The New York herald., 1922-08-28


between the privately owned rapid tran
sit lines and those owned and operated
by the city and at these points suitable
transfer arrangements will be made II
found desirable for public convenience
Under the recapture provision OF the
dual subway contracts traokage rights
over some OF the city's recaptured lines
will be accorded to tho private operating
companies temporarily"
AS to the whole proposal to recap
sure it may be said that when the sub
ways we're enlarged provision was made
Tor what was termed as exchange OF
legs" so that the city would not be left
with two OF the main subway additions.
rnconnectcd and unrelated. The con.
tract reads that the recapture may be
made by "thc city, acting by rhe COM
mission. with the consent OF the Board
OF Estimate" so there Is room fDr dis
pute az to where the initiative hes. The
company at the conclusion Of ten years
was to be paid lis per cent. OF Its In
vestment In the lines taken over and
TIE percentage was to diminish az the
years went on On this basis. the taxi
ing over OF the west side limo would
probably involve the payment to the
Interborough by the city OF something
like $35.000.O00 or $40.000,o00. There
is nothing as to this in the Mayors
statement.
The New Subways.
The chief physical feature OF the
Mayors plan are set forth thus:
A new subway trunk line from the
uppernost part OF Washington Heights
through Broadway. Amsterdam and
Tenth avenues TO the Battery and
Brooklyn Connecting with existing sub
way which will be extended from Sew
enth avenue and Fifty-ninth street to
Seventy-second street and Amsterdam
avenue) with extensions to Yonkers and
Fort George.
A now subway trunk line from 1s1st
street and Third avenue. The Bronx,
through First avenue and the lower
East side to Park row and Brooklyn
with extensions In The Bronx through
Webster avenue and Boston road. M
A new subway crosstown trunk line
from Long Island City. connecting with
the city's rapid transit lines there.
through Greenpoint, Williamsburg and
Brooklyn, to Manhattan and Coney Is
land.
A new subway trunk line through La
fayette avenue, Brooklyn. to Manhat-
tan, and an extension to existing limo to
Jamaica.
|. A new subway trunk line running
through Hicks street. Brooklyn. Pros
pect avenue. Fort Hamilton Parkway
ana Tenth avenue to Ninetieth street.
Bath Beach.
Three new subway lines In Queens.
running to Jamaica and Jamaica Bay
Conc of these through the entire length
OF the Queens Boulevard), and q sub
way through Flushing to Bayside and
College Point.
A bridge over the East River from
Astoria to The Bronx and Harlem, con.
Meeting the Queens subways with new
subways through 125th street and
through st. AIMS avenue, Tho Bronx. TO
connect with now and existing sub
ways.
A subway through Utica avenue.
Brooklyn. to Jamaica Bay.
Six tunnels as integral parts OF these
subway routes and q branch from the
Fourth avenue (Brooklyn) subway con-
Meeting with the tunnel to Staten Is
land which is now under way. The new
tunnels Will run from the Battery to At
lantic avenue. Brooklyn: from Dover
street. Manhattan, to Fulton street.
Brooklyn from College Point. Queens, to
Clason Point. The Bronx under the
Ship Canal (Hariem River) between
Manhattan and The Bronx, under New
town Creek and under the Gowanus
canal.
An Election Issae.
The details Of the routes cover four
closely printed pages: Twenty-Five CON
struction projects are scheduled with
additions. extensions and connections
besides Tho construction program ac-
companying the plan provides for build
Ing thirty-four miles Of new work IN
the nrst nve years, forty-six miles IN
the second hve years and forty six miles
In the third five years. The work Is all
subway work: there are no new elevated
lines proposed.
In conclusion the Mayor says there
are signs the corporations and the tran
sit commission are getting ready to
''compromise' and that the commission
knows that II the present State admin
istration Is defeated for reelection the
plan to unload all the wornout surface
and elevated lines will be dead" The
commission. says the Mayor, will not
succeed In its plan because of the alert
ness OF the Board OF Estimate: Il would
be "cfiminally derelict." II It allowed
city money to be spent for old Junk
properties" Making a comparison be-
tween the two plans the Mayor says in
part:
The city administration will spend
$500, 100000 for the construction and
equipment of 126 miles of new and
additional rapid transit lines. The
transit commission wants to spend
$31s.0oo.oo0 for the construction and
equipment of thirty-two and a half miles
OF new rapid transit lines and at least
&S3o,0oo.0o0 for the acquisition of exist
Ing surface and elevated lines that will
be ready for the scrap heap when the
new city lines are built
An effort was made last niSht to
reach George McAneny. chairman OF the
transit commission. be he was away
from the city. He is expected back
to-day. Over the long distance telephone
from Lake George he said he had re-
ceived no warning that the plan was to
be made public and had not received a
copy. He declined to discuss the Mayors
proposals until he had q chance to study
them.
There Is every reason to believe that
the attitude of the transit commission.
as has been indicated from time TO time
will be that the Mayor cannot 70 ahead
with his plan In any OF It's details. as
the law gives the initiative in the build
ing Of subways and In dealing with the