The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-02-18
TEN PER CENT. PER ANNUM.
Shall the Fcrriage he Reduced Singular
Revelations About n Loss that Includes %
Dividend of Ten Fer Cent. aud so Forth.

Revelations About "a Loss that Includes 10
Dividend of Ten Per Cent. nnd 80 Forth.
The action OF the Brooklyn Aldermen,
tending TO influence a reduction Of tolls on tho
ferries by command Of the Legislature. attracts
general attention in the City Of Churches. where
the regularity and safety OF the ferry company's
service are conceded with pleasure, but whore
the indiscretion Of its employees and the many
pctty annoyanccs of its regulations are emphat-
ically denounced.
Believing that ono cent IA ample compcnsa-
tion for the service. the Aldermen dcputcd a
committee OF their members to urge upon tho
Legislature the dcsirability and fairness OF n
reduction TO that figure. The immediate cause
of the interference OF the Aldermen seems to
have been the singular warfare wagcd upon the
entire public by the ferry company in its desire
to outilank the army Of little boys and girls
who were making few cents n day by ped
ding ferry tickets. The boats are most dan
gerously crowded morning and evening. and.
MS no special accommodations are provided for
horses and vehicles. the passenger boats carry
them also and at the time when the full accom-
mediation is needed for foot passengers. The
manner In which the safety gates are managed
the insolent way in which tho hands wash and
sweep tho dirty cabins when passengers are in
them. the frequent annoyance of crippled md
ihutlltcd hcggarS and drunken people in the
ladlcs cabins. and the general disregard Of the
borne hv the % no, rrs ~ W,,' w., muisahccs query
one cared To make himself tho attorney for the
nts , YIN Xxx nvw sys, m oi c9ppoh h
make II impossible for parent to send n child
OF master his servant across the ferry unless
hav" cann1G he cinny ~ n us s@,iS ann , ,o
result is II wild, sprend hope that the Legislature
VIII interfere IN the interest OF II lOns-suilcrng
There are five ferries in all. on which nrc ON
bloyed s"ygniccn s,eamers a. an aycrage cost oi
IRON nn s1p'VuO To s'5uW tighv-fve ihousnnil
' H. ,,l't,h % ~ lli'sr ~ nn'f- are IN con-
IN casr oi ac.irni ON them are carried from
i',NnNpp - 5lhNlpu passengers in year.
anu ~ cIden'e "i the care with which the
average American traveller guards his life it
should bs chruulr.ci that onij two lives have
t"en lost ON ihrs" ferries In thirty years. Be-
the on-Eoine and ii-rom'ns mnit.iudcs' mot
md rosiicl on the narrow hrids,-. no care
the company At present thorn are iron gates
that fen'e the brdre- from the waiting rooms.
ana these gates are shut as vigorously in the
lace OF two or threr hurryns passengers
AT one or two in the morning. a. ihcy are when
thousands are struggling 10 rush and push
through at six O'Clock In the evening. When
the late Cyrus T. Smith was Managing Director
he ans wcred "a complainant that il would never
S1 IL 'Tns a Sse wss sgn Y o Passs OF ds IT,
that kind of work. And yet for u quarter Of a
HE. w 49, nav "' ''9' -
II is said that tho ferry at the foot II Fulton
street is the only one that pays it, expenses. a
unouc eSpIanntion lie savs. yui.a. IL a a
,ny, vnly ohT WA. pays ~ eAlenses ana Yields
TO which the sto rkholders are entitled under the
article Of association OF ten per cent and al
I1wing i1r tLs great % %Ifpreciatdon OF tIs boats
panyl are generally run at n loss. aith"neh in
Ths or rN", rw1 Anrn Asa,s te Csi mas pm uMierent M
troer to he about ten per cent. =" So that there
i No loss N reality save m depreciaiion. and
was no Il.crease Of travel hy reason ol reduced
fares,
, Coz. Ian ing: apunic spirited citizen ot Brook
lyn, calls the attention OF the Leg stature To sew
iHrriase WAS only one cent. ana socon,inued un-
n Va io't IN WIN with y"ars uNiuchl OF from
lyn was nearly 2ouip9, ~ against nall million
h oNd wh H. "oaa na, n au%r hr' lpie as rasoh
Great,ri ,.~,
III AZ tnIs cpnnecuon the aIilhxlt oi Mr, Perry
tuai head and tront II rnnwS1a Csmc,err ns eT
NM m I'm az tn9 e. d'th oi yINS T. Sh!th Mas appoint
u ery M r pnree,or oi tha
ttcrry " & n,9", ~ NJ i'fiaNI Was elHlru
re ,"r e,e o n' n ,nY On Som-
., Ne mri', q, ne Vn,n l,1g. GmI-i.g q, H,.@in-Ow
,sa"S , any .ws, ,Sii "a at he Ia, s,s w
hrooRivn A. a. Director r or, tr Wars Sn. a "h hs
/. ana has hcen director and the Trensircf o the
Y M.'h ~ ~, ,i, iot about thirtl two loat' pas
.ne, .i u's ana snau M gts"' are 10! "'" ""' 10
before the Legislature tc recent. 1t tic Company wl
e dimini ,nel n ,le '9in u 500 icr 9unpm Mat u
XII XII '"' % ,,..n 'y F'MG,'N M a. i%n % w ",, d" ,aid
'oial f'du' ton % s'-'"o per anrD'n
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