at another time, but no decision can
be final that does not pass upon the
merits of the controversy and the valid
ity of the transit act.
"Mayor Hylan and Corporation Coun
sel O'Brien want this determination,
and. whatever dilatory pleas may be
Interposed, they will go on and pro
ceed just as they have in the past, not
withstanding attempts at delay by their
adversaries, to presB the controversy
to a speedy decision upon its merits and
have the legality of the law definitely
determined."
Comptroller CharleB L. Craig told
Francis M. Scott,- special counsel for
the Transit Commission, that the 150
employees of the old Public Service Com
mission taken over by the Transit Com
mission have not been patd by the city
for the reason that there are no funds
with which to pay them. The Comp
troller advised the Commission to apply
In the regular way to the Board of
Estimate for tho required amount. The
- j?i.i...i v,., i action
S^Uh-nit decided what-liujj
i, will take. Tt Is expected that an
it will lane. ii in
application to the Board of Estimate
would be turned down, and the com
mission would be compelled to resort to
a petition for a writ of mandamus.
THINKS RIVER PIRATES
STOLE LEHMAN SILVER
House Entered From Water,
Tarrytown Police View.
Chief Howies of the Tarrytown police
force said last night ;nai he believed
river pirates were the thieves who stole
several thousand dollars worth of sil
ver early yesterday morning: from the
Tarrytown home of S. M. Lehman, of the
banking firm of Lehman Brothers, 16
William street. The house Is only 500
feet from the river.
