New-York tribune., 1922-10-18
Hylan Blocks
New SuhWays,
McAneny Says
aIayor's Plan Called an I'M
position on Public by
9saasit Commission; De-
laws Construction S Years
yetoes Any Building
Nayor Retorts Warmly and
Declares Estimate Board
will Soon Proceed Alone

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The further blocking by Mayor Hylan
and the Board Of Estimate of new SUBJ.
~xysr would be an outrageous imposi-
,,on o anon the people of New York City,
Esarrs McAneny, chairman Of the
Trs3s;t Commission, declared in
4 s.a.anent ~ issued last night. He re-
sswsd his assertion Of Monday that
ND ne snhways ars Impossible for the
~, ns ssre Years snless the Mayor and
~ ~ aasrd @ ahsndon their policy of OBJ
s+s,,,ct;an and their fat refusal to CO.
onsrats with The Transit Commission.
snunter charge was made at the
-. - t;ms 81 Mayor Hylan in q state
aa ss. + which he accused the Transit
cIormissicn III Of obstructing subway
Sairran McAneny says that from
nd date of its appointment the Transit
cSmnission has tried to avoid contro-
yefsy and has. tried to obtain co-opera-
tion from che Board of Estimate.
4Ts has been rebuffed and Blocked at
every step, with the result that the
building Of new lines, as we'll as the
eofpletion of the lines the commits
sion found under way and unfinished,
hate been seriously delayed" SAYS Mr..
NoAneny. His statement is in part as
foadws:
!, Mayor Changes Front
ssWhen the route of the vastly i'm
eoSant Brooklyn crosstown line was
sIf.to the City Hall for approval the
hA requires and public hearing
aplnsthat route set for two weeks ago
lppeared for the commission, in ac-
mElance with the custom of our prede-
esNoss. The fact that I was treated
HH unwonted courtesy by the Mayor
I'd some people to believe that his
heifual attitude of obstruction was
pRsning. l reserved my opinion on
'Af, but, nevertheless, reappeared be-
NJ the board yesterday on the Mayors
.Ssation. Upon the first argument /
wstired, questioning the wisdom Of
te boards position with relation, not
enk Ito the Brooklyn crosstown sub
Mg-aine, but to all new subways, the
A8hr appeared in different colors. He
resented my suggestions and turned
I'D discussion into debate, in the
essrss, of which was roundly abused.
see no further use in efforts Of
Ah sort. The Transit Commission
xip,.pf course, keep the way open for
hosest cooperation whenever the
Bolra Of Estimate is inclined to change
smood. In the meanwhile it will con-
tAue TO press its own work and hasten
As 5elief the subway situation so des-
psfaely needs with all the power that
sThs point that ] tried to make yes
tesday. and the point that must be
driven home with the people, is that
shs Mayor and his associates, in de-
eia,ing that they will approve no new
subway routes, or appropriate any
funds for such routes, until they are
iBurd IN advance that they will be
ern:d separately by the city admin
Sfanon itself, means q veto upon even
isart in the new subway building for
tspeast four years. The Mayors plan
III new grouping of lines under mu-
ialqpal operation is built around his
M@ Of recapturing the city-owned Sec
TOPS Of the dual subway. No decision
suid be made about the recapturable
ntts OF the Interborough system until
iN. nor about the B. R. T. lines until
Ivy, in each case upon a, years notice
70 the operating company.
That means that no real decision
~ be made in either case until the
ltsssnt city administration has gone
ut Of Office and another takes it's place.
! reuid be impossible, therefore, for
hs Mayor or any one else to say at
hA iuncture which lines will hook up
gith the broken parts Of the dual sys-
ea he SO lightly expects to put to-
ether, and equally impossible to lay
ueh dimes out and to declare in ad-
ance Of construction that they will be
psrted separately by the city. The
aayor won't know until some time
ihr shis own term has expired what
Ines can be recaptured, or how they
ag be strung together, or whether the !
MY can finance the cost of such a
scheme.
Quick Action Needed
1.-THE one thing certain is that the
D9iiding Of new lines that will link up /
~ya .a the existing city-w;da system |
sIs.sm 4 should be authorized, and au-
shsr,zed Is, At once.
me idea Of holding work Of this
= msgnisade, or Of any Of the other
nl0f lines within the commissions
BEsI b as, for instance, those serving
- sssslngson Heights, until political
iafs1lons Of four years hence have
,eshs decided, would be an outrageous
iH.n 0A 'Ae peopie % the
ias Mayor, in. his statement, saws
y y. ada ,sne Hylan plans for new $780,
ssoVo subway will be presented to the
sSafa OF Estimate at an early date, and |
! ga the Transit Commission will i'm |
saiateiy be requested to prepare
ans IN accordance with the Hylan
an. so as to permit the advertising
contracts within few. months.
NJ. McAneny's attitude before the
'aM OF Estimate yesterday makes it
! ms That he is no longer anxious to