The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-10-01
RAPID TRANSIT.


RAPID TRANSIT.
INDIGNATION AT THE NEGLIGENCE AND Ex-
ACTIONS OF THE NEW YORK ELEVATED RAIL-
ROAD CoMPANY-THE THIRD AVENUE LINE
THE QUESTION OF HEATING THE CARs-FU-
rURE PROSPECTS.
Tho only explanation which could be obtained yes
tsrday at tho Office Of the New York Elevated Rail-
road Company for the outrage psrpctrated upon
the side public Sunday last. In extortng ten
cent fares during tho fve-cent hours, that
through the neglect Of certain official the proper
orders were not gwen to tho ticket sellers This
businsss-ke method Of the New York Elevated Rail-
road Company, according tho the east
side tranic, last Sunday, must have I'm
advertently, OF coursc,) put from $500 to 81, 900
more into their pockets than they we're
legally entitled to- and hundreds OF poor workingmen
and working women whom i've cents makes con-
siderable difference In these times and who expected
20 ride for i've cents after having climbed up the
high stations preferred rather pay ten cents
than 90 down again. The inoomprehensible neg
ligence Of the company thus proved great hardship
to thousands OF deserving poor people, Tor the traffic
In the hvo cent hours last Sunday was between
aud twenty thousand. When the excuse given above
became known to the patrons OF the side road
yesterday they became either very indignant very
incrsduious, and while some 1t rather ''too
thin," others declared that the company, 1T could
not deal the public In business-iiks and fair
manner. should be held to a legal responsibility tor
this nagrant violation OF the provision OF
the Rapid Transit missioners forbidding them
charge ave cents during the cheaper hours
Ths company had to give penal bond in $780, 900 for
their strict compliance with the stipuat!ons i'm
posed rpon them BY the Rapid Transit Commission
ers hope freely expressed that the legal
authorities the city should taxa steps to enforce,
not only OF the amount OF excessive fares
TO the city for worthy, charitable object,
company promise that hereafter NO such 'mistake'
~ the EAST SIDE STATIONS
the east side stations above Sixty.seventh street,
the present terminus Of the road will be situated as
foIiows-5eventy-s sixth street. Eighty fourth street.
10th strest, l20th street, 10Th strset-egnt In ALL
The company are beginning to SEQ their mistake
putting too many satons, and VIII not open 1l0th
and l20tn street until the sxigenciss OF the
pubic traftc should require il The work on the sta
lions above street is fearIully behind
ana the former Unpleasant experiences Of tho public
Will doubtless be repeated Of seeing tho road struc
ture complete but unavailable ior use because not
section Of the road to DO opened 10 Eighty-nnh
street. and II Is announced on behalf OF the company
trains will " that point by the LIST Of Novem
Der. Meanwhile, nothing Whatever Is beng done 70
the Seventy-sixih, Eighty fourth and Eighty-ninth
street stations and the pubic VIII have again 10 60
through their old miseries-
TRANSFERS TO GRAND CENTRAL DEPOT.
The pressut arrangement oil running trains alter.
natcly 10 Sixty.sev.ntn street the Grand Con-
trail Depot does not sGem TO meet the demands OF the
and, moreover, IL Is regarded as unjust 20 Inc tour.
hs Of the Of the east SIDE road to compel
them 10 wail Tor tram 70 SILKY street ~ or
Ii all rains went 70 sixty seventh street passengers
depot being transferred at Forty-second street
and Third avenusl immense saving OF time az well
Of Inconveniepce could be effected to many thou
sands OF people, Special trains could run between the
depot and Fortysecond street ana Third avenue, aud
take passengers between tneso points, Transferring
them At THIRD avenue The company admit that this
arrangem enl would DO better. out they cay The
agsr Of the road Is still studying u over
BUILD on SECOND AVENUE.
OF IN. seoond Avenue Elsvased line 10 deop.nins
every day the discomorS oil the Third avenue sta.
lions and cars are being moro and moro felt me
large traffic on Third avenue, which would be mucn
larger the road were more attractive, proves that
there plenty OF room for another east side line.
Indeed many people say that " tho Metropolitan
pany would put up Second avenue road as attrac
tive and popular ~ that ON Sixth avenue u would
tralc rho Second avenue line, which passes through
q dcnsely populated district, particularly on It's limo
needed and Of whose success nobody entertans any
doubt
THE HEATING or TIE CARS
While tho Metropolitan Railway Company are now
about steam pipes under tho seats Ia order 10
heat all their comfortably as soon as the cold
weather the New YORK Elevated Railroad Com
paRy according 10 Mr.. Cswing their secretary, viii
put tubes In thcir new cars, buI II there
Is timo put them In all the cars, they Will put up
stoves. Tho public having sufficiently expressed us
disgust at the very idea Of stoves, Mr.. Cowng said
there provisiou IN the consultation OF this irec
country which prevented . man from grumbhng as
much Is he pleased The company got used TO the
grumbng OF the pubc Ia TACT, they rather liked IL
SUNDAY TRAINS ON SIXTH Avenue.
Sunday trains 10 and from tho PARK beng earnestly
desired by thousands OF the patrons OF the Metro
politan road officers Of the company were asked
yesterday why sunday trains wore run. The rea-
sons given were that tho churches along shs line had
raised earnest objections, and that SUNDAY was aise
needed for ovorhauing the cars, ~ the road had
all this labor oonc week days. As soon ~ such
depots erected on mo iae OF the upper con.
unuation Of the road trains will be run on sundays.
the public on sundays we'll week days. IL
certain the sunday traffic TO aud from the Park
Will be immense.
the SUCCESS or RAPID TRANSIT.
The success OF rapid transit, even In the
present stage oil its Infancy, fuiais sne predictions
made for years by tho HERALD The Metropolitan
road Is carrying clVse upon average OF atty thou
sand passengers per day ton low days the raic has
even gone up TO nearly sixty thousandl The Ninth
Tnird avenue line about forty tncusand per day.
THIS gives total OF nearly one hundred aud ten
thousand passengers carried daily by the rapid transit
each passenger At only fifteen minutes, there 10 .
total saving Of ~ 800 hours equal TO l45 days, or
over three years. These figures will Of course DO
largely sweled Ia the winter, wnen the wretched de-
lays Of the blocked horse cars will be avoided, and
whsn the saving Of time will BIO at least double
the rate which II has been above estimated IL 10
winter and snowy weather Will carry 5000 per day,
and the two Ysw York elevated lines (wpen the east
side road runs TO the Harlem River IN Jan uary nex)
10000, making a total Of 16o goo daily Passengers
THE METROPOLITAN ELEVATED RAILROAD.
II Is generally understood that the Grand Jury
will not indct the officers OF the Metropolitan Ele-
waited Railroad, but will smbody tho result OF their