New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-10-06
Mayor, in His Acceptance
Speech, Says Municipal.
ity Should Take Over
the System at Sc. Fare
WouldScrapSurface
Lines for Buses
Renews Attack ON ssTrac.
ton Interests and Sub
sidized Press Of CITY

Mayor Hylan made public yesterday
The plan Of his administration for
handling the transit situation The
city-owned subways, now privately
operated, should be turned over to
the city for operation at a tive-cent
! fare, he said. These lines, he pointed
| out. carried two-thirds OF the traffic.
The remaining third, he said. could
be carried by modern system Of mo-
tor busses, the surface lines OF street
cars being eliminated completely from
the system. Most of these lines should
nave been junked long ago, he said.
ana under no circumstances should the
city accept any responsibility for them.
The Mayors plan for the improve
ment of the traffic situation was set
1orth by. him in an address at the
,i1y Hall IN which he replied TO an
address BY former Governor Smith.
notfylng him formally Of his non.ina-
tlon on the Tammany ticket.
Mayors Speech Distributed
Mayor Hylan, with COMPTROLLER
Traig and Dock Commissioner Murray
- iuinei. ianmany candidate for Presi-
dent OF the Board of Aldermen, who
also We're notified OF their nonina-
tlon, stood beneath sounding board
designed to carry the words of taa
speakers to The farthest edge OF The
great throng. '''
When the ceremony got under ,rav
with the strains of band the crowd
IN the park quickly grew, the music at
tracing many from their noondav
strolls who paused to listen TO the
Mayor and to peruse his speech. which
was distributed in pamphlet form. The
ceremony lasted for an hour and ten
minutes.
The speech in which former Cover
nor Smith Informed Ms y-or Hylan of
MS denomination was one os the few
IN ms career that he has read from
manuscript. The effort was somewhat
disinte ested and impersonsl ana In
marked contrast to the cordialitv with
! which he addressed Comptroller Crair
! and Dock Commissioner Hubert. The
address of the former Governor. in
part. follows: -
Mayor Hylan, you have been the
Mayor of this city during four Of the
most trying years in all of her his
tcry. In management and control Of
three great departments OF public
se'AS.yb O4lNc, Il tIS ana Heath. we
know YOU are capable OF rendering u
satisfactory account Of our steward
ship. The men loudest in denunciation
/ OF our police force are the very men
who after the smoke Of politica! bat
tie has cleared away will, when oca-
sion presents, refer to our Police De-
partment as the best in the world.
This prediction exhibition Of in
terest in affairs of our city has for its
purpose promotion Of the interest Of
the Republican party The question
is, therefore, just how much sincerity
is behind this legislative investigation
and how much it is intended to benefit
the City Of New York.
Hylan Renews Attack on Press
The opening Of the Mayors speech
vas an attack on the newspapers that
have criticized him. He said:
"Fighting with earnest sincerity FOR
, what seemed right for all the pc ople,
have borne criticism. ridicule and
hatred of the subsidized press and
their sponsors, the l-privilege-
seeking interests A campaign of cal
umny, abuse and misrepresentation, to
has been carried on by certain papers
backed by the great financial powers
working for their own selfish purposes
all the time.
"No one realizes more than | Go
that no servant of the people should be
or expect to be saved from criticism
But most of the attacks upon me have
not been inspired by desire to pro
mote the public welfare, but only to
turn back the government of the city to
those who want to exploit the people
for personal gain.
"The traction increased fare inter
ests, the $2,OO0,0oo campaign 'slush
fund crowd, the subsidized press, the
money bund. the Wall Street Influences
the Meyer Coalition Campaign Commit
tee, and other campaign propagandists
ere all working together to again get 4
stranglehold on the people and the city
administration. These papers dare not
support the candidate that the money
bund, the traction and Wall Street in
terests do not approve Of
"If | were to allow the traction and
other public utility interests that want
higher fares, higher gas and electric
rates to run the city; the underworld
and gambling interests 70 run ths
Continued paoss'cahO