New-York tribune., 1921-10-04
Announces He Will Go
to Court to Obstruct
Proposals Giving City
All 1t Has Demanded
Says Mayor Only
Can Be Trusted
Commission Will Soon
Make Public Project for
New Subway Building

All the power the Hylan administra-
ton can muster will be utilized to OBJ
struct the Transit Commissions plan
10 reoreanze, unity and extend the
city's transportation systems.
This became apparent last night.
when Mayor Hylan. in statement
issued at the City Hall, declared fatty
that he would refuse to sanction any
Of the provisions OF the commissions
plan, although they would give the city
all he has been demanding-a Scent
fare, universal transfers and municipal
ownership.
Corporation Counsel O'Brien also an
nounced that the city administration
is preparing to institute another legal
battle to hamper any step the com
mission might take. eve will oppose
anything coming from the commission
no matter what it is," said Mr. O'Brien
The Mayors attack on the commits
sion was in the nature of an appeal
to the public not to trust the commits
sion's pledge that scent fare will
prevail during the first years opera
tion of the lines under the reorganiza-
tion plan. Only the Mayor himself
must be trusted, he said, when he de-
clared that the commission intends to
Institute IAN or 10-cert or even
higher fare He characterized the plan
as gold brick" which. he said the
traction interests" were trying 10
hand the city.
Bold Scheme, Mayors Charge
Virtually the Mayor takes the posi-
tion that it is question Of veracity
between himself and the commission.
After asserting that the plan provides
neither for municipal ownership nor
for municipal operation, despite the
comm sslon's assurances to the con-
trary, be says:
-.sA Neither does it provide for 1--WE
cent fare. 1t provides for municipal
backing OF the transit ring on an eiaht
ora ten-cent or even higher fare"
TIE Mayor makes this assertion in
iae face Of specific pledge given bv
the commission IN its preliminary re
port The report says:
There should be no change in the
present rate Of fare. The commission
Will require, therefore, that the rate
ior the first year following the initia-
'ion Of the plan shall remain at five
"On the whole, it is a bold scheme
says the Mayor in his statement. at
IS whaf might be expected from those
w wno drafted it. 1t is the Harkness-
aerenants Association gold brick plan.
lfgNI py Travis H. Whitney, of the
9ia Pubic Service Commission. and
ueorge McAneny. of dual subway CON
tracts fame, which contracts are re-
spons'oie Tor the city's failure to re-
e'e CO., a single dollar out OF its $3.50
'V''V'V subway investment"
New Subway Plans Soon
Meantime the commission, at Offices
al 80 Lafayette Street. Yesterday con-
1ihued to perfect its plans on the the
Dry tnat the Hylan administration's
opPosl',on was being voiced chiefly for
po"eicai erect. Il was announced that
anoeher report viii be made public soon
9Nthg cetalls Of proposed new subway
M ~. ne supplemental report viii
va..'ne D. projects for new subway con-
t'uctlon sufficient to relieve conoes-
.on- The plan provides for an expen-
e'.ure CT $50 100000 u year for the
next i've years It is expected that
ga a. cost Of $4,000,000 mile twelve
N"eS o. new subway viii be provided
e1-n year, or sixty miles in five years.
me hFst new subways probably will
oe bdilt to provide relief to OUTLYING dis
ncs; sucn as crosstown system in
DicoE'yn connecting Long Island City
"iin Borough Hall. This crosstoD,n
ne IS expected relieve congestion in
-'|h'-attan, as experts report that thou
33,hfS cf persons now travel through
y,saanat'an snbway5 to reach points in
".'oSiyn net connected by rapid tran.
~ '~ '"''
"onld Eliminate Surface Lines
Aao.ner development in the trans
.rer'a'ion situation yesterday vas AN
A-'hcniatlre statemen. that the com
m'Ss'pn viii not encourage new surface
" e.eFaied construction. It is the in
.sn'ion oi ,ac comm ssion gradually 70
inmate surface lines nov regarded
., ciete, and where necessary sub
'~1aie prr ines az feeders 10 the sub
-y'. t-esatc1 lines in Manhattan are
te ao~nconcd within II few years, Il
- s'N.nfaslon carries out plans al
'ezty tofa oiatcd.
'.e aaJ0ra insigtence on making q
f''.' rai .s1ae of the transit situation
sfpfn 10 his attack on Henry II.
"n1. publican coalition candidate
Mayor "JP ~ date Candidate
.f@9 nas not cvirced approval or
ppf7'ei o. this preliminary plan
.'"''h II ~ wcl! received ~ the trac-
80 rfDepaper. that support nirn,"
- H. Aayer III opening nie state
~. fii"f ai,sckinY the members Of
~ ~. Toiaial ssirn. tne Mayor says:
as $.cAneny- HarHneas- II Millcrized
'ses.'n pm provides:
'Hs e>DWay eieyatsd and surface