New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-07-22
Hylan Ignores
Port Plans to
Cut Food Cost
Board of Estimate Fails to
Accept Invitation of New
Jersey-New York Commits
sion for Freight Relief
Advice of City Needed
Ex-Governor Smith One Of
Officials Working ON Prof.
ect to Reduce Charges

i Former Governor Alfred f. Smith.
General Goethals. E. Fl. Outerbridge.
Benjamin +. Cresson and others of the
Port of New York Authority. a
I commission authorized by the states of
New York and New Jersey to report
plans for the handling of freight and
{ reducing the cost of living in New
4 York, were turned down cold yesterday
by Mayor Hylan and the Board of Es-
innate on the invitation of the Port
Autority to the city officials to come
down TO IL Broadway and talk things
over.
Messrs. Smith, Goethals, Outer
bridge, Cresson and a staff of en-
gineers, with plans and blueprints.
waited for more than an hour for some
representative of the city to appear.
None arrived. When Chairman Outer
bridge was asked what inference he
drew from, the refusal of the Hylan
board to talk over the mater of i'm
proving port conditions, he said that
he drew none-that it was the business
sol tHS oII AutuoIlty 10 ~ us WOrk
under the law without regard to the
attitude of people who did not agree
with them.
Invitation to Estimate Board
,.,s On July 5 Chairman Outerbridge
sent letter to every member of the
Board of Estimate, setting forth the
I purpose of the Port Authority, and d.
& recting attention to the clause in the
law which says that the body shall
confer with governing bodies of all
municipalities within the port district.
This letter asked the board to meet
with the Port Authority on July 81 at
! . o'clock in order that the two bodies
might take up in detail the coming
: report which the Port Authority is
is completed and submitted the Port
Authority might have the benefit of
the criticism of the Board of Estimate.
That was on July 5. No answer
reached the port authority offices
until the afternoon of the 19th-Tues-
day-when a letter came from the
assistant secretary of the Board of
Estimate inclosing a set of resolu-
tons adopted by the board, the up
shot of the communication being that
the Board of Estimate wanted a full
set Oh pIdUS anu fepOIlS W loOh over
before it acted on the invitation of
the port authority.
One of the resolutions of the Board
o. Estimate was:
Resolved, That in requesting this
Information the members of this board
desire to have it recorded that they
make every reservation of the rights
ef the City of New York to continue
to contest the validity and constitu-
tionaity of the act under which the
Port of New York authority was con-
.tituted.'
Plans Ready for Inspection
Answering this communication,
Chairman Outerbridge sent the Board
Of Estimate letter on Wednesday
saying that all of the reports, maps,
data, etc, asked for by the Board of
Estimate were contained in their
tentative report which the Board of
Estimate already had in its possession,
and that if the city officials wished
to consult the originals they could
see them at the, office of the port au-
thority. Mr.. Outerbridge further said
IN his letter that the offices of the
port authority would be kept open
nights, if that was desired, to facili-
tate the inspection of their work and
progress by members of the Board of
Estimate or any one they might dele
gate.
No reply was received by the port
authority in answer to this last letter
from Chairman Outerbridge. Think
ing that some member of the Board of
Estimate might be interested in the
work in hand, Messrs. Smith. Goethals,
Outerbridge and Cresson and the engi-
neers, after waiting for Mayor Hylan
and others until after 8 o'clock, went