New-York tribune., 1922-10-03
Mayor, i'm Conciliatorv
Mood, Shows Inclina.
ton to Listen to Tran.
sit Commissions Plan
He Forgives and i'm
Turn Is Forgiven
Invites Chairman to Ap.
pear Again; Huber,
Nearly Upsets Truce

Mayor Hylan and George McAnenv.
| sponsors of opposing transit plans, met
! yesterday at the hearing before the
| Board of Estimate on the Mayors
! S60o,ooo,0oo transit proposal. Mr.. Nc
! Aneny, chairman Of the Transit Com
mission, appeared in person for the
first time at the hearings to champion
the commissions plan for the Brook
lyn crosstown line, the particular part
of the Mayors plan under considera-
tion yesterday. The result Of the meet
ing between the city and state transit,
| leaders was unexpected
The Mayor displayed most docile
and conciliatory attitude toward Mr..
McAneny and the Transit sion
He even promised the chaegnan 1ot 20
repeat some of his public statements
in regard to the Transit Cor aission's
mt tlons and plan, which, Mr.. Nc
Anel declared, were founded on error.
Ihe Mayor almost promised entire CO.
operation with the commission in work
! ing out final plan and asked Mr.. Nc
Aneny to appear again before the
plan further. The Mayor laughed and
joked with the Transit Commission
chairman and raised his hand at times
to quiet Murray Hubert, president of
the Board of Aldermen and other
members of the board who were in
clined to handle Mr.. McAneny moro
roughly.
Mayor Wants Plan Made Clear
Mayor Hylan insisted upon Mr.. Nc
Aneny repeating several times his ex-
planation of the financing of the plan
as proposed by TIE commission, declar-
ing that he could not understand it.
Lets get it clear" said the Mayor
You can explain SO evasively that I
can't understand"
II am trying to make it clear" said
Mr.: McAneny. 81 will do my best"
Yes, but you do it so cleverly," said
the Mayor, 81 can't get it through my
head"
As the Transit chairman proceeded
to elucidate the plan for the BROOKLYN
crosstown line the Mayor appeared 20
catch on to the details and his face
frightened.
u think your brightness Is increas-
ing. remarked Mr.. McAneny.
Yes, yes. said the Mayor ''Now,
let us be nice. Let bygones be by
cones. Let's wipe out the past. We
are not far apart on the routes and the
necessity of this line We only want
to know where the niclels are going.
we just want to be protected"
i forgive YOU replied Mr. Nc
Aneny. We will consider the past
wiped out"
Nov, let's see if we can wipe out
the Transit Commissions past" inter-
posed Borough President Riegelmann
of Brooklyn.
"No, no." said the Mayor, raising his
hand in warning to the Borough Presi-
dent.
'The Transit Commission has had q
short existence" said Chairman Nc
Aneny. There is not much to wipe
out"
Stresses Crosstown Line
In explaining the commissions plan
for the Brooklyn crosstown line Mr..
McAneny pointed out that the pro-
posed route differed little from that
suggested in the Mayors plan. He
pointed out some of the advantages,
as he saw them, of the commission
line was the most important, the most
ambitious and the most useful of any
plan laid down by the commission so
Tar. The Mayor wanted TO know
whether the commission proposed to
operate it privately or municipality.
That is not point under discussion
at this time," replied Mr.. McAneny.
ut will take four or five years to com
plete this subway, and that point may
we'll be determined at that time Tenn
porarily am for municipal ownership
and private operation"
The Mayor wanted to know how much
the proposed line would cost accord
ing to the commissions estimates. Mr..
McAneny said that two-track line
would cost about s4O,000,000. 1t would
cost $30o00,000 to the Brighton Beach
line connection, he said, and about $10,-
100000 to the Fourth Avenue subway
connection. A four-track line would
cost about $6S,0OO.O0O, he said.
"Do you think this line will pay 2"
asked the Mayor
II think it will pay immensely" re-
piled Mr.. McAneny.
"But if operated by private corpora
tions, they will get the profits" said
the Mayor
"No," said Mr.. McAneny, "because
their profits are limited under the dual
contracts"
Subways Not Paying Now
The Mayor wanted to know if the
present subways had not paid. The
chairman said it depended on what
that meant. He said they had not paid
dividends recently, but that he be-
lieved there had been about a S2,000,-
900 surplus over operating expenses
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