New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-09-02
Flaws Extension of S6th
Street Car Line Editor SO
Strongly Opposes
Sorry Publisher Is Ill
,.,oralty Candidate Wires
p,cker He Is Fighting
for Reform

ia. Jchn F. Hylan, Of Brooklyn
''Os. .s candidate for Mayor has
Ian'''a ,lA himself in Msnhattans al
.a'''', - the extent Of piedsins ms
hIs tho extension Of the Eighty
saFP'' s.r,., crosstOwn car line as far
'h s.,.8vsy In SO doing however
{" b'V"' r,wit,irrly stepped on the
Nv. az ., his nearest and dearest. ,,,,,
'0.s yes. ;g6re. in his role as Champion
ln' ,,nnle. snatehcd at the opT.0r-
o. 'n' .-..e,ted him by Yorkvilie res
'1n.. ., =, oppose in this matter the
, ,a'..y ca, property owners, who are m
"., in preserving Eish'y-S'N'"
S.r,., as a parkway .. -
' ~ heartily favor the extension Oh
v,-r,v.sixth Street orosstown lh {,
w wars 70 Broadway on the surface
49,, IN statement which he mas
Feel. made public; "to transverse
o.' ~. ro,,ec, with the Columbus and
,r..,rdam Avenue lines.
ayorkvlle. like the rest Of the c''y'
h.sr offering from poor transit
I.r...,s and the objection Of few
..,,e-,y owners who reside but part Of
80 tt.r,,~ within the city should not be
.H..-.,.,s5 20 prevent the proper deN"'-
s,sr. o. tho city. nor prevent ire,
op....--.,,- cation between the east ana
Co. COZ. s;5ss Of the Borough Of Man
haitian.
Hearst Objects 10 Elan
II. II happens tba, William Ran,
s,',I Eesrst. whose generous support
o;uv'.~ was PROMISED IN the state
- his withdrawal from the Dem
-. primaries published yesterday,
!, s-s ~ tho principal directors 70 the
,,.,rs,~ ~ the E'Ch'y-SlNth street
.r-s,re i've. And Charles l.. Craig
,Is l~.--'. ru~rr0C mate for ,cntroiiel
~ The Ta~warv ticket, was counSel
nv The Wes- End Association, which
fo,-t. the proposal tooth and nail In
2 by,ef which Nr. Craig fled for ms
cr,~.s with the franchise committee
NJ he BOARD ~ Estimate on March
.. 1916. me- made this point, among
others
.Trs~e Is no satisfactory evidence
that public convenience or necessity re
o1,-es -ha OyCItUrn Of conditions 80
,bo-ol-h.y established or the destruc.
non Of rights % thoroughly rHed.
He asked that the application % the
New F0r, Railways Company for 4
franchise TO lay p douhle-track surface
railroad IN West Eightv-slXth Street
10 denied
In an oral smrhhcatton Of his writ
ten pledge the Brooklyn Judge admits
that ), did not take him long 70 reach
ms decision. HIS repentance, so his
embarrassed followers are predicting,
will be more leisurely.
Hylsr's Telegram 10 Hearst
In he meantime Mr. Hearst will
.svs e sa.ve for his irritation the
following -a.e-ram sent m Yesterday
Of Nr Hy.7~, IN answer 70 the full
some Fears- statement Of withdrawal
m Hr's~- favor.
y regret that YOU are ill., ] hope
-Nl |Naa .aa A|ali t'lH.H iNN.'f z y
% csr-o- toll YOU how deeply I ap-
prsciata vcGr estimate Of my purposes
and Ct ny record in public life.
assure YOU the ideals OF public service
for which ! have always fought and %
which 7 owe you~ splendid and unselF
ISL support a. my candidacy in this
and other campaigns will remain stead
fast.
The people ot nv own borough
know ne. and Z an confident they VIII
stand Loyalty with ne. Your gener-
Gus commentator will help the people
o. the whole city 70 know and under
stand ne better The faith and conf
6ence the people have in you has been
earned by The unrelorting fight you
have been making for years for reform
and honesty p public service.
With your support, victory is Ger
tain l1 this fight 70 restore the gov
eminent 20 the people and strike down
the patent conspiracy Of the agents OF
special privilege 70 usurp the govern
nent Of the people and direct it to
tner own financial gains