New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-09-28
THE BRIDGE CARS STOPPED.
,Srp,ps OF yExArIoUs ACCIDENTS.

ASERIES OF vEXATlOUS ACCilENio'
r,urp TO woRK-GuY-RoPEsp PARTING
,uspAp TO SWITCHING DUMMY.
The Bridge cars began to run ut a. M yesterday,
and as Colonel Paine was on ,ne mao as ,hs nnm
W., WI ~ neopIe who wished to use the railway was
obviously increasing. he gave INSTRUCTIONS Una, tne
; Srouaht into use all of the cars viii sh were IN
the depot at the Brooklyn end of the Bridge. wo
Of had ep' TeU ns TO 10 Good condition
Tbsv quickly proved that they were not
for shortly after 8, O'clock "a ro "TRIP
fsn ne 70 the sdng It was switched of and another
took its place: this behaved In % similar mannsr
When these had been tnkered up while long ME
al ncople " sjted and murmured and asked questions
ofofcials which the latter were 100 wise TO answer
tley were started without any mishap. ms
was on the Brooklyn side. On the New
York side there was little irritating game OF
waiting caused by q breakdown or anoiner klhd
The connection between the brakes ana the grip ls
made nv Quy-ropes of wire. One OF these parted as
The car was leaving the siding. and II had 10 put
hack in distress until the break had been aoJusteo
This occasioned some waitins. some ,iri nad
shortly after O'clock came the CHEF catasiropneo
the day car came up 10 the New l3rk Suing,
discharged its passengers and was coupled to the
i;dtjs dnmmy of the auxiliary switch. This IS a
intent contriyance. manufactured by william
Wharton, Jr g. Co., of Philadelphia. Among
other oeylces there Is an Arrangement by winch
the necessity of man to open sthe points Is OBJ
waited This is done by tongue with sprlng
The patent has been IN use Ior d more Snap
but hitherto IL has been upon the ground,
with well-ballssted sleepers. On the biidge
IN the NewYorK depot the rails are set on tlmoers
which rest on a concrete pavement. There are con-
seouently muct jarling and vibration. wncn nave
loosened the bot and pms that faSten tne rails,
frogs etc. This was so evident that dispatch mad
been sent three days ago to the Philadelphia COM
pauy asking for some one to come ana recu1y the
matter. The foreman of that company, James
Ouinn, with his operatives, was az
work on the apparatus but the
tongue with spring was overlooked. 1t was how
ever so loose that il failed TO act when the dummy
nass.d over it. and did not open the point. but
allowed the car to 20 Gathering Oft the rails. I'M
uediately traffic on the Bridge railway was sus-
nended aud was resumed for the rest OF the day.
Colonel Pane was met by a TRIBUNE reporter
Re said that these accidents were most vexatIous,
and would increase the puoiie Impotence ana
"nothinp has occurred which ought TO
shake the. faith. of reasonable me, men IN. in
grin. for example. The shells or sheaves If
properly constructed would last eight days but
some of them have been so badly made that they
"Rnt said the reporter, could you not get some
thing more durable than wood-rubber, for.exam-
plein o,.d at 10 . o0astiou Of grin
out, then the cable will suffer- aud It
is far more important that the cable
should be ali right then that the sheaves or shells
of the grips should be durable. Then take the
heated journals If the trustees will shave heavy
car weighing ten tons. and the people Will pile INTO
The car as they did last evening until there were
hundred in one car, and nearly as many IN Others,
there must he heating. do not think the bearings
are too slight Tor the heavy cable. think the heat
comes from the weight of the car and the people I'D
IL. But mechanics know well enough that this
heating is temporary thing that Will pass away
lint If is hard to get the people to unders and tins.
Aud they condemn the whole system because in
launching il there thousand little things that
come ND and have to be overcome"
lis not the grip complicated greatly that there
is constant liability OF arrangement p
In is complicated" answered Colonel Paine,
and rorch of the complication would be removed
IL the grip were arranged little dummy ahead
OF the car as in san Francisco. But l am not per-
mi ted 10 do that"
Colonel Paine added that the cars would. to the
best of his belief again next morning, but he
intended to return to the five minute interval