The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-09-02

enuy the train rounds an easy curve into west
Third street and twlsIs again into South Fifth ave-
allen. and deserted street. nj It stops ss Blsseksr
street o. 5As whore about twenty people get cf and
Brosdwsy, where . ssx hours hence The bas,s
street BUSINESS rescued s.:c~s~o minutes a from
Blocker. Six or seven people leave the train, bus
dull unanisbsd embarrassing station at Frapkhn
street Al 500. Tall and commanding warehouses arc
ing through The wide plate glass Of the windows Of
the Chambers street station Is at hand at 1904
showing average between the stations OF two min
utes. There now about twelve people lett In The
train and thor business Is evidently far down town
Worry seon Park place Is reachsd-.ime s:eS. No
body gets or and In another minute, $3.50. Cor
ndt street IL arrived At whore all but three passen
gers leave The terminus a. Rector street Is
Fifty eighth street in twenty eight minutes, against
the same distance by the street cars OF forty nine
waited road OF twenty-ons minutes. The schedule time
OF the road makes The time only twenty minutes be-
gvon Is the record OF a reliable chronometer watch
and may be depended on
ABOUT rHE DANGER OF TRAVELLING
As TO the danger attending tho exit from aud en-
trance she trains OF the Metropolitan road, there rs
absolutely none TO anybody OF sane and sober habits.
Gates OF attc0d protect the plat orms and theso
IRE thrown wide open the instant traiu reaches u
station. Passengers are supposed to show Aome IT.
this undsrs tanoing IS complied with should an In
tending passenger tall into the intervening space be-
tween the cars IN attempting to get on board he would
land upon tho rail guards, and net descend the
street below, whore ne can't expect feather bed TO
receive him. His chances, however, OF not being
mAngled BY precipttate embrace Of the trap block
pavement would be counteracted by the nev-
liable peril OF being run over by the
vigorous feel NO Inconvenience In boarding
and disembarking from tue trains OF the elevated
are slow and measured the hurry is rather apt 10
cause abnormal exertiOn and disturbance OF temper.
on sIH q s
he enters the station and surrenaers II whom be
reaches mis- destination. On The New York Elevated
road the systcm 10 different, the conductor passing
through the cars "a on tho regular railroads und
puichins and collecting the tickets in lno usual
way. Tho difference between tho two systems
In point Of pubic convenience is worry rang, the
VINTAGE, perhaps being In favor OF tho plan OF the
New York Elevated road. The passenger when he
quils ths tram has no bother hunting through his
POCKETS for hts ticket
NOON AND EVENING TRAFFIC
Al later period OF the morning-eight O'Clock
travel on the Metropolitan Railroad assumes another
phase. AT Forsy-sccond street a largo number Of
business enter the No ladies to be
Another quota comes on al Ihirty-thrd street, aud
the cars, which arc now increased 10 the number Of
third stree. Three cars VIII seat $50 persons
which at cents head would mako SIS and that
people, wSo 'I ali ssSm 10 be- for
this worlds goods ike the elevated railroad travel
They lke the accommodation specially aud The speed
i'm, Grand Chambers Park Place aud Cortland,
Few Of them a. that hour 80 as far as Rector street.
kcrs are u prominent element OF the passop-
ger freight. They Of quick habits
and rapid transit suits Thorn 10 seuli-colou. Be-
tween ten and twelve O'Clock the ladies' make their
and the ILLUMINATED With tair and
smiling faces and dresses that vie In color with The
habants OF the Fronch fats are awake and stirring
The passengers having nothing else to do, amuss
themselves looking into the second story windows
and scanning tho household economy. Women
seen In loose and sparse atsire. with feather
a Saae nS ous;u Of water An' Observed
to look up, with dripping coun.enanoc,
They are ade conscious OF tho exsence Of the elc
vaied road every few minutes II sounds In their
ears hko prolonged peal OF muied thunder; but As
nnay to tolerate the Metropolitan Railroad with
equantmtty.
A DULL NTxRREGNUM
From twelve 10 i've O'Clock Is dull 10 tsrragnum
on the road No train between these houIs carries
more ali told than forty passengers, but change &C
The uptown traffic when tho hour Of i've arrivcs
A. that hour aii the down stations from Rector 10
the i've cent period TOO, and that has much 10 do
attracting tho multitude The thres cars OF each
upon them. NOT as NJ 1rst when rupid transit was
novelty, and they were packed IKE Third avenue
at O'CLOCK aud from tnence TIL midnight. whom
the cars cease rannins Thy PASSENGER ,raic i,ght
out tho day a. intervals OF IRON two 10 thre Q
miuutcs.
yuE METROPOLITAN ROAD AZ A WHOLE
Taken o whole the Metropolitan Elevated road 10
we'll managed. IL was built ca scais Of lavish ex-
pendurs. and It's cars and locomotives are Tao finest
that money could procure. It's station olcers
ductors and brakeneh uro. 8s rule. courteous and
efficient. As was said before, there are some amoug
thsm who evordo thor work and MAKE themselves
her ofacously disagresaole, but experiment OF
this Kind cannot be expected 20 have all IT'S details
compieis within the brisf period that has Elapsed
since its Inauguration.
WORKINGS new ELEVATED ROAD
The New YORK Elevated road starts a tram from
both ends, like tho Metropolitan, at halpast hvo
A. Al. and live cents faro up TO hal past seven A. NJ
The tram that leaves tue depot at tho corner OF
A. Ensx hnpr
has only low passengers 1t begins Its journey at
pace, but when II wheels into Third avenue the
The tram that leaves at quarter-psst SIX H. gives
the best idea Of the mornings traffic. IL has niteen
passengers 90 20 oSs,d "Ssry s1sos ~1o
are three cars 70 the tram. They nave seats
Of highly polished, perforated gray wood;
by small maple ratings aHd allowing about eighteen
inches space 10 each passenger Tho cars arc much
INFERIOR 10 point Of comfort aud ornamentation To
| those OF ths Sixth avenue road aud seem TO have
been designed for class OF people incapable OF ap.
Forty street tho scto. seller Is seen sitting in
hall dimes. silver alp,es and quarters. q:
| expects big business and Is prepared
Tor any smoigeacy. As tho Train turns
the graceful curve into Third avenue It Is That
ing out on their pcrsgrinations. Al Twenty. ihird
| street dozen young men enter the train one Of
| street clothes vcndsr. third IKE bartender, a
fourth like hotel waitcr ana the rest OF monde
script but evidently ol downtown working eharac-
ter II u observed that, unlike those on tho Sixth
| avenue road, the condustors wear no uniforms be.
yond cap win . poak but without
| any gold braid distinctive trimming. Career.
ing along tue avenue the noise VI the rushing
train docs strike the ear being near ull oil
| painful volume the SIKH avenue. There Is a
loud dcmonsraton OF noise but not to the extent oil
making tho residents feel uncom ortablc The ciabs
Of people who ve along the avenue arc perhaps los;
| on Sixth avenue. They are not so hgh-tonco and
,heir nerves are no. easily disordcrcd the green
d H. 4A~ ehA ala -
but hero and there u broad peep In afforded on the
second story Of AL the domestic arrangements
SCENES ON THIRD AvxNUv.
Men ana women are scen making hasty toilet Or
breakfast and nowse disturbed w the passage Of the
elevated train Al Fourteenth street eignt persons
all apparently clerks In downtown stores, come
| ABOARD. and at Ninth street ton OF the same
class onter There are no more stops I'll tho train
reaches Fulton street. where almost all the patsen.
gcss get or aud u rolls along to the station NJ White
hall street ana Broadway. Turning out oil Hanover
| square, where the grim iron shutters block
up tho windows OF the hcavy SGT wholesale stores,