The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-06-16
RAPID TRANSIT.

THE CONTINUED POPULARITY OF THE GILBERT
ROAD ABUSES THAT SHOULD BE IEMEDIED.
The Metropolitan Elevated Railway, or, as It will
probably always be called by the public, the Gilbert
Elevated Railway, still continues TO be a Of
wonder, amusement and pleasure TO the people along
ITS route though as might be expected, the few laws
detail OF arrangement have already been the
sion OF grumbling That a work should be put
full operation at once, should bly,
this does Is matter Of wonder, and hat there
should be an occasional valve displaced
and that delay tr.aing inconvcniencs should b
caused thereby Is not surprising. There been
during the past days incidents OF this kind, 50
that delays Of ten, fifteen or twenty minutes have
bsen caused, but Tho public is In tho GOOD
tursd willing to believe that IN little time the
CON pany Will remove al cause Of complaint
Apparently the most interested beholders Of the
trairs that whiz through space smoothly aud rap
idy the babies, and no ono can have cicar idea
OF the number oil babies In the city Ill ne has tried 10
those that 10 be from the train windows
Making allowance Tor those that asleep, and
calculating the whole number from the couns that
be made oi the Idle IL is sale To there are ~
many babies sixth ihcre are windows
They gaze plaoidiy out OF :he.s windows, mostly
chewing tria OF india rubber aud TO congrat-
ulaie themselves on having been born in an age Of
prosressas though this ago peculiar on that ac
count But is not only tho babies who look out OF
the windows. Everybody else looks, AMI looks IN.
teny, as though Tue passns tram was the hrst thas
had passed, the shmpses from the windows OF
New York lite, rom the humble Amity street
tenement TO the gorg uptown ha II they deet.
ing ar amusing The curious fascination
ple mud looking osacr peoples windows proves
potent rival ~ The wspaper, and ourith his Of The
passengers q re ptently at The Lolses they pass
rapidly Here ana there dinner taoe, surrounded by
hungry folk here auu there patcriamias
sitting IN his sAirlsIeeves with pipe and a paper.
mere and there rosui-h grl smiiius IN Initiative,
iu personal way ut the train; here and there
bcvy OF children cheering voci ecously and waving
their handkvrcn.eIs-ai, these make up n panorama
varied AS the Kaleidoscope anu warm with living
human interest
But II is necessary To look outside the trains TO
nnd humau interest," There Il u fascination about
looking at the pory well dressed animal elbows
his the crowd at the statou, PUSHES head
long N the car Tor what he considers the best seat,
ana spts tobacco juice frequently and copiousiy
through the open window, regardless OF conss-
queucos Tncrc,s positive pleasure In watchin ~ the
pretty woman who Is umid about u all, and VINO does
feel certain that all the ras sound but starts
| ncrvousiy ~ every NOISE and turns 10 her escort
with such captivating little laugh that every
around smiles nvountarily. She watches the grace
lul curves, like Hosarth's hue OF beauty, around
which tram gdes smoothly and IL seems to her
swiftly and Icans involuntary tosara the inner
raii There Is amuse mcnt Ia Matching tho pompous
| old gentleman who REGARDS the whole thug with
evident fine scoru, lnuni,eiy pooer device than
tho stage COACH Dnt still patronizcs II. And
there IN the wil
/ young man lakes It nil a matter OF course aud
WHO buys several tickets wnen he happens 20 be.
tween I'VE seven O'Clock, that he may ios
1 i've cents instead OF ten whe0evar he rides.
i There arc some arrangements yet remaining TO be
made before safety comfort of passen gers
can be considered complete Perhaps the company
caunot be blamed justly for an occasional delay,
Tor experience may be necessary to STOW the
/ best way 10 avoid them. But IL seems just to
demand that some provision should be made foe
ingrsss ard Of the passengers IL IS seldom the
case, especially during the hours OF tho day when
there is the most travel that thctc arc not from
TO persons standing on each Platform The result
this ID delay In getting and OIL
tho train Tor the platforms are not
| large enough allow person pass
another without delay. 1t would. perhaps. be ill.
ncuit Tor the company 10 enforce rule prohibiting
passengers from standing on the platforms uniess
smoking cars are provided Tor men Will smoke, and
the company will nnd IL impcratively necessary to
provide place Tor them Indulge IN the naDit.
AS Is, owing to the crowding OF the platforms and
tho short stops at tho stations passe
are obliged TO choose between being carried bcyo
their destination ana jumping from the train while -
Is IN motion. Being Americans many Choose the
latter alternative and there - consequently danger
that fatal accident may soon be reported. some
| remedy tor this should be PROVIDED at once.
The Now York Elevated Railway has completed its
lar Us Wall street, and satisfactory
trial TRIP has been made tho completed portion
Mr. Cowing. tho secretary, announces that regular
trains VIII be run as lar ms Fulton street during h0
coming week, which Will Afford the quickest comm
cation between tho East and Hudson rivers.