." he said. despairinely' ana 'he
only one they made Commissioner Eus-
lis stole from me
chairman Mccall was noticeably
nleased that the contracts had been
approved. while he said he had
studied every detail carefully before he
reached his decision in the matter. ne
cave All the credit for the work which
fcu up0n him To The former chairman,
Mr.. Wilcox. When asked If there had
teen any changes i'm the contracts from
the time he received them unit! the &C
lion yesterday, he said:
None whatever. except some patent
errors in orthography. some blunders in
rrlnctuation and some changes from
tic coniunctivo 80 the distinctive. As
p matter ~ fact. th"re has been only
one important chaugc Of ANY kind in
the contracts since The hcarings-the
matter Of taxes and arrears on The
Stelnway tunnel The whole negotia-
tons or that matter We're an evidence
of the hard dealing on the part OF The
CITY. the drawing OF the last ounce a.
blood. the keeping At it until it looked
as II the patient would die OF tn"
table.
Mccall Praised o. McAnery.
Ia his statement Borough President Me
Aneny commended tie new chairman Of
the public Service Commission for his
decision The statement in part follows
Judge Mccall. within his brief month
Of official service. has certainly placed
the city greatly i'm his debt. Though lie
entered upon his general duties as chair
mar of the commission at the very mo-
ment that the framing of the contracts
had been completed. he was bound to
study their provisions thoroughly before
accepting personal responsibility for his
vote. have had occasion to know that
the examination he has made has been
exhaustive and minute. He has satisfied
himself thoroughly upon every point and
every principle OF the vast plan.
lie has, in short continued 10 act as
the Judge. and his unqualified approval Of
the contracts as he found them has.
believe been az wholly a judicial act as
any occurring in his career on the bench
itself
Judge Mccall. moreover. as ! may also
f you are building a home
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