New-York tribune. [volume], March 19, 1920, Page 5, Image 5

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Hylan Plan to
Seize Midland
Line Hits Snag
ration Covunsel Holds
iety-Day Notice Must
??Sc' Given by City, and
cussion Is Postponed
Mavor Attacks Curran
Says Borough President's
Interest Is With Traction
Company, Not the Public
Following -withdrawal of representa?
tives of the traction interests the
Board of Esttmate resumed the trac?
tion investigation yesterday in a des
ttltory manner. A large part of the
time waa taken up with a discussion
of the situation on Staten Island, in
the course of which it was found that
the Mayor'a scheme to seize the aban?
doned Midland Company surface lines
ar.d have the city operate them was
not so easy as it seemed.
The temporary snag in the Mayor s
plans arpse from the interpretation of
the frafrehisea of the various surface
Jines involved. upon which members of
the Board and Corporation Counsel
Burr disagreed.,Comptroller Craig con
tendetl that the company already had
sbrogated the franchises by discontinu
inp service, while Major La tluardia,
pre? dent of the Foard of Aldermen.
r.nd the Corporation Counsel believed
that a ninety day notice was required.
After a' long discussion the matter
was put over for a special meeting of
the Board on Monday. Borough Pres?
ident Curran's insistencc that some ac?
tion be- taken f orthw'ith toward grant
ing <rtlief to the people of Richmond
led to S spirited controversy between
MavaaJjftylan and the borough presi?
dent. Mr. Burr had expressed the
opinion that the Midland Company
wouid have to remove its tracks from
the s&r^ets at the end of ninety days
if it had not iived up to the terms of
the frsriBchiae.
'?'.:' ycu take up the tracks what
becqnfes of tbe proposal for the city
to enter into an agreement with the
company for buying trolley cars in
PhiEadelphia and running over these
s-ame tracks?-' asked Mr. Curran. .
Comptroller Craig deciared that that
question d;d not concern the for
feittire. Mayor Hylan told the Borough
President not to worry about that
phase of the matter, as it would be
taken care of properly.
"Thfe people of Staten Island are
worrymg about it," said , Borough
President < 'urran.
"Oon'' start in again with that
e&mouf.ajre this morning," the Mayor
lnterposed. heatedly.
?'The people of Staten Island are stili
walkinij," sa:d Mr. Curran.
? The public knows where you stand,"
shouted the Mayor. "You stand with
the traction interests. You are nol
going to get away with that here. The
people of Staten Island! You haven't
my interest in the people of Staten
Island. You've got more interest in
the traction companies than you have
in Staten Isiand. We will help to take
care of the people of Staten Island."
"Mayor Talks?Public Walks"
Borough President Curran put his
hand to?his head in an attitude of de
epair and- remarked:
? While. the Mayor talks the public
wa.ks."
John A. McCollum, assistant engineer
of the <?yvision of franchises of the
Board fff Estimate, who had made a
?tudy of the franchises ef the Midland ,
Company lines, testified ai to their
provisions. Ho said he had found
seven franchises upon which the
ninety-day notice night properly be
given at tne present time.' These seven
franchises covered 40 or 50 per cent of
the roads affected, the witness eaid,
and there were ten or twelvt other
franchises to be eonsldered. Comp?
troller Craig contended that the com?
pany had been in default since Janu?
ary 19, when it discontinued service,
and that any notice required by the
city should run from that time.
When tbe investigation of the
financial affairs of the New York Rail?
ways Company was resumed the Cor?
poration Counsed read into the record
a long list of documentary information
submitted by Job E. Hedges, recelver,
since the last hearing. Mr. Burr de?
clared that this showed a disposltion
on the part of that company to assist
the board in the inquiry, despite. the
fact that the company's representatives
had withdrawn. -'I
Palmer Asks for $3,400,000;
$300,000 to Enforce 'Dry' Law
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General Palmer to-day asked Congress
for $2,500,000.for the bureau of inves?
tigation, $S0O,00O; for the enforcement
of prohibition and $600,000 for the em?
ployment of special attorneys.
He explained that the appropriation
for special attorneys was to assiBt tbe
fovernment in procedure in suits af
ecting alleged infripgements of pat?
ents and suits growing out of cost plus
contracts in which the government ia
the defendant.
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