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ft VIEW OF CITY HALL PARK AND ENTRANCE TO BROOKLYN BRIDGE, UNDER PROPOSED PLANS. PRACTICALLY COMPLETE MAY LONG LIE IDLE THE WAY OF BENEFITS FROM JIOHf HIS1BITI0N? v-rf s' tTW'iffT i i nil! vrtm WWffigfr P. S. Commission Reports Con Record of Two Yers Shows Plenty of Speeches and Delays, but Very Little sss fell" JH-arsL -f 's Jag iwyy -i jW muM M'W lilJwW Hi WF1 55 far. Hitn Sunt "L'MM im.iiiii 11,1 1 ,09 I'iA'IfKfiiMirW rJf (i 'B struction 80 Per Cent Finished, Some Sections Farther Advanced.

WHERE NO PLANS FOR OPERATION. the blame lies- mmmmi MffiimW Board of Estimate HeU Besponsibla. What Might Happen if Keeall Failure of City to Come to Agreement With Transit Companies Renders $36,000,000 Investment. Useless. Wcie Effective LWW-U 1' ,3 r-i i' Vti I jf'j, ff iT fLT' fc.VflVfiT VJM JJT.1F AO-.

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SIIIWAVS 1-OR HIIOOKl.VX. nni-. THE FOURTH AVE. SUBWAY. November, lltoil Contract ex.

eeuteil. Time of eonlrart Two yenra. November, 1111 1 Contract time extended nix iikiiiIIik. January 13, una Work eighty per cent, eniuiilrlril. September llna Probable date of completion.

Xo definite plans have been ailopteil for the operation of the uira. An liivratnieiit of nin- nn, with the limine! hrldees. When will tho anbiviiy trains run llirref 4t The Architect's Drawing- Shows the New Municipal Building and City-Hall Park, Without the "Tweed" Court house. I The Public Service. Commission made public a statement last night based upon the report of Its engineers regarding the progress of the work Fourth avenue subway.

Considered in Its entirety the construction work on this route- Is 30 per cent completed. 4 From sectional Some of the lPicling business men of Brooklyn have been taking stock liitcly to see Just what has been accomplished for the advancement of this borough by the men representinK It In the city a 1 ministration. There have been two years of municipal rule under present eondl'-ioni. in two years more the administration will be succeeded by a new one. It is believed that thin is a.

pood time re view the record. Of the eitfht men who make up the membership of the Hoard of and Apportionment three were elected from Brooklyn. They are. Mayor (iav-nor, Controller Prendergast and Borough Tresldent Steers. These three officials have ciiilit of the Ihe Courthouse gave the matter iulo the ICHAKGES IN PftRK HON RAPIDLY TAKE SHAPE standpoint there are several sections ot MONUMENTS TO STUI'IUITJC.

Sl. lmvny Til unci Miililiiillnii Itrl.lKi- i I'lMM'lll veil II IVllllVHJ 111.11,10,000 I Crntrr Street WHERE THE BLAME LIES, i llonril of F.Mtiiiintc hfiM 111 votes. Three of Its elitlit members lire from Ilrnoklyn. These three Brooklyn members buve right voles. Hueens, with lilenllciil interests, hits one ToRelher Brooklyn nnil Uueeiis hnve the imijorlty vote.

In poircr two years null nofbiiiK done for Brooklyn. hands of the resident Supreme Court Justices to select the idle and to select the archltdcls to supervise the erection I But, the power to. approve their selection and the contracts for building and to ap-, propriate the money therefor was. vested In or At onee.a bitter difference sprang up 8 te 1 1 1 mo Courthouse. Everyone named by the Judges Was opposed some Interest.

Hut also there came. from 'he citv authorities an objection that was most There was no uwiiey tor thi' tarry, ng out of the law. It could not be seen1 where the money IV; tn cnimi frivni tne fourth avenue line which have been finished by the contractors. No arrangements have; been made by the city for tho operation of this subway which was to give immediate relief to South Brooklyn. The of which the Fourth' avenue subway a part, has been abandoned, and the plans of tho Brooklyn Rapid Transit The loieitiilila utilities, confine ovrr.

nil ready for oiierntloit, snve Ihe Fourth Avenue Stibwny, lire Idle- beciiue the city HutliorlllcH hnve fulled to provide iiu oiieriiior. WH AT WOI I.D'llll'I'O IF Tim HKCAI.I, WF3KI0 I FFFFtT I mow loiiKf How City Hall Park Will Look When Transformation is Complete. which for months tied the hands of Ihe commission will be recalled. But finally the- obstacles were swept aside and the Public Service Commission, by a vote of i ne majority, put in contracts up for bids, mid on such bidding awarded the When this had done Its work of delay' a new movement was started. A bill -was introduced in the Legislature to take NEW BRIDGE TERMINAL NEXT.

toad and Ji Pleruont Morgan's firm nart. Tile purpose of which was to the power of selection of a site from the reopen the whole matter again, and, ifMcuges. i dhi passed botn nouses, but contracts that are now being executed. have been completed', two Jt should oossioie. to oring matters uiick again ro uy me mayor, he dual system, or, in other words, Tn0 effort has accomplished nothing divide the city between the Interborough ut delay.

That seems to be what the Brooklyn Rapid Transit. Ap- '-v" receives In matters which are ot ex Municipal Building Nearly Finished, and Bids for Ajiproach Soon to Be Invited. years ago. Tucre is a subway, the existence o' which most people have forgotten. Thai also is an Inheritance from the old Rapid Transit Commission.

That is what is popularly called the Center street loop. It has cost the city JlO.uOO.Otm and lies, awaiting the final action 01 the author treme puouc importance to it. Nor does anything seem to result now. The Judges have selected two sites and sent them to the Board of Estimate for parently the tactics are successful to the point of opening the way to a new offer -the Intcrborough, which, It Is expected, 'will be made public within a few lays. More delay.

tno approval of either one of them. One ities on the general, subject. It carries is the block bounded bv Clinton street. I i inu In the entertainment of a new propo- in liiv; ru.ci iu.1,,,1, wi Q- 1 i I l.CI CH I Ol MIJU.ll IO ul ic from the Intcrborough what as- Livingston than 515 000 each year that )t lies idle hv i i iK i IT 0W coveredlt has been culled a mistake. II is by two blocks, bounded by Court street.

ti.st if it 'hod not to I "'Street and Living-1 1 contracted for by the old commls- lrl i Schermerhorn Rl(m it wouM nevcr have been built. As street being closed for the purpose. tQ lnak lt. there should nut. action is.

held up in the Board of Pvtflanna built. These are contem Estimate on this. plated, and If the Brooklyn Rapid Tran sit Is given an operating contract lor what It has proposed. It will operate this forms and so arranged that the incoming and outgoing passengers are no: brought into contact. As a trolley car comes In 011 its loop.

It Is unloaded. The people pass down the stairways lo the main floor, the car moves on to the other side of tho -loop, is loaded with the people who have reached this mezzanine floor by separate stairways from the outgoing passengers. Above all this is the main track shed for the Brooklyn elevated railroads, consisting of four tracks with platforms provided for Ihe separate loading and unloading of passengers. On the main train floor there is also a rotunda where tickets are purchased and where the moving stairways discharge passengers taken from the ground floor or from the mezzanine floor. This rotunda provides ample space for people bound for the elevated trains, to reach the platforms of the trains desired, without crowding.

The moving stairways are capable of taking 1,000 persons a minute and delivering them on to the train floor level. A new wide foot bridge takes the place of the present unsightly structure over Park Row, a stru'-cure that it was necessary to build In order that the through service could be operated by elevated trains over the bridge. The city Is under both moral and legal obligations to remove this present structure as soon as equal facilities can be provided that will allow of this through operation being continued without the trains crossing over the street. This the new station, with the Bubway connection, does. The bridge over Park Row Is an elevated promenade of artistic design.

It will allow the people from the City Hall Park and west to cross over Park Row and enter the new station on the mezzanine floor, where they can take the moving stairways to the train floor or turn to the left and take the Third avenue trains, which are practically on this level, or cross over to the Municipal Building by a passway which runs alonf the end of the Third Avenue Railway station. New Terminal Is Estimated to Cost $2,500,000. The facade of this connection is made to harmonize with the two buildings which It joins. The new terminal wil. cost and when completed will be the most Impressive part of a transportation center that is not equaled in any city In the world.

It comprises th'j four-track station of the present subway carrying its million people a day, the new four-track subway station under tin Municipal Building connecting by three of the great bridges across the East River and the Center street, loop, the outly.ng districts of Brooklyn; the Brock lyn Bridge, 'with its 1.000 a minute capacity, the proposed four-track subway on Broadway; the Hudson tubes, and th, contemplated Seventh avenue subway but two or three blocks away; the. Third Avenue Klevated, connecting the Second Avenue Elevated; the Sixth ani-Nlnth elevated lines nearby; trolley cars on the Brooklyn Bridge reach all i of Brooklyn; trolley cars on both sides of the Park traveling from one end of Manhattan to the other. There is no center on earth where the transportation facilities of this locality is equaled, and it seems as if this should be recognized and the city buildings of the future thai may be built in this vicinity should be planned with an eye to having the City Hall a civic center that will be as un equaled for beauty as it is for transportation facilities. sixteen votes in the board. The three Brooklyn officials voting with the Borough n-csldent of Queens would have a majority of the board.

Any kind of team work would have brought results. The Board of Estimate holds the btrlngs of the city. Without Its approval no money can be expended for public Improvements. In the final analysis, it is the master of the situation. When the administration came Into existence, there was great satisfaction.

It was believed that Its actions would be directed by a regard for the public interest and no other. The public wanted certain Improvements. They were a public necessity. What was needed was unmistakable. There was no doubt and no misunderstanding.

The promises that the public should have them were made. Two years have elapsed since that administration came Into power. What has been done to give to tho public what It needs to meet the public necessities? Nothing. But hold. Something has been done.

Magnificent opportunities have given for special and selfish Interests delay and obstruct the work for tin public good. That's all. SuiMM.ne (lie recall nan In operntiun in thin city. How Ioiik would It be lief ore the members of (IiIb nilmlul-Mrntlon nunlil be railed before the voters ii nt Won Id or would tlie not be relcsuted to the net! vide. of lirlvatc lifet Where the Blame Lies.

The facts should be stated and the blame for this disgraceful state of affairs should be laid at the proper door. This blame lies at the door of the Board of Estimate. Perhaps the Public Service not wholly without liability to ceusur-But that board has done something. I did get the Fourth avenue subway ing started. It found itself under many restrictions that had been placed on th work of subway construction by doctrinaire and ignorant legislation.

It, foun Itself limited by certain conslltutiona provisions, and these had to be modified before it could proceed to give out con tracts for construction. And when the subways were constructed, It had to fln' operators for them. And when all this had been done and the obstacles overcome. It got itBelf into shape to award the contracts for construction. This was over a year ago.

Then ihe Public Service Coinniisslor made a mistake. It did not look like one in the beginning. ft invit, the lizard of Kstimate to Join with it In negotiatlorif company to run the South Brooklyn elevated trains In at Forty-second street and send them through the big tube to New York have been abandoned also. The city committee on subways consisting of three members of the Board of and Apportionment and the ive members of the Public Service Com-alsslon haye promised a report on the jouth Brooklyn situation which would outline the future of this road but the eport has not been made. It was promised for the first of August and nothing has been heard of it since.

Unofficially it was said some time ago that the members of the conference commit-, ice had agreed to extend the Fourth ave me line toward Fort Hamilton by as far as Eighty-sixth street, and ward Coney Island by subway as far as Sixtieth street. The city has no operator at all in sight or the tube soon to be completed. It 111 be three years before the further xtensions down toward Coney Island and 'ort Hamilton can be built even it im-nedlately approved. In the meantime the must stand idle unless an Is made either with oiub of the trac-lon companies to operate a subway down is far as Forty-third street or with th Service Commission to operaU Jie subway for the city under the Rapid transit Act. eport of S.

Board Shows Large Percentage of Work Completed. The report of the Public Service Com-ilsslon engineers regarding this section iays: "In section 1 the subway structur Is iractically completed between Bridge and the south end of Myrtle avenue Restoring the street surface ver the finished portion is In progress, Interior finish of the Myrtle avenue is well advanced. Work is 82 per completed. "Section 2 In Flatbush avenue extension the subway structure is practically ompleted and covered In. The front por-ion of tho Crescent Theater now rests on roof of the subway.

Finish work has een started In the DeKalb avenue Construction is in progress In Ful-on street, but much remains to be done. Here the contractor is required to keep the cut decked over as much as possible ind to minimize the Interruptions to traffic as far as Is consistent with supporting the elevated railroad In safety. "On account of the great depth and vidth of the subway between Hudson avenue and Ashland place, it was necessary to underpin practically all the buildings. The excavation avtnria loop with Its extensions. Yesterday The Eagle primed lieures to show that during the course of the present administration enterprises Involving public work calling for an expenditure of $04,000,000 have been entered into for the Borough of Manhattan, while in the same period enterprises of a similar nature in Brooklyn call for an expenditure of $9,000,000.

The vote of the city is not Ibsb than 700,000, and at that the expenditures for Manhattan are per voting capita about $90; for Brooklyn about $13 per voting capita. By per capita of population for Manhattan It Is $14 minus; for Brooklyn it is $2 minus. Manhattan has a population of Brooklyn 1,634,351. On the basis of the assessed valuation of- the whole city, Manhattan receives for public improvements eiRht mills fur every dollar of valuation; Brooklyn one mill plus. And Brooklyn needs are as ureal.

The valuation of its property is only about one-quarter of that of Manhattan, while the expenditures are seven times as great for Manhattan. iurance is there given of a speedy set-, lemcht of the question and of entrance the. actual work of construction? There Is none. Agreement with the In-cerborough does not settle 'the question here must be agreement with the Irocklyn Rapid From the public, statements of the representatives of the atter transportation company, It would eem that lt has the old-fashioned notion boards of ihe public service, com-losed of human beings, are under Ihe ame sort of obligations of honor that ndividuals are. The latter has soms ghts in the situation, that Is, if i corporation has any rights anyone la ound to respect.

At nil events it means more delay And the fault lies at the doors of the loard of Estimate, In which Is centered his administration that began two yeais go with such rosy promises, the sum otal of the work of which, is delay, etardatton and obstruction. Brooklyn is badly served by the men has delighted to. honor. The value its real estate has actually deprecl- ed under the administration of men ho owe duty to It. The Idle Tunnel.

But the subways are not the only ing on which there has been censurable lay. There Is the Stelnway tunnel lying Idle. value as an operated way under the from Forty-second street, to Queens, can hardly be estimated, iie people of tjueens are as earnestly du-rous ot having it In operation as are the cople of Brooklyn a settlement of le subway question and the relief that ttlement will bring. Its operation has "en promised it but it is delayed. Why? Some years ago the city made an at-nipt to declare that the franchise under hich the tunnel was built had been for- Our Municipal Building.

Then there is our Municipal Building a typical Instance of the way things are done for Brooklyn. It was in 1H03, nlno years ago, that It was borne In on the mind of Brooklyn one of its great needs was a proper and commodious municipal building. And when It was determined that we ought to have It, it was unanimously decided that it should be an architectural ornament to the borough and not another abortion such as we had been afflicted with In the past. That was nine years ago. We are still waiting with that expectant and deferential air that has become the distinguishing mark of the Brooklyn citizen who puts into powerful place his fellow citizen In the belief that he will do something for his borough, especially when it is in need, only to find that he successively a lemon.

In that blesced year of plans were drawn by an architect, Hull by name, and an estimate of the cost of was made. Well, the Board of Estimate seemed to be favorably inclined, but it appropriated no money for the work, and the matter dribbled along until Mart'ii Littleton became the President of the borough. Perimps lt is undignified to say that Mr. Littleton promptly got into an' altercation with the. arihiteet and practically kicked him and his plans out of Brooklyn.

Nothing further seems to have been done about the matter but to try to introduce other architects and talk bitter COST OF FOOD INQUIRY. A3 (he new Municipal Building is fast approaching completion and the plans for the construction of the Manhattan approach to the Brooklyn Bridge are only awaiting the necessary appropriation before advertising for bids, Bridge Commissioner Arthur J. O'Kei ffe has had the accompanying plan prepared, showing bow these two buildings will look when they are completed, and how they will affect this locality, and Incidentally how the City Hall Park, with its beautiful City Hall, may form a civil center that would delight the eye of the thousands people that pass through It every day. The new Municipal Building, with its forty stories, will have five thousand municipal workers; each of its main floors containing, as it does, an acre of space. This building has under it a modern four-track subway station, with up-to-date facilities capable of taking ten-car trains, with platforms so arranged that passengers getting off trains will not In contact with those getting on, and with stairways and mezzanine floors laid out so that the streams of people leaving the trains do not collide with the flow coming toward them.

The building itself has rapid transit lines up and down its entire length, in the shape of thirty-two elevators capable sending up a car every three seconds, and with a total capacity of 18,000 people per hour. This number may be taken from the main floor to any part of the building, and the same number delivered from the building to the main floor. This In Itself is no small transportation problem. To the right of the Municipal Building and connected with it by passageways, both over the street and under the ground, is shown the proposed new Manhattan station of the Brooklyn Bridge, general plans for which are all finished. In the study which was made of this building, it was aimed to give It municipal character, and the classic style was chosen following the tradition for municipal buildings, and It was made to harmonize with the Hall of Records municipal building and the City Hall itself.

The details of the Inner workings of this building have been planned with great care, providing for the handling of the immense crowd of people who use the Brooklyn Bridge dally, amounting to an hour in one direction during the several rush hour3 of the day. This means that an army passes through its portals every minute of the rush hours. These people are taken away by an elevated train each minute and 300 trolley ears each hour. The new station Is so arranged that it will handle these thousands with ease and leave room to grow. Reconstruction of Terminal Already Fully Planned.

The first step toward the reconstruction of the station has been completed that is the widening of the roadways on the Manhattan approach. This will now allow the secono step to be undertaken. The construction of the subway connection between the Bridge and the new Municipal Building. The plans for this are ready, money provided and the bids for the contract about to be advertised for. The work in this connection can proceed without any interruption to the travel across the Bridge, and.

save where it meets the present grade on. the Bridge, few people will know that it is being built from all that can be seen. The construction of this subway connection will take but ten months. Before Its completion the main station building will, according to the proposed plans, be under contract In order that no time be lost or Interest money wasted. ly about the affair.

By and by, in iter! because I. had not been com- 1 leted until three months after the time Hie sum of $51111,0110 was appropriated for Imit. It would, If lt could establish its: me purpose, a. a. is in oincc as take possession.

But the con- Borough President and Lord Hewlett, ntions' were set aside bv. the courts new nrchitecls. come In and make plans, nd the franchise was declared valid. I tlu" Sets a Judgment of $15,000 against Then the owners of the tunnel offered 1 city for his plans. Coler had sell the tunnel to the cltv for the ready rejected plans prepared by McKlm.

1st of ronsiruotion which was said to Meade White, for which the city has $7 '40 out). Certainly that wa.s not an to pay 532.001). Coler is of the opinion xccKive price. Tunnels are not built will bo required. less moncv.

There was no profit for) Result: Nothing is done. The affair company at that But the com-, I seems to be hopelessly muddled. anv wanted the right of operation The year 1910 is reached. President ested in the- Queens County surface Steers conies into office. He proposes to ad That company ws In fact nn Inter- take hold of the matter vigorously.

Oh-orouh interest. So disposed of, It striictioiis appear. Site cannot be ae- low ground water level and this requires nnia- in fro become a nart of the quireu Dix Commission Will Urge Further Regulation of Commission Merchants. Albany, January 27 The marketing committee of the State Commission appointed by Governor Dix to Investigate the prices paid In this State for food and the existing conditions in the production and distribution of farm produce, anr nounced today that it favors proper protection to the farmer' from any fraudulent acts to which they may be subject at the hands of merchants who receive farm produce to sell on a commission. Tne committee says a considerable number of instances of such fraud has been brought to its attention and a bill is being prepared for introduction in the iiCS1Bide.111 wnien will provide further State regulation of such commission merchants.

The committee, which Is composed of William Church Osborn, former legal adviser to Governor Dix; former State Commissioner of Agriculture Pearson and F. N. Godfrey, master of the State Grange, is making on extensive examination Intu the situation In New York City. "The condition! there," says the commission, "are the most complicated in the world. Because of the congestion ol population, the widely separated terminals and the customary methods of distribution now in use, a proper solution of the problem and a reduction of costs will necessitate a most careful study.

But if a saving in the distribution of food can be effected the commissioners feel the results will be important to the whole coun.ry. "It lias been suggested that, because this, subject Is of vital Interest to New V'ork City, 8 city commission be also appointed which shall work in conjunction with the State committee now engaged in the investigation. The field Is new. No thorough study of the situation bas yet been made." .1 the Interborougli, but would be the pro- have ihe building at a cost of Later $500,000 is appropriated and the rty of the city quite as much as the iresent subways and tunnels. The present administration is no way esuonsible lor me foolish efforts to take site in the rear of the Borough Hall is selected.

New plans are required. McKenzie, oorhees fr. Omolin are chosen by Steers icsscssion of the franchise. But why is lot this valuable way taken possession of Borough President. Lord Hewlett are in with laim lor (oua.uuu lur ineir oiu 19TH A.

D. DEMOCRATS DINE. Have Annual Beefsteak Affair at Jefferson Street Clubhouse. The seventh annual beefsteak dinner of the Nineteenth A. 1).

Democratic Association, held last night at. the clubhouse, 21 Jefferson street, was attended by a number ot prominent politicians from all parts of the city. The diners were entertained while the good things were belpg served by some of the club talent, chief among whom were Peter baritone, and Charles Peterson, tenor, who sang several selections together, and John Wagner, contralto. Henry Hasenflug, whose birthday, by coincidence fell on tho same day as the annual dinner, was presented with a floral horseshoe. The reception committee was composed of Conrad Thompson, John Smith, Michael Groin, Henry Thek, John Inhof and August Hasenflug.

Among those present were: Deputy Tenement House Inspector Frank Mann, Senator Conrad Hasenflug, Senator Felix J. Senuer, Assemblyman James Schif-fenderker. Henry Hasenflug, Congressman James Maher, Judge Philip Meagher, Congressman George A. Lindsay, Congressman Frank E. Wilson, Alderman John Hoertz, ex-Alderman Francis P.

Bent. Magistrate John F. Hylan, Frauk A. Merrmann, Charles Peterson, exAssis-tant District Attorney Algernon 1. Nova, A.

J. Oberle, Peter Bassemer, August Mauch and Samuel Moch. YVny is it not uun.eu 1 nere is iomo question of the rato of fares on his tunnel. Why is not a decision reached? Is this nnther hold-up in Ihe settlement of the eneral subway question? This is as bad as the non-utilization the $20,0011,000 Manhattan bridge. Between the two ways, expenditures amount to- nearly lay Jle on which Interest must be paid and 0 income arising with which either to uild up a sinking fund for redemption the bonds or the interest on the I'lie interest for four years on '7, noo.000 amounts to at least plans.

Controller objects to paying the big claim. Art. Commission says we nust have new plans. The architects of President Steers have not made satisfactory plans. Hull's widow enters with a claim for further complicating the situation.

The whole tifTalr Is so tangled that whether Brooklyn ever gets a Municlpil Building Is becoming a question. At the end of twelve years we are no nearer than in the beginning. In the meantime (he ItovT.igh of Manhattan has a new Muni1i11.il Building approaching completion which was not even thought of nu for an operator or operators. The motiw was a laudable one. It hoped to' accelerate the final act.

ft thought two weeks would be sufficient to thrash out Ihe whole matter. Alas! Five mortal months were confirmed by tho Board of Estimate in gel ling acquainted with the situation. And then what? A report that provided for the partitioning of the city to the two preat transit companies of the city, in which there was no quest'on of competition if the two iimpunies would ngc to the financial terms laid Buttle lnterborough would not agree. Wit' some scorn it with Irew from all fur tiler negotiations. So the alternative was accepted.

The Brooklyn Kapld Transit agreed to operate, on the city's terms, the old Trlberough route, which had veloped into a five-borough route, with the Fourteenth street added route and the Center street loop. Two or three things were made apparent. The agreement was not ar award. hfd no binding force if the parties thereto were unmindful of th obligations or honor. The Public Servic" Commission, however, accepts the situation, in the belief that the Board of Estimate was mor bound to the agreeme-v after it has solemnly approved am1 adopted the report of its own committee It to lay out such new routi.c as were necessary under the agreement-10 prepare contracts for construction fo' bidding, and to sward the contracts by flections after bidding.

But quickly came notes of dissatisfaction from Ihe Board of Estimate with the things it had done. The Mayor talked ominously about tne subways. In tember thn route on Fifty-nirth strew-to the bridge evr the East war. lent by Public Service lo the Board oi for approv.i". was turned ovrr to the Mayoj because, being a wholly new route, he had ov-" it a separate veto power.

The Mayor began career an obstructionist He refused to ret on the matter. Thi-vas in September. It yet lies on his t.esk. After this wn learned of a new charter which would have such nn Important bearing on that action on it must be awaited. But the Public Service Commission went on with its work of preparing eonu-icts.

Sonic were awarded and were sent to the Board of Estimate. Some of them of sections that would come in no matter what system was adopted were approved. Then th" charter was defeated. And that means of delay was put out cf the way. a great ueai ui pumping, ne work is about two-thirds completed.

JTork Practically Finished in Fourth Avenue Proper. "Section 3. In Fourth avenue the subway is generally completed and backfilled, and It is expected that by spring the asphalt pavement will bo restored. At the Pacific street station work on the Interior finish la begun. "In Ashland place a little excavation remains to be done, but the subwsy structure Itself is partly In place.

"Section 4. The subway structure Is complete In this section except at the Union street station, where fair progress Is being made. Elsewhere the finished structure has been covered In. Interior finish iB practically complete at the Ninth street station, and is underway at the Union street station. Arrangements are being made for repaying street throughout this section in the early spring.

The work is about 90 per cent, finished. "Section 5. This section is the most advanced of all, and is about 95 per cent, finished. The structure is completed and filled in except near Nineteenth street, where some construction remains to be done. The asphalt pavement has been put back between Fifteenth and Eighteenth streets, and it Is expected to repave the rest of the street as soon as weather conditions permit.

The Interior decoration of the Prospect avenue station and of Twenty-fifth street station Is nearly done. "Section 6 Construction on this section is nearing completion, there remaining to be built only, a small section between Thirty-eighth and Fortieth streets, which is in the vicinity of tne Culver Cut. At this point there ts some very heavy work, as the subway contains seven tracks in two levels, and all to pass under the Culver Cut. The excavation here Is about 70 feet deep, and the lower third Is in ground water. A further complication occurs on account of the necessity for sustaining the elevated railroad structure crossing Fourth avenue.

Elsewhere on this section the suliwnv 's covered In, and lt Is proposed to repave the completed section in the spring. The Interior finish of the express station at Thirty-sixth street is well advanced. About 91 per cent, of the work has bttu dlone. Who can estimate the loss to the peo de of Queens in the non-operation of the til long after Brooklyn had received the SHEEPSHEAD BAY YACHT CLUB i.roniise of a new onr tunnel? What would be the ef- The Slieepshcad Bay Yacht Club held its an 1u.1l eu lire and reception last night at the Chateau du Pare. Vanderbllt avenue and Park place.

The friends of the club were out in force, more than 200 of them bring present and making the affair a success from every point of view. The euchre occupied the attention of the gathering until 11 o'clock when the tables were cleared away and dancing was enjoyed for' the rest of the night. The officers of the club are: Commodore, William Van VS'aardt; vice commodore. II. M.

Jackson; rear commodore. P. The bridge approaches, perhaps, is not a fair siibieet for criticism. It is. Indeed, but a short time ago that, the idea of the Improvement was broached, ft is a large nndi rlakii'K.

anil if executed will do much toward changing the character of Brooklyn. Fourth Avenue Subway. The Fourth avenue subway Is in process of construction and. indeed, approaching completion. Its course lias been typical of the way In which Brooklyn Is treated.

This subway was laid out by Ihe Rapid Transit Commission. And It delayed and backed and filled on it for months. Toward the close of tlit-life of that old Commission, S. Hurley of Brooklyn was appointed to fill a vacancy. He entered to stir un the bones In an atrr'shing manner, and demanded and tccti-td an adoption of the route.

It therefore became an inheritance of the new Public Service Commission. The long fight over it, the oppo ct of an adequately operated tunnel on he real estate and the commercial inter-sts of Q-ierns? It means millions upon millions lost Ihe debute goes on. lt Is the same 1 Brooklyn. Millions and millions are bt tn Its people while the debate goes us to the sort of relief Brook yn "niull have and the city authorities inange iheir minds. Ii must be always an estimate, but it is in underestimate, that Queens has lost, -'nee the S'einway tunnel was ready for eperr.tlon.

$10,11011. 000 In arrested develop-lent and that Hrocklyn in the delay has lost all of .000 in the same way. nowadays seems to consist of a change of every twenty-four ura. with consequent delay. The Brooklyn Court House.

Then there is the Brooklyn Co It was in May. that the bill was passed by the Legislature, authorizing ts erection. and to the end that we may have a modern entrance to the Bridge, that has done more in its day for Greater New York than any other single structure. The new station will have two tracks, connecting the Bridge with the Municipal Building. These pass almost directly under the station.

Above these, and on tho ground level, will come the two roadways, one on each side, each passing through an arched portnl. On the same level pedestrians leaving the sidewalk will enter the buildine, pass the entire length, and on to the Bridge on wide and spa-clous passc.geways without crossing railroad tracks. Directly ever this ground floor passway and on the mezzanine floor, the trolley cars that cross the Bridge will unload their passengers. Many Novel Features Will Be Used in New Building. Eizht looo tracks are provided for this GARBER ARCHER.

Daniel Mason Garber and Miss Grace Dean Archer were quietly married on January 25 at the' Church of the Transfiguration in Manhattan by the Rev. Dr. G. C. Houghton.

Mr. Garber is a former Brooklynite, son of Mr. and Mrs. D. A.

Garber. formerly of Sterling place, this borough, now living at Ridgcwood, N. J. He is well known in the Park Slope section. Mrs.

Garber is the daughter of Dr. Harry M. Archer of 72 West Eighty-sec A. Fairbault; secretary. A.

A. Schar-I bins: treasureer, H. E. Heisted: fleet I surgeon. Dr.

Alec. N. Thompson. The I board of governors consists of Charles Melssner, chairman; H. G.

Gleistein; i e. I I Healy. Kenneth Morle. William Van Waardt. A.

A. Scharbius. H. E. Heisted.

The members of the entertainment ond Btrect. Manhattan. The young couple wedding tour mlttei are: H. M. Jackson, Charles sition of Controller Metz, which he mad purpose, each track having separate started on an extended stairways leading to and from the plat- South.

The way in which Brooklyn is treated Then canx new conferences, in whUil CM city authorities, the Pennsylvania, began imiii' liately. The law authorizing particularly effective, and the litigation Jlehoer anl Edward Widlake..