New-York tribune., 1919-12-28

tracked IL" road, with eleven stations,
extending through the old villages of
West Chester, Union port and Van
Nest. The terminal of the line is at
the junction of Pelham Parkway and
within a few hundred yards of the
shore of Eastchester Bay. The north
ern terminus of the White Plains 81"
road in the Bronx will also be opened
during the year"
Two Incomplete Lines
With the building of these extensions
the city's transit program will be COM
pleted in 1920, except for two of the
lines embraced with the B. r. r. sys-
TEN and a short extension of the Stein
way Tunnel. One of these, the so
called Fourteenth Street Eastern Route,
IS now being built. The other b. r. T.
line, the Nassau Street route, planned
to extend from the Municipal Build
ing to the Montague Street Tunnel, has
not yet been placed under contract.
A public hearing will be held at the
T. S. C. Offices early next month on
several suggestions that have been
made about extending the Steinway
Tunnel from its present terminus at
Forty-second Street and Lexington
Avenue, to Seventh Avenue. A petition
submitted by Preston p. Lynn presi-
dent of the Business Mems League, for
q deep level subway from Fourteenth
Street at Union Square, to Seventy
second Street and Broadway, without
stop in the Forty second Street zone,
Will also sbe considered by the com
missioner in connection with the solu-
ton OF the transit situation of the
central business district of Manhattan.
Review of Program
In concluding his review of the situa-
ton. Mr.. Delaney said:
"Whllc the city's rapid transit pro
gram. as outlined in 1912 and 1913.
contemplated an outlay by the CITY of
Sl64 600. 900, and contribution Of ST.
100000 by the operating companies for
construction, the actual expenditures
for construction up to the present time
has been as wollows:
City funds
lnterbo'eh n. Y. Municipal Total
800. o00 $l22, 000. 600 $20S, 600 600
Company funds
1nterbogh n. Y. Municipal Total
ro.., soS,OOO00o S13.5oo, 600 $71, 500 coo
Interboeh \. Y Municipal Total
Si4A,000.ooo S1$5.50O. 900 $279, 500. 900
"The city still has to pay approx
mately 100000 for construction
work now under contract. Work not
yet undertaken in connection with the
Dual System will cost in excess Of
S2O,0O0,000, one half of which will be
expended in the development of stor-
age and repair yards in BROOKLYN.
Queens and the Bronx"
More than 200 new safety cars will
be in operation on the BROOKLYN sur
face lines within month, according
to an announcement made last night
by the Brooklyn City Railroad. The
operation of the thirty-tive cars now
onthe streets have been so success
iul that the company expects to ex-
tend the service to all of its lines.
More Buses Planned
At the melting Of the Board of Esti-
mate on Tuesday, Commissioner of
Plant and Structures Whalen will re-
quest an appropriation for 100 new
buses to be operated by the city. The
commissioner estimates the cost of
these buses to be S570,OOO He will
suggest that three new bus lines be
put into operation one startinr from
the Pennsylvania Terminal at Eighth
Avenue and Thirty-thi Stret. and
running Up Eighth Avenue to 155th
Street :another running cross-town
over 110th Street ;and third start
ing on Seventy-ninth Street and Ave
nue. A, crossing the transverse road
in Central Park and stopping at
Riverside Drive.
Corporation Counsel William P
Burr will at the same time render an
opinion that the city may own and
operate bus lines