New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-04-22

a schedule of rates lower in general than that
prepared by the Toll Committee. Mr.. Wltte
suggests 8 cents as the fare for riding In the
cars. and oroprses reductions for tw0-horse We
hicles. etc, while by buying number or tickets
ot ons time all of the charges will DO made
so,,.wbot lower Between the position OF the
Toll Committee and that of the advocates OF
free Bridge it is desirable that compromise
should be made. ATr. Whites scheme seems falr
in many respects; but the trustees VIII DO wen
T., consider whether even this Is not too high
Wonld not charges of cents for using the
troct;,r cars 9 cents for horse and man, D
c.nts for Measure vehicles drawn By one horse,
and 10 cents for similar vehicles with two
horses cause tie Bridge to be used more
freely than higher schedule of tollsf For
trucks and heavy wagons the compromise rates
suggested appear not too high. No special
effort should be made to secure TINS class or
traffic. Let the ferry companies keep II IL they
can. Transfers value the few minutes rest
which their horses are able to get on tho ferry
boats, and will doubtless continue to use the
ferries rather than drive long distance ont of
their way for the sake Of a journey OF over O
mile across the Bridge.
Another important question for the trustees
to consider ia when they shall surrender control
of the Bridge. The natural time for this would
seem to be the day when the structure u thrown
open for public use. Their work Will then DO
finished. The Board vr Trustees was. estab-
lished to build the Brdge-not to manage 1t
afterward If the opening takes place, as Is
now expected, on May %, considerable en-
barrassment will be saved if the trustees should
decide to adopt this course. Their terms OF
Office expire on June 2, and unless some pro-
vision is made for the future, successors to the
present iucumbents will nave TO DO named.
To preyent this the trustees should at once de-
eide to give up control of the work mt the date
named. and the Legislature should provide for
O board to control the Bridge in tho future.
Action in this direction should have been taken
months ago. The trustees knew last year as
we'll as now that the work on the Bridge womb
be practically finished before their terms came
IN an end. and they would have stood in better
lipbt before the public if they had not shown
disposition to perpetuate their power as long as
nossible. 1t is not too late to take this step
now. But Mr.. Kingsley, Mr.. Stranahan ana
Mr.. Marshall say that the Bridge will not he
finished when it is opened for public use, that
the making of the arches under the approaches
into warehouses is an important work stu re-
mining, and that the question OF future control
can well be left for the Legislature OF 1854 to
decide. There seems to he popular impress
siop that the trustees could ut no time retire
with so much credit as when tho structure is
turned over TO the authorities of the two cities
But when have the trustees named shown n
lie
matter ia left over for the next Legislature to
settle, there will be ut least one cause for salts
faction: that il cannot be dealt with ny Dody
of legislators possessed Of more greedy de-
sire to grasp patronage for the Democratic
party taan the present Legislature has dis
played.
It's certain that the management OF the Bridge
hereafter should not be vcsted in body OF
trustees so large rs that which has had charge
of the building of the structure. board OF
three citizens has been suggested. Another
proposition is to intrust the Bridge to tho con-
troll of the Mayors and Controllers OF New
York and Brooklyn. Is there any reason why
these officials who are directly iesponslOlet "a
The people should not have control ot tho WORK
It may he said that they have enough re-
sporsibility already and should not TO burdcncd
further. There is some force in this objection
II may be wiser to intrust the affairs OF the
Bridge to board Of trustees composed, say OF
three citizens and the Mayors Of the two cities.
The citizen trustees of course should not hold
Office permanently, but provision would have to
he made for their appointment by the officials OF
both cities. in the same way 40 the trustees who
make up the present board are named.