New-York tribune., 1878-12-21
RAPID TRANSIT NOTES.

CROWDS OF PASSENGERS WITH REAL OR FANCIEp
GmEvASCES-THE EXTENSION TOWARD HARLEM.
Persons who patronze the East Side Ell
evated Railway utter loud complaints every evening
real fancied grievances. The first complaint s
that the steps leading TO the stations are not properly
lighted IN the twilight hours even after dark CROWDS
OF men, women without escorts with little children, arc
always hurrying up and down the steps at evening,
Men and rude boys jose weaker persons. Thecompany
has taken the precauon to place wide rubber strips
the steps these stations but gasght would be
OF more value than the rub0er
Persons Journey down town 10 business between the
hours Of $3.50 q. and noon but nearly everybody
wants to be carried home between and $50 D. M For
lady to place hersclfin position to get train during
these hours without waiting half an hour TO run the
risk al least OF being roughly osted and ebowed. When
tram stops ana the platform gates are opened. the
crowd srkes and elbows or In other words fights TO get
lhto tue car before standing room IL an lKen' Lhst
evening through train OF three drew up empty
at Franklin Square, nt o'clock The train cleared the
ps Orms at Chatham Square and Canal-s after which
there was probably standing room for seyentycnve In
sons waiting Tor transit. The traln stopped TO SET
down passengers but the gatcmen fought against let
luz 'tl pol On oic @ Idu. lne n'At 'a.n wiz oane
them SAID he. This seemed to be an error because
the train following, having started from south Ferry,
probably filled by the time It reached FulIOn-st
Al Houston and Nintfsts the same scene was repeated
the crowds on the platforms swearing because they
were not allowed to occupy the abundant standing
space they could see through the windows. Al Four
teenthst about ten passengers were let on ana twenty
HNt, all tntfH were, taken on bul At
where perhaps ak disemba ked, aud where not more
than ten wanted TO board the tran the gates were Kept
closed again. This was denounced as gross outrage
by those VINO were left TO wait-nobody knows how
long.
Those whose work npes them TO ride on the road in
thc eaIY-mornng hours complain tha me cars are nov
lighted ana not until O'Clock these short days can
one see 10 read his paper.
The roadway 10 Harlem is almost completed 1t is
hoped to have trains running through by the middle OF
sructun has b en- The section from Eighty-nnthst to
Harlem The chief difficulty was 10 ind SOLID ground
for the foundations. ThIs land was formerly marsh.
Near the O'd Bulls Head Hotel the wOrkmen found
water On digging and pumps were constantly employed
A. soon as gravel was reached piles were driven down.
IN sttne instances more than hIy ieet' III tHsm tnc
foundation OF brick aud MOI tar was laid All dlcultles
have AT last been successfully overcome ana the super
The greatest amount OF work in any one place was
done In the immediate ncighborhood OF Niney-egnth-
St. where the principal station ana the 0inces OF the
company VIII be- Ilfy pillars have been placed here to
sup Ors 10 the track, switches turntables ana
station lie block extending from Thiid-aYe. across
LeXngtonavc. FOurhav". is TO be covered by sta
ton, car-hOuses aud offices. LexlngtOnnve VIII DC
spanned by the structure The end Of the building ned-
Thrdhye. VIII contain the Offices ana ctrnouse to
shops and store This building for tIe tOunds-
tons OF which the wall Is built WI be finished m next
ave, TO allow su lent room for the curves IRON the
track u tue car-Lousc. New rolling stock IS beng
il pat H. use as rapidly the extensions demand.
when the full implement Is received there viii be IN
Use 80 engines aud 80 cars, MANAGED OY 700 en-
plOyes. Trains Will run to Harlem until midnight, ana
later II the travel Will Justify the expense;
The extension. The work on the City Hall branch
and on the station near the City Hall Park has been much
DELAYED by the failure OF the Pennsylvania contractors
TO meet their engagements for furn shIug iron. The
work slowly, aud its completion Is not pr M
sed before February. When tis branch Il finished the
running oi trans VIII be somewhat complicated The
company have fully decided whether To start trains
from Whtrhal-, City Hall station aud Forty ysecOnd-
St. or to run tus through the main line and trans
fer To aud from the branches. Tie latter phn II IL
claimed viii haye be adopted when thr branches pro-
posed to the ferries are completed n not before.
The work on the FfB B-thrd street branch OF the
n .r. faR RtIlr Il
brru urotrartci untuly by reason oi the difficulty OF
bending wooden guard rails properly at tue Junction
Iur iron rails all Laid as the Llghih Avenue
stallion The work OF which Is now beng placed III
position. Inc trains will be- switched from the main
irarK 10 branch by man who iGum ls pO"llOn can
approaching trains from every direction II Is e&-
pected to run trains TO Elghth-aye. by January l.