The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1876-02-28
PRESIDENT BUTLER'S VIEW.
THE cry RATLROtDS' RECEIPTS
AND LKPENDIYURES.

dent of the sixth Avenue RutroaI' us INC
pccuIiar shnre of Manhattan Island, which Is
twelve miles long and less than two miles ID
average width. London Is ten mites long ana
seven miles wide, and Paris has the same SUPER
ncies. In those cities cara are run on streets
radiotina like the ribs Of ian; Tat here theV
must run In parallel lines. la p ris aud hon'oh
they have stations at which the passengers buy
Tickets md wait until empty cars come along
Now lust think ct the 10000 or $4,000 persons
who want TO GO up town ON our lines IN 'he
evening standing IN the streets, we'tiur Tor
ears What would they do In northeast
storm under such circum 't.uccs, and when On
account Of snow the horses were donhlea up
and only half the regular number ~ cars were
rmning2 The trouble would lie Increased ny
the fact that in stormy weather large huno'r
Of pcrsons rush to tie cars who walk when the
weather is fair.
at has been sureestcd that double-dccked
cnrs mi.ht be used, bat they have been led
and abandoned I'm all the imroft mt cities, and
there il not car OF that kind now In use IN tho
United statcs. The o. ,ciious to them arc
easily stated First, they cam Of, on account Of
their weight and top-heavnesg, he st rtod or
stopped 60 easily or 80 quickly as ordinary cara.
Sec ,ndly. they c1unot make the tr ps 40 fusi or
SO safely "a sinclc-accked cers. Thirdly they
carry h ~ ton OF ezra weight. winch is use
less nino months out OF the year, because in
very hot or very cold or stormy weather ths Out
AIDE seats arc not a,a'!lble.
WAT would BREAK COMPANIES.
as g. the proposed law 90 mo seat, no Tore
T. could not lie enforce II passed. There arc
such laws ~ Europe. and even there, under mo-
narchical royernmcnfs. ami wuoro the people
are not $40 impatient Of dolay az here, the laws
cannot be enforced. In my honest judgment,
law of that Kind would break everv company In
Now York WHIT would he thought OF = law
rcqwhug the lion forry to give a scat TO cvery
pus-eurrrou O. hu.tsf Sometimes those hO ats
are dOueoiS packed with peunic, and tire" arc
I've or six times as many petsons ON board -
there arc seats fur. vt other times YOU may
cross that Terry ana have We hoat almost 10
yourself. Tho travel there IA Inst ike IN Gu
TIE street cara sometimes rn-hing and some
times stacking But the numner OF persons
who are Obliged to stand "a the cars II very
much exaggerated. Thus is an average OF TIE
csrs on a fsir dav. Down trip to ,So a. ST..
@i 1850 ,os A. NJ; a.; 10 so A. NJ. a., Slc t.
A. MY - 70 ''e0 a. Ne o. VIZ 70 40 A. ~ 81
$50 Up NJ s.; to fSo p. ST., Si $50 20 3 p.
NJ IS; to $3.50 =. NJ, 81; $50 to 0 p NJ, 80; to
'Ail tie main lires run on one-minute time.
aud there Ueln1 turcc liaes in West broadway.
down, are only fr IN 10 to II seconds apart,
making three cars to every block ~ 40 feet.
greet could not hold many more cars moving.
But would such W elect it, purposcf IL
" Ave- cents wind lev sto3 cromdine tbsn
Il they bad t. pay nothngi The true y y To-
Keep them out would be 10 double the fare oi
~ C., n easily show YOU how tho proposed law
would break The railroad comuauies. In tile
Gr-t place Il takes forty nine phrse gers per
round trip To pay ne running EXPENSES u etcn
car Daring the year ending NOf. /, $40. fhC
total number { round trips nude o. cur line
WIS goo 500 The cxpcpsrs were sCA2 i9l utd
the cars run VITA ev,ry scat ucoupicI 8, ~
ways from wears end to years end. lI.i3 .C.r3
q ~ I Il NJ a. II
clrricd. NV multiply thlt ny the Ire o. ~
WIN subtfs e.. from Inc r1nninr eS.ensc.
loayes d les Of siS,7O97l. Ihat would n SO
h,entne result Of toe .prooose la'y on mis- rad
r. arc NOW ri.i. al - los lue C..al -t.ort
ard Roadway cars lose money ~ VS. c1ery year.
the travel at that plint teiuI las. tim n ~
ten toar afo. unu inIs is M ilu-ir.tian IL ths
suftlp- o. .tule OF street car tr VEL
r,,. ..,,...,,. ~, ,,,,, nom.
'"' TN""' NO9 VI run ""N"S'
I've htrr 10 constantly 20 i-c tb-t tAc tree
rt'!ro-d e.n.n.1h wal Thea stoeA. tel YOU
eIS "a ~ ne ,, go, 'nt
WIN n, amount az ta,ir can't i .,Ire. there
are Ntesu hu Sc railroads 80 Ne"-N Y,. Lisat
Of them ONLY nave patd dtyilcnd5 Tor tie past
ten yc~rs be ileuttI d.Nid.li D. twelve lad
age Tor tine ten ears, tao recent 20 On $li4.I,-
L. Teen Oily 3 n l0i p.r cont. d yeat.
by c.reIu! inventory, the acta j amount Of
properly nt the sixth Avchue Railroad Com
uany ~ found 10 DC Ss.s-tOl1 On vl,.li H..
1ctual earnings ~ nOt taTcc ser Ccul. Tue ever
age earning for the whole peri'. Of the exist
ence OF tue road hrs eea l.lO ler tcut. GA tAc
capital stock 81 500 %. q nj believe tlat II
the road we're stopped to-day cou.d be &C.
placed for 81 times the IN uant ~ tts VI.
stock. See how QUE IaIc lis renamed station-
AIRY while eVeryta,n4 80 has incrs .sed IN
price and cost. HE latter charges twice a.
much for his hats lie d. WA-A
our faro WIS tXlt ut Eve cents. The news
papers cost double. Every man who rides IA
our cars demands nfty per cent. moro Tor his
commodities or his prot s-iniia aerVi se-. but lo
NOulI not listen to proposition L. lncleuse car
tIo III proportion. Ia lc1J h ) cost 81 cents peg
hundred pounds, uoss II costs 90 Nelts. stray
then cost 10 cents. now 81: ofts S. cen = now .
cents; horses 500 now $50; tinJ.r SIS per
thousand, no'v 80 to so; GiiNels and cunduc-
tors per dRy $50, now S2.25; stat irnicn 81. now
81 10; cars $3.50, now SlU4O. For tne year emd!rg =
Oct. 90. 1875, tho actual cost Of carving e-ch
passenger on this rosa was ~ cent, aud On
All the roads 10 Gems. This cost varies rom
year TO year. IL 81 increased one yeer by the
snLa .i1ou,, The hofsrs: nnnther teNr Iv :,
snowy giufer wn-n tho coat of keeping The