New-York tribune., 1922-06-21
City to Own All
Transit Lin es,
Miller Declares
Included in Unified Plan
of Commission az Only
Way of Serving People.
Queens Audience l. Told
Shows HyIan How to Aid
Stresses Warning Against
Demagogue Who Misleads
Voters by False Promises

Municipal ownership Of transit faeil-
tiles is included in the Transi, Com
missions plan Of a unified system in
this city. Governor Miller declared last
night in an address before the Queens
County Republican Committee In Rich
mond High High School. Queens
The plan had his approval, he said,
although he was opposed 10 municipal
ownership Of public utilities that could
be more efficiently managed by private
control. The city's transportation sys-
TEN. he added, would be more efficient
as municipal project because the
city. as owner. would develop il With
a view to the future, making profitable
lines pay The losses Of those tra'ersIng
less thickly-settled districts, while =
corporation owner would seek 70 ex-
tend its lines only where travel was
assured.
One System Of Benefit to All
"The Transit Commission he de-
clared, proposes to create not innum-
erable systems but one system which
will be municipality onwed under which
people can be carried from any part
Of this great entity to any other part
for a single fare.
"Ordinarily | am against municipal
II ttefftffna that "a "A hot d.
ter managed by private interest. Now,
there is only one way that can be ac-
complished. and that is by municipal
ownership. II cannot be done II You
leave II TO the private companies, be-
cause they will build roads not TO re-
lieve congestion but TO create conges-
tion. because they will 20 where the
greatest travel is.
"The city must do il, because under
such a system the fat must carry the
lean. Some lines will not pay, GER
tainly during the upbuilding process.
The lines that are the most profitable
and have the greatest amount Of short
haul traffic will have 20 carry the other
lines. You never can develop this sen
ter as il should be unless the city
itself owns the transit facility. say
this plan provides for one complete,
unified, municipally-owned system 20
operate. and, as I said, for a single
fare.
Urgues Hylan TO Aid City
81 hope the Mayor will no longer
nurse the plan which he says he has
in his own vest pocket hope he will
take the people Of this city into mis-
confidence. And ! am sure that he viii
And tat the Transit Commission is
ready 70 cooperate with him. There
won't be any pride Of opinion. There
will ne only one sort Of pride on the
part Of the Transit Commission. and
that will be pride in being able to rem
der public service and serve the true
interests Of the people Of this great
city"
Governor Miller said that he didn't
know how Mayor Hylan knew that he
referred 10 him when he mentioned
"demagogues" in his recent speech at
Poughkeepsie. but that he intended 20
enlighten the voters about demagogues
during the campaign next fall.
There is no law BY which you can
protect people from the political con
fdence man he said. "Ther Is only
one way that know Of and that is
by education. enlightennynt. by pre-
sentisg the truth and b. constantly
combating error. Those who attempt
(coatinuec On psss thr-l