New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-02-01
General Ward contested the payment of the counter
and before the General Term of the Supreme Court.
RESULT OF COMBUSTION nOURS.

increased gains to the company is question that
has been recently agtated in Wall Street.
In search Of definite information this and other
points of public interest connected with the elc'
waited roads, tribune reporter called yesterday
upon of the officers of the Manhattan Elevated
Railroad Company. The treasurer, John Edmunds
Body. said:
"The actual gain by the extension of the commits
sion hours is estimated at 1854 daily 1t is difficult
to obtain the exact iignres, however. as all allow
must be made for the natural increase OF one
year over another. To secure accurate result 1t
is not enough to compare the month since Decem-
Der 20-the beginning of the eX!ensiOn-wlth the
same time year ago. but the thirty-one days pre-
cedm0 December 30 must be compared with the
corresponding time last year. Now the DAYS from
December 30. 1850. to January TO- 1881, show
great increase iii the business, but this is partly
attributable not only to the natural increase, but
also 10 the casualties of the weather, which have
given us many more passengers. A year ago the
weather for this time unusually Hue and mlld,
but this wear the storms, the bad condition OF the
streets and the bockades have driven people into
the cars and made large receipts. If the commission
honrs were heightened in the morning. however, to
10 or IL. | think our receipts would be dimln-
shed. The travel has been unusually large of late.
On Saturday we carried 253,77 passengers. and the
receipts were $17,GlO"
fhe following figures were furnished by Mr..
Body
The receipts from November 10, 1880, to Deem
Der 10, 1880 were 1921, 49, and the receipts from
December 20, 1880, 10 January 10. 1881, were
$4I2. 900. making for the slXty-two days SSGSS17.
III, recelnts from November 49, 1879, to Decem-
be- 10. 1879 were 1898, 007, and the receipts from
December 20. 1879 to January 10, 1880 were
1914. 925, making total of 1857, 1872. which. de-
r
sos. SS5. For the rhIrty-one DAYS from November
49, 1850, to December 49, 1850, the excess over
the thlrly-One days from November 10, 1879. to De-
cember 10. 1879, Vas $:il ,Sl2. Tie excess of The
receipts from Ircembrr 20. 1880, to January -,
1851, the 'eIpts from December 20, 1870, TO
JiIuIry 10. 1850, was $Gs,Ul2. ne Increase.
3 SIP, FOR the months preceding the extension of
The commission hours IL considered the natural IN
crease and being deducted from S6s.0l3, tho IN
crease for the month OF the extended hCulS, leaves
$36 POI. winch Is considered as the increase over
the same time st year due Ia the extension OF the
hours and to the accidents OF the weather.
The daily rate was obtained by another estimate.
The actual increase IN siXtytwO DAYS being 800, $50
II would De Sl,6ll for one or SiH.oil Tor thIty-
one DAYS. Drducting this from Sis. 0t:i--the in
crease f0r III" hrst month Of the commission houTs-
leaves SIS,lO2, winch gives IA daily lnctcLse ol
1854 due To me combustion hours.
Docs the increased travel caused by tho exten-
son of the commission hours mean increase III
running expenses r Mr. Body asked.
Not materially. OF course there are more trains
which are well filled and run htile faster. bat tho
increase running expenses i hardly prIccp be-"
&" Is the second Avenue line running at Il loss at
present 7"
No; there has been an increase in the gains on
tins read hearty COlncldent with the extension of
the commission hours. il In impossible 10 give the
exact figures of the receipts the different lines,
hut say that the receipts OF the second Avenue
line about half Of those of the sixth Avenue.
aud the receipts OF the Nnih Avenue are about one
quarter of tie lhrd Avenue. OF course the | iuTd
Avenue docs the most business. The Metropolitan
and the Ncw-Iork are nearly equal - I, CARDS re-
crips, not varying $500 daily"
n Ia
interference tins winter which viii cut down the
rates tn > cents y
There will probably bo some bill Of the kind
brought up AT Albany. as Is done every yea. lut
they nave no night To touch This is a contract
between the company aud the STATE. The state
cannot repudIat" ltN contracts and 30 long an The
conditions al the contract a:e obs ryrd there no
ground Tor utcrtcrcncc; and interference would hc
unconstitutional. When was the old Atlantic
aud Pacitc ship canal route the state OF California
passed law taxing our tickets. 1t was finally
taken np INTO the supreme oourl aud DECLARED
we'd have passed lSw taxing each
ticket from the State 500, and thus
prevented people from gong away. Now III onr
case an act winch would be virtually "A tax levied
upon III by cutting down our iarcs would be cou-
tested and the supreme Court coud hardly fail. IN
my OPINION, although am no Lawyer. 10 give de-
cisoI, in our favor Now according IT, "ur ,ract
we could charge II ceuts on the West and | /
on tie East SIDE; but We don do 1t, although We
have the right.
"WheneNer we can see our way cloar and consider
that it will be for the public interest ~ we'll ~ for
pi
Although it would cripple ~ somewhat. IT would not
be pcrllnu4 10 our interests # the fares cut
down now; but the state Government has II" right
do thus
A difference Of opinion in regard to the effect of
the commission hours developed by call upon
+. X. Hun, general manager OF the Manhattan
" Has there not been large gain in the earnings
of tne roads since the extension OF the commission
huursP was asked.
There has been a gain, which is 20 he attributed |
TO the street bOckadcS and bad weather" replied
Mr.. Ham.
natural Increase IL due to the weather Z remarked
:" Where did you get your ,uresf' asked Mr. Hahn. |
quickly. lie informed that they came from tho |
treasurer.
Have the running expenses grown Iargeri" asked |
the reporter.
eyes Increased travel means Increa sed expenses.
There may be slight increase in the receipts due 10
the Enlightened hours, hut II i more than used up by
the increase in the expenSc'."
Ii was evident that to Nh Hahn cOmniss ion hours |
were IA thorn in the flesh, that their extension was
gall and bitterness aud that cheap fares were |
hIssing aud Il bV-wOrd,
The reporter asked about The City Hall and other |
over-crowdod and badly managed stations, and was
Informed That nothing could be done 10 improve
their condl tIon. Mr.. Hahn said that he believed |
one Two bills were being agitated at Albany to
cut down the rates
Wee President GALLOWAY. when asked in regard to
the connections to the North, said that it i'm
possible TO tell when the bridge over tie Harlem at
Eghih-ave. and One hundred-andflty-fli th-st.
wonld be completed. as 1t Ind been promised in
October and at intervals Of "A week ever since.
X. Fiey. president of rho Suburban Rapid |
Transit Company SAID that this bridge, which was
built hy the West Side and ionkers Railroad and
leased to the New York City aud Northern Railroad.
would he finished in two or three weeks
"Our plans are usdcr way, and surveying is going
on for our route" continued Alr F,liey The plans
for the bridge at SecOndave and One-hnndred-and
twenty mini hist. Will probably bo ready s0On."
AJIRUIT TJE ST. NICHOLAS HOTEL