The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1856-02-17
CAty Railroads ana Their Management.
TO THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD.

| 70 THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD.
am glad to that you have taken up arma agains
our city railroads, and hope you viii no. ceA.e until
BY this means, some reform Is brought about. know
st present Of no greater nuisance existing than thes
same city railroads. and the sooner they take up the
rails and restore the streets and TO their origna
condition, the better for the eiy st large Advocs
th;s and get back old Inca of omnibuses and
many will thsDk you for the service.
cannot think that the City Fathers when they gave
these npanies tbs privilege lay their rails on the
streets and avenues (Which, BY the way, do no. my
SELF althe ugh not in the Law, believe they had
right to do could have imagined they would turn out
such nusance they It Is really pitisble to see
Second avenue car creeping along, drawn by four
horses at the rate Of say two miles hour and this
not in the heart of the city but out of town. VIII ere
there plenty Of to clear the track without OBJ
structing travel It is not surprising ths here are SO
few passengers ADORE Y,rkvs; it will not pay to clear
the track The only wonder T. that there are msay
have not been tire road this year. and have no de-
sire to ride in the TO perish from cold. friend of
mire from Fourteenth street. day this week. in
the unprecedented short tins Of two hours-yes in
two bors from Fourteenth street Hsrle distance
Of trife Eve mies The upper porti Of the road
il rough that you might ily fancy that you
rcing the sleeper instead OF being the rails
Riding curduroy road would be luxury to this
Passer unable to keep their Seats and eked
sbcut at the risk of life and limb.
The obec. Of granting these roads privileges they
enjoy {for they certainly to suit themseves)
TO enable persons og along the lines of said roads
reach the lower part of the city in short Ms and
cheap ratand thereby induce people TO out to York
vile Harlem i've instead Of crossing Brooklyn
Williamsburg jersey City, &C.; thereby improving pro.
p.y that section OF the island But sucn an ntoler-
able nuisance have these roads become that instead
iniacng peopls to go out Of the city, they driving
away even those who do live there. What benefit
Il would be to the city at large If the Common Com
Gil should say to these railroad companies, CIV.
thought when We granted you certain privileges
you promised to be Of great benefit to the lniy
but we find on he contrary your roads have become
great unisnce ard you have not fuei your promises
You nave violated your charters and you take up
your ra and restore the streets and aven to their
original condition."
Il was DO uncommon occurrence whom We had our
aacadamized Third avenue aud ins of omnibu es
come from Bsysrd street and The very Harlem Ia
one houri has often been dome; and that we Asys
railroads, takes twice that time. If the Co nmon
Council will oLy compel the Third Avenue Railroad Co
pany to take up their rails, and the L, the
conoitcn 1t was 10 ten years ago. and allow line Of
nibuses to take their place havs no doubt the in
babi,ants OF Yorkvifs and Harlem viii much better
accommodated.
The complaint Of the company Ia, hear thai tbs road
dces not pay. Then what man OF will continue
business that does psys Ought he to abandon
II 50 possble No. all these city railroads ply
or they do not II must be attributed to their bad
sgene nt II ,kese roads do not pay, why the e,m
panies to get them chartered Why do they
p, nd much money 70 obtain the charters II such Il
the CASEY Why there could at the present momsns be
6fy conpsnies formed in the dty OF New York 70
wu!d givs dare not say how much for the privilege
laying iaiis in Broadway from the Ba.terv to Union
park believe, II mistake not, 81 600 900 he. be ~
offered for the same for ten year, privilege and yet we
are tod city railroads do not pay
There must te refor in city railroads. Cars to
twenty sboud be said to be full when twenty are seated
but 60 not remember having seen car full al
though have seen over human beings riding and
on ore Of them You get in Of these cars "a e led
er the aoors OF the day TO ride home and you
yourself With the idea tnat you have comfortable
You have gone but ex blocks before the car ia lsd
and teters you snos perhaps lady whose head i sill
ed with sge No man sit still AID zee this He gets
up and gives his seat IL may be that Mis- OF sxteea
coms into the car and looks you Of your ses II
such che rsn do or pcrchsn,e asks you % give her
seat ard the consequences !, you have TO stan
you reach some point where in the course OF v,nr da
Jou may get seat Whether this Il the sult az tha
sengers in the car OF the conductor leave von IN :.
but this do sfrm-that each person paving for a.
should have good comfortable seat whether mais ~
female aud when all the seats aker no IN the 90 :;
should be made fneabe offence for the coodneo ~
stop the car and take IN extra pssssngers Lev the
people Re accommodated by putting cars enough fs
| the purpose We ask for and murt have camfot. ~.
| seats, quick time and cheap fares.