New-York tribune., 1922-06-30
yTransitRun
By Niagara i'm
5Years, He Says
Michael Kirkland, Attorney
for 2 Local Lines, Predicts
Cheaper Power; Already
Offered Yonkers, He Says
Other Costs Dwindling
One-Man Cars ConvertLosing
Properties to Paving Ones,
Lawyer TesiiliesatHearing

Michael Kirkland, counsel for the
sigh, and ninth Avenue Railroad COM
,.nies ventured tho prediction yester-
S,v At the valuation hearing Of the
,ro lines before the Transit Commits
aon that within = years the trans
,or;ation lines in New York will be
,,ing hydro-eleetric power generated
i. Niagara Falls and that IL will be
,hsaper than the present production
cost
NJ Kirkland said that promoters had
already submitted application in Al
harry 70 operate power service as far
,outh as Yonkers. ana IN mis- Judg-
nent IL could be brought 20 New York.
gif client. he said, was paying %
,snts per kilowat FOR its power 20 the
New York Railways Company, where
s,her companies were getting power
,t from one 20 two cents.
Mr. Kirkland said that since the
installation of one-man cars on the
Ninth Avenue road. the latter part Of
March, the line had been saving some
thing like $4,000 a month. After
,hoving dehcit FOR the last two
wears the company turned the scale on
the first day of June and showed a
slight profit for the month Of May.
Transit Estimates Doubled
The Eighth Avenue Railroad Com
psnv values itself az sS.662. l59. on the
b.sis Of cost 10 reproduce new. less
depreclation. AZ 1919 prices. Mr.. kirt-
land told the commission. The com
mission estimated The value Of The
Eighth Avenue Company AZ S3.732.225,
with 81 .969 more 20 cover property
not used IN operation.
The Ninth Avenue company values
Itself at S5,l2l.l33 on the same 1918
basis. The commissions comparable
estimate of the value OF the company
Is Ss,O02.249. with S22,s59 for property
not In operation. Mr.. Kirkland said
the companies figures were based on
spraisals made by Stone & Webster IN
1919. The hearing was adjourned 70
July 10
The Transit Commission yesterday
directed its chief engineer 20 prepare
plans for thc construction Of addi-
uonai entrances % the Wall Street
station of the West Side Interborough
subway. Both noTthbOund and south
bona trains load and unload from an
is r platform, which has served IN
n'a., : two platforms. The station
tes lt .r,rrCC o sale OF upward Of g.
100000 uckcts "a year and is a scene Of
r.oa' congestion at the rush hour peak.
rN4nces no present are az the north
tirf and northwest corners Of Wall
Street The new entrances will be at
Or. southeast md southwest corners.
stop Pickering Lights
~lckcri1s.' as the employees call
tic Hut II the hickering lights on
fmc ol tho subway cars. is on the way
90 be rcmedied. according 10 Transit
Commission engineers. who have been
nvcstigating for months the cause OF
the bad behavior o. some Of the lights
Some to hundred ears which nad the
habit" have been equipped with new
contact shoe Of special design, with the
result that the fickering has been al
most eliminated. The eulprit cars are
Of the trailer type.
Judge Charles M Houeh, Of the
United states District Court, in an
ofCcr fled yesterday denied the mo-
fors o. the Transit Commission. At
-crrey General Charles y. Newton and
The District Attorney Of New York
County 20 dismiss the bill in equity
o. The Belt Line Railways Corporation,
co nplaining Of the joint rate order Of
fae old Public Service Commission. He
also denied thc motion % modify the
preliminary injunction granted in the
hearing before a statutory court com
posed OF Judges Horah. julius ~
MAYER and Learned Hand.
Judge Houeh. in commenting on the
dc ndlntS allegation of insufficient
facs. savs that the court acted upon
'he facts. lie says that he lacks
power % vary or reinterpret the facts
substantially found by tbe statutory
court Former Judge +. Henry La
com5c IS named special master 20 take
testimony in tho trial of the suit.