The evening world. Newspaper, February 4, 1921, Page 18

~ AYLAN ses IB b ; i k : 5 MILLER’S PLAN AS HOLDUP OF CITY ee ee Would Make Scraps of Paper of Contracts and Put New ! York in Hands of Looters. Gcoring Gov. Miller’s public utility Brad plan and declaring that munt- @ipal owned and operated subways and bus lines was the only solution @f New York's transit problem Mayor Hylan was cheered to the @eho by the men and women who filled Cooper Union last night. It was @ non-partisan mass meeting whiaper because of tonsilitis, had his prepared address read by Francis P. Bent. President La Guardia of the Board of Aldermen. Corporation Couneil O’Brien and Mrs. John Jerome Rooney were the other speakers. In part, the Mayor said of the Governor's plan: “The Board of Estimate and Ap- portionment is to be stripped of power. The city Is deprived of all the rights {t has gained over its own property. The little measure of home rule which the people of this city have obtained in the last three-quar- ters of a century is to be torn from them, The rates of fare on the eub- ways, which were built, paid for and are owned by the people, are to be ‘The Mayor, unable to speak above aj; determined by an up-State agency and the people of this city and their responsible officials are to have abso- lutely no voice in the matter. “The dual subway contracts, with their 6-cent fare stipulation, are to become a scrap of paper. In a word, the City of New York is to be looted and sacked like the conquered cities of old. “The proposal is a monstrous in- 44 4 “THE EVENING WORLD, 1 FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 1921. ° vation of the constitutional rights of | rey! Interborough now comes to | pany. that is the solution of their the city. | the ity asking relief from its con- | difeulty, pe ; ‘. tract with the city in order to be | =o ‘The 5-cent fare is the corner) iiie to carry out its obligations stone of New York, Businees enter-|the Manhattan elevated lines. prises have extended the area of their} city contract dves not need me ciple % tion that a[ tion, Let them modity thelr leas throughout the life of the city's transit contracts. “The 5-cent fare is the basis on| which the city spread out and on) which the suburbs have been devel: | oped. The permanency of a 5-cent fare is as much the property right of | the suburban home or as if it) were written in the deed which se- | cures to him the home bought with hig earnings, “It must be remembered that the only benefit which the papple re- ceived under the dual subway con- tracts was a 5-cent fare to last for the entire period of the contracts. Your Eyes Worth? 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