The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-12-10
RAPID TRANSIT.
TnE EXTENSION TO EIoHry-NINrH STREET ON THE

RAPID lRANSll.
TnE EXTENSION TO EIGHry-NINrH STREET ON THE
THIRD AVENUE ROAD OPENED Yesterday.
The residents of the upper portion Of the east side
were gladdened yesterday morning by tho sight of
trains Of the Third avenue elevated road actually
running to and from Eighty ninth street. That this
extension was one which had been urgently needed
manifest from the very large traffic which came
from the three newly opened stations at Seventy
strc Eighty fourth street and Eighty-ninth street.
and il could not have arrived at q more opportune
date than on the stormy morning of yesterday. 1t
not only relief in point of trouble and time.
but Also In pocket for hundreds who had previously
taken the horse the sxtyseventh street station
aud had very FESTIVE under this enforced expend
trc Of fifteen cents for their fare down town.
Al last enabled 10 their fares the horse
The very hrst trains which left Eghtyninth street.
between hafpast Ave and six A. NJ. were quite filled
by tho time they reached the second station Seventy
sixth street-snd by the time they reached
ihe hrst--Eghty fourth street The travel from the
Eighty fourth street station particularly good and
- early O'Clock tho ticket agent reported that
he had sold six hundred hve-ccnt tickets be-
tween half past five and and half past A. NJ and
hundred ten-cent tickets between hafpast
seven and ten A. "a. Yesterday being wet and in
han usual and the Increase. Therefore. Afforded no
lust criterion - what II will be In fine weather.
Hitherto III. traffic on the Third avenue road has
averaged about iffy-thrce thousand per day Sundays
aud very wet days incudcd and II Is expected that
this extension will increase the average Oh all fair
days 10 sixty thousand per day.
sTArRwAYs.
The wet weather yesterday CAUSED much grumb!ing
a. the ab-ence o. covering over inc s'arways; me
aud mems uiscrs, although, u should be said in JUS
tcc - the road porter y employed Mt every station
for the purpose OF cleaning the steps Nevertheless
ID evident that this service was utterly made
qiatc to the necessities of the occasion snd that
steps even moderately clean
Thers j. also urgent need Of putting NJ rapidly the
station buildings Al fghty-fonr and Eighty ninth
win have 10 wait n.e minutes under the
open sky, aud. therefore occasionally under
the Third road has shown that IL takes the
contractors al least two months to put M such build
in,s. and such delay would infiic great hardship
upon the travelling public the hope j. generally ex
pressed that the road will ~ put mp temporary
station buildings he they even OF the cheapest con-
straction 10 afford protection against the inclcmen
cites OF the sesros
Good time made yesterday by the trains. The
schedule running time thirty -four minutes for
ul and trsythr.. for the down trains. and. with
variations OF two ar three minutes. this adhered
10 with toirabc exac,n.-s on most of the trips The
Roadway to hight, seventh street l. three minutes,
aud 10 the Grand Central Depot fiye minutes which
makes the intervals between trains m far M Forty
second street only two minutes.
There rca, falling on In the horse car traffic,
aust tht oiinAon Wa e'utfshs eAlSorSssi INC
horse eompany would speedily be compelled to
reduce the fare 10 the depot lat Sixfyfth street TO
four cents and the fare 90 Harlem to i've cents.
ENGINES IN COLLISION.
An accident occurred yesterday morning on the
Metropolitan Elevated hallway ut the Rector street
station which caused detention Of trains for thirty
nve minutes Engine No. IL. run by engineer Wed
yer. which 10 draw the next train up town. ran,
customary. past the switching point. but not
rsr enough 10 be out OF the way OF down trains.
While No. II standing in this position the ineon-
ing engine No. IS. driven by Charles Hutton. and
drawing the down train. came along at the usual
rate Of speed. The woodwork of both engines was
demolished. but the machinery ~ neither was in
jured. The hoes will not exceed 500 In either case.
and IL Ia estimated that the company lost in trsc
during the thirty-hye minutes the trains were de-
ayed quite a. much money as by the injury to the
engines
The responsibility for the accident could not be
Weaver not moving HE engine Tar enough by dis
charging him. and both the hagman and the other
engineer similarly treated The engineer u the
down train claimed that he stopped Just above the
switch for the up train 10 40 out. and only moved
when the harman sigpsllrd him 90 do The nay
man. ON the other hand. denied that he gave the
signal II was impossible 10 decide between them,
So both were disrhasfcsi Weaver explained that he
shut oil the steam. thinking he had enough 20 carry
him past the frog. but finding his mistake. lac again
opened the valve. II WAS then the engine struck
him. the collision being caused through the delay OF
shutting on the steam.