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HOW Cm CAN SAVE
Vnvor Trllf Brown Commit'
ire of W'nyn to Tot Tax Bote
I1.MI Point..
WANTS STATE TO SHARE
rtlr"ii tha New York city rMl ea-e-'urdencd
w Itti taxea anil pre
dtdlnH 'h"! ,h" l'rden Will grow until
aH phage, of huelnesa srw affected, un
,x t!n Mats wi to the ciitys relief.
Mayor MttdMl outlined to the Brown
,. plattve I'WMUHIM yesterday a Tm
srstun " under "shlch. he aald, the city's
,lx pate might he induced 31. OS
potnte and huiget decreased
13 f 71, ISO,
Vlie davor'a recommendarlonB wr
Wpplemental In those mud before the
committee Wednesday The following
unnman Shows the suggest-xl legislation
and In limaied meet:
Tu
rate
red
Pis
Hsrsd to
i - Bill avoid dirr.-t tHS
v. v 111 IfM ...Ill.m.on it.
f f home rule now
rrp orer rovUltr S.OOe.oea t 6
Rate to Ix'nr COOt nf vnca-
tin'tal tr-tnutsj In oily 1.4MI 1 9
Regulatory expenses to be
iMrnr by Mate .. ftd.OM .78
ru to receive share of made
i. . n i imip s eoe.me j s
Cliy to rrrive proceeds of
inrk trivnster tax... 4.mn.0OJ X
Cut to rr-flie ler .nil of
Mlo ux rouectea from tity MyM 7!i
fitr to rf.fivr share of new
rsrm' till l.ion.'wvi t.XR
::. .-: m J tfc
tnaacsilon for Mate.
The Mayor also eiiggested three
gMt bOdl hy whfh. according to his eetl
miie. th.. State COMtd offset both the
I BMfOBtod dec reuse In Its revenues Mid
new expenditure, to tile extent of 31".-
100,000. Hie proposals were:
"Hv BuppreMlns loaa! approp Hat tone,
a-hteli have nvcr.igrd at least 3.nH.nno
N veur ill the peal, mid by amending Hie
ItuWltalMe tax Ian, the State .'an In
crease its rinouroeH by $7,ro.0rt0 ; by
vtenditig the new cx-Mse Irw for another
year, the State will derive additional
rweirnej of 8f000000, even after alio;.
Qg half to Hie localities where the tar
mllsoHll : by iiinendiiiK the secured
.labt laiw an eiiKKeeted bj the Stata
ronipl roller in hi report, Snt'.ooo."
"VVe rejrnot put the lclHlature on
Irbtl," wtld I'lialnnan BloP It Browii
vben llr. Mltohel propoeod to daetgnita
rtam local IiIIIh, a-hioh lie ilca. ribed as
"lie pork barrel IpeaeUrOI of legila
iop." The COmmlttae. however, oon
Ofltried 1" reoeltfe a written lint of several
MUnplM f Siato ainiropnattona made
frr i.iirel loral benetlta. Atnonc others
Included In the list WOJI the Slate aid
law, carrying an appropriation of 31.-
tio noo, which provides that the State
hall i.i to yinall towns a pciventaRe
of amounts ralaed by the towns for the
repair .0 local dlit roads.
In axplalnlnaT the .-ounly expenditures
Item m his prosf nunms for the reduction
of budeal expanaaa, the Mayor said that
with tlo- salaries of i-ounty ottlrs fixed
by the Legislature, duplloallru occurs
and unnecessary functoiu are eatab-
I shed. He asked that the Board of
BstlnMata be ariven authority to review
the expenses of county office re.
Normal hoots.
Tlo. Mn: or objeoted to the srranee
nefjl by Which the Stale ;.av.s the tost
of maintain ok eleven tt.innsl schools
outslds New Vork city, but com pa Is the
municipality to bear the cost of those
within the city,
lie again called attention to the fa.-t
that while the stale pays all expenses
of the uBffltata Public Service Commls
aion. the city Is burdened with the entire
exp' iiMo if the commission In this dis.
UrlcL
II- aaaerted that Mew York city must
pay two-thirds of the $110,000,000 necee
ssr- to retire the State hiKhwa' bond
IgeUes, ih"iish not n single mile of the
ro.oi is within the city.
"Unless the city finds some aouri-e of
revenue outside of taxes on real estate."
aald the Mayor, "ownership of real f fl
irt T p in this olty will bexotne a liability
instead of an asset. Real estate is car
rvlne more taxes now than It can well
Stand, Smaller communities In the
State exa. t a license fee from tradesmen
for the privilege of doing business.
"The Stoek Kxchange Is located In this
State not because of any State oppor
tunity hut bemuse of the opportunity of
selling securities afforded by the grettt
population and wealth of New York city.
The city Is entitled to tax stock trans
tfrs within lta limits because It Is ex
pending vast sums to . t.nue and In-
rfflse the opportunities and conveni
ences of this tax centre."
Fifty par cent, of the State motor
vehicle tax Is collected from automobiles
oivnol in New York city, the Mlayor
aald, and the city's .-tracts suffer most
:r m the operation of these vehicles. He
believes the city should receive at least
.". per lent, of the tax collected from
city owned cars.
The K.xclea Tax.
Of the excise tax the Mayor nald :
"In the past all such taxes have been
d.vided by the St'ate with the localities
Where Collected. This year for the first
time an additional excise tax, amounting
to 14,000,000, was imposed, and all of
the proceeds, appropriated by the State.
Saw Yirk city contributed at least
12,000,000 of the total tax. If the tax
In continued as the State Comptroller
Outcasts, the State should divide with
the i Ity, as in the past."
Vi the Mayor ii'.ul presented his
re iniiiciidatUitis Senator Brown uues
tlnned him regarding the existence of 119
city department!,
"I l av, already indicated that several
Should l consolidated," said Mr.
Mltuhei,
"With the national Oovernment oper
ating with only ten departments, and the
Constitutional Convention suggesting
Vial the Stale transact its business with
a- lenteen, I shall he glad if you will
pi e 10 discuss this iueetlon at our
next -I'ssioii," said Mr. Brown.
s- BfOWII quoitlonod the Mayor
at igtl regarding the practice of Ihsu
tt ? special revenue bonds when the bud
'i anion, i prove inadequate to meet
the rieedi ol 1 1 - departments. He asked
parti itlarly bout an laauo of $2o.ooo
f ikiIIc .-.i. riea in lliM. Tlie Mayor
explained thai there arose conditions
a'hli ' OMlld not i avg leen foreseen when
I'm- budge) was pri pared, nuiklng neces
sary tlie tilling of v aoanoles, I'nemploy
i nt gave rise to inrent, and public
pei li mi lit demanded the assignment of
men to outlying diatriotg.
"f'onditlons are always uncertain here,
d .' partly to the International character
Of our population," tin- Mayor lulded
"The I'oli.e C!orirmlWloner wanttsl a
n . h larger Bllowapoe for run tlian
tin ' .id of Kstlmate waa willing to
give In n Yet no mamber of the Isiard
l prepared to flay that liefore the next
year ends tin necegglty of raising more
nmiiay fo? the department may not
a
'Ilia committee adjourned, to resume
lt inquiry Monday, January 10.
tVirllnnd's llrrnrd Brukrn.
I'- II a Nn, Me. I lee. HO Tlie larfBSl
Bwil ii shipmeill 'if win nt in llie Iiih
I'' 1 1 t!... porl efl liere illirillK lleeein
h' i' Tivi nly-two Htcainem. oarryltlg
i no. 000 htietieie lo Hlurope, left in thai
t s, atssirdliifj to fiffurea annoiineed lo.
' The JatlUtr) movement is espected
1 i:irfl.
SIGNAL CO. OFFICIAL i
S1KS lyOODGIKE HINTS
But Public Service Commissioner Never Asked for
Money to Award Contract, Cade Insists in
Thompson Committee Testimony.
John T fade, vice-president of the
Kederal Signal fompany. testlfii d before
the Thompson legtslsttve committee yes
terday to the things that gave him an
Imprc-alnn that rublh Service I'onimls
Sloner Wood wanted Mn ' any some
thing about money In connection with
the award of the contract for Installing
signals In the Fourth avenue subwn.
Mr. "ade, a inlipory person with a
decided Kngllsh Meant, kept the com
mittee in good humor with Ills running
comments on men and things as he has
found them in selling slgral systems
Ills good humor was spread hit so much
that whei he got through there wan a
distinct Impression that this part of ihe
committeeV case against i 'ominissioner
Vood bad lieen very much Weakened,
Cade neVeT failed to emphaslge the as
sertion that i 'omitilss inner nod had said
nothing abou: nauiei and that what be
testified to was strictly h matter of Im
pression and opinion.
Tin- witness said that after a bearing
on the Fourth avenue subway contract,
for which the Federal company wns low
bidder, he met I 'oniinlASh ner Wood In
the latter's office. He said that t'otn-
tn laal oner Wood made a speech to htm in
which he pointed out bow Important it
was that the public sh. oild be well ami
quickly served, that to serve the public
was the wish closest to his heart The
Commissioner felt, according to what
fade says lie said, that the fact that
some of ihe IVderal company's patents
were in dispute might delav the sub
way woik if timt company got the con
tract, The Commissioner wns also of
th opinion. BOtXaTdtngJ Cade, that
tile public might suffer he- mse the Fed
eral COtnPany bad never had liefore a
son tree i of such magnitude.
Would ..t Rr Kicked OM,
"I had an impression " said Cade,
"from what lie aald and from the way he
said it, that blfl Understand 1 ng was that
I might use persuasixc eloquence, My
impression wns thai If 1 had tod him
that I would see to it thai some ben, tit
WOUld accrue to the commission or to
him personally I Would tOl have been
kicked out of his office."
"You mean a financial benefit 7"
"Yes. sir."
Cade said thai he told President rten-
shaw of the Federal company about
this meeting with Wood
"I iiid not tell Mr. ftenehaw." he
added, "that Wood had said lie was open
to an offer. If Rensbaw testified to
thai he was mistaken "
Then he told of meeting W c Hanks,
former business associate of Commis
sioner Wood, at I Dey street, a saloon,
which, according to Mr Cade, Is jocu
larly called "Itanl.s'fl Office" by men In
the fllgnal business lie said he knew
that Hanks had been In business with
Wood. Hanks asked him, be said, for
business in connection with the Centra
street loop, for which the Federal 'oin
pan bad a contract Cade said ho re
ferred him to Hresideut Retiahaw.
"Ho then said." continued Cade, "'I
have a good deal of Influence in this
neighborhood ami may be able to help
you." I said. 'Very likely.' Me said, 'If
you get the Fourth axenue contract
will you give us some business'." He
said be had a good deal of Influence, 1
assumed be meant I was familiar with
the fact that Wood was bis former part
ner I assumed he meant thai such In
fluence as he might use would be through
Wood. I" uderstrt ml. lie did not Be) o,
that was merely m opinions'
"And what did you saj ' asked Pep-
uty Attorney-Uonorel Lewis.
Wauled Banka to Help.
"I told hint that Itensbaw was hand
ling that matter, but thai I would like
him to do everything In his power to
help us to get thai work, and I said
"If yOU do I will help you ' You sec,
1 wauled him to think that be would
get a financial return. What I really
intended to do was to help him in some
other patt of the cuuntrx If I got a
chance lo. I Knew I couldn't help htm
so far as this contract was concerned "
"What did Hanks tell vim about
Wood'."'
"1 don't think he ever mentioned
Wood's name "
"What did you tell Retishaw'.""
"I said to him. 'You ve got to go after
thai Fourth avenue contract strong.
They want you to do something for
them.' 1 meant that it was necessary
for lilin to put up some money and
told him that wns tlie Impression I
got from talking with Wood. One se
quence after another gave me the Im
pression that if I had made a money
offer he would have taken it. I fett
aure of it without having absolute knowl
edge "
"Didn't Banks tell you he had tallied
with Wood?"
"No."
"Didn't Wood tell you to see Banks'."
"No."
"Have you talked with Banks since
lie was subpoenaed in this case'."'
"No, but i avoided it by Jumping out
of the elevator the other day when I
saw him get Into It."
Tells of Contract Changes.
W. W Salmon, president of the Qen
eral Railway Signal Company, which
got the Fourth avenue contract after
the specification!! had been . banged, was
on tlie stand most of the day. He tes
tified that liefore the bids were opened
his company had been experimenting
with speed control devices and that the
option on the Slmtnen patents was
obtained on September 8, ISll, two
days before the original bids for the
work xvere opened.
Mr. Salmon described how be and bin
engineers and lawyers had labored from
If
BBS. . S-
"4
"Hartford
SHOCK ABSORBER
controls the action of an attiomoWle spring, absorbing the ur
plus enertry and preventing its dissipation upon the body of the
car, to tlie discomfort of Its occupants. Learn how it actually
Makes Every Road a Boulevard
Ualta tha HARTFORD AI'TO JACK lift 10IX) pounrlA with a simpls twist
of your wTj"t Tins In tlie bet auto js. k money en buy-essiest work.Df.
Kismlns th. IIARTFURn ntiMPKB with hnek : sh
iBrMni Irmi. It l.keslhestinsuulBfrfsryblow. froUcts
til thsrsr nH hesuliSM it. too
Heaths HAHTKomil USHION BPRINn snd ths wss
eSrfulT: V. IIAHIKOKIlKbHrl'ltllMlRAKK.
Thsss inUrting evfrydsr sotonmhil
b hewn in i r. ilr.l wsy Is our slhibll St
IImnI ftaatrsl Fslsus.
t
Hartford Suspension Company
E. V. HARTFORD. Frasldsnt V
bscalite OHk. sse Wsriu: 1 94 Msnsa St.. Jirary Car. N. J. U
. . m I. i.u B J ..J III 1MW. Silk i.
atw lemeav Bsessw 1 '
a jeWBsai TnBMM-BwSlwS
hat time Ml lo get the speein. atlons al
tered that the Ifajgd control system
would be Included. He presented drafts
aggregating 130.101 to Hlmiuen as the
pric of (ha option and In payment for
royalties to S,mmen for the , ( 'Z
.V '""rnl"t session. Mr. Salmon
scored the Union ,. and Sign.)
LM"P;inV HP"" ot ,n, OOmPM) have
told how Sidney (. Johnson was d,,.
'urged because he laid before, tha
directors a reqnt for li.000 with
whi-h to bribe Commissioner Wood.
Salmon said the reason the company
discharged Johnson was not because he
presented this request. Me said he told
the real reason to Salmon O Ivlsohn
counsel for the Union company. He
also denied thni l,evlsohn In his testi
mony ha, gix-en a .s.rreet a count of
their conversation
Tne point of Salmon's testlmonv on
this matter ass that the general 'com
pany did not engage Johnson after he
lost bis Job witli thf. Fnlon company
becHuse Johnson was expected to u-e
sinister methods In getting signal con
tracts The hearing will continue this morning.
SAVES $500,000 ON SUBWAY.
eT Monte in HH 4 a a sea Modi.
Mention of Contract.
The Public Service Cnmmleslon ap
proved ytBlerday a modification of the
contract for that part of the Rsoaowu.y
Seventh avenue subway In Fifty-ninth
and Sixtieth street between Seventh
avenue and the Queenahoro Bridge.
Under the original plans the tracks were
p. be carried over the bridge ajvl the
sul. way was routed from Seventh avenue
to Fifth avenue under Fifty-ninth street
From that point one track nl1nued
under Plfty-nlllth street to the bridge
am, the other diverged and ran through
MgtlMh street.
Under the changed plans the two
tracks are to he carried In a tunnel
under the BaM Hlver and the modifica
tion of the ,entraTt ycstarilav provides
for the divergence of With tracks from
Fifth avenue ami Fifty-ninth street to
Sixtieth street. It is said tliat tha
change will save about 36"o,nnn to tlwj
otty.
SERVICE BOARD BEGINS
LOCAL GAS OIL INQUIRY
InvestlffeVtei Complaint
Kinus Country Company
s to Prices Pid.
The Public BanrlOi Commission -an
eMriay It invetnt ir.i : .m of tlm prices
pftld for k. oil by tho? various jr,j com
im tui? Wlthltl it jurimlltMlon. The In
I wMtiR.itUm follow th- ompU!nt or tb
Kltiffr, COltntjr I.:jylaiii! 0m,einy Hum
I tho DricO of gun oil in bOOOmlng nlmoM
f prohibit IVO, h mCNH i:nporttit ronnhlori-
. tloti, a. t!t- price f Kan rutin -n dilr"t
I proportion to 'ii price of cm oil. an In
Icreaie r 1 tent in tin- latter moaning
Itfonvrnlly nn Incrraoii of 4 t?onti a
f Ihouoand ruble i,fi In the price for a.i.
' m 11 1 isai r it llaywanl wml mtft thi
revurd a reporl of the oojnmlasloti ihow
Ihk that during tha so cent gaa lltlatLon
I tic tt.A compnnloa Involvod wrr imylng
at lraL 1 t-cut h g'alton innr for t heir
oil than were other companies, The re
poj't read hy the Commloelone r held that
to have ta Ken oil at a lowit price nt
that I Imfl WOUld have reducod the t ost
of ptoelu- it ffni frttin 4 to centa a
thoueand feel .tni eo wunlii have junti
flctl the recommendation of the Htevena
commtttee for xfi cent gas Initead of so
cent Ki-
It WM aHo bri'ueUt out that durlrra;
the litigation the Consolidated Un I'ntn-
panv paid oe nu a gallon for oi 1 ,
while the Brook lyu Union I las Com
pany paid 4.47 cent .Vfter the (in cent
Kax rate had been attirm'! hy the lnltd
stales Supreme Court the onnroi (dated
'ins Company :' Ite il for ;t,L'7 cent
a gallon, while thf Brooklyn T'nion com
pany paid only Islet cetitn.
Th only wtttuvn called yentertny wm
W. P. lime, the (ran engineer of the
CXmmlaelOn. 1 1 fa Id he Knew of no
siit h thmB a a eianderd rate for aan oil
a i:d that oil contract! contained no
pecifloatloni m to iH oil whlcei would
Influence it. price,
Th hearing a adjourned to January
7. ah of the nas pomnanlea in the city
have agreed to produce on timt inte
their contract! for oil made during the
laai ten vi'irs. Robert Livingston of
the Consolidated I lae Company made
ti.if ptatement after the hearing:
"This (uestlon of oil pi ice waa Roue
InlO I hOfOUghly at tlie t!ine of the so
cent fr.w caaee, T!ie rlty'O wltnea;e
feel I fled that they, as Independenl oil
produce re, could not eupply raa on at
tin- fiKiir charged t Me gat compi n iea
b the Statulard - ;1 Company. Tlie in-
dependent! oould not comp-tc with the
Standard when !t came to making d-
liveries, lighterage, cartage, Ac. The
matter of the contra t pri es for oil at
the time of the so cent gun hearings
was thoroughly explained by wit nr-wM
The price was not Jacked up to maintain
a higher ra te for the putiioes of the
hearing) A iras company must arrange
for tt h oil supply from those who will
not fall to make deliveries, On the sup
ply of oil dependl the supply of aaa."
lELULLI
Too Appreciate Motorinf Comfort
witnrss tlir convincinsf
Uenionstration of how the
nrailtls will m
th. suto show. Js
s!
-
-WY.wwssns mam
THE' IjN. FRIDAY,
TESTIMONY ENDS IN
NEW HAVEN TRIAL
WIIIIm Uockff filer, III. Df
nit'M Coiiflpiritry Chargf in
Ajjrffd Statement.
TO .11' HV NEXT FRIDAY
The inkma nf testimony for anil
acaliist the eleven former directors nf
tha Near Haven Uallroad anded at 12:J0
P. M. yestenlay. and aftsr four davs
of summing- up hy counsel on both sides
next week an I Jud'e Hunt's rtinre tha
fhovernmant's rasa will rest with the
Jury.
Ths prneer dlWPJ yesterday were
marked as out of the ordinary by the
readme: of an aareed statement by Will
iam noekefsller, who la III with the
trip and entild not come to the t'nlted
States Dtatttel To irt to testify. It fol
lowed tlie iross-examlnntlon of r'harlas
M. Trstt and short rebuttal testimony
by t'hartes S. Milieu and Arthur H.
'lark, eeeretary of the railroad.
t'nder onlinsry elretimstances It wnuld
be difficult If not danaernue for Mr.
Rockefeller to endeavor to speak for any
length of time With lnfluenia aa a
complication, Frank at. Swecker, chief
repmsenf stive of the Oovernment,
agreed with Itlehsrd V. Mndehtiry ss
to the tentlmony of the financier, and
tills Mr Llndabtiry read to the jury.
There were six points t
1. That be never entered into s con
spiracy either with the New Haven di
rectors or any other persons to sttempt
to RMMtABoHta the t -atisport.it. .-n faclll
tlas of New Klteiatltf,
'1. That the difterent properties of the
New Haven, however scqulred. were ac
quired on h mil of the epeclnl cirinini-
at
i as jij
Be sure to see
the Sludelaker 6QLD Chassis
DECEMBER 01, till,
siaiis M Men lumieiiisietr Induced ihe
S'oiilsltlun
3 That in sutina for su n s ewafttsBM
be asst. 'lead his best Juutment !n esch
rasa and acted In the belief that 1' wss
all for tha best interest" of tha Naw
Helen
4 That the New Haven homd ws si
ways advised as to lagsl affairs of ihe
company by lawyers of standing in the
various Htatas, Hnd thBt from and after
I0" tha chief counsel wss ICdward l
Robblns, "who, by his learning and great
experience In railroad matters, was sup
posed by the said Ilnckrfeller to be
peculiarly well quallded to tulvlse the
board with respect to the various trans
actions proposed lo It from time to time .
that In addition there were always on
the hoard a number of lawyera of dis
tinction to whoae Judgment on questions
of law the lay members of the honnl
were accustomed to defer ."
5 That he knew nothing of the Urand
Trunk matter except that which wns
from time to time reported to the hoard
by Mr. Mellen. and that he regarded il
only as a negotiation for a traffic agree
ment. I. That he was present when th"
board, on October 10, isns, Bccepted
the report of a special committee against
the acquisition of the Metropolitan
Steamship t'ompany's assets and thnt
be knew nothing further of the Pacific
Navigation I'ompany affairs.
Cliarlea M. Pratt, under IlllaH eHIH
in.itlon by Ilober! 1, Stephenson, made
the same quick, businesslike witness
that he hsd been Of Hh direct examina
tion un.l he never varied his original
statement that Ills Whole altitude hail
been that of a heavy Investor. He ad
mitted that he wns in favor of the Hvs
ton and Main deal 'and went tp the
meeting of tha board of directors to tell
his reasons.
It was dtnVulf tinder the laws of
Mssss.'husetts to finance the Reetott and
Maine and the r.m.l wa.s not up ti
modern standards T, I New Haeu
was highly prosperous srd highly ellh i
enl. II would have been difficult for hlra
to dispose of his large holdings' Slid lie
saw no better wsy out pf It than to sell
to the New ilseen.
Mr. Stephenson wanted to know If he
had not talked with Lewis ,'ass Led yard
and Mr. rr.iti said he had Mr Led yard
lisd been his counsel for vents and the
t!Ounsel of his father bet,. re hint. Ho
ike Grand Central Fctlace Show
It is a STOCK chassis taken from ihe regular
dav's production in the givat Studebaker fac
tories in Detroit.
But it is finished eutirely in GOLD.
And it is the costliest, the most niagmfieent
ehassis that has ever been displayed in New
York or in any other city on tlie face of the
earth.
It is ihe onlv Gold ehassis in existence, and
it is valued at more than S2f).00(). And for
any man who thinks of buying a ear, it is a
liberal education in the mechanism of a car,
for the GOLD discloses the delicacy of design,
the refinement of finish, the perfection of
manufacture of this famous Studebaker chassis
as nothing else can.
See this GOLD chases at the show!
SOUTH REPflX LND.
admitted he had islHed sf tha 1
ais, of the eage
"Whj ' ' aslie I vi, Jtep tM
"Though I Was a seller and tiot a
buyer." wb te answer, "vet the trust
and .ninhOi.it liMi question waa then so
prXinsJnelltly Iti th betc mind that e
talked ale. nt II "
Mr Stephenson wanted to know about
vsrlous n qulsif Line ,,: , tne witness gfj
swered elnmst InrarlsMl tlr.it tliey were
for '. ononnc r aeons
The defrnce will Pie its requests to
the d ajfl to oh irg" this afternoon and
the hiry will return Monday morning to
listen to the final arguments Tlie Oov
ernrnen' w'll oner the argument with
three Hpeei'hs hy Mr Swucker, .fames
W Msbnme mid Mr Stephenson. Tills
will take two days Then the defence
will have two days in which to reply
and sum up It i not known brnv many
speeches win be made on that aide, it is
attfe to say Hint Mr. I.iiidaburv will
sjieak for Mr. Rockefeller, Delnmev
Nlcoll for Lewis faas Led yard, Michael
Kenealy for lalward I Kohblns and
ltoyall C. Vk tor for f'harles K. Brp ker
It Is thought tin t Judge Hunt will
Ink.- Friday for hla .-harge and thtat the
case will go lo the J try that night
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when mo vine ia thf Now Bnflsnd
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DETROIT, MICH.
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ELEVATED CAN'T USE
LONG ISLAND TRACKS
V. S. f onimlNKion's rounol
HoMl Knpid Trsnnit I'lan
T nip-rni.
f.eorge H Coleman counsel to the
Thihllc Hervlee Commlt-slon, rendere.1 an
opinion vesterdsy that the commission
ranndl without the soflttlftcenoa of the
Iriterlvoroiigh Itaph! Transit fompativ
and the Municipal Hallway Corporation
enter Into an agreement with the 1xhg
Island Railroad for the Joint use of its
tracks In connection with the Qu.-esboro
Itapid Transit railroad to and throng..
Flushing to Whlteaton snd Little Mecjt
WALXFTtVILl.E, ONT.
The long Island's plan provided for
the connection of the raplil transii line
with Its tracks in the Flushing n... ,. lows
near W hltestone Junction. The city was
to extend the elevalod line tei initiating
at Corona to mnke the connection with
Ihe railroad The service wax to exfend
thence over the Long Island'a tracks to
Nhltcstone Landing and to Little Neck
via the North Side division
Tracks, stations and facilities of the
!ini Island Kallnoad were to be used
Jointly and the cost of operation and
maintenance was to he charged pro rata.
The rental was lo le H25.nnn year,
with tier cent added each year.
Under the dtnl system contracts Ihe
leash g .'onipanies, that Is the Inlerhor
ongh and the Municipal Railway Cor
poration, are obligated to equip and
operate inch extensions a.s the city tnsy
make f. t'i rapid transit railroads Mr.
Coleman holds that the rchcnie proposed
by the Ising Island does not constitute
an extension oi the present hv stem within
the tnear ing of the law.
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