The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1874-02-15

and DO not tend to an Improvement Of the atmos.
phere. Your next fate Is TO be crowded on
row space by your fellow passengers that IL
you have anything Of hight construction
many as sixty passengers are crammed into one Of
these wretched boxes, twenty being on the front
and rear platforms. TINS Is not only cruelty to tie
animals, IL Is cruelty to the passengers, and what
Is worse, extortion OF the worst character. In
delightful company OF this kind, II you are the
gentleman viii conclude to divest You Of your
% interest nan apa when
your % wand d order R e aouh e afow
mach longer this agony" and 1t Is gone. Then
spicy quarrel with the conductor: one or two pas
sehgers interfere; there Is delay Of ten minutes,
these na ne car proceeds northwsrd none OF
oreak down; there is sure 70 be collision or two
obstinate drivers who both claim the rst right OF
same moment, and they refuse to compromise on
any terms This is very frequent diversion
enjoyable: Then the great car sweep, drawn
t py r elSgas horses comes along, scattering
ger when he arrives at sixtythr9 street tire nd.
that he must change cars, and probably in the rush
lose the seat which he had been either forsunate
cincts OF the CITY Hall Such is a part or that
beautiful system known as ''slow transit.n
RIDE ON THE BELT LINE
shows results OF no better character. II takes
three hours TO make the round trip from Fifty
Battery, aud return TO the point OF DESTINATION
and one hour and half for one nalf Of the trim.
island. the passengers who patronize this line are
OF the poorest description. They, too, have their
bundles, their baskets and their house utensils.
Many OF them are coarless shlrtless and sad spec
linens OF the genus homo These cars are not,
however, as over-crowded as those OF the ThirI
avenue line which Is to ordinary mortals certainly
a densey packed chain Of poison boxes.
THE BLEECKER STREET LINZ
is also susceptible OF being improved. 1t shoulH
ha cannot
mirrors and damask curtains in Water streets
neither can one provide elegant Droughams for
the working classes; but there B no reason why
the conveyances should not be clean and santarily
perfect
the particular lines described apply, with but very
transit. Tue Elevated Railway alone Is an excep-
ton. A passenger leaving the Battery reaches
feeling OF absolute security for life. Nor can
the enterprise be considered OF permanent char
Ts Gea ana @
while it endures it must be admitted that it
for a very modest sum-ten cents. Still it can I'm
no wise be considered part rapid transit; It is
the flag end OF slow transit without absolut@
II slow transit is TO remain as the permanent
system OF the land then |! must be improved.
line OF cars up and down the island upon
which could be carried bundles, PACKAGES
and al the saps wcn are ne9 =,
city. Improvements should be made in the cars.
Not one passenger above the actual complement
time should pe made on all the lines. There Is no
reason why one should not ride from Madison
square 70 the HERALD ONCE in twelve minutes.
1t Is the duty, tLen, OF our representatives az
Albany to demand an investigation OF the two
problems-'rapid transit' and ''slow transit
great mercantile interests involved in these two
questions, which, IN reality, are but one.