New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-02-08
DANGERS OF THE ELEVATED hoApe.

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cho"se U Or This resolution Will DO o"ereu
| at the next Ineetins'
DANGERS OF THE ELEVATED koADe'
TUE v,rRcr STRUGGLE AT TIE CITY HALL STATION
| REASONS TO FEAR An ACCIDENT
q T,,is wav. this wayw "Who yer pnshin
(Which is the train up p stand our VI 'I Idv =,
thcrop What do yon mean ny 99 at me on board,
sL LOo SoS 1"' Such are OF the exSamstions
that make the City Hall Station OF t 5eo
hours at night. About . o'clock q steady pioces.-
sion Of men, women. and children begins 10 sp,asn
through the lilnid filth below tbs station anu TO
creep slowly mp the particularly unciean stars In
| fhe narrow cIamped space of tile station cach
ticket buyer is hustled from his place almost before
| he has time to secure ms change. The crowds on
! tie bleak exposed platform surge forward 10 the
very edge as the train cones in, those behind push
| ing the others on. . ,1. er A.
occurrence Of terrible accident. IL seems certain
that some day Two or three persons VIII be pusnsu
under the Wheels. The unfortunate persons on lne
| incoming train are compelled literally to tight Their
| way ont In the rush that follows delicate women
are pushed about and thrown against t'' s''ito 0i
the gates The mob is absolutely under no control.
| The railway employees act on the principles that
| would guide them III loading cattle cars the only
idea being TO get a. many persons INTO the trah IN
as sGort n time - possible. All the seats arc nshaiN
| filled before tho train leaves the station. Tho
| throngs which wait at Chatham square. Canal,
Grand, aud lousiOnsts rush INTO the tram 10 hli'l
| only standiug-rOom. Even ms becomes ucnchmi
| but still the conductors auI: passengers. HE AR
| in tho cars becomes toni and un 10 brcal he. Pas-
srngers who are standlng among MhP pm, are
| and tOpple over on their wretchcd nelghh0rS Ill
| the absence of anv means of support; Inc great
weight Of the overloaded train Is SAID 10 INT Iense
the danger OIL failure to act on the part oil me
| brakes Trans are sometimes started before pas
| scngcrs have lett the platforms and men often
| cling TO the gates after the train IS IN n0tloh.
| Sometimes they are dragged Il few feet. Whie the
tranmcn in no way responsible Tor Tins on the
Sixth Avenue line the conductors constantly allow
1 ia txIt ba nj
The diScomorts and porlls OF rapid transit rs at
| present conducted prevent many persons IRON
| uslmg the elevated roads. and have excited lnich
| criticism. a merchant who has travelled daily on
the Third Avenue line, said recently
| "Thc actual dangt encountered ny passenger
| in commission houls are not fully appreciated. At
the stations where people allowed to press for,
ward to the track. there is n risk OF beng pushed
under the wheels. The thIonRs collected IN a
limited space offer rich harvest for plckpockets
| and open field for ruihans and bu!les me
| overcrowdcd trains. which are run so frequently
| in commission hours exceedingly liable to ace-
| dents Engines not untrequcntly become disabled.
| causing the train to stOp an" some day ne brakes
| will give way under the heavy strain ana one tram
will come crashing into another from the rear ca,ls-
ing an awful loss of life. The danger from c0nta-
gious diseases Is very great when so many passeh-
| GERS are carried in the same packed together
| like sheen and breathing an impure air. This
| should be called TO the attention OF the Health
Board. Ono remedy would be to make ne rate .
cents at all times; as by this clowding at the COM
| mission hours would be much lcSSened.
| "There should be a differently designed and more
spacious station at City Hall. and gates or raincs
to keep passengers away from the tracks. No more
should be admitted to the cars than can lac seated
and the platforms. should be kept clear. Men
! should re employed to control the crowds AT the
| station and prevent the dangerous hustling that
| occurs. Some attention, too, 0ugit to be paid to
the ventilation of the cars, which seem likely to
| have obtained great privilege from the people"
which they repay, especially the Third Avenue
line, by making their patrons as uncomfortable ~
| possible"
| KILLED ON THE ELEVATED TRACK.
Alonzo Rice. age fifty. an employe recently en-
killed yesterday morning. 1T the barclay Street sta
tiOn He had started to over To the east track
! approaching tram struck him while on the track
| and carried hlm the whole length Of tue platform.
| Ills body had become So firmly wtdged under the
engine when il was stopped that il was found nee
esSary to raise the locomotive by hydraulic screws
before it could he eXnicatcd. IL was mang:cd be-
vOnd recognition. The police sent tie body To TIC
Morgue.
TIE NEW-YORK JUVENILE ASYLUM.
The annual report of the New-iork Juvenile Asy-
lum, now iii course of preparation, shows the last
year to have been prosperous one Tor that nStl-
tuition. Peter Cooper and Ezra NJ. Kingsley are
Independents of the asylum, and among the direct
ors are Andrew II. Greer, John w. Quincy, William
UOwd and Oliver L. Ward. The late Apolios X
Wetmorc was the last president. 1Ie number OF
children in the asylum at the hegineng OF the year
was 77J aud the number received oI1 tho average
number Of inna's was 90 Hi tIcS; l2a
their parents. BY Il comparative table II
is sIown that of the numbtr received
2ls had both parents living l22 the father lIyng'
1913 tho mo. her living and So both parents dead.
H. 522 cases both parents were intrnp'TI'e, a"d H.
~ cases or both were intcmporatc. In the earl.
history of tho Asylum large proportion of tine
children was sent by the commitment Of police mag
lstIacs but OF la,e years, since he organization OF
similar INSTITUTIONS most o! the cldIen are V0!nn-
tarIly ndcIcd by parents CT friends. As ms -
done before the children Icoome entirely vcionr,
the work preventive as well as reiormaiory. Ac-
fLf
little sickness last year, and only two deaths &C.
Cured. Much WORK mas b.an lone in the shoe aud
tailor shops and III the prls' scwng-rOOmS.
Tho finances of the A.ylun are III good condi-
tlOn. there being no Indebtedness whatever. small
contingent fund Will remain afer til" completion OF
the now building, and IT Is not cXpecci that any
demands VIII BE- made upon the ciiN treasury beyond
the stipulated per capita allowance
THE ST. JOHNS GUILD BENEFIT
The boxes and tickets for the Martha Washington
Reception, at the Academy of Music. Tomorrow
night, are meeting with an extensive SALE ana the
success of the entertainment seems ed. a fey
boxes YET remain vacant. and can be had OF Mrs. l.
+. Meagler OF No. 80 East Twcnty-tbrd-st,
or Of the treasurer, John p Faurc.
at No. Cmveis ty-pace, the Office of 81
Johns Guild. Some Of the purchas RS OF boxes are
Mrs I. Z. James. &. ID. Jones. Mrs. Bettner, Mrs
Townshend- Mrs. G: L. Boardman Frederick But
terrified, Surrogate Calvin, j. = Bancroft, Mrs.. h. -
La Dew. Mrs. POstlev, William Nj. Lent. Mrs. Orlan-
do j. Potter, G. =. Leland Mr.. Shaw, Mrs. Ihom1s
f. Brown Mrs. e. NJ. Bomeis:er, Mrs. Eugepe Kelly,
W. X. Andrews, Mrs. DR.. Ebert Guernsey, Royal
Phelps and Joseph Naylor.
TIE EARLE GUILD RELIEF.
The Earle Guild Relief gratefully acknowledges
the receipt of the following
Amount previously &C {. H. L. trcl. ........ 81
knowlcd2cd. ........Si74 j. d. l'' sn'ns--..---.
G.. A. OsloUd. 100 NJ. GrN S"............ !
H. G. Pearl............ AZ L';uH kiapacll.
George II. JOnts..... 20 y Lazy from oIth-Nt."
Mrs. c. " ID Forrest. 10 {. A. ElliOtt....."... !
james Stokes, r..... {. Eckhurt
A laiy ....,.......... 3 a. T.. KasSOn
o. H. F.............. !, Poor-D0X, Edrlcs Hotel
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A salesman. IOlal ..........TOoJ
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