The New York herald., 1922-10-29
'HYLAN DESTRUCTION
IS CITED BY M ANENY
Transit Commissioner Says
Mayor Tries to Thwart
Every Move.
nth STREET EXAMPLE,
Sixteen Months Time and
100000 Interest Lost
Similar in Queens.
CITY'S PLAN is DECRIED
Chairman Insists 1t Is for
Blockading Purposes, Since 1t
Never Was Submitted. 4
CITY'S PLAN is DECRIED

Mayor Hylan as a chronic obstruc-
zionist was the theme of a review
made yesterday by George McAneny.
chairman of the Transit Commission.
Setting forth analytically and chro-
nologically the major improvements
the commission has sought to achieve
in its eighteen months of life in the
interest of the public Mr.. McAneny
cited record after record to prove how
every attempted betterment has been
delayed or thwarted by the defiant or
dilatory attitude of the Mayor and the
Board of Estimate.
Chairman McAneny's statement in
full follows:
"The evidence that the Mayor has
obstructed every form OF transit relief,
except such as might be given through
his municipality operated buses, is
abundant, and to my mind conclusive.
The plans of the Transit Commas
sion for securing more, and better SER
vice on all of the lines, taken up i'm
mediately after it's appointment, in
,cluded:
'"1) The completion of the sub
way and other lines belonging to the
dual system that it found unfinished
"(2) The preparation of a five :
year program of entirely new SUBJ
way building.
"(3.) The taking of steps to COM
pei the Interborough and b. r. T.
companies to put on more trains and
cars. and to give better service gen.
orally upon the present rapid transit
lines.
"(4) The restoration of single
fare rides and free transfers on the
surface car system. and
"(5.) The working out of a plan
for auxiliary bus lines.
''The most important item Of unfinished
subway work was the Fourteenth street.
Eastern District line. running across
Fourteenth street from Sixth avenue in
Manhattan under the East River to
Williamsburg and thence to East New
York On the rushing of this line de.
elevated lines now reaching Manhattan
through the Centre street loop and trans
ferring uptown at Canal street.
Regarding Canal street Crowding.
These lines the commission found to
be densely congested. The crowding al
Canal street had become a menace
There was every reason. therefore. for
/ NUT t,aey he ,rta ont
street tunnel work. The subway Itself
the commission found practically fin.
lshed. The track work and station finish
remained.
"On May 26, 1921. the commission
sent to the Board of Estimate the con-
tract for the railroad ties on which the
tracks were TO be laid, a contract that
had been awarded to the lowest bidder
at s93,40O.
I'm the face of repeated requests fol
speed answered only by dillydallyine
| in the board, no action was taken or
this contract until April 2s. 1922, wher
the Board of Estimate finally approved
il. In the meanwhile the completed
tunnel lay idle for the better part of a
year The companion contract fol
treated ties. sent to the board on July
6, 1921. for s19.500, also was approved
on April 2S, 1922.
"The commission could do nothing
about awarding a contract for the
tracks themselves until the ties had
been provided for. ON July 6, 1922
however. a contract for the track work
awarded 10 the second lowest bidder
at $232.s50, was sent to the Board OF
Estimate.
"The commission explained at the
time that il had found the lowest bid
der incapable of fulfilling contract.
The law permitted an award to the
second lowest. The board. however
sent Il back for readvertising. On
August 1G. the commission having ad-
vertised for new bids, and received only
one made a new award at s24i 40
81. 900 in excess of the bid the Board OF