The New York herald., 1922-07-27
POOLING OF POWER
| new SUBWAY PLAN
Transit Commission Seeks
Way to Guard Against
Emergencies.
LOOKS INTO BRIT. TIEUP|
McAnpnv Rnhukns Hvlan
LOOKS INTO BRIT. TIEUP
McAneny Rebukes Hylan
for Talking Too Hastily
in Traction Affairs.
MAYOR DEMANDS BUSES
Experts Laugh at His Idea
That Autos Would Have Pre-
vented Tuesday Trouble.

George McAneny. chairman of the
Transit Commission, rebuked Mayor
Hylan yesterday for what Mr.. Nc
Aneny called his indulgence in "Bn-
lingsgate" in his attacks on the COM
mission from the City Hall.
The chairman said the Mayor, in
the matter of transit accidents clearly
has a distorted view not only con-
cerning the responsibilities of the
Transit Commission. but also about
"his own responsibilities in matters of
the sort"
Mrs McAneny described what steps
the commission has taken to CO.
operate with the transit companies
and the Edison companies to avert
any such tieup of traffic as that of
Tuesday evening. The chairman was
asked If he would comment on the
Mayors reference to the commission
as "the State Stationary Commission.
because it appears to be an immov-
able body" Mr.. McAneny replied:
1T is the practice Of the commission
at least to proceed deliberately and on
the basis OF facts. AS soon as the facts
IN the present instance have been ascer-
tained they will be communicated at
once to the public with whatever rec
concentrations or directions the commits
sion may have to pass on to the operat-
ing companies. But at no time will the
commission permit itself or any one
acting for 1t to indulge in either per-
sonal or political abuse Of the sort that
comes chronically from the City Hall.
sFor Better EmerEency Power"
"The engineers and experts Of the.
Transit Commission are conducting an
Independent investigation of the causes
of the B. r. T. accident but are not as
yet ready to report their findings. The
preliminary Investigations have indicated
that there is considerable doubt as to
the immediate cause. Nothing has ap-
peared. however. to suggest that there
was any undue delay or Negligence.
pending the receipt CT detailed re-'
ports the commission ischieiy concerned
about the broader question of develop
Ing quicker measures for commanding
Immediate emergency service from other
power houses when there is a break
down of this kind in any one Of the. main
plants.
There are, and have been for soma
time. tying-in facilities arranged be-
tween the various power plants of the
city under which the transit companies
and the Edison company are able to
afford each other relief in just such
emergencies as this These facilities
however. are not as elaborate as would
be necessary In case tho Edison COM
pany for example, were suddenly called
upon to supply the entire power REQUIRE
ments of the b. r. r.. in a breakdown
such as that of last night.
THE commission. accordingly, this
morning directed its chief executive Of
ficer, Gen. Lincoln C. Andrews. to take
up at once with the Interborough and the
B. r. T. and with the officials of the
Edison companies. both the New York
and Brooklyn, the problem involved In
developing better and more reliable ia
cilities of the sort, and to report back
promptly as to the extent to which they
can and should be provided and the
probable cost.
"One distinctly encouraging thing
about yesterdays mishap is that the
people who were on the trains and cars,
and who necessarily suffered great an
noyance, nevertheless kept their heads
and their tempers, with the result that
there were none Of the paniclxy conditions
that might we'll have been feared. and
that there were minor accidents Of
any sort upon the railways themselves"
Hylan Boosts Bus Scheme.
Mayor Hylan made the power house
fire and its consequences an occasion
for again boosting his scheme for
$25,000.000 city wide and city owned
bus system He issued a statement in
the afternoon in which he said. in part:
THE B. r. T. tieup at the height of
the rush hour last night emphasizes the
enormity OF the crime against the
travelling public of this city by the up
State. traction controlled Legislature
and the State Transit Commission and
their cohorts In willfully refusing to
give the city Enthusiastically clear au-
thority to operate a modern municipal
bus system. II the city had this power
It would have had In operation yester-
day and long ago modern system of
buces ir the territory affected BY the
tieup which would have made It i'm
possible for any congestion to have
arisen because of the tieup."
Members OF the Traction Commission
laughed at the Mayors assertion that
Tuesday nights congestion could have
been averted by any system OF municipal
or any other type Of buses. They pro-
duced records to show that during the
single hour between S 80 and 6 40 p. NJ,
Mt the peak of the rush period. 24O, 900
passengers are carried to Brooklyn in
the cars Of the Il. r.. T. system.
II they were of the type of the
Mayors Chambers street jitneys carry
ing seated and standing passengers
packed In Unfortunately, a process
sion OF $4,000 buses within the hour
would be required. said Mr. McAneny \
This would mean that during the hour
on both lanes of traffic on the Williams
burg. the Manhattan and the Brooklyn
bridges there would be continuous COL
urnns of loaded buses to the exclusion
a. nj other traffic.
This Is on the assumption that the
buses would operate only from end to
end OF the three bridges. In SUCH an
emergency as that OF Tuesday they
would be expected to carry their quotas
OF passengers not only across the river
butt to various sections of Brooklyn.
said Mr.. McAneny. This would multiply
the feet of 10000 municipal jitneys to
indefinite proportions