New-York tribune., 1919-10-12
Swami Wrong.
Says Foreman
OF Grand Jury
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should therefore be Representative
fairly of both without prejudice tt
either"
Mr.. Almirall said Justice Weeks wa.
apparently willing to confer with the
District Attorney relative to the re
quest for special assistant
"The District Attorney absolutely re
fused to consider this demand Of thu
grand jury, whereupon Justice Week.
withdrew. his proffer," he said.
eve were told by the justice that the
extraordinary grand jury could epea
to Governor Smith. Please remember
in this connection that both motion!
were voted unanimously"
Governor Smith was at the Biltmort
Hotel last night, and declared that he
had received no request that the transit
inquiry be turned over to the Attoorne,
General. He declined to make any com
ment
Swann's Next Step Uncertain
District Attorney Swami, who has an.
nounced that all further initiative ir
the transit and milk inquiries woulc
rest henceforth with the grand jury
itself. declined to say whether he
would place these matters before an.
other grand jury if this one dropped
the Investigations. He did say, how.
ever. that as far as he went the onl,
cases he would present to the jurors
would be anarchy cases, for which pur-
pose Governor Smith convened the
jury.
George Gordon Battle said that he
had no knowledge Of the grand jury's
action, and that it would have been i'm
possible for him to accept the post as
special assistant to investigate transit
as suggested by the jury
W. .. Wood, president and genera
manager of the Long Island Electric
Railway Company, has made applica-
tion to the Public Service Commission
for permission to put into effect new
increased tariff schedule on five days
notice. Announcement of this was
made yesterday by Public Service
Commissioner Lewis Nixon. Commits
soner Nixon has ordered hearing
on the application for October 80.
The Long Island Electric Railway
Company is owned jointly by the In.
terborough Rapid Transit Company
and the Long Island Railroad.
May Cease Operation
President Wood says that unless
financial relief can be obtained the
company may be compelled to cease
operation before court proceedings
looking toward dissolution are com
pleted. He also informed the Public
Service Commission that the company
has prepared applications asking fol
a receiver for the road, but that ar
effort will be made to hold these ir
abeyance until the commission render.
a decision on the present application
The Long Island Electric Compan,
operates several lines in Queens, ant
also reaches into Nassau County a.
Belmont Park.
According to the application, the
revised tariff will provide for a ten.
cent through rate from Brooklyn city
line to Belmont Park, ten cent
through rate from Fulton and Wash
lngton streets to Hook Creek, and 6
fifteen-cent rate from Fulton ane
Washington streets, Jamaica, to Fa,
Rockaway. Instead Of the present ten
cent rate, twenty cents is to be charged
for all passengers boarding d car be-
tween Van Wyck Avenue and Brooklyn
city line and riding to Far Rockaway
and the same rate Of fare is to be
charged to passengers riding from Fa1
Rockaway to points west of Van WycA
Avenue. There also is to be twenty