New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-06-05
Hvlan Refuses to Name Com
mittee to Take Up With
Road Removal of Tracks
From Riverside Park
Craig Remains Silent
Comptroller Criticized at Es.
innate Board Meeting for
Not Announcing Plans
Silent


definite proposal for a solution of the
problem than any other city official,
sat sphnX-like while an animated dis
cussion among thc Mayor and other
members Of the board and representa-
tivos of civic bodies interested in the
project took place.
J. Blocker Miller, Assistant Corpora
ton Counsel destroyed all hope Of the
city and the New York Central Rail
road getting together on an amicable
basis when he announced that the
city's suit against the railroad COM
pany for ejectment would come up in
the Supreme Court Monday, and it was
thought it would take about a month
to try the case Mayor Hylan, while in
favor of having the rights of the rail-
roai and the city determined in the
courts, thought it might take call sum
NOR
The subject was brought up on the
consideration of a communication from
the W omen's League for the Protec-
ton of Riverside Park relating to the
removal of the New York Central
tracks from the park. Mrs. Charles A.
bryan, chairman of the Womens
League, suggested that a committee OF
the Board of Estimate, Of which the
Comptroller should be chairman.
should be appointed by the Mayor to
take up the matter with the officials
OF the railroad and see if the city and
the railroad could not come to some
agreement,
Refuses to Name Committee
Despite the announcement of the AS
slstant Corporation Counsel. Mrs
Bryan insisted that such q committee
should be appointed to try to save the
TIME that would be wasted in nro-
l.onged litigationv but the Mayor re-
fused
- don't see as it pays to sit down
win the New York Central and try
to get anything,' said the Mayor. II
ter, and then the New York Central
will know where it stands and the city
VII know where it stands and both
WNlll know what rights they have.
Nothln can be done with the New
ork Central unless you concede every
thlng to them This is the first time
that any action has been taken to de
1crm1ne the rights of the New York
central on the waterfront
, VA VI La NuarOla, president of the
Board of Aldermen, moved TINT the
matter be referred to the committee
OF the whole, which led Comptroller
Craig, who had not spoken during the
hearing. to ask what there was to be
referred to the committee that was rot
there already.
"The communication from the Wom-
ems League replied Major La Guar
dia. when we get it in committee the
Comptroller may loosen up
The communication was referred.
with the Comptroller voting in the neg
atve.
Frank Joyce, president of the
League to End Death Avenue, criti-
cized the Comptroller for. not an
nouncing his plans in regard to the
matter, if he had any. He declared
II was a question that the present
city administration was going to stand
or fall on 1t was the question that
the administration was elected on, he
said, and il it did not do something
regarding it, 1t was going to get IAN
awful black eye"
Can't Direct Comptroller
Us the Comptroller peeved 90 asked
Mr. Joyce. IF not, why doesn't he
come out man fashion and tell the o 20
pie what his plan is? If the Comp
troller doesn't want to do anything
suggest, Mr.. Mayor, that you take the
matter up YOURSELF
Mrs. Bryan asked the Mayor if he
could not direct the Comptroller to act
On the matter. The Mayor declared that
he couldn't direct the Comptroller to
do anything, which provoked loud
laughter
I'VE have heard DC friendly with the
New York Central and you will get
Something" said Assistant Corpora
ton Counsel Miller, but we've never
got anything. We've asked the Comp
troller for assistance and he has re.
fused it,
Comptroller Craig ignored his critics
and held aloof from any argument until
several matters pertaining to the cor
struction Of the new county court
house, for which ne is committee OF
one. came up. Upon the OBJ SECTION Of
Major La Guardia the board refused
10 approve the bill for 81, 1928 of Lewis
+. Pitcher, State Architect, who acted
in an advisory capacity, the board hay
ing appropriated $l06 900 last week tc
pay Guy Lowell, architect of the build
ing
at appears that Pitcher was engaged
to advise the Comptroller said the
aldcrmanic president "If we keep OF
this way with these expenses, this
courthouse is going to out-Twce ed
Tweed"
Gives History of Issue
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