New-York tribune., 1922-11-10
Estimate Board
Rejects Transit
Relief Plans
Proposals by Commission
for Washington Heights
and Staten Island Tube
Routes Derided at Meeting
Attack Is Led by Craig
swat Until After First of
the Year; Commission Is
ON Skids,'' He Asserts

Tuesdays election was reflected in
the special meeting of the Board of
Estimate yesterday, when that body
rejected the proposed plans OF the
Transit Commission for the Washing
ton Heights Central Park and the
! Staten Island subway routes. The
plans we're rejected on motion OF
Comptroller Craig, who said:
"The Transit Commission now is on
the ekids and it's plans are inadequate.
Let us reject its plans and take no
further action until after the nrst Of
the year, by which time the Legisia
ture will doubtless restore to the
city complete power over it's transpor-
tation problems"
The board voted unanimously on the
Comptroller's motion. Action on the
Transit Commissions Brooklyn Queens
crosstown route was deferred until to-
day.
A delegation from Washington
Heights appeared before the board and
voiced It's objection to the Transit
commission plan for that terri
tory. Tory Mayer g. Goldmann.. chair.
isiot VI VIC IIdESlb GomEnlItGe NT
the Washington Heights Taxpayers
Association, declared that not onlv the
organization he represented. but every
other body on Washington Heights
was against the Transit Commission
plan because in their opinion it did
not give their section square deal.
Mr., Goldman and Reginald p. Belton,
an engineer who accom- anied him,
favored ,,sn Eighth Avenue subway
IRON Bethune Street along the line
OF Central Park West up to f22d
Street and through St. Nicholas Ave.
nue.. This suggestion follows Mayor
Hylan's $600,000,000 transit pan az
far as 1T relates to Washington Heights.
with minor notifications. The Mayor
assured the Washington Heights rem
resentotives that the notifications sur-
gested would receive consideration.
Staten Island Plan Rejected
The Transit Commissions s2b .0oo /.
600 Brooklyn-S Staten Island Marcus
tunnel and subway plan was rejected
with little ceremony. This plan pro-
yided for route through Ninety-fifth
street, Brooklyn. under the Narrows.
and through Pennsylvania Avenue
staten Island. In long report Mayor
Hylan criticized the commits sion "a
plans, which he declared were defec-
1--WE. Referring to the BROOKLYN
queens crosstown plan Of the COM
mission, the Mayor said:
"The commissions plan and the
city's plan for the proposed Brooklyn
crosstown subway differ in funda-
mentals as we'll as In vital details.
Under the commissions plan the pro-
posed crosstown subway and it's
branches would be linked up with
privately operated 3. r. T. lines.
Under the city's plan the crosstown
subway and it's branches would be
linked up with proposed city owned
and city operated subways. The city
plans to be free Of private operating
companies. 1t intends to operate all
its own subways when such operation
is possible. Looking ahead II would
De folly for The city TO build the cross
Gown subway to tie up mainly with
non recapturable B, H. 4. lines. as suo-
mitted by the Transit Commission.
We have had enough Of city partner
ship with the b. II. T. and the Inter-
borough to know what to exepect. For
tCsnsInusd on paes four1