New-York tribune., 1922-04-08

view through the stateroom window j.,
the corridor of the car when Mr..
half the coal cost would I be correct"
demanded O'Brien.
NO. said Mr.. Hedley, who in answer
to more questions said that more than
S7,00o,00o had been spent in the last
five or six years in undermining power
plants of the system.
Presses for Improved Service
Discussing new cars, Judge Shearn
| said:
Mr.. Hedley said that it was not
even desirable to put these $50 cars
on at once and relieve the peak load
Then he said the reason for that was
that he didn't have the yard facilities
| wish to direct his attention to the
fact that he testified fatty on this
| point the other day that the yard
facilities and the shops could be pro
vlded in a period of six months, and
| then there were only two elements left
uncertain-one was the ability to have
the cars delivered within that period
and the other more important thing
was whether they would be able to
buy the cars. He said if the lease
were stepped down, as agreed last
night assuming stockholders ratifv it,
they have the means to buy the cars.
The situation is that we can have this
crush very substantially relieved within
| seven months, and think every effort
ought to be made to press toward that
end"
| At the afternoon session Mr.. O'Brien
asked Mr.. Hedley to give, "as man to
man." an explanation why equipment
lay idle at the Seventy fourth and
Fifty-ninth Street stations.
ut is due to two causes" said Mr..
| Hedley. First, the need of maintain
ing standby equipment, and, second,
to the fact that the lnterborough long
ago provided an excess of generating
units in anticipation of a completed
system, lack of whose completion is the
fault of the city itself, because of it's
failure to carry out its work under
Contract No. 81
GO ahead" shouted Mr. O'Brien,
wincing at the old charge that the city
was not doing its part.
! Sticks to Wooden Cars
"That is the end" said Mr.. Hedley,
and the congregation laughed aloud.
Mr.. Hedley said he was responsible
for the retention Of the wooden cars on
the elevated and did not think it wise
to take them off. He said that vener-
able cars, like venerable men, could be
used to good purpose.
Switching to congestion, Mr.. O'Brien
asked the witness if he had read the
other day where lady lion tanner said
| she wouldn't go into the subway on a
bet. Mr. Hedley said he had not
| Quoting General O'Ryan, one of the
Transit Commissioners, on congestion,
| Mr.. O'Brien leaned far over the table
and, speaking with vehemence, con-
tinued:
Nov, if a man like General Organ
makes that statement, and if West
ern hacker SAYS he would be fined for
violating the laws out West as to ami
mails if he packed beef in the cars the
way we pack human beings, and IT
some lady said she dared not go INTO
the subway, though she tanned wild
lions-with p*1ple talking TINS way,
s.re az extent public opinion?"
81 don't think General Organ ought
to be linked up with this lady lion
tanner. don't think it is fair, and |
object" said Judge Shearn, with mock
solemnity, as the audience shouted
with glee.
Taking another tack, the Corpora
! tion Counsel sald
Didn't YOU say the other day that
when YOU cot into the subway at 11:3o
at night, txat you couldn't ride, and
that you stayed all night down down z"
Mr.. Hedley's "Night Of"
"That isn't because 1 don't like to
ride in the subway" said Hedley.
"Well, why did you stay down
town."
Chairman McAneny ruled that the
witness was protected on "constltu-
tional grounds" and need not answer.
Judge Shearn was asking you then
about the theater hour. Don't, you
recall saying that you did not 60 home
that night?" demanded the Corpora
| tion Counsel, as the laugh again went
around.
"Well," said President Hedley, rather
haltingly, II am not SO old that | am
| entirely worn out. l stay away from
home once in while" -,
| This answer was too much for all
hands, who took minute off to laugh
| long and loud, and Mr.. O'Brien looked
so happy over the embarrassment OF
| the railroad magnate that ne looked
! into the matter Of selling power TO
| the New York and Queens railroad,
! subsidiary of the Interborough, and
asked many questions. about subway
newsstands and Advertising. Mr.. Heo-
ley was prompt and ready with in
formative data.
Judge shearn took the witness in
hand and Mr.. Hedley admitted that
the service could be somewhat I'm,
proved between the hours OF 8 and ~
in the morning and and IN the
(, afternoon by increasing tho number OF
trains. He said the company would
endeayor to run more trains, between
! the hours stated, and during the mid
die Of the day. He. offered no hope.
ihowever, for improving the service