The New York herald., 1878-03-05
Important Meeting Of the
Board Of Trustees.
MORE MONEY REQUIRED.
Mr.. RoebIings Report on the Method Of
Passenger Transit.

Kinseila, Carroll, Agnew, Hitchcock; Maclay, Hail.
Burrell Marshall ana DAVIS Tbs report OF the
Executive Committee read and adopted. II was
stated that with the Rapid Transit Railway Company
New York IN reference to the crossings OF that
with the line OF the bridge nj Pearl street copfer-
ence had been held and the matter had been arranged
SO as not to interfere with tho bridge structure
requisiuon from tho Chief Engineer tor double
steam hosting engine, ut $780, had been received.
Tho engineer also required additional horses an carts
and fifteen tons oi steel suspendcr bars OF open
hearth Steel Brick and cement Tor the foundations,
and icur engines, were also needed. Contracts had
also been awarded TO the lowest biaders for the
moval oil buildings in the line of the bridge ap
proaches. The committee was authorized to adver
tse Tor the necessary material.
Mr.. knseila inquired wnat the fifteen tons OF steel
was required Tor, aud he told was for the
short bars in the centre OF the bridge. The sus-
pendor rods will range from four fourteen feet in
length
The question was asked to what had been the ex-
periencs OF the engineers with tho Bessemer steol
wrc
Engineer Martin said that the tests had been most
Satisfactory shat they threw from three TO tour
only
MONEY ASKED FOR.
President Murphy offered the following resolution,
which adopted:--
Resolved That the trustees the New York and Brook
the o@ Il the city Bro"
ss sh.s 'Ss IL. 's Or
1872 which sums being In the opinion OF the Board
and Comptroller Of said cities accordingly '"'''
Mr.. Murphy said that the last requistion for money
had been made in February, 1877
Mr.. Kinsela inquired If that would not mako the
entire amount called for the bridge just So 00O OOO
and the President replied that IL would.
The expenditures Tor the month of February
amounted to $l49144 81 The statement Of tue anan-
cal condition OF the Bridge Company on the 2sth OF
February was as toIiows:--Tota cash receipts,
$s,57372S Al; the expenditures amounted TO
$S, 516.838 90
PASSENGER TRANSIT.
Mr. Murphy, in accOrdance with resoluii0 ion adopted
at the previous meeting read very len thy report
IRON Chiei Engineer w. A. Roebling upon method
OF passenger transit on the bridge wnen CO ompleted
The original plan Of The bridge contemplated three
sidewalks, Two railroad tracks aud two siuge wagon
tracks Inc great exposure to WIND and her and
the great length OF the 5riale caused Mr. Roebing,
however, TO decide that II was quite unueces-
,1.s sary to have three sidewalks tor peaes.
one central promenade, aud by widening Inc whole
bridge I've lset IL became possible to add two more
wagon tracks, so that tho bridge as 1t IS being
quilt provides two double tracks. roadways for vehi-
Giles, Of the width OF lS feet inches; two railroad
tracks, each IL feet wide, one central
Is icet wide. The vehioles on each DIVISION OF tue
l8 icct inches will GO In one direction. On the rail-
road tracks trains Of cars WIN run 70 accommodate
VINO 20 by these railways will take the right hand
track, which Will prevent crowding and confusion.
Tho next Two spaces are thirteen iees each
be PROVIDED with stoei rails Tor tho running OF two
passenger al cars, back forward
which Is TO be propelled by stationary engine 10.
Gated on the Brooklyn side. beneath tho floor These
two tracks will DO treated exactly like an inclined
plane--an operation perfectly simple well unaer-
stood
In the original report OF the late John A. RoebIne
stated that effective running speed OF twenty
miles per hour could be oDtaned may DO increased
to thirty ana even forty miles per hour win entire
safety In well built ours, moving on "a straight line
and perfect track, the melton VIZ ud be Scarcely
ieI Allowing Ior the dsch args train one min ute
and for lis aiiing another minute. including the
time consumed IN stopping ana starting the tisin,
there remains three minutes to run over one
mile oil the bridge. The number OF cars
feet long, IRON coupling to coupling, AMI eleven feet
SIX inches wide outside, with capacity to 100
crosswise INTO eght sections. Each section will
have Two seats fronting each Other each seat will
aamit SIX 10 eight persons. Two conductors will 90
wiih each tram ana attend to the opening and closing
oil the doors. he rows OF doors train may be
opened ana closed by q small w,ndlass ON the
platform ut each END. In the morning and ng
wnen large crowds will arrive full trains VIII be
needed. Each cur has opposite doors. Tnose which
point toward tue centre line OF the bridge for
tering. Tue opposite ones serve for going out,
TO alscnarge without confusion All the passengers
who arrive ior crossing have 10 pass through the
upon the central iooway, which Is seventeen icet
WIDE and 500 IeeI long, to wait ior The
arrival tue next traIu Wnlcn Will DO due either
the right or lett track. lew Gays Of practice will
suce TO teach the rules every passenger who ia in
the habit OF crossing: II Is proposed TO build the
Cars substantial but light, entirety Of iron and STEEL
ANOTHER SYSTEM OF TRANSIT.
Another system suggested oi running cars Is termed
the circulating system. In place OF IA recprocalng
motion OF the Two trains The wire rope rs kept
running around IN one direction only, and each car,
snsly as It as with passengers, is to DO attached
to the rope and started On It's arrival ut
tho opposite end this detached, DISCHARGED and
run over to the other track, ana in IFS turn conveys
load back again. Thus the cars viii be Kept moving
sngiy In circular route. always crossing at tue ends
from one track 10 the other Mr.. Roeblbg preferred
the iormor system TO The latter as one perfectly
established and involving no now and uutricd tea
lures.
10 guard against distractions by heavy SHOWS tho
tracks are without h0oring but arc covered by iron
CRATE Dars, Iad close enough TO render nyos SIS bio
even the ixlIIng through OF child. The cars arc TO
be driven by stoam engines located the BROOKLYN
side. rue engines viii be double cranks set rIgut
angles.
CneI Engineer Washington A. Roebliug. alter quot
ins from the above report OF his father ie late
A. RoeDlns says that he Is convinced Of tue
ness oil the views mus aid down, aud he ID making
every Arrangement 10 carry them out substantially
Indicated Oniy two lhods OF eTecrnt RAPID tran
SIT are possible namely, the inclined plane system
with rope, whcn he mas adopted, or the use OF To-
comotvcs. lie unds objections 10 the use OF Iocomo-
tives, the chiei one being the grade, whch IN the
winter season amounts 10 over Two hundred feet
per mile. II would require powerful locomotive
10 draw traIn OF eIgnt or ten passenger cars
over such grade. lhe bridge has neither been
signed nor built 10 bear such heavy concentrated
Ioads-weights which wouiu require moor beams,
trusses anu suspendcrs OF three times the present
strength These Will call Tor heavier cables, which
turn demand heavier anchorages ana stronger towers
In other words, the whole bridge would have 10 DO
rebuilt, which is out Of the question.
Another alternative would be the use of very
slight gcared locomotive. The elect OF puiiipg,
snorting locomotive Oh horses would also oh
sDIe. He does not approve oi making direct con.
Iecton with the tracks OF tho Elevated Railway and
the tracks oil the bridge, as IL would seriously inter-
iere with the traffic across the BRUCE.
In conclusion Mf. Kocbiing says:--"If NJ any fu-
ture Time IL Is deemed advisable TO extend limos Of
horse cars from brooklyn TO New York, II would bo
easy matter to arrange one oi the tran avs
Tor the circulating system by providing u with a
light inch rope and engine 1his would
transfer them over al much greater rate OF speed
and obvate the necessity Of taxing over the horses -
The report was ordered 10 be printed III iuIl aud
VIII be considered at tho next meeting OF tho Board
OF Bridge Trustsos
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