The sun., 1916-12-09
POLICE CALL NEAR
IN ESTIMATE BOARD
va,or Mitchell Threatens to
send for Reserves to
stop Disorder.
QUEENS STARTS ROW
East and West Sides Argue
over Transportation
Question.

Such uproar developed at the session
4, .he Board of Estimate yesterday that
d. wayor Mitchell threatened to call he po-
". 10 clear the room Of the disturbers.
There wax something lively doing from
che time the Mayor opened the meeting
until he closed II with a crash OF his
saycl. aljourning the questions at Issue.
The fireworks started when a large
Allegation Of taxpayers from Queens
s,ormed the chamber to protest paying
sny assessment toward the construction
~ Rockaway boulevard from the Brook
I'm cIty line TO the Rockaways. 1t will
eos, 100000.
Maurice Connolly, President Of Queens.
asserted that inasmuch as the proposed
boulcvard would be a main artery Of
travel from Brooklyn to Rockaway and
4 through traffic street the city should
pay all costs.
How much will this boulevard bene-
a. queens borough iiquired Frank
bowling. President OF the Board OF AL
derneu.
Not n penny - shouted John LEIGH
Of the Woodhaven Civic Association.
III the people OF Queens don't want
N then the city does not want IT," re-
piled President Bowling.
This brought a roar OF approval from
the Queens delegation. which caused the
Mayor nearly to break his gavel trying
10 restore order. When the Mayor In
ouired II the Queens people were willing
10 pay a partial assessment an en-
phatic mo- VAS she answer. Then a
member Of the delegation shouted that
the road would only benefit automobiles.
and during the excitement a maj
climbed on a seat and yelled:
Call for Babi~s.
W don't want automobiles, we war,
BABY carriages"
This started some more noise. and the
Mayor announced that unless things
oule,ed down he would summon the pc
lice. After considerable more wranglinu
4 was decided to lay the matter owe
for four weeks. during which time thu
Board Of Estimate will take II up In
executive session.
But the troubles OF the board were
rot over By any means. Next was tn
question Of extending the surface ca
tracks Of the Eighty-sixth street cross
town line from Central Park West q
Broadway. This line runs from Lex
ington avenue through Central Park Il
Central Park West. The residents oI
the east side of the park want the tracks
extended to Broadway. while the Yves
side residents are bitterly opposed u
any such idea.
A motion to adjourn was about to h,
made when Marcus N. Marks suggeste'
The construction Of a tunne under Eigh
ty-sixth street to Broadway to carry ~
tracks. This tunnel. he stated. might Il
later years be utilized to connect IT.,
Broadway subway with the Lexington
avenue subway. m later on perhaps b
extended across the East River to con
acct with other transportation lire
through Queens and Brooklyn to Cone,
Island. This. he maintained. would re
duce congestion in the subway now run
ming to Coney Island by way OF lowe
Manhattan. The cost would he abor
$4,000. and he thought IL no more tina
right that the city should pay the cos
some One Being Fooled.
eft cam be DONE snapped Presider
Downing, ~ shink you are foolin
yourself and other people too. You
Proposition is il!us!onary."
The people on the East Side are Ell
titled TO transportation. and the cit
should pay for it, retorted PRESIDED
Marks, while the storm clouds gathere
over the board. THE city Is divided b
Z chinese wall, and the people Of III
East SIDE are barred from transports
ton
They are not barred shot Mayo
Mitchell. jumping into the fray with bot
feet. That's all bunk"
IT'S the truth" fired President Mark
waile the other members OF the a
got ready to go into action.
1T is not the truth" fiared the Mayo
swinging around to face his colleagu
ave are talking about castles In the al
] don't think the people should hay
false hopes held out to them. l don
think that we should discuss things he
that we could not give the people II v
wanted TO n II we wanted to, v
shouldn't"
Tho Manhattan Presidents hat WI
tossed vigorously into the ring and !
followed IL with a bound.
tOmptrOlir- Gets In II.
81 disagree with that statement
every respect" he shouted. You ha'
nc right to make such a statement.
u not the proper one
at Is a air and accurate statement
came back the Mayor.
IT'S entirely out of order. i"
Comptroller Prerdergast at this poi
appeared on the firing line and remind
Mr. Marks hat while his was a mob
sentiment he city Is very close 10
horros!ng capacity and couldn't ev'
think Of such "A thing rs he proposed,
"l'p we need a court house more III,
tansportation?' cried Mr.. Marks. su
ttfu' rg sarcasm for Noise.
Had YOU not voted. Mr.. Marks. Z
IL" purchase of an additional $4,000
worth II land besides the 100000
winch the city had already acquired I
N3n.000 for this tunnel might have be
AVAILABLE slambanged the comptroll'
There were others besides me-" d
rnlcd Mr.. Marks. 81 don't know W
yol should point to me. =
Things had zone far enough. howev,
hrl the Mayor with a bang OF his gay
hHuoIncrd that the board would he
We matter up to give the West and Ea
edo T"sidents one more lance 10 y
together and try IN effapt "A CDmDrDmi