New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-02-22
ypATyNG THE STREET CARS.
DIVERSE VIEWS OF MANAGERS.

ppFsDENT BUTLER FINDS HIS CA'o NO''' VIZ '
WITHOUT ANY HEAT-HEATING ARRANGEMENTS
ON THE EAST SIDE.
Passengers on the East and West Side sur
,oce roads have suffered less during the winter
from the cold temperature OF the cars Many OF the
ars where heating apparatus is in operation have boon
comfortable but others have resembled the rgdty OF
nm lcc-box comparison has naturally been made ne
tween the surface OF and those OF Brook
lyu which are heated by stoves The Brooklyn ears are
comfortable rule, except when careless conductors
leave the doors OF the open. During the recent
cold suap Of the surface In this city have been
very cold and the elevated rOs have consequently re-
ceived an accession OF passengers who IN mild weather
would patrunze the surface roads The West side lines
have been especially open to criticism on the score VI
discomfort TRIBUNE reporter called on the oheials
OF three street railroad companies recently ana askeu
what they doing in the OF heating tnclr GERS
Theron R. Butler, president OF the sixth Avenue
Railroad Company said he doubted whether anything
could be done IN that respect that w0ud not DE- hu
sance Experiments being tried on dihsrent ROADS
which might result in system that could ne adopeu
with success heating the cars, but SO Iar they had All
been failures.
"Itts the opinion OF prominent physicians" contn-
nod Mr. Ruer that heated difIuses any element
Of disease there may the clothes OF passengers ana
IL "a believed that smallpox has been spread by this
ogcncy We have never tried any system OF heans on
mis- road because we have been waiting 10 see tc sue
cpGsO Of
lady say the other day that she wouldn't ride again In
car on account Of the OdOrs 1t contained II there
s any offensive smell in the heat VIII certainly
bring II out Heating car makes good Vch'l'hoh dh-
emit and with the animal heat thrown OH from crowd
OF Messengers the atmosphere must pecome anything
but agreeabe. believe tho health OF passengers Is pct
for In car that il not heated than In one Isl but as
say we should heat our II We knew Of any system
that WAS practicable do think our cars are uncOm
fortabe ride in them daily and do not ind them 30.
NV impression IA that cold air enters them except
rogh the yentatOrs aud the cars have been so recon-
sructed that no draught come up tue Dack OF the
seat as was formerly the case Weather strips have
been put I'm around The WlhuOWs' WHICH hlu III shutting
,ut cold from draughL"
Lewis Lyon president OF the Third Avenue Railroad
COMPANY said that the 17j the main limo were
heated This was the case however, with the cars
on the Lexington Avenue Line.
"Wby don't you heat the Lcxlngtonave cars rs
well as those Of III line 2" asked the reporter.
Because we desire TO give the experiment good
trial on the main line first We began heating cars the
liter part Of last winter and far the experiment has
been successful This winter has afforded splendid
test for our heating apparatus, and probably by next
season all our cara will De warmed by IT, Our system OF
using hot iron sugs does away with the necessity OF
straw on the floors Of the which gets wet with snow
that "a tramped in and becomes nuisance. We use
wooden mats Instead Pipes the length Of the cars
principal object In heating is TO keep passengers
feet warm and heir heads cool. The system Of using
stoves is Objectionable, because the warm atmosphere
OF the cars made very oppressive to one entering them
from the cold air the street Our are not as Wa1
a. fn room for instance but there IL very percepube
difference between the temperature inside ana outside
the cars. g. 1900 .. o.ta oar, ~,
the Third Avenue during the past week ana was not
aware that they heated At all $500, ,,.,
"Weli, there are ten or twelve smoking cars repIcH
Mr. Lyon THAT are not heated. Perhaps you got IN
one OF them. Then again, the heater might nor nave
been properly taken care OF through hegksnCe' OF te
conductor may have left tue door OPEN which Is con
trary to the regulations. We nave 10 eauge our me-,
ntrtty OFTEN and perhaps the cold temperature OF the
car was due TO the neglect OF new man.
there is difference OF 10 70 20 degrees ue,%e'
car II is ali people want THIS winter mas Decn eA
cepuonay severe aud It has boon correspondingy hard
IN hea: the The cost OF heatng is ake on account
OF the number OF men employed IN removing ahd putting
m the Sings coal and tho running OF me furnaces
The cars are comfortable IN ordinary weather II the doors
are kept closed and ventilaOrs on either sue kept
eaca ,rip and the heat Is distributed by " pipes
filled with salt water on both sides OF the ear
Mr. Lyon said IN conclusion, that II was dncult TO suit
everybody. gentleman told hinsOne day that he did
moi object the snOkingcdrs on the road Ont 10 the
Lyon with smile, that folks would like to have
a Reina Victoria cigar thrown IN win 2cent ride"
be reuurter asked Treasurer j. il. UndVTll, OF the
Second Avenue Road whether all the cars on that line
"They are" he replied and there are 100 cars now
running the road. We heat them by our own heater
with very satisfactory results"
~ coal fite placed under tue nlOr OF tho car The
coal put III the heater from the outside and no neon
yeniencc caused by II to passengers Us IL takes MP no
room in the car, necessarily the case with stove
The made OF east irOn ard Is half above the
floor OF tue car aud half below It. IL Is covered with
perforated shretrOn covering to protect the scat pipe
runs under the length OF the and the smOKe
OF course ut the top damper regulates the
heat"
siderable sum :"
Only about 10 cents day per car. small shovel
full OF coal answers fer each trip from Peck slip TO Har
lem which takes about hours The heaters reg
ulated at the end OF cacn trip"
DO you nnd that heated cars have any appreciable
effect your business ~
Yes, indeed, they make very material difference in
our receipts We enjoying largo increase OF bust
ness this winter last and III is the first
that we used the heaters Il IL difficult explain
this Increase any other The trouble with stoves
is not only they take room that might be occupied
by passengers but that ali their dust aud dirt inside
the car Then, the sitting next to the stove
gets roasted while the In the corner shvers. Pas
scugers feet are cold and their heads warm Instead Of
vice versa the case under our SYSTEM"
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