The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-08-27
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TRAINS ON THE EAST SIDE
IRON THE i11J:Rr 10 or tND cJcNTRAJ
DLPOT ~ TWENTY MTNUIES

The Road Thrown Open TO the Pub,ic-ris
teen Thousnnh Persons Riding upon IT.
Less Nnisc than H. Heard IN sixth Av,nue
Trains ON the New York Elevated Railroad
were run on the east sdo tracks from tho Bat.
terry TO the Grand Central Depot yesterday
From an early hour until nghlfnll n stranger
might have fanced that an Imposing array Of
soldiers or gorgeous cavalcaGo Of newly
arrived circus was expected In Third avenue.
the B'w"ry. ana Chatham square for thou
sands stood eXpcctantly ut doors and win
dows' and on the sidewalk when an elo-
waited train ratified by every face was
upiurned. After passed there was an eager
comparison 81 Impressions ~ TO It's appearance
and lis production Of sound.
Gliding out from among the trees OF the Bat
terry Park. a train woupi around 10 Hanover
squire. and then. touching only ut the station
at Pearl and Fulton streets. dashed on. In
Third avenue itstoppcd nj tho stations Mt Ninth.
Fourteenth. and Twen,y-thrd streets. reeeiv-
ing pnssehgrrs at each. The horses of tho
Third and Lexington avenue cars prancod
like racers. The drivers muscles were
strained IN the struggle with the frighteney
stceds and the resisting brakes In tho
hors" mart at Twcnty-fourih street tho
train spread confusion. Holsters wore leading
horses about ami Jockeys were putting spans
aud single horses in harness through their
PAGES 10 impress possible buyers As the ira n
came within sound there was rearing and
p'ungng MS though each horse had felt an elcc-
trio shock. At Thiity-fourth street another
stop WIS made. ana soon aftcrwnrd the tram
was crcilhs round the dizzy curve at Forty.
second street.
Trio passenger cars used yesterday are more
pleasing ~ the eye than those that run on tho
west siic branch o! the road. Ouiwardly thoy
are maroon colorod. richly lined with gilt In
side. smooth and glossy inlayng Of Light
woods covers the sides. Tho SCENTS. extending
against tue sides, are OF perforated wood. and
IRE divided 10y low arms Each tram was made
" ~ an engih' and two pass niger cars. tho
int ntton being. seemingly To- serurc frc1ucncy
of trains. ana 10 lessen tho noisn Tho trains
started from the Battery and the Grand Central
mtn,, u, pa. .tN.i9. Nnf> ,h., rom IN 70 htgen
tween $3.50 and 1870 \. W. the fare was reduced
to ly" cenis; Aiior. thc, morning IRE sure d
were only comfortably full.
g., Mnmri az hot aiPrir n the cars until late
th' least f'n'ur'some class Of men, BEGAN 10
mike rNl'rl1"nill trips. The dash along the
me "a pi-" 81 the cars seemed no louder han thai
which Is heard hy pass myers on the VI iropoi.
itan Elevated Railway, The motion is easy.
rho run between the Battery and the Grand
{ ,utrM Dgnot wns usually made in twenty
miiut's. There was diversity Of opinion
e u the amour! Of noise, the cars made.
for tte 4 Wet ~ the Rupturid ana Crippled, NJ
Forty second street and Lexington avenue. was
po~luv" that the children in the hospital when
romuiug ii play hours make moro noise than
the trans TO. manufacturer Of dumb walters
cause they will carry great many out-ol-town
persons who will rcqd his signs
In \ saloon near Fourteenth street. when
behind the bar said. THAT will ruin busincs1
IN The qygnue, yyery soon, The noise, though. Ia
A few doors away is iha ofiic, 81 the Commits.
s2aeIs = SRR@r5sT a99 bc correeon S1sr s
ne, or any one else around here, hardly at all
We hear very little Of it," w
The phlrcmaiic clerk u the green grocer on
the other Ill, of the avenue said that he did
MT Ray ait nii9n To- the trains, His employers
customer, did not COMPLAIN. hardware
nearly 50 loud Us that made by the metropolitan
L.eNaied Hallway Even 4 The STRUCTURE were
IN lrr coMp!lyuted than IL Is. Rni the trains
heavier and longer the nJise would not be sc
ANNOYING ms It is there. because Third avenue
The signature clerk in the Bowery Bank WA
very emphatic in his ohye 'tlon 10 the noise
part of me bank hul mnio themselves hoars,
pN SHOUTING 10 cn'h other On interest paying
Undertaken Of IN" noighborhood said that ht
d9e- not lear that the ngse viii drive away ans
OF MS customers. \ Ihltd Avenue car con.
ductor SAID that travel On the line had not beor
p'r'ellu.y 3Iminishrdi because none Of the
tom and Ninth streets were in readiness for pas.
n.erS
In Pearl street. probably the narrowest down.
town street that the trains traycrse. the mer.
chants rs u rule, i garded the noise Us n neces.
sYrl eN.l. one u thom, at tho uarr1wost pad
~ tl" street sad that thy expect To- get Hccus
toned To u. Superintendent Cowiug SAID las
,Ncn NJ mat NE Uuu- carried l5,ooQ passcn
hoped that tlerr would Doe moro than 10000.
The road. It Is understood. Will bt opened 70
SiNy-~"Vrntu street within thror weeks. and 10
the Harlem River on or before the lst OF Jan.
Hnry. M lq> ips e foundations for ,Lo pests
nu", 10 l2th street rha work upon tho sta.
lions iiiHi were mol open 10 passengers yc5tcr-