The New York herald., 1878-11-17
RAPID TRANSIT.

HEATING THE CARS on THE METROPOLITAN
ELEVATED RAHwAy--THE THIRD AVENUE
ROAD ALMOST COMPLETED TO THE HARLEM
RIvER-ovERcRowDED CARS.
The arrangements made by the Metropolitan Ele-
waited Railway for heating their cold winter
days complete Some experimental trains have
been rum and much satisfaction expressed at the
uniform. pleasant heat which radiated from the
pipes by of the scientific process employed.
and which has already been described in the HERALD
Mr.. Jose L. Navarro said yesterday that he believed
the public would be fully satisfied with the arrange
ments made and that no reasonable cause for
complaint would exist as TO the cars not
being sufficiently warm comfortable The
company have also adopted plan by
which the stairs and platforms will be kept clear Of
snow and ice, that passengers shall be in no
danger Of slipping 1t is expected that during tho
heavy snow-bound winter weather the passenger
traffic will rise from average OF over nifty thousand
day (which it is now to sixty Thousand, for
when the horse are blocked many people who
still patronize them will necessarily be compelled to
resort to the elevated road. The new engines which
have been put on are SO Poweriui .na' amey a AN
of them the other day drew such train bearing an
excursion of st. Peters School numbering about
seven hundred and hf. y people.
While the experiments made with reference to dead
ening the noise promising decided success it is
conceded that owing to the general closing OF doors
and windows and also to the fact that people are be-
coming more and more used to it, this annoyance Is
being felt far less by the residents OF Sixth avenue
than it before, and that this source OF complaint
is diminishing every day. As the rails have been
worn smoother and the putting of steam has been
regulated and vastly decreased the noise is in itself
far less than ii was, aud the change has naturally
aroused much satisfaction. 1t is also generally re-
marked that the engineers are now much more care
fl about turning the slowly. and that, gcner-
ally speaking greater solcude is manifested on the
part of the employees to avoid any accidents Yester
III astonishing to the immense numbers
of elegantly dressed ladies aud children who rode in
the afternoon. and stepped on and on the cars as
lightly and as trippingy as If they had entered OF
issued from their carriages
THE SECOND AVENUE ROAD.
1t Is conceded on all sides that the Third avenue
elevated road utterly fails to meet the requirements
OF the side travel and this patent that during
ten minutes for train which there might be some
spare have to descend again and resort to the
street cars and this Notwithstanding the greater
frequency of trains during these hours An elevated
road Second would materially relieve the ter
rifle overcrowding the Third avenue line, and
would thereby render rapid transit the Third
nue. also more safe well comfortable. 1t is
estimated that onethird of the passengers riding on
the Third road live the second than the
Third avenue and il is therefore, easy to imagine
how great boon the Second avenue road would be to
large proportion of the east side public
THIRD AVENUE ROAD.
The entire Third avenue road from the South ferry
to the Harlem River is complete, with the excep
ton OF short gap between Ninetieth and Tooth
Streets and the stations very few of which yet
finished on the lower portion OF the railway
which is already in operation The progress on the
Chatham street branch is excessively slow. Most OF
the little work which is done this branch is per-
formed at night Mr.. Cowing, the secretary says the
cars will soon be heated.
MANY STATIONS
While experts agree and the company officers have
admitted that they have already too many stations on
Third avenue, it appears that still more are to be
erected and the road is therefore 10 be compelled to
more slowly than it does now. A station is
to be built at Twentyeighth street. thus lengthening
the running time minute more. While this may
crafty the few for whose special convenience this
station is put up, it is generally conceded that it IN.
terferes with the interests the public ut large and
obstructs true rapid transit to the Harlem River.