The New York herald., 1922-04-29
HYLAN CAPITULATES,
$212,444 TO TUBES
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lead the public with respect thereto and
with relation to the running of interest
charges thereon"
At the office of the Transit Commits
sion 1t was stated that their records
show 1t is not true. as charged in the
preamble. that ION August 2. 1921, the
Board of Estimate declined to approve a
series of contracts rendered to 1t by the
Transit Commission involving the Four
teenth street-Eastern District line The
commission contends that the record
shows there were twelve of these con-
tracts before the Board of Estimate.
Two of them were UP on August and
were not passed because OF their failure
to receive "a sufficient number OF
votes
Neither of them, however, was de-
feated by a majority vote. The other
ten contracts received from the board
no attention at all until February. when
they were referred back" to the Transit
Commission, and even then without the
slightest intimation that II readvertlseo
they would have favorable consideration
Another paragraph In the Mayor
preamble which the Transit Commls-
sion declares Is untrue and misleading Is
that which asserts that during THIS
D psriod of nine months inexcusable de.
contracts relating to other lines, with
the result that reduced prices were op-
tanned According to the commission
records none of the contracts upon
which the Board OF Estimate failed TO
act was readvertised until within the
last five weeks. after the commission
finally had been apprised Of the purpose
of the Board OF Estipate to continue
to tie up all work unless new bios were
1hyy1f To- stof
Time Lost I'm Readvertisins.
The Mayors notion that readvertise-
ment requires only two weeks was pro-
nounced in transit headquarters "inex-
pls~2ble." While that Is tho minimum
period OF time required by law for the
actual publication Of an advertisement,
there are many other things necessary
to be done before and after the printing
of the advertisement, including tabula-
tion and examination OF bids by the en-
gineers. investigation OF the financial
status of bidders and their sureties. and.
last but not lease, the normal length OF
time 1t has taken in the past for the
Board of Estimate itself to approve.
The Transit Commission considers its
estimate OF from six weeks to two
months conservative one for the en-
tire process.
Resolution No. 2 demands that the
Transit Commission complete the read
vertising OF the nine contracts rejected
by the board and that they return the
same with new bid prices within two
weeks for action by this board" The
Mayors resolution Is just a bit late In
this suggestion. The contracts referred
TO have been either readvertised already
or were started on their way thereto
within ten minutes after the board re-
turned them to the commission last
Thursday. Some of the earlier readver-
tised bids already are back in the hands
of the Board OF Estimate again await
ing action Those only now being read
vertised will not and cannot be resub-
mitted TO the board within two weeks"
however.
The Mayors third resolution enbodies
another demand" 1t demands that
the State Transit Commission tender
contracts at once covering the extension
OF the Fourteenth street-Eastern Dis
trict line from Meserole streAt to the
Brooklyn end thereof, and tender n con-
tract or initiative proceedings to acquire
the Long Island Bushwick freight yard
portion of the route"
Held Up by al" Road Objections.
The contract for that section of the
Eastern District line, although practi-
cally ready for readvertisement, has not
as yet been advertised because of the
delays encouraged by the Board of Esti-
mate in its effort to change this line
from elevated to subway construction.
When the Transit Commission took tho
matter up months ago, the b. II. r,
which Is entitled to the elevated con-
structlon under its contract with the
city, would accept no change. Since
then work on the plans has been pushed
without interruption. although the Board
of Estimate still announces that IL will
not accept an elevated construction con
tract.
When this demand" was adopted bv
the board yesterday II was with an
amendment proffercd by Comptroller
Craig to the effect that the Transit Com
mission build the extension as a subway
''if legally possible
Right Of way over the Long Island
and Bushwick yard tracks. to which the
boards mandate refers. may be acquired
at any time upon the beginning OF con-
demnation proceedings Institution Of
such proceedings naturally awaits in
formation from the Board OF Estimate
that II will approve plans for the con-
struction work that is 20 proceed upon
that right Of way.
This very route which the Mayor and
his associates now arc fighting because
tracks Is to be OF elevated construction
was approved by the Board OF Esti-
mate on June IL. 1920. and Mr. HyIan.
officially as Mayor. affixed his sigma
ture TO II on June 2s. 1920. This was
done at the instance Of the then Tran
sit Construction Commissioner John VI
Delaney. The Mayor signed approval
Of tho route Just two years and four
days after he had previously held up
the job by disappearing. on June Il.
1918. plans for the original Route e6 be-
tween these two pointa.
The Joslin contract, known aS CA
for construction OF an important mart
of this connection. extending from
Meserole to about White street, Brook
lyn has been In the hands OF the Board
Of Estimate without action since Aprll
4. This contract, which the Board OF
Estimate is now holding UP. provides
among other things for immediate phvs.
lcal means for getting cars into the
subway part OF the line between -Four.
teenth street, Manhattan, and Meserole
street, Brooklyn. The Board or Esti-
mate apparently is ignorant OF the con.
tents OF this particular contract with
which u continues 10 daily, for Mavor
lIyan's eleventh Whereas" solemnls
declares "thc commission has neglected
to n pv,1a any 4means for GETTING tNt
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