New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-02-13
Gains
Support for
Traction Plan
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changing their position. Those who
/ have carefully studied the Governors
original proposal, however, find no
change in his latest statement, but
merely more clarifying outline of his
/ program and purposes. Whatever rea-
/ son the former opponents of the plan
may give, the outstanding fact is that
/ they are rallying in its support.
Major F. H. La Guardia, President of
| the Board of Aldermen, who, with Bor~
ough President Henry H. Curran, his
+ Republican associate in the Board of
Estimate, has been outspoken in his
dlsapproval of the Governors plan, in
MINATED yesterday that he might now
see his way to support it.
La Guardis May Give Support
"The Governor seems to have changed
his point of view entirely" said the
Aldermanic President. "We are not 20
far apart. Any group of honest men
cipies."
Major La Guardia referred to his
own statement on the traction situat;nn
on January as the best answer to anv
| query as to how he liked the Governors
letter to General Bridgman and it's pro-
posals. -
MY message calls for the formation
OF one operating company" said Major
La Iuardla, to take in the various lines
| Wiling to come in at their actual physi
cal valuation of useful property. 1t
| proposes to wipe out all leases and sub
leases, to drain out the water and obso
iete equipment, and to put the lines
uhder one management. 1t proposes g.
Dosro OF directors, the city to have
proper ratio of representation"
lnese points, apparently, were COW
erea by the Governor in his letter
4 Borough President Curran declined to
comment on the Governors letter or
pian until he had studied the bill which
will provide the preliminary steps.
Senator William T. Simpson. 81
brooklyn, frankly expressed indorse-
menu or some of the features set forth
IN the Governors letter to General
brldgman. He declared that the Gov
ernors suggestion to squeeze out all
the water from the traction stocks and
DO away with overlapping leases was
the crux Of the situation to be dealt
with, and was likely to be far more
OF determining issue than home rule.
ne AIDED, however, that the home rule
question was still debatable and that
ne was not prepared to express a full
Endorsement of the plan yet.
senator Charles D. Lockwood. OF
Brooklyn, praised the Governors letter
and declared that to him it seemed
modlhcatlon of the Miller proposal al
ne had first understood it.
Bridge Case Goes to u. S. Court
Lindley M. Garrison, receiver Of thu
Brooklyn Rapid Transit system, to-
morrow will ask Judge julius M.
Mayer, of the Federal District Court.
to advise him in respect to continuing
the through operation across the Will
iamsburg Bridge by the trolley lines
under his control as receiver. after the
city takes over the operation of the
bridge local service on or about
March /.
Mr.. Garrison declared that all talk
of threats by the receiver was absurd.
All that the receiver has done or said,
he declared. was that if the city in
sisted upon taking to itself this local
bridge traffic and depriving the re-
| ceiver Of the income therefrom he
would not be justified in continuing the
Improbable, burdensome part of the
operation across the bridge involved
in the through traffic.
Borough President Maurice E. Con-
molly, of Queens, yesterday issued q
statement opposing the attitude Of the
Queens Chamber of Commerce in in
dorsing the traction plan of Governor
Miller. He did so, he said, because he
believed the. Governors plan, if put
into effect, would be serious blow to
the best interests of Queens.