The evening world. Newspaper, October 22, 1919, Page 17

> GARRISON WANTS CITY SOLUTION OF ber of Commerce at the Hotel Com- modore as willing to try any prac- ticable plan that the city officials would offer for a solution of the transit situation. “So far,” said Mr. Garrison, “all we have been able to learn from the city is that [t will not consent to an increase in fares. It has not offered & solution, There is talk of lots of scandal, but whether there is scandal — Willing to Try any Practicable System Officials May Offer. or not has no bearing at the present time,” Mr. Garrison said that although he had offered the City officials any pa- pers in his possession throwing light on the situation, they had declined to look at them, and that the advice of Mayor Hylan to scrap the roads if Lindley M. Garrison, Receiver of|they did not pay was not @ proper the Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company, |solution. He continued: Ptaced himeelf on record in a talk] “In closing, let me say that I hold at a luncheon of the Queens Cham. | myself ready at any time to alt down plush crown. Brown, Taupe, BROOKLYN——— Remarkable Sale Thursday Tailored Beaver Hats WITH PRESSED PLUSH CROWNS Exclusive Oppenheim, Collins & Co. Model Fashioned of long napped Beaver with pressed Grosgrain ribbon band and tai- lored bow add finishing touch of smartness. Navy, OPPENHEIM, CLUNS & G}: Fulton Street, Brooklyn Sale Price 6.75 Offering Exceptional Black and Purple. Pp ‘the firm whatever the increases cost. THE EVENING WORLD, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 22, 1919, with the officials in an endeavor to find a fair and decent solution. Whatever conclusion we arrive at will have to be adopted.” Job E. Hedges, Recelver of the New York Railways Company, told the diners that the Mayor, “is relying too much on the judgment of another person” and that “the person to whom I refer is not interested in the | economic principle involved in the} cause, but rather his potential influ- ences in the crowded city.” “That person is now getting ready to sever his relations, but the Mayor cannot see it,” Mr, Hedges went on. | “Later, the Mayor will come along, and say, “I was misinformed. I have, found out that § went to the wrong source for my information,’ ” r, Hedges added that the probii could never be solved by “rhetorically ent ining people,” and that what the Mayor should do ts to get engi- neers to study the cars during a spec’ pertod and continue to watch operations until an equable rate of fare had been arrived at. The talk of he in- wi had to da indulged in “eo that the thirst of a man rhetorically in- might be quenched.” soon as the principal of the lines he would ask the court to put the cars in the Due to the separation of the Brdok- lyn City Railroad from the B. R. T., with the consequently increased fares, the B, R. T. was forced to run many care 60,000 more passengers are now using the lines daily than was formerly the case. The West End subway trains were running under @ five-minute headway instead of @ seven-minute, as for- merly, and the Sea Beach trains on a four insteg® of a five. Myrtle Ave- nue elevate trains were increased, while the Lexington Avenue “L” and the Fulton Street “LL” both ran two more trains an hour. Additional cars have been added to most of the trains. Public Service Commissioner Nixon sent @ letter to Frank Lyman, Prest- dent of the Brooklyn City Rallroad, requesting that free tranafers be re- 1o subway and the surface roads at 86th Street and Third Avenue, Such transfers are provided for, the Commissioner stated, tn con- tract 4, providing for the operation of the dual system. ‘The Commissioner stated that one of his inspectors had recetved a trans- fer from the New York Consolidated Road, but that a Third Avenue eur- face conductor refused to honor it, and that the surface line had re- Judge Mayer, in the Federal Coart, authorized receiver Hed, as count for maintenance and deprecia- tion, The order also stipulates that if the amount expended for upkeep _————==FROOKLYN== OPPENHEIM, GLLINS & @ Fulton Street, Brooklyn Extraordinary Sale Thursday Women’s Distinctive Fall Blouses Deft fingers, with a trué sense of feminine artistry, fashioned these blouses. 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