New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-05-02
B. R. T. TEARS
SIGNS OFF CARS
IN NIGHT RAID
Slot Machines Sealed in
Roads Move to Take
Over "Ad" Privileges.
INTERCITY'S RIGHT
EXPIRED, 1T Is HELD
Lessees, However, Declare They
Have Option of Renewal
for Five Years.

Determined to take over the sdver-
Using business on its lines, the Brook-
lyn Rapid Transit Company sent out at
midnight yesterday a squad OF men ana
obliterated all OF the placards on the
elevated stations and tore down the
signs in both elevated and surface cars
The squad, numbering several hundred
was made up of employees, and their
work also included padlocklng. the
stands on the stations and all OF the
cum and candy slot machines.
The reason for the pastebrush orlg-
AIDES activity before sunrise was eX-
nIained in a statement issued by the
BROOKLYN Rapid Transit Company.
In it Timothy S. Williams, president
Of the company, was quoted as saying
"Our contracts with the advertising
comnanv (the Inter-City Car AdyertlS-
ING Company) were entered into about
eight wears ago. Judging from what
we can learn about the value oil theSe
privileges. and especially the rental $
that are being paid by the same au-
yertising interests and by other adver-
Using concerns in greater New fork'
we are receiving a ridiculously made
ouate conversation, and with the pros
meet of the very much larger business
which will come with the complexion
of the new rapid transit lines the pres
ont compensation is Sill more aosuraiy
low.
Want Larger Revenue.
.r.o.r,,,ob M IN n mart of the privi-
Ieoes. namely. those of the New forH
Consolidated Railroad Company, the
citv is Jointly interested with US ia
Getting az large a revenue as possiole'
,yo submitted to the Public Service
Commission some time ago form OF
contract on which we proposed 70 ASK
COR bids. The Inter-City Car Adverts-
ing Company warned the commission
that we had no right to let contract
70 ANYBODY else because that company
had an option Of renewal. ms alu-
tude of the advertising company pre-
vented our receiving any bids whateEer
for privileges. except one small bid tor
vending machines. .o-
"The advertising company had there
fore nut us in a position where our
neootiations were limited to them, ana
we have sought for two months TO get
from them an explicit offer OF com
nensation for the next five years. AP-
narently RELYING on the hope that the
privileges would fall into their lap at
practically their own terms, the ad-
yertising company had RETAINED from
making any explicit offer OF compen-
sation until about the middle OF yes,
terday afternoon, although they mad
previously and frequently been urged
II thew wished to renew the privileges
n make us an offer that we would
have ample time TO consider and re-
iect if not acceptable.
"Any figures which the advertising
comnanv submitted were qualified so
"a 10 include privileges like those on
IN. subway lines and in the new rapid
transit cars, and on the lines OF the
Coney Island & Brooklyn Railroad
Companv. which clearly were not COW
cred by their present contracts. Inc
offer which came yesterday afternoon
was to renew the present privileges
upon the same terms and CONDITIONS
Including compensation, as nave mere
tofore prevailed, and this we promptly
1.-THE inter City Car Advertising Com
pany is controlled by the Ward q 20"
interests, which have the advertislng'
news and vending privileges on the
marlborough subway and elevated lines
Our companies will probably now I'M
dertake to carry on the privileges tnem-
selves. The Hudson e. Manhattan Com
pany has done this for some time, with
the result that it is getting larger
compensation proportionately, 10 the
number OF cars operated and passen-
gers carried than any other similar
system in greater New YORK"
Claim Right of Renewal.
In statement issued by the Inter
CITY Car Advertising Company, NJ. .:
Cohn. its president, recites details OF
the company's agreement with the b.
p r and cites a clause In their con-
tract which refers to an option. In
nart Il states: "The lessee may have
The privilege of renewing this lease for
a further period of five years. provided
that notice of the exercise OF said OPP
tion in writing be filed with the lessor
AZ least six months prior to the explra,
tion of this agreement. and provided
further that the terms and conditions,
including conversation of said renewal
agreement shall be acceptable to the
Iessor, il being the intention Of the
parties 10 give the lessee the first right
10 a renewal hereof upon its offering
az favorable terms as may be offered
by any responsible bidder"
According to the B. r. T. the con
tract with the Inter-City company end
ed at midnight on Friday. 1t was on
the minute Of midnight that the eradi-
eating Of advertising on Brooklyn
transit lines was begun. Two hun
dred and seventeen thousand dol,
lars yearly is said to be the price pad
the railroad company by the lnter-Clty
company. Lu.a
nv the Inter-City company would not
commit themselves yesterday as. to
what action they intended taking;
MhoN ama.ch ful waiting"