The New York herald., 1922-01-28
MEAN SEEKS BUSES
BY Siege OF ALBANY
Citizens ExhOrted to Rise
and March to Capital in
Their Anger
MOTOR PLAN OUTLINED
Is Important Surface Lines
to Be Torn Up in Whalen's
Scheme.
25,OOO,O0O FUND NEEDED
Elevated Structures Will Be
Raced Within Ten Years,
Mayor Predicts.
S25, 100000 FUND NEEDED

Mayor Hylan recommends a popu
lar uprising and an invasion of Albany
by an angry populace as the mos
effective means to obtain for the city
favorable action on Commissioner
Grover A. Whalen's project for a sys
tenn Of municipality owned buses t.
replace the surface car lines. At g
public hearing by the Board Of Esti'
mate yesterday this Is what the Mayoi
said:
II wish the people Of this city woult
get out Of their offices and their homes
as they Cid on Armistice Day a few
years ago. wish they would organ.
lie and march on Albany. but will
more anger in their minds. II they
would do that, displaying some rea
anger, we should get through the
necessary legislation.
III Guggenheim. Untermyer Mar
shall had not enjoined US we would now
be enjoying healthy. well ventilated
and decent bus operation in this city
The controlled press-or, as some people
call 1t. the pet press'-makes a lot Of
noise whenever a bus accident occurs
but they do not put big headlines over q
street car accident"
His Honor also ventured this predic.
tion: a .e
If you are alive ten years from now
you won't see single elevated railroad
structure in this city"
@25,OOO,OOO Bus Bill Indorsed.
The Board of Estimate after the hear.
ing and without dissenting vote in.
structed the Corporation Counsel, John
r. O'Brien. to introduce In Albany next
Monday a bill authorizing motor bus
operation by the city and an appropria-
tion Of $25.000,000 to meet its initial ex-
penses.
The Mayors demand for an Albany
invasion and the unanimous vote which
followed 1t were recorded despite the
fact that both Comptroller Charles L.
Craig and Murray Hubert, president OF
the Board of Aldermen, had suggested
that to seek such legislative aid at this
time would be futile. The ComptVoller
voicing his doubts. said he thought the
cfty's sole chance for approval Of it's bus
lines enterprise was to wait until after
the election OF another Legislature next
November.
Mr.. Hubert no more optimistic. re.
minded the board OF Gov. Miller's state
ment at the Merchants Association
luncheon on Thursday that proposed
legislation of this character should re-
main In adeyance until the special ses-
sion. which Is to take UP the subject of
revision Of the city's charter.
COmmfasioner Whalop,e dat.l lIax7 -
port was supplementary to his. request
made two weeks ago for an issue of
$26.000.000 In corporate stock to put the
plan In operation. He presented detailed
descriptions. illustrated by maps. CALI
ing for 201 bus routes throughout the
city. exclusive OF Staten Island, which Is
to be made the subject Of a special re-
port
Car Routes TO he scrapped.
In the program of the city adminis-
tration It is proposed as a primary
stroke to rip up and discard fifteen car
routes IN Manhattan as follows: Broad
way-Seventh avenue, Ninth avenue
Eighth avenue. Sixth avenue, Madison
and Fourth avenue, Second avenue.
avenue B and also the crosstown lines
Grand, Eighth. Fourteenth, Twenty
third. Thirty-fourth. Forty-second. FIJI.
ty-ninth and Eighty-sixth streets. This.
the Commissioner estimated, would elm.
mate about LEO miles OF single tract,
and $50 cars.
In addition to substituting motor bus
routes for all the lines nominated 70,
determination. Mr.. Whalen wants 10
operate buses over crosstown routes
through Sixty-fifth, Seyenty-n,nth
Nincty-sixth and 10th streets. The re.
moval, OF these track trolley systems
ne arfued. would eliminate traffic con-
gesti& which now is excessive at tho
tolIoylng busy intersections:
sntn street at Astor place. Lafay-
cite street and Fourth avenue. Ea,,,
teenth street at Broadway, and NJ Thrill
Fourth. Fifth and Sixth avenues: 1rwen,
ty-tnird street at Broadway and nj
Fourth, Fifth and Sixth avenues: Tbir-
V-fourth street at Broadway. Fourth
ana Seventh avenues; Forty-second
street at the Grand Central Terminal
NJ broadway and at Madison. Fifth
sixth. Seventh and Eighth avenues
Fifty-ninth street at Third, Lexington.
rsrh ana rllth avenues and at Broad
way and Eighth avenue columbus Cir
ciel broadway. between Forty-second
ana Forty-sixth street (Times square).
and Broadway and Sixth avenue he.
tween Thirty-third and Thirty-nftb
streets (Herald square).
The Whalen project calls for 3.5oo
buses. These. he declares. will serve
the public more efficiently than the 3. 600
trolley cars now In operation. The lat
ter seat 100000 passengers. according
10 MS ngures, whereas the buses would
seat 10000: but the Comrnissioner
holds that their spcedier rate OF travel
would enable the buses TO cover their
round trips faster thus practically
doubling their capacity to about 2i5.oov.
The Board OF Estimate. again bv
unanimous, vote. concurred In a resoIu-
ton passed by the Board Of Aldermen
authorising the issue of 100000 in spc-
cial revenue bonds requested by the Cor
poration Counsel for the payment of spc-
cia1 counsel and experts employed In con-
troversies between the city administra-
ton and the State Transit Commission.
Chief among these special experts were
Senator Hiram w. Johnson Of California.
whom the city government retained to
make Its unsuccessful fght In the Court
OF Appeals against the constltutionality
Of the transit act
9v. Miller said yesterday he had no
further suggestions to make now re-
garding the transit situation, except that
speed was essential.
The Governor expressed the opinion
that the longer the delay In effectinr
the Transit Commissions readjustment
the greater will be the difficulty In ac-
compiishing the purposes of that reor-
ganixation. About the only thing remain
Ing In the way OF negotiations, Il ap-
pears. Is the Hylan court fight.