The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-07-04
ELEVATED RAILWAY NOISE.
THE PROTEST THE PHYSICIANS PUT
BEFORE THE GRAND JURY.
The Metropolitan Company's Trains styled an
IntoiernbIc Nuisnnce-Propcrty Depreci-
ated and Life Impertlied along the Line.

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sleneu NY meuic"i gch',chch iNins ""u pt"o-
using alonE OF near tno i'hoo inc Dio'r
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eu''' "''''ncu i" wv u'',9 w , -
every reason TO oeleVe tn"t II wouiu n"Vo ooon
sEheu ny III icnst uouoo ''ic hu'''o'i II '',io ",u
peeh aiioWeu 10 give " "lucr prcsen'"'ion. =.
was however deemed uesiruo'o 10 set IT
promptly before the Grand their earliest
sittings i'm this month Among those whose
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n"Iles "ppc"i "'"'V"Vu W. ''',. D,"'. Nv, W"
torsng its averments' are the Presidents oil inc
Now York Academy of Medicine and of the
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Presidents OF those organizations, PROFESSORS
~ tho Collepe Of phvsicinns and Surgeons OF
p,,In,,o tIns,,i,oi Modi,ol Collogo and ~ Tho
belleVue hospIal Meulch .o"eee' an" VI '"o
Medical Department OF the University OF Now
York: surgeons and physicinns OF the New
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YORK, beneNur' Ou"r'y' , nooso,e''' iics"S.o
rian st. Francis. Mount Sinai German. and
other hos nitnls II has become proverbial YOU
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KNOW tN uoctors uie"srco' "iu oh'S """Vi
tho stress OF an urgent necessity tho general
RECOGNITION of nm imnorntivo dutv as medical
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hheh' co"'u 100 uo''"i9 navy "''i ''""" W 9''."
q statement 80 long and so broad as that IT,
And may say TINT IL was signed without the
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sightcst h'slu'Ion py UTMOST EVERY ouc VIM
lived on or near the Sixth avenue. or who had
,o,ion,s in tbnrc for thcv nnnreciatad ito i'm
p",V"'o III ,,ei.' ~, 49, "''i | $50
portance and its truth"
rs there not "A little exaggeraton, Doctor in
,ho ,,ha.,,, ,ic,,,ro ,o,, drnv ~ tho ef,ec,s NJ
wv N""'',, p'~'0 ~" Ni''" " VIZ
thls noise
Not Mt all no exaggeration. Tho noise Ia
to,oiorobic SLAM Ia tho Ara, necnssitv of the
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invalid. ana the value OF rest rises III our hppte-
citation constantly the older we grow. But with
,his terrihle nuisance sleop il impracticable
WI, ~ ,,,,,'',,a,ual,i 1'hn ,omdi,irn hncor,es
rest N nhauanhpni ne vonuIIiun .ev ,, ,
~ I'LL 4, w, ~, , ~, er,,l no, Nossihi,
~ I'M w., Vii bad thnv rsn,aineJ in Their homes
NV IL H., H., ~ ,hiu ra.d h,.cn,,s', III, noisn M
IN. ~, 49,, L., 'i,,,,, ,,, ,,,,l sic,, 10
VIZ tt.'in, N y, XII, ~ ,s 49,, v - ~ "
m,,tssl,y ~ ',Ieir nry LII a, Lane, ,,ro,,
hut Wonu r.. WI pots , IT, i ,o" ~, E i,i,
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!, ~, lay ,,,u rdi nmrv c,rc, -; instances ~
~. H. " H. -, - H., tbir - IN biob vou
NO. tliis Is one OF ,ho ,,ngs 20 WILL yp ~
oano , se' "a, 1,,rn: ~ s,cb Continued
yinir, nss.uI, Tb, trn;ns hnrin runninv nj
| o'clocr In tho mornin,, and thnv continue nj
H. 81, ~, mont tly,.ntv f",r nor bour nntil
n,,arter before 1 o'ciock the next morning.
| 49, nm viii ,n,ddnning frooi,ncv ev"n in
ny Ium WIZ, ~ LUG t W - - M ,,s ~, e.
,,e , w"o a,,'iy ~ ho arv those
niahy Oh tl nhy On, ~. VIZ VIZ. ~, IN I'll ~
ua,hs at'I . y c,oN ~ Wy uN'"'ii- ~, ,, ~
UlHl Iley hI' hIh'u'uiN ''np,r. ii"n, ''En'' W.
on" NI"'h VI WI Na.s .'N'.'',t -, ~ ~ ~
| i9ur p.s-"hg'IN' III Hholh"r swell anu III 'ns
| thlrd tltr'' IN another lrhh ul uiL"o 'ulr
| there were phlS nine p'NS"hS,ts' IL NuI"s
doee not pay 10 run trains Inr tnat amount "i
| travel l't; ~ s3ld. VI" ON .,as ol w I"au
seem to make no difference. either IN ne mum.
Der ct trains or h'ir $40 Daiw,rn Is'S" ~
DAY. And. you understand, 4 i not only he
mouse Vi eaeh tram III phsTiit Inn, t.'t nlaHos NV
uhocarapie u! thW Vicinity, uul w coilsnh.' -
~ .ancy 81 "" rrourE'hI" o, tie nu,san ~ =,
himself lhrre tiu oi,e ,t.s k'nr ~ ~ e,rs,
minutes ulrr' VIII DC announcer "iu Vi co"Iso
| hev,hho, sieep;n - ~, A., ,,,,,,.,,,,. so ,i ,
, Do not me Officers OF the company say thh'
| the noisr VIII u"'rens" US l'e io"u anu run
nlng gear wear smooth r..
blrv" they do; but tho fact is thnt tho
NOISE u NbT~' HOW lllitl I'lhh WIZ bhl
III operaton on the ON 4l jun; i ne rams IRE
souh3 III many pia,es ir"tn uiH, nus. in', ~,
Tue, nlowlhe on OF tle steam 10 Nery "hhV9hly
anu in"I h"'nkehi "''su ~ ~ uuu I'VE
SO ~ 10 pe haIus o'ri Nnuc, Se' AZ ~ u"n' ~
such manner az To stimulate an enormous ru'-
nIH anu snoring 'uW - N,SIS uS'hS ~ 'h'so
ioaI, !" ''nf ~ i,,o,ic osv,m store.
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.he rrsli"nls on nNtn hN'lu" IN ,le me- d.
ui,''r iheN ,u'ul' in,e u ,is ,,ns Ne'ls wn.
H. un n"t in,,.r w. ~ . ~ ,,,,ir w.
IN sr"a, W"ll} VtH's nCtuVy 'nE,'iirr W.
Nhrluus ',rniS =" H., ~ tN',s az, i,,, ! A. Us IT,,
referred 10 "a ~" henorlnl' pn, no ray tnn'
ines" forms ol uln'hs" u" tNist IN huht loru
w. WY -a.' 'n.'nn .i t, III IN,
~ r,,,, ;rhe I'm, ,,,nn, NM sunny iunnti'
~ . t,',n.' T. Il, ~ W. ,,, i,,
~ ~ IT,. Vim H.. nr.rt'st,sin, c,,,i-,- ~ IN
sanitv ar" rultinliai and m,u,nifird as th"y
I'll ", h, no cIntinu,,nna 81 mis- nuisnn~.
Tiia co,,s,. ~ ,,snt, ,r,u rhntirn shnnId nsv.,
INV, G.,n nj ,,yaJ nrd never would nave h.en
had pnopin r. aliz..d what it would be."
~ ',, 40 vo,, no, rero,,niz. rInid transit A. =
re,i.s.,tv f,r IN. VOL Icing 81 Nov York ever
~ - dn,s in'.oUV.ninn s"n,e nrrsons ~
- Thn Nr,rnnnl,,nn Elevated HALLWAY enrve.
nr,hahlv % oo6 n,.rsnns nor diem For them #
y 800 u,,li n,ln,it "a ,arv Grant rnnvan i.nc,, I'm
| -, S,,r,n tNcn, 81 lnnst IN uoo ners,ns suffs,
,nnr.vrd,n for Thor, ,,rn ftily TINT many lfyinf
within ON fsot ~ thn rnnj That certainly i,
nat H., ,,r.ot,.st GOOD Tor RI. ernntnst numhr
-" Inv v'n over cnuns"ll'd Xith The onirnl,
~ ~, r,o3 IN ,ossihie methods Tor the dim mn
,;, ~, Of IRIS 1 ,'n's,. =,
~ ,nitrd Nvith one If tho nrinrinal o0lrer,
ahnn, ~ almost ip,n,dint"ly nitrr th, mi WA,
",ans1 t"r trnvel a.. soon ns r,.ol,n pod viii,
n'frightful All HE noise wns hound tn heenu,n
1 ~ s',S-,,,,s,ad thra. idens ,nut MAJ supga.t "a,
ihoms-lv,s Ia nv mind Tor The miiiratinn Of m,
nui.nn.n The tir-f was nuttiur nlon,, M, rni i
n n onn sii nf nanh strlnof vnenniSed rubre
,r Jnnd.n its raverhnrutions The s,eon.
VIVA tn NM nicres Of ynlcanized rubhr
""dar tba siaennrs on which the rnils rcs,
hetween wooden surfaces where thnre woul,
not h. INV friction 10 wear Them on,
u,ior. thev ,youid In. nrantical indpstrunti hlr
and where thav cartniiiy would deadrn sound
Tho third was the plncluR of sheets of felt IN
mn nr ,nor" Inflow the hodv of ench car cover
INC its .ntiro unIer surface YOu see That thes
ours are simnlv huge LoXes md they net n
s"unIinp Ennr1s IN. who'll, train is in fnct
oiga,tic snunding honrd Now II wocnn inter
ccnrt The vihrntinns md the observation-disclosures q
,hasn Iiy rrsonntt surinres hy the usn &