New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-09-30
TEATING THE BRIDGE CARS
VIEWS OF A RECUMBENT TRUSTEE.
NO CARS RUN YEsrERDAy-A BRONZE TABLET
FOR THE TRUSTEES.

VIEWS OF A RECUMBENr IhUoIEE.
80 OARS RUN YEsrERpAY-A BRONZE TABLET
FOR THE TRUSTEES.
Al,boueh the continued running OF the Bridge
xa;lx,ay cars has by no means become an assured
fact vet those who propose TO use them snohid
an xiefy as to the means OF heating which the
Srusrees intend TO adopt. A reporter OF TIE
Tn'p,rNr visited the office of the trustees at the
other end of the Bridge to learn from some one IN
authority some facts on TINS suo)ecL In the
room i'm front. where the trustees meet, was
an old gentleman stretched az ,a ON sms
much comfort. To him the reporter propounded an
;nonry as to the manner in which the cars were to
he warmed during the winter.
Don't you bother" SAID the old gentleman Win
No much dignity as he could command under the
circumstances for he was greatly foreshortened' ana
had 10 close one eye to avoid the cigar smoke
don't Won bother" he repeated after vigorous
pu staring the repor er with his disengaged eye
9Ieaye that to us. "We'l fix that"
RutD said the reporter III his mlldest manner,
chow are YOU going 10 fix itf The public Is much
interested IN this matter -,
We have a variety of plans underconsid eration,"
said the recumbent trustee, turning on ms ear and
shifting in neighborng splttoon. Don't you
BOTHER We're attending TO IT," 49,
Wont you tell me the more important of these
plansY persisted the reporter. You might get
some good HINTS by publishing them"
What from the newspaper reportersp eiacu-
lated he trus ee in tones of extreme wonder as he
,ed h ,ss ear VISITOR SS do s O0
- mean through the press generally"
Oh we'll indeed" replied the trustee. sinking
back on ms car IFS all IN the hands OF Colonel
Paine and he VIII attehu 10 ltSou may w sulo' IL
being looked after"
Subsequently the reporter saw Mr. kingsley. inc
ptesden,. 10 whom all officials refer inquirers. Mr.
Kingsley stared at the reporter as he mentioned Ills
business and SAID: Il have nothing TO
tell you save that tlere are several h pans pans
oehutely upon a plan there will be no objection TO
giving IL to the press" ~
:. Butt SAID the reporter will you not indicate
briefly what those plans are The public certainly
wish to know what YOU propose dong and what Is
tn nature of tn system submitted to you
Mr. Kingsley replied with extreme de6eratlon
and emphasis: " | am not an orator. ana don
propose to talk half column for the beneht OF
every reporter who comes INTO this office. We have
aiI the information we want about heating cars"
Colonel Pane said in answer to INQUIRIES, that he
had been so overwhelmed by other matters that he
had not been able to attend to this subject
No cars were run on the Bridge yesterday. Su-
perlntendent of Tolls Van Keuren was met on The
ioot-way by TRIBUNE reporter
"Wben will the cars runY"
"Nut to-day"
s'Some other dayf
Now you've got the whole story-some other
dayp and Mr. Van Keuren smiled and passed on.
,lr Hoagland, the Supenntendent OF Transports
tion was caught with q few moments OF leisure OF
his hands. 1.-The cars will start on Monday morn
ing" he said. confidently; I'VE have been tarrlpl
the Dig cable, which had become smooth, DrigD
surface and trying some different KINDS OF wooC
iu the grip faclngs. We could not, OF course, dIs
cover the defects in the until we began to carry
loads in them. To remedy the trouble of the oead
pressing on the grip frame, we have reversed tne
hanging bolts. so that the heads are down. ana th'
projecting part does not interfere anywhere now.
A space has been chiseled aud holes bored on the
face OF the New-York tower for bronze tablet
bearing the names of the Trustees and other brlel
facts connected with the history of the Bridge