New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-03-20
RAPID TRANSIT DELAYS.

YME IMPROVE AEkTS ARE POSTPONED.
s.Arx. y,.r pnoposyp cHASoEs TO BE MADE AT EBE
sswr T,,1r--A rs9K wsra axsxRAL MANAGER
HArS-AIL~,AGHT TRAINS u ssxTH-AyESUE
T1ere ha. been great delay IN psrfecting the
eAsasss Which Gle sse1ers q the MsDlsstaa Rat !.
Wy AoHipAnS spft1ei "srss 1kV tsst.S1se - ~ -
the stunning o. trains on the eieye'ed rsiaTea@s.
art Of ta delay has been caused BIZ the officially Of
sl..aining - iros work necessary. On the Vest
80. 49, - $3.50. ~ s...t 4 $500. "a
n'5e taas coae'eessSA yespe %" s-e oiAs - Ssss p
r<nflv ara Aix6hsage egaips eosid be run to South
-. sr.' s...s,,,,s ~ IN. y;ntI vasna R,.a
49, -. $500 .s-,s 1srN u. -. ~
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- y t6s Maahstsan RaiIway Compsay said this
-, ~ = g 1919 rat ~ ,,.aS uatsl Che connie.
Wees tnat y EeniA Ros 20 aiaas uhen Sno os'hs'e-
tea Of the slxactaca conneoting the EiRhsh Avenue
Reed uish s,,s Kes-Yorsx Ciey and Northern Rail.
yesA ~ sAe l.ase Of tat company across the mar
lem. Kbe bridge = suossentsaisy mashed. ena tne
stsriai for ths eehpsotine structure y new on the
epound. The work of building his been begun, but
It y estimated that y s1l require month 70 COM
plcte The connestion. The transfer Of passengers
f,.. ma Ina ia tbs o,h.y ,s he sip,pye and easy.
Ncw-Kork cisy and Northern trains wiii arrive and
leave on oee eide OF tho station platform and ele-
vasA railroad rasps on the other side OF the same
pietfcrm. e was contemplated originally TO run
tls1Sisl,N t2t'A.S VIZ veeSs
uitcnssies 10 sae EeY or fhe operation o.
ttke plan nave caused u 70 pc hh4na0ne6 Ii
On the East Side the proposed changes ct Chat
iheW-sQuare are not competed. lie terminus OF the
kecOnd Avenue k1a0 VIII De at Chatham-Square and
DiYisi0n-sts the running OF threugh trains from
South Ferry up Thifd-aye. will be resumed, Gnd on
fkA City Hail Hue shEttle trains will be run to
Chatham-sQuanA. Passengers ly this branch will be
Oblued to change for esther OF the other nea
but The extensive transfers at ChathanH-square re
enitina rom existing arrangements will b.
avoided In large part. The radical alter
ations In 4he arrangements Of the Chatham
SQUARE stations. made necessary By these ch9nRea
make the work difficult and tedious. 1t sexpected
heWegsr, that it viii be finished within month. so
that the changes in the running Ut trains will be
made nj the same Time on beth the East and West
Side Reads.
TIE running Of sii-night trains one of the West
Side lines has net been discussed By the directors Of
the Manhattan Railway Company recently. Con
1ersl Manager Hahn ea.ds
= The principal objection of the company TO the
running Of aii-night trains on the Sixth Avenue
Road Is that il would not be profitable. II rs be-
IeyeA that the trayel would he 90 small thai the
frais,s epuld be rIlu oslv at a laraye losa -
,fne experiment has never been triedp TRR |
TsInURE reporter rsmarked
no, it hss not been tired but the expense Of |
operating the additional frainS 10 known very
closely, and the probable receipts would fall far 4
short OF IT,
" Does the company then, feel under no obliga-
tons to accommodate pukIe travel except SO far rs
the accommodation may be productive OF handsome
xegeHuas ~
i.pIonel Hahn made no direct reply but raising his
eyebrows he SMILED grlEniy In q monleut he added:
q Personally have no objection To the running Of
sll-night trains on the Sixth Avenue Line. and at
times have thought Of recommending it to the