The New York herald., 1922-04-22
HYLAN IS EXPECTED
TOYIELD ON TRANSIT
DEMAND BY MILLER
Estimate Board Does Not
Reject 14th st. Subway
Bid as Planned.
GOES OVER TO MONDAY
Craig, Defiant, Is Ready to
Illln Down request TO
Supply Funds.
SITUATION is IMPROVING
Chairman McAneny Asserts
That Contracts Are Made and
Cannot Be Vetoed.
SITUATION is IMPROVING

Mayor Hylan. Comptroller Craig and
other members OF the Board of Esti-
mate, which met yesterday, made
statements defying Gov. Miller, but
they did not definitely reject any OF
the bids for the Fourteenth street sub
way unnels by following their usual
course of referring the Bids back to
the Transit Commission.
One OF the contracts carrying low
bid OF $1,149,1s6.1o from the Joslin
Construction Company was marked on
the calendar as refer back to the
Transit Commission" which would
have meant rejection. But the board.
said to have beer>acting on the advice
of the Corporation Counsel. decided to
reEq4 that contract, together with forty
smaller ones, to the committee Of the
whole.
That committee will meet next Mon
day, at which time some action OF inn
mediate Importance win be taken. The
view generally taken is that Mayor
Hylan viii not risk removal by the Gov
ing of the Fourteenth street line. Sew
oral Of the individual members Of the
board, however, are expected to con-
tlnue attacking the Governor. Comp
trollcr Craig at the meeting started tho
attack OH the Governor Dy saying:
II am ready to vote on these matters
right now and again refuse the re-
quest OF the Transit Commission"
Mayor Hylan was much milder, how
ever. and seemed much pleased to adj
vocate the suggestion of Borough Pres
ident Rjegemann of Brooklyn that the
contracts go to the sCommittee of the
Whole, where proper consideration
might be given to them.
THE Comptroller finds fault bcca use
somebody wants to pay a little cheap
politics. was the Mayors comment.
Hoard Approves One Contract.
The board approved without debate
contract entered into by the Transit
Commission with Frederick l.. Gran
ford. Inc. ror the completion of the
Lawrence street station and other inn
provements in the Brooklyn Rapid
Transit Fourth avenue subway. 1t also
appropriated s3i2. 1850 for the work.
Urging the immediate rc-rejectjon OF
the Fourteenth street contracts. Comp
troller Craig said
IN August. 1921, the board refused TO
appr we these contracts. Now, after
eight months. the Transit Commission
engineers have discovered some work OF
an emergency character. The Transit
Commission has been dead to the world
in everything except the rcadjustment
ard the increased fare proposition.
The Transit Commission complained
10 the Governor and the Governor has
made public their complaint putting the
blame on this board and there Is not a
word of truth In it,
IL nesc contracts ought to be readvcr-
tiset, yenturcd the Mayor. Some OF
them have boon and tho result has been
tha. much lower bids have been re-
cei2ed'
II don't think VIC should triflc with
tEis situation" broke In the Comptroller.
This In effect Is an effort Of the Transit
Commission to have an allbi for It's own
neglect"
William G.. Fullan. associate counsel
or the Transit Commissiou. said that
body had not been to blame for the delay
in the WORK. Some OF tho contracts had
been submitted In August. but others
had been sent TO the Board of Estimate
in February. and eight months had not
elapsed since then.
IF we don't approve these contracts
to-day somebody else will be asking for
our removal laughed the Mayor as
they went over until Monday.
McAnery Sees Action.
Mr.. McAneny hailed the action
OF the Board OF Estimate as indi-
eating a probable change OF attitude
on the part of that body under the Wig
orous proddng to which 1t had been
subjected by Gov. Miller.
MIR. McAneny was pleased when tn.
formed that the board had referred to
Committee of the Whole for action
next Monday certain matters which had
been scheduled previously for reference
back TO the Transit Commission" Fer
haps the most important of these was
the sl.f49.l& contract with the Josln
Construction Company for tho building
eastward from Meserole street Brook
lyn. OF an important section OF the
Fourteenth street-Eastcrn district SUBJ
way.
This section. under the terms OF the
contract signed nine years ago. Ia 20 be
Of elevated construction. the r. r. L.
having refused more recently TO incur
the added expense involved IN substi.
tufing subway construction. The Board
OF Estimate on April Z ordered this
contract referred back to the Transit
Commission with a memorandum stat
Ing the boards refusal TO extend the
line as an elevated link.
a Like course was taken with the ten
comparatively small but vltaily i'm
portant contracts affecting the progress
Of tho Fourteenth street. Eastern dis
trict line. which Mr.. McAneny In his
letter TO the board on April had listed
rs key contracts.
Mr.. McAneny's statement concerning