New-York tribune., 1922-12-06
GovernOr.Elect for Della.
ney to Head ReOrganized
Board; Mayor for Wha-
len, All Hearsi's Policies
Murphy With "Al"
For Unified System
City Halls BiIIion.DOllar
Plan and S25,000,O00
Bus Idea Not Favored

A split between Govcrnor-eleet Smith
and Mayor Hylan is imminent because
tho new Governor fayors the appoint
ment Of an expert such rs Dock Com
missioner John II. Delaney as head Of
the recognized Transit Commission
while Mayor Hylan wants Grover a.
Whalen, Commissioner Of Plant and
Structures, 10 get tho job.
Charles F. Murphy and the Tammany
organization arc backing tho Governor
while tho Mayor is insistent u92n the
carrying out Of the Hearst policies OF
municipal owner-hip and operation OF
nublic utilities and the installation or
s25. 900. 900 worth Of busses.
Mayor Hylan and Commissioner
Whalen called On Murphy while he was
No French Lick Springs. Ind, to end
out where he stood on transit. Mr.
Murphy gave them no satisfaction.
They came home convinced that tnee
Tammany chicftain was lined up with
the Governor.
Won't Trust Hylan
Tho situation has boiled down 20
this;
smith will not turn over control OF
the transit problem 20 the Board OF Is
innate and hpportionment without an
understanding that certain safe ana
sane policy shall be adopted. Mayor
Hvlan wants control turned over WITH
out any strings tied % 10.
n i mead
the Transit Commission. would v.rtu-
allv take up and continue the Transit
Commissi0n's -big-company plan,
with the lines owned by the city puI
privately operated, as at present
Whalen would seek to establish a
So ,000,O0 bus plan and remove me
elevated structures from the streets
unless stopped by the courts.
Hylan and Whnlcn were IN tayor
OF the Transit Commissions one-oig-
company unified plan early in 1921. but
turned against il for political reasons
n tho summer OF 1921.
Can Count on Delaney
Mr. Smith knows in advance what
Delaney rs head Of the Transit Com
mission would do, as he served aa
Transit Construction Commissioner un-
der him. Furthermore, Comptroi Her
Craig Is with the Goyornor-eleet and IS
ready TO expose the faliacy OF the
Mayors billion-dollar plan II the
Mayor presses IL.
Mr. Smith has admitted TO his friends
that the transit nut is the hardest
thing In the basket 70 crack, and ne
is not sure that anyone can crack t.
The impending clash between ule
next Governor and the Mayor again
will bring 90 the front the respective
plans OF the Transit Commission and
the Mayor. The Transit Commission
plan calls for complete municipal
ownership On private operation, and n
FIVE cent fare. Existing companies are
10 be reorganizcd and consolidated, 81
first into a parent company and three
companies, and eventually in
10 one biz company. Rehnancing Is 20
be on the basis Of the actual values OF
the properties, with The water"
eliminated from the capitalization.
Mayor Eliminates 'L's"
The Mayors plan calls for munich
pal ownership and municipal operation.
Under the recapture provisions in tho
dual subway contracts he proposes, In
1926, 20 90 as far as possible IN taking
over the dual subway lines. His plan
leaves out the Manhattan elevated and
the Brooklyn elevated lines.
On top Of this partial reeapture pro-
gram the Mayor has laid out a con-
struction program covering fifteen
years, with a cost total Of 100000,
according 10 his own figures or Com
missioner Hirshheld's. while the Tran
sit Commission engineers. who have
studied the plan, sag that the total
cost will reach at least a billion dol
lars.