The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1879-05-12
RIDING TO COUNTRY HOMES.
THE COSTOE GOING by RIIL 10 PLACES
NOT REMOTE FROM THE CITY.
r.,.uu,at,on Rates for 1870 on the Various
Route. Compared A Demand by suburban
n,eIiers for Further Concessions What
,ho Managers of Railroads Say In Reply.


n,,s,t.r. for Further Concessions What
,ho Managers of RRIironds Say In Reply.
Tho complction and operation Of the ele-
,o,ol railroads have created anew and increas-
I'm, interest In the subject OF rapid transit to and
,rop, tho city. on Long Island. in Wcstchestcr
Countv and in New Jersey organized and un-
orranizod efforts are being made to Induce
railroad companies to increase facilities and
,csson fares In Weschestcr County the object |
is take advantage OF the completion OF tho |
New York Elevated Railroad TO the Harlem |
River In New jersey and on Long Island |
landowners are anNiousto prevent their tenants |
from seeking homes in Yorkvie. Harlem. and |
the annexed wards. This condition Of affairs |
hns led to a close scrutiny OF the advantages
Afforded by the various railroads leading to the
city.
A c5muarlson Of the commutaton rates
granted for this season by tho companies is
very dnieut. because their schedules are
r1nlo out not only by different methods. but on
different principles. The Hudson River and
In Harlem companies sell commulation tickets
enuti'ng tho purchasers 90 100 rides TO or from
Noir homes. on condition that each 100 tickets
shall hc used within the period Of three months.
The New York. Lake Erie and Western. the
Pennsylvania and others sell communication
Ias-.a az rates varying disproportionatcly with
tnn fnrINlS oi ftiN' Wlltn ineN cONor llese
latter roads differ among themselves rs to the
periods for which they will sell tickets.
Tie Pennsylvania sells passes for one
month aul also for year; for any
Intermediate time the passenger must pur-
chase hy the month. The New York. Lake
Err. and Western sells passes for periods OF
one month. three months. six months. or a
year; and the pricc Of pass for second
half year is lees than the cost OF the first half
TIL Now York and New Haven. which until
The first oi May sold no commutntion tickets
for % period less than three months. has been
Induced 10 revise its schome. BY the old
arrangement person living at Mount Vernon
Its first staton-could not be a commuter
unless he furnished s9l cash in advance. This
frequently debarrcd poor men from the priv
iege The company now issues Communication
tickets for the first seven months Of year at
a regularly decreasing price pcr month. the
possession Of a ticket which has just expired
being the passengers warrant for the purchase
q his next months ticket at price according
t. this system OF reduction. After the seventh
month the cost Of the pass remains unchanged.
The two roads which now require the largest
first installment Of money are the Hudson
River and the Harlem. They will not sell less
than 100 tickets at time. These tickets cover
period only little less than two months on
the supposition that the passenger goes to and
from his home every week day. All Of the other
Ia addition to the difieuities Of comparison
thus suggested. there arise those that are
caused by the varying distances OF important
points. Where two or more roads pass through
the same town competition results in special
commutation rates. Again, some OF the rail-
others by a desire to build up the country that
they pass through. This is particularly the
case with those that are not trunk lines. Other
reasons local in their nature cause reduc-
tion or increase Of rates for particular points.
rain an attempt t9 compare ne advantages o..
M ms nearly ten twenty. and forty miles dis
tance from New York rs poss bile have been Sc
lected. In many instances there we're no sta
lions at exactly these distances. 1t was also
sought to avoid stations where competition al
fe,ts the rates. The figures that follow are
based on the supposition that the passenger
On the Hudson River RAILROAD. spuyien Duyyi
is ten miles from NeT id aoTs she ceSts SG@mp5bs tbc
AMI y cents in winter. On the Della, ella,
of one ride TO Delawapna-the same distance
is nine and seven-tenths cents the regu ar tart
Trlc ana Western the communication fare tc
Rutherford Park. nine and q hall miles. L
thirty cents. On the Harlem the cost 70 Ford
iw ,nty cents. On the New Jersey Midland the
e"-tt3 iittie Ferry-cleven mles-is ton cents
ard View Haven the cost to, Noun. Vernon
ihc regular fare being forty cents D OF
tho New jersey and New York Rail
10. cents ne regular fare being 40 cents; o.
the Central of New Jersey the cost to Elizabeth
Bo cents. on tho New York and GreenwooC
Lake the cost 20 Woodside Park-ten milesIii
99l0 cents the regular fare. ~ cents on m
Northern of New Jersey the cost TO Ridgenelt
10 Omilos-i- 9is cents. the regular fare beinG
25 cents On the Pennsylyania the cost to Wa
vorly-tweyc miles-is 10 5-lQ cents the regua
Tato h.ing 30 cents. On the Long Island Kail
road tne c0mmutation fare to Jamalca-teI
mile,-Is II l-5 cents. the regular iare Delnl
Tho cdmmutation and regular rates to points
about twenty, miles distant are az follows: vi
miles. 10 cents; regular faro in summer, ~
o.ns; n winter. AZ cents. On thg delaware
teen miles. 10 $40 cents regular iare, 90 cents
On the New York, Lake Erie ana western
liuWl n"fhe. eighteen anu r"e-quat Voi ~ ' ,b
u t-lO cents; regular rare, bu Genus; Oh w
Bafen-Scarsl0le. twenty miles, ~ cents
Teeuar fare. So cents. On the New Jersey Mid
land-Frauk'ort twenty miles, IL 5,lO cents cents
regular iare, IS conts. On the New HayeI
lulroad- Mamaroneek, twenty miles. u
Jersey ana New Ylrk-Etna. twenty miles, 49,
can's; regular iare. 60 cents; on the Cehtr,,
Railroad ~ New Jcrsey-Nestileld, twentl
N los. II 9.l0 cents regular fare. 55 cents; o.
T. NV York and Greenwood LakeILitt
dts tn mi.eS R s,io CrH,s; TeEuiar 6siier HIS o.
twenty miles. IS cents; regular fare. 30 cents
On ue nsylVu'0-l. plway, twenty miles
42's '.uts; regular i.lo. 30 cents. On the lQnl
.mI laiiroal- Wls'c. J. twenty 'one miles
u .nut7, Ugu.ar fare 600 CENTS.
Ias O. immq',lio. nni regplQr ioTTe 70 point
follows: FeekskIl. A. miles on the Hudsol
N'.r Railroad, 80 c"nis-rcgular fare, tln5
i kpway, ~ miles on the Delaware, lhcka
wanna anl Western, JIG cents-reguar fare
tlIai Sea'hH.l'7 ~ miles on the Erie kali
4lmlI,s on the Harlem ~ cents-regular fare
49, smith = Nils on tho Now Jersey Ma
sih.t. nt,t's, ~ ceu'sLregplar vlaarrf