The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1872-02-02

nreecessOrs our OF sight until the last weeks OF the
''''y THE s SHInD AVENUE CARS GET A RIkINo.
It is more than probable had the Third Avenue
es Ds
after the fashion they were by the Senate to-day,
the biIl would have never a been introduced at all
whole for discussion tooS,1ts trends SO much by
s q loss ss' what to do or say Tney, as q
mater Of course, knew thar there would be found
bill, but the idea that In opposing II, The strongest
men in the Senate would denounce the road and It's
t tne,r minds. fSslr delight s as A
the SENATORIAL OUTBURsTs
ne Inc so"n % 81 ns Sa w nor
yer In drawing rooms on wheels. musl have been very
great indeed 1t fell 10 the lot OF Mr.. Tiemann VINO
to-day ana as soon as the Senate had resolved
itself into Committee OF the Whole he made
of cents, should he charged over and above the
regular fare. Madden followed this up by declaring
roads would be a great pubic benefit but,
again, that they might become great public
sua hei way
all he had been able 10 learn on the subject that
the great majority Of the people living along the
should pass. Benedict was Of the opinion
that ten cents was quite small enough as an extra
charge. Welsmann then got up and delivered
REGULAR FUNERAL SERMON,
during which he remarked that the cars now used
D Of 30 so
little about riding in them. He had an Idea
that the passage OFT BILL would be the concerning
OF great blessing on the people OF New York.
Weisnnann evidently Judging from the appealing
way ne begged the good gentlemen about him 70
anxious that the drawing room cars should
S ne Put although the Oad very aouSsS
Il ' they ~ould obtain any patronage from the con.
stituents Of his district. However, he made
the road, which ,
cared 10 ride IN if ne could help it. This mistake
senator Lewis q, once seized s spon ,ro as
eas l0f to END dead 'n against Sa
present management OF the road Tn 80 far as It did
hs s 70 s sf
be looked upon as q pioneer act that would lead
almost every other city railway IN New York to ask
the bill. The road that was SO anxious to
get the bill through was the best paving road in
now that it had obtained 1t and found it such
profitable one early proposed to charge an extra
to doMgive its passengers decent ACCOMMODATIONS
II the bill became law man would have to pay
fifteen cents II ne only rode block no. Under the
FILTHY AND BADLY VENTILATED.
II this he was IN favor OF taking the fran
chise away from them and giving It TO some com.
pany that would DO better by the public 1t should
Well what palace car lodges were. What was
there to prevent the company from taking one of
UoF css fass "a eve
soft cushions and then calling that palace carr
There was nothing In the BIN that prevented the
company IRON clubbing any kind Of car palace
CERTAIN 1t would run the other cars In such filthy
them, and he pointed to the fact That Senator Wes
mann had admitted that even at present mo
he peons ssn 70 ns sem asking
Tor the PASSAGE Of the po, OIL, ne put .., no
could be gotten up In his county to
HANG THE BEST NAN IN THE STATE
turn, and manifested Q great deal more opposition
to 1t Than even Lewis had. He showed tnat
no small amount or trepidation in the ranks
s Ga Ss q sSe PRESENT
cara OF this road,r said ne, IN cohclddlng his re-
es ne mad 81 Fa
want Of decent accommodation they surpass any
thing ever saw in tho car line IN my whole life.
take some other sompahys cars ride IL one Of
lie them ~sns On q argue the s most
pass the bill in its present shape would be TO allow
| the company to make the accommodations OF their
director Of the Brooklyn City Railway, had quite
different idea Of the cost OF running city railroad
| some
that his fellow Senators overlooked the main object
OF the bill, and that was me question OF compensa
ton for the right OF being guaranteed seat. BY a
provision In the Dill every person was guaranteed
| seat. That was the real object OF the bill. 1t was
all very well, ne SAID to talk about velvet cushions,
plate glass and all that but the real idea oil the bill
| Is to give passenger u seat for extra commits
sion. It was Impossible, In his opinion, to run the
ordinary cars. guaranteeing seat to each passen-
ger for Ave cents Passengers were carried he had
| been informed now from Harlem to New York In
81 one ana 1Se a4ss In ns N TRIP
company, but 1t would not pay II the company were
limited Dy law to five cents and to the number OF
their passengers II the number OF passengers was
to he even limited an increase in fare should be
allowed. 1t was quite possible to guarantee every.
body seat II the fare was made eleven cents and
additional cars were put on the road.
Mr. Lowery said that the bin simply sought to in.
n O. e
dating the masses who could not afford to ride In
palace cars nrs ana =, the arstoGras
the cars so that
THEIR PROFITS WOULD BE INCREASED
30 that the company could make greater dividends.
They did not care ng for the accommodation Of
the public, and when they drew up the bill they
nGG JOHNSON ana s oSn sn Of joined S
the DEBATE tne es later announcing the condi-
ears show o. the a
people would De driven away entirely from the
road; for that alone seemed to be its object That
tor rce on the drawing room cars and the others
would be gradually diminishedIin NUMBER SO that
they would not be
SUFFICIENT TO ACCOMMODATE ALL
who WOULD desire to ride In them, no matter how
filthy they might be. 1t was true that the bill pro-
vided that the company should not run any less
grant they are required to rum" Yet how many
were they required TO run by their grant, 1t
was q patent TACT that the company was
now running a great many more cars than
the grant years ago required them to run.
This closed the discussion, and Tlemann, knowing
that the bill would be defeated II pressed to vote,
had IL progressed. The following was one or the
amendments to the bill offered by Mr.. ID. p. Wood,
and which he viii oner when the bill comes up
again:-"Said railroad company shall not run any
less number OF the ordinary cars than Is SUFFICIENT
persons as do not desire to use said palace cars;
and said company shall not be allowed 10 receive
fare from any person who Ia not furnished with
seat whole distance such passenger shall ride in
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