New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1922-06-16
Hylan,V by
McAneny Note,
Shows Temper
Conduct of Transit Com
mission Denounced as
'Hypocriiical, Asinine and
a DereIiction of Duty
Deaf to Public, He Says
Experts Still Unable to Get
Together on Valuation
of b. II. +. Construction

Mayor Hylan issued another prospcc-
tive campaign document yesterday by
wa Of reply TO Chairman George Nc
Aneny Of the Transit Commission. who
scored the resolution adopted by The
Board % Estimate or April % calling
upon the commission 20 serve notice
upon the lntCrborough 20 cure alleged
defaults or surrender Sc lines 20 the
city. Mr. McArcny styled thc action
o. the Board o. Estimate q "sensc-
less proceeding" and pointed out thst
the intcrborough defaults in service
had heen remedied by the company
pursuant 20 orders from the commits
sion.
"On April &C. 1922. the Board Of
Estimate. after rccit.ng what all con
ocdo % be valid grounds for action by
the state Transit Commission against
the lntorborough Rapid Transit Com
panv." said the Mayor adopted a
resolution demanding that said action
be taken by the commission 90 take
measures 90 rccapturc and bring about
municipal operation of Che inter-
borough lines in accordance with the
terms Of the contracts entered INTO
in 1913. After seven weeks delay the
commission has answered that iorma
demand rs answer means THIS. That
when the Transit Commission is called
upon 90 act with respect 20 transit
matters under contracts which contain
provisions ostcnslbly favorable % the
city. The commission viii refuse O. act
in the event Of the company default
The reason for its refusal a. now
q H.IH .
consider such matters from tic view
point OF the traction companies instead
OF from the viewpoint of The public
and the rights accrulng 10 the public
through the city under The contracts.
That is. forsooth. II the commission
should view the matter from the public
viewpoint rather than from TIE com
panv viewpoint and act accordingly. d
rcceivcrship might ensue. FROM thls
peril the Transit Commission must
save the company. no matter how great
the cost 70 the public corporation
service. not public service, being the
controlling principle.
Invites McAneny to Resign
III this is not the correct view Of
the Transit Commissions answer
then Mr.. McAneny and his associate.
Mr. Hardness. should resign at once.
Either the action Of Messrs. Nc
Aneny and Harkness in Incorporating
these ostensibly beneficial provisions
in the contracts in 1913. which they
now call 'senseless was hypocritical,
asinine and dereliction Of duty al
the time, or their present position I'D
insisting upon treating them as sense
less. IL in fact they arc not, is hypo-
critical and asinine and also a derc-
lection Of duty. They must hang upon
either horn Of their own dilemma and
the sooner the public decree the date
% this official hanging the better lor
all concerned, even including Messrs'
McAneny and Hardness.
The Transit Commission and the
Brooklyn Rapid Transit experts ana
lawyers spent yesterday, and are due
20 spend more days, in trying 10 IND
a common ground Of agreement be-
tween the company estimate Of about
S7f 100000 and the commissions esti-
mate OF about t23.O00,000 as the fair
value Of the rapid transit lines, which
the commission purposes sooner or
later to take over under the one-big-
company plan.
Basis OF Estimate Differs
Allen L. Snyder. a Stone & Webster
engineer, retained by the Il. r. J., sub
mitted figures showing that the present
worth Of the company Is s7O,8o9,6sl.
This estimate is on basis Of repro
duction new at the present time The
commissions estimate is on basis Of
Original cost, less expense Of putting
IN FIRST class condition
Nj Snyder made 30 clear that his
grand total applied exclusively TO