The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1871-05-07

TO rravei, tnat persons injured on the road are
promptly taken TO drug stores and cared for.
REPoRrER-How about drunken men on the cars
What are the ordersi
Mr. SouIRrs-It is common thing for men to
STUFF THEMSELVES WITH LIQUOR,
Immediately enter the cars. and when The stuff
works they drunk and our employs are expected
have orr own detectives to protect passengers
REpoRTER-How many, Mr. Squares
MISUNDERSTANDING d detec tives, may ask as to
yoar correspondence with
THE LATE SUPERINTENDENT JoURDAN2
II is said that You refused to permit The police de-
tectives 10 ride free on your road.
Mr.. SQUIREs-Everybody seems to understand that
REpoRrER-How sol Superintendent Jourdan
read me your response TO his application for passes
for the detectives your road, and tell it keeny.
Mr.. SoUfREs-Tne facts are that during The Beet
hoven festival Mr. Jourdan wrote me a letter ask
ing me for yearly passes for all the detectives AS
we carry, by actual count, free,
TWELVE HUNDRED POLICEMAN PER DAY,
declined You must KNOW SIR, that the moment
detective shows his pass the thieves spot him ana
leave the car. offered to give the passes for the
festival, but as ne refused to receive them and
wanted every detective IN the city to travel free
declined, and said
'LET THEM PAY THEIR FARE"
That sir, is the explanation OF my fAtlnre to sus
tain the late Superintendent
Mr.. Squires made some other remarks on the sub
ect but In view.of the fact that honest John Jour-
dan is dead, they had better remain unwrtten and
were better unspoken.
superintendent DIxoN-why. sir, we cannot be
expected to furnish passes for detectives To ride
along our line on business tor individuals. rhe
thieves know them we-every man OF them. Their
first business is TO make tbemselve familiar with the
features OF detectives, ana when they see them on
the cars they Will not work. Several OF our conduc
tors are vested with deputy sherifrs power. We
put OF our road by the and OF our private detectives
1rom thirty 10 forty pickpockets per day.
Mr. SQuIREs-We have, think, the best class or
men IN the city, and we are determined TO do all
we can 10 suppress rowdyism, protect passengers
and accommodate thelpublic. On the lst inst we
put on thirty additional cars making TWO hundred
IN all, and at early morn and at night, when the
working classes travel, run them half a minute
apart We are about adding another story to our
general depot that will cost $4,000. and accom-
modating 1900 extra horses, will enable us
10 put on one hundred additional cars for the ac-
commodation OF the travelling public II Is to be
OF lron with elegant towers, and when completed
VIII iayoraby compare with Vanderbllt's new depot
on Forty-second street. Mr.. Squires, in conclusion
assured the reporter that before any conductor or
driver was appointed his antecedents were closely
scrutnized, and II he proved unworthy he was in.
SANITY rejected even II he nad the endorsements Of
the most distinguished politicians IN the city, not
excepting Mayor Hail.
a few moments later The reporter quietly entered
the office OF
THE BROADWAY AID SEVENTH AVENUE RAILROAD
and standing, nat IN hand. awaiting chance to see
President Marshall observed MIN IN distant corner
OF the room in consultation with an applicant for
appointment as conductor.
your papers may be oil right, but before give you
an answer shall make further inquiries"
:. the words were uttered without knowledge Of
4 chiefs amans s you ,9, taking ling notes,
Waiting an opportunity when Mr.. Marshall was
disengaged, the reporter handed him his card
Marshall glanced right and left. and exclaimed,
wnat sad TO tnat man. How do you like lt2u
REPoRTER-"Rough and ready,' Mr.. Marshall
but am in hurry. wish to speak OF your man
Mr.. MARsHALL-well, we are surfered with app-
cations for the appointment OF conductors; but be-
fore We put any on the road we send around to find
out II the letters OF recommendation they furnish
are genuine, that we may avoid repeaters from other
lines. II we find one has been on another line we
clear him instanter They sometimes go down
town and get letters from politicians; but we do not
discover that they are disreputabe men until some
time alter.
THE WAGES PAID BY THE BROADWAY LINE
REPoRTER-What do you pay your men, Mr.. Mar
President MARsHALL-we pay conductors fourteen
dollars per week and drivers fifteen dollars ana
work. The hours OF working by conductors are
actually about twelve. They make a trip every hour
distance run by conductors daily are sixty-four,
tftyslx and forty-eight miles. Referring cases of
dissrderly conduct or drunkenness on cars, let me
call your attention to the following rule:-
RULE 1They will avoid taking car any ntoxi.
Gated person They viii allow smoking any indecent
himself obnoxious BY Conduct to other
sep e e s se o 5s a &
remove the offending from the unless upon
Tn,S is strictly enforced by me. have been on
this road as president only about six months and
have been especially careful TO weed out unworthy
men.
REpoRTER-Mr. Marshall, is there any truth in
superntendents DlacSmail the conductorsp
Mr.. MAasHALL-None whatever-at least as far as
know The otner roads shan't shove man who
has been shipped by them for dishonest practices.
AT this moment q member or the Assembly entered
the room anu requested MI Marshah 10 Appoint as
Marshall, II VIII look at him. The Assemblyman
retired aad escorted into the presence OF the Presi
dent. fne, soldierly appearing German, who took
from his side pocket packet OF papers and handed
them 10 the President. One was letter OF recon-
mendauOn IRON Governor Burnside dated May 2,
honesty,
general good conduct of the applicant a sergeant
OF inc second United States DRAGONS during a term
OF twenty years' service. Ii is needless 10 soy that
Mr.. Marshall at once appointed him conduc-
tor-to enter upon his duties on Monday morning.
The following Is copy Oh
THE REPORT OF THE MURDER
male by conductor Goldthwaite on the morning
atter the murder which secured from MI.
Marshall, never before published
ApRIL 20, ls7l On my $50 O'clock trip from Broome
0e l a wafn aa on v ee ana
the corner of street, gentleman got tn. front
some trouble at the front On going there We gente-
%a t. wha was a the aua 'hg Tie sene
man the platform sad he wanted TO inside and sit
returned 70 tie platform At the corner Of
s'rss LIE len vita 'he aaes asked me 70
ing tie ladies to alght some unknown to came
sinsnens which, owing darkness, could not recos-
' any afn
charge Of his friends to the depot and
LETT The injured gsntiemans Avery D. Pot
nam, Cottage place business ~ rear street.
FREDERICK GOLDTHWAITE,
Conductor No. 81 dence No Al Broome street.
Passing over many roads whose officers were
visited py the reporter, VINO received material
ligh IRON them, this report Will be closed by ie "
Remarks reatiYe 10 The
SIXTH AVENUE LINE,
whose head Offices are in S Xtn avenue, near Forty
fourth street. Approaching the dln2y old building
he inquired Of driver where the Offices WERE "Cp
there the let.n was the response. the left az
found, ana from II, Leading 10 the second
story. was hltly stairs, covered with un-
secmly deposits o. ancient vegetable and animal
matter AT the head Of the stairs were found about
fifteen well-dressed men, one o. whom, IN answer
inQuir, a. TO where the superintendent oflice
was, pOintedtO sign In black letters, president
aud secrelaryi The reporter AT once entered the
Sd8ct1Hn SgHc'ordnl, with hat doned. wAen his
ears saluted with
'Get out what 90 you meanr
REpoRTER tiluGlllIa cd )-EXcuse me for intruding;
] was not aware that was tIespassing upon youi
privacy gentlemen.
'Weli, leave and walt your turn,r was the
order from the same odlclai who had
ordered him 10 "get ou,.n About THIS
tt1e the reporter, who had been drawn
n no f.nr