Show TUNNELING NOR pennsylvania company will spend new york march 21 There was a public hearing before tho mayor today on the bill to permit alic building of a tunnel by the road un der the north river john G johnson counsel for the pennsylvania road said the only practicable way for connecting the long laland and pennsylvania road wai by tunnel and eliat the tunnel plan could not be upon un lc ii tho were granted permanently manent ly for the construction of tah tunnel ho said the pennsylvania Pennsy IvaniA giai already acquired real calate to the value of more than and for the completion of the the expense will bo close to or beyond alexander K orr president of the transit commission opposed tho bill but said tho members of the coin biasion favored the entry of the pennsylvania into kew york by nicana of a tunnel edward U shepherd for the elapid transit huion tho measure sn its form would mako the city subordinate to tho power of the railroads the mayor bield eliat he believed that much of alie criticism pt the measure proceeded fron misrepresentation he askco that transit commis ion tion t if it so desired any alternative to hini by tomorrow 00 that lie could act on t by monday the bill an it paged the legislature empowers th board 0 aldermen to grant in franca iea fo tun net railroads extending to points out ide tide t the city without action by tho rapid transit tho coin mission object on iho around that in its existing the measure upon the power vacated in the board II alifas mancl 21 from of the province news af of unparalleled and houta on the railways ave to a geat extent demoralized ohp system Hla ted mail are the rule lumber nal lieve biad tient with tor moie than fo hours w |