New-York tribune., 1919-05-30
|Delaney-Nixon
Clash Rum0r
Denied by Both
Service Commissioners i'm
Harmony on Proposed
Ashland Place Link of
B. r. T., They Assert

Commissioners Nixon and Delane,
of the Public Service Commission are
in favor Of the Ashland Place proposed
connection /: Brooklyn to facilitate
the handling of Manhattan bound pas.
sengers during the rush hours.
Commissioner Nixon is not in favo,
of increasing the scent fare or cur
failing free transfers either in Brook.
lyn or Manhattan.
Commissioner Delaney is opposed tc
allowing the B. r. T. any rebate or
consideration if the Ashland Place con-
nection is made, and in order to show
Receiver Lindley Garrison and Others
exactly where he stands ne will ask
for the withdrawal from the Board of
Estimate and Apportionment the pro-
posed contract carrying a clause which
would work TO the financial ADVANTAGE
of the company to the extent of
$92,50O year
Il shall ask for the withdrawal of the
contract on the ground that it is dis
honest and inequitable and opposed to
the interests of the city" said Com
missioner Delaney last night
Both Ridicule Clash Rumor
Both Commissioner Nixon and Com
missioner Delaney ridiculed the rumor
that there had been a clash between
them They were in conference yester-
day the greater part Of the day over a
division of their duties, in conformity
with the new law, which makes Mr..
Nixon responsible for the regulation
and Mr.. Delaney for the construction
policies Of the commission.
Commissioner Delaney was sworn in
before Justice Robert f. Wagner, of
the Supreme Court, yesterday.
There has been no clash between
Commissioner Nixon and myself over
the Ashland Place matter" said Com
missioner Delaney.
AT a luncheon yesterday Commits
sloncr Nixon said he was in favor of
the Ashland Place connection. giving
as his opinion that it was necessary
IN the interests of Brooklyn. | like
wise believe that the Ashland Place
connection is urgently necessary.
Yesterday when l CAV, expression
to several opinions on the situation I
was discussing the terms of the Brook
lyn Rapid Transit Company's pro-
posed contract. Under the present
terms of this contract the S92 500 a
year which the B. R. T. pays in tolls
for the use of the Brooklyn Bridge
would no longer go to the city, but
would be credited to the company.
$5,C00,000 in so Years
I'm fifty-year contract this would
mean that the B. r. T. would reap S.
100000 which it is not entitled to-the
clty's tolls for the city-owned Brook
lyn Bridge.
If the B. R. T. wants IS 900 900 for
connecting the Fulton Street elevated
with the subway, the proposal should
be made openly and not hidden away in
the clause of a contract Another item
IN the present contract is a station on
the Williamsburg Bridge. That has no
bearing on the situation in central
Brooklyn, and | do not believe it
should be in the contract"
Commissioner Delaney said that cen
trail Brooklyn deserved transit relief
and that the quickest relief would be
through Ashland Place. But he was of
the opinion that there should be a sub
way up Fulton Street, which would IN
large measure bring about this relief
When Commissioner Nixon was
asked what he meant in his Brooklyn
Chamber of Commerce speech on
Wednesday, when he discussed the pos
slbility of fares being increased he
said:
"ln my Brooklyn Chamber of Com
merce remarks l said nothing about in
creasing the five-cent far or curtailing
free transfers. There are about 100000
taxpayers and others living in the older
section of Brooklyn needing better
transportation facilities to and from
Manhattan, and the proposed Ashland
Place connection is designed to afford
relief. Naturally, having only recently
been appointed to this position, 7 am
studying all the problems and working
out policy Commissioner Delaney
and | are working in harmony
Permits Bond Issue
Commissioner Nixon yesterday sign
ed an order permitting the Hudson and
Manhattan Railroad Company to issue
and sell bonds of face value of ST.
036,0OO under its first lien and re-
funding mortgage of S65. 100000, made
February I, 1918. The proceeds of the
bonds fre to be utilize! to reimburse
the treasury of the company for ex-
penditures made from >ircornc between
June 1, 1915, and December 81, 1917.
The bonds are to draw per cent in
terest and become due February :.
1857. Interest is payable semi-an-
nually. The bonds ara to be sold at
NOT less than 80 per cent &C par.