The New York herald., 1876-01-29
A pEFENcE OF THE cAR SYSTEM.

To EDITOR or rHK HERALD:-
II has become so much the custom TO rail at the city
railroad that hardly expect obtain hear
ing the other sde which respectfully ask TO point
out some OF the and Inconsistencies charged by
your correspondents-aso, am sorry to say, by the
writer Of several articles in the editorial columns Of the
HKRALD, usually so correct Will premise here that
officer director in any street railroad any
other railroad, have any interest, directly OF
indirectly, any. broker, dealing IN the stocks
OF ALL and coming in contact with the officers, and
having investigate the workings of the different lines
am Il iaiter MYSELF probably better acquainted with
their AFFAIRS than any OF your correspondents can be
and II you will allow me- will answer few OF the
propositions made lately in these communications.
In your comments on the proposition Of vulcan"
(2lst inst J. for lower fare for sanders you acknow
edge the mposSiblity Of such innovation but in the
same article you say that sin ten years the street raul
ways have built few fany cars and most Of the lines
lever cars to-day than at that time" and you propose
small cars, ''penty OF them say one every minute and
everybody might be accommodated with seat" &c.
Nov, Mr.. Editor, / can safely say that there is
lateral line that does not despatch
average every minute from A. NJ. until eleven T. NJ,
and from eight to ten A. NJ and five 10 seven NJ,
every thirty seconds. You easily ascertain
this by asking the starters Of any of the main be-
low Fifty y-ninth street. can prove my statement by
selecting one line, say the Broadway They 1913
eight trips each total number Of trips ,04 from
half past six O'Clock A NJ until half past eleven T. NJ
n minute
Ten years ago there not half the number Of
run az present. anu Tor their new there
IS no respectable line now that does not put on from
SIX to ten new cars every year, besides fully many
more renovated and painted in their workshops,
but now the limit us TO number has almost been
reached. for were many more cars put on-and don't
you believe for moment that they would not be II
there were room for them-we would have continu-
blockade. Look at II now When there s an OBJ
struction OF any kind what rows OF cars accumulate
almost as II were IN a moment
Your correspondent OF sunday must be Of those
Of whom read OF etiquette Street Cars who
when ho enters car leaves his manners and senses
behind Who ever knew Of street car President
owning the road he managedS And
for all, cannot see that Legislation .
can or has restored specie payments
can see how legislation can furnish impossible
ties In street cars; but know this that for five
can ride tour miles and If can't get seat am glad
10 stand up and don't believe any OF these grunbles
would either walk or hire carriage when he could
ride even standing Tor five cents; and don't believe
ho would give his seat up TO tired working girl old
woman either, but would bury his the Telegram
and growl at convenience which carries him home
cheaper the city of New York than any steam rail
road will out of IL, according TO distance
No doubt much trouble and Inconvenience
caused by this overcrowding but me the COM
panies TO blameS What can they do that is feasible
/ know that they would adopt any good plan TO
edy the evil. but 10 refuse passengers when the
are full would only aggravate II, and howl would
arise from those left land they the Majority that
would restore these GROWERS to their senses and
they would gladly accept the situation rather than walk
Propose any feasible plan and It will be blessing but
TO put on the existing lines, with about 400
converging at West broadway and Chambers street.
and at the new Post ONCE is almost a physical
impossbility, unless on an elevated underground
track.
These are my idoas crudely expressed; but remem-
Der the distress and trouble by the drivers strikes
several years ago, when the could NOT run for
couple oil days-and II was good weather too-and gen
tlsmen avaed themselves Of trucks and express
wagons as means OF getting home, but poor girls had
10 stay home and suffer from loss OF work. and think
that with all their faults they are great convenience
T.