The New York herald., 1922-05-16
QUEENS RECEIVERS
HELD FOR TRIAL IN
TEN CENT FARE RISE
Huff and Lee of Steinway
lines Defied Transit
Board Ruling.
HYLAN PLANRIDICULED
McAneny Sees Subway Sys-
TEN Facing Fate of
Surface Lines.
NEW BIDS CAUSE LOSS
Slightly Lower Construction
Figures Fail to Compen-
safe for Delay.
NEW BIDS CAUSE LOSS

Slaughter W. HUFF. president of tie
Third Avenue Railroad Company, and
Robert c. Lee, Joint receivers Of the
Steinway lines in Queens, were held
Yesterday for trial in Special Sessions
by Magistrate Harry Miller after a
hearing in Long Island City. They
will be arraigned this morning, when
The Magistrate will fix bail
The defendants stand charged with
having violated section 20 Of the Pub
lie Service Commission law, in that
In defiance of the authority of the
Transit Commission they put into
operation illegally new tariff which
sengers to pay a 10 cent fare for a
continuous ride over the severed
Steinway lines and those of the New
York and Queens County Railway
Company. The offense charged Is a
misdemeanor, punishable on convic-
tion by fine not to exceed $500 or
imprisonment not to exceed one year.
or both.
James B. Walker. secretary OF the
Transit Commission, and William
Hutchinson. it's supervising inspector.
who made the complaint for the commits
sion, testified. and with the exception
OF the defendants no other witnesses
were called. Mr.. Huff said they would
continue, as at present, to refuse trans
fcrs. The defendants were represented
by Alfred D. Dawson and william L.
Stewart, while District Attorney Dana
Wallace, for the prosecution, was sup
ported by Capt. George o. Redington.
counsel for the Transit Commission. and
Corporation Counsel John P. O'Brien.
McAneny Answers HyIan.
George McAneny. chairman of the
Transit Commission. commenting upon
Mayor Hylan's promised plan for SUBJ
way construction. said
THE Mayors statement is not suf-
ficiently definite to indicate just wha.
he has in mind. and imagine We shall
have TO walt until the actual plan to
which he refers Is produced before ven
turing any. opinion. All that ! can
gather at the moment Is that he is pro-
posing to deal with the subway lines as
the surface lines have been dealt with.
hiOukh tHc Spiiktink UP VI TIE lOfIncIiy
unified surface systems into lot of
separate lines, each charging fares of its
own and cutting transfers, something
like $4,000, 600 double fares were coll
lected during the year ended June 80,
1921
The Mayor apparently has in mind
pulling the subway system apart in like
manner. so as to have one set of lines
operated by the companies and num-
ber OF others run by the city, each coll
Letting fares of its own. It Is difficult
TO believe that he Is putting forward
such proposition seriously The SUBJ
way lines could not be recaptured as a
whole by the city for many years, even
IL II proved to be good business to take
them. They could be taken only In
scattered parts The Mayors statement
indicates that he appreciates this. but
that he would break them up and run
them separately just the same.
Warns of Blocking Relief.
The Mayor talks about politics.
There is no politics In the work of the
Transit Commission. The building OF
supways Is matter OF years. and II
u were to adopt no plan OF new building
for the. reason that an election is held
IN November of each year IL would get
nowhere This suggestion. in short 10
another that, / trust, will not be taken
seriously.
The only politics I'm the transit pro-
gram will be OF the sort the Mayor sue
ceeds In injecting into II. But venture
10 say that the man who. as n play In
political game. attempts to block the
relief the commission proposes to give
TO the suffering masses OF people who
now daily fight their way up and down
town on the subways will have n great
deal to account for"
The Transit Commission Yesterday rs-
cefved new bids from the contractors
upon several of the proposed contracts
that previously had been submitted TO
the Board of Estimate--at periods Of
from several months TO a year ago
and either rejected by that body or
referred back to the commission. The
Board OF Estimate avowed the purpose
or obtaining better prices. II possible.
For the construction OF an inclosure
10 car inspection sheds at 1s0th street
the Rosenthal Engineering Construction
Company bid the lowest figure. s26s. 900.
Tho lowest bid on the previous adver-
tisine was $2s7,401. The difference,
S2s,4o1. does not represent saving In
full OF that figure, as the cost of re-
advertising. office overhead and other
expenses incidental TO a reletting of the
contract must be deducted Meanwhile
the framework OF the shed has detcri-
Grated
The low bid for signal tower and
compressor shed on the Livonia avenue
elevated line. Brooklyn. was also sub
r,itted by the Rosenthal Engineering
Construction Company whose figure was
$500. The figure OF the earlier bid
was S9.o45.S2. Tho difference between
the two figures. s245.52. has been more
Than eaten up by the cost OF readver-
tising and interest
The remaining bids received by the
commission covered track materials TO
complete the construction OF the subway
portion OF the Fourteenth street. Eastern
District line. comparison shows a
s3,904 saving" in total bids OF s79, $50.
Theatrical aud Hotel and Restaurants.