The New York herald., 1878-03-31
RAPID TRANSIT.

NO COMBINATION FOR MONOPOLY By THE
coMPANIEs-rRAINs AT YIGHT-pREPARA-
TIoNs FOR THE PROPER ACCOMMODATION OF
PASSENGERS.
Mr.. George N. Pullman, president Of the New
York Loan and Improvement Company, which vir-
tually controls the Gilbert road asked yesterday
for an explicit statement In reference to the rumored
combination of the elevated railways, such as would
be accepted as final and conclusive by tho New York
public
.'Ali can say" Mr. Pullman replied. "is that no
such comb nation exists has even been talked Of.
The first intimation mad OF It was when read the
HERALD article, whe returning from Chicago to New
York."
PROJECT NEVER ENTERTAEfEp.
"would II be IN your interest give up your east
side line Tor the monopoly OF the west sde:'
"such project has never been entertained, and
do not believe 1t would be IN our interest"
Would II not vitiate your charterfn
''Never having contemplated such q contingency
have not Investigated that subject"
"But you positively intend TO build your Second
avenue liner"
"Yes; we expect TO begin the road Chatham
street as far as our route concdes with that the
New York Company, within thirty days. From
Church street, the side. route through
Bowling Green, thence into Beaver ana into Pearl.
and thsnce-at Hanover square--to Chatham square
pauy, and this portion of the road will be jointly
owned and managed"
''wil this not prevent you from running trains fre.
quentiy enoush?"
'No; II is believed that we shall meet all the wants
OF tho public II each company Tor instance, should
run trans every i've minutes they would be at inter-
vas Of only Two ana one-haI minutes -
wv nen Will the Second avenue line be probably
openedp"
"rnat has not yet been determined upon, because
u nf a al nra httSt -t.,.
ward 10 completion tho Sixth avenue line, ex-
Tending our colncdent route on Ninth avenue from
xty-nrst to.Eignty hrst street. WtnIn months
the i.ne wal PROBABLY be completed as far north AS
Eighty-hrst street. -
NIGHT TRAINS
"Do you intend TO nigut trains ?n
''wc shal run them Immediately upon the opening
OF the road ~
'And wuen will the first train be run?"
III think about May l. fhat was the date originally
sol, aud think we shall be ON time"
'What Will be the running time, Mr.. Puilmanf"
"Aoout twenty-two minutes 20 the PARK, ink
although this has not YET been dehnttey settled"
What would be the actual running time AZ twenty
two miGutes?''
"Alowing halt minute tor each OF the twelve
stops aud nall minutes loss IN slowing starring
We have an actual running time OF miuute tes Tor
i've miles, or about thirty miles an hour"
Gould the time not be made less than twenty
by stopp alternate stations about six minutes
would DC saved md the time reduced TO ABOUT sixteen
minutes. Our course in tn espect win be deter
mined ny experience and the preference OF the
rnis ended the interview with Mr. Pullman. From
General Porter it wa, learned that eighty cars and
twenty We engines awaiting lranS ortation
TO New York. OF The eighty cars twenty are smoking
cars
ARRANGEMENT or SEATS.
General Porter gave the writer yes erduy author
itative statement oil the arrangement in these
eighty cars Tue cars-which are 45 long 8 feet .
Inches WIDE and feet inches high the inside
arranged as follows The doors each end, en-
trance beng IRON the front or platform only
The project Of having doors all sioes OF the
cars, as on tn. London Underground Railway and
also advocated here by DR.. Gnoert mas thus been
definitely abandoned by the Gilbert road. There are
forty eight seats H. each Ot those only
placed crosswise aud tho others longitudinally
the oil the Ninth Avenue Elevated road. The
gudlna seats the ends OF tue car, the cross
wise in the middle Eght longitudinal seats are in
each end OF the car both sides max ng thirty
In ALL and IN the middle are four seats Tor two
ON eacn sde or sixteen seats altogether Gen
eral Porter says the longitudinal seats about
twenty-one inches square or Two inches larger than
the largest theatre seats, and separated
or eight inches high When asked wny tne arrange
mont OF seats was not that SO successfully carried out
on most railroads this country General Porter satd
that these elevated raiir0ad ybody would
probably try to secure tho outside scat order 10
have tho tirst rush IL would be iound incun
venient theother passengers ruo by the knees
ol those occupying the outside Seats General Porter
denied emf haticaiiy that the present
seats had Deen adopted 'bccause Passengers could
stand up more easily IN the aisle"
| 1--WE shall give everybody q scat" General Porter
good humorsdIy exclaimed, 'f 1t takes all money
We haven
Pullman ana General Porter tho follown mportant
| points which Inc HERALD has fought lor have been
distinctly and emphaticaliy conceded
i. No combination Tor monopoly to be effected by
tho two compac1es.
2. Night trains to be run
8. Every passenger 10 nave q scat.
Seats, Tor the better security OF the passen gers
comfort, to be separated.