New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-05-15
TOLLS FOR THE BRIDGE.
A SCHEDULE AGREED on.
oNE CENT FOR FOOT PAssENGERS-nIH OTHER
RATES As HERETOFORE ELrORTLD

! ONE CENT FOR FOOT PAssENGERS-IHK OIHkK
RATES As HERETOFORE ELroRTED.
The last regular meeting Of the present Brooklyn
! Bridge Trustees was held Yesterday afternoon SIX
t.e, OF the trustee, were present In the absence Of
| Vicc-prcsideut Kingsley. John Z. Agncw presided.
/ The most lmpor ant action was III reference
! to toll. upon the Bridge. Mayor Low re-
! ported for the committee that subject. He said
that the counsel OF the trustee and the Corporation
CoGuscs OF the two cities concurTcd IN the opI1ion
that the trustees must fix tolls for all kinds of pas
! sage over the bridge. The committee would there
fore report The same schedule rs before, with the
addition that the toll for loot be one cent
He then moved the adoption Of the clause providing
! for one cent toll for foot passage. Ex-Mayor
| Howell moved that fifty tickets be sold
| for % cents After some discussion this
was lost by the following vote: Aves-Marshall,
Witte, Howell. Clark Mcdonald, llunte. Van
Schaick-7 Nayes-Socum, Stranahan, Swan, Low,
Brinkerhoh Agnow, Davis. Bush, Campbell-9.
The toll was then fixed at l cent for foot passen-
| gers by large majority.
Mr. Low next moved that the fare in the cars be
cents lie thought it likely that there would be
need Of commission hours. but this could be more
Intcngently determined in few weeks than
! al present Otto Witte moved that the fare be 3
cents with ten tickets Tor - cents, ana MI l"Wtll
/
! 30 cents. saving that : CcutSa day meant good
deal 10 many persons and il would cos each person
| that much more 10 20 from Brooklyn 10 the city
iia.l by the bridge than bv the ferry. Mt Strana-
! han SAID that the wax over the bridge was. only
! 900 feet moIe than from Broadway 10 SdhdS-Sl''
Brook Vn il took the ferry. II person fodc 10
! the ferry II would cost more than 10 rdr over me
| bridge nj a fare of , cents Next year probably
| the LeIlslturc would make the bridge Tree. MI
Clarke sad that there wouio p' a IaIBri I'N'luc
! from cents fare than from . cents The cost OF
! carrying a passenger would bo about cent, ahd
| full ears would cost no more than empty ones
| Controller Campbell advocated tare "l > cents
| here would lie "a very large expense in operating
the Bridge he sad, and II was matter OF c9nJec-
ture as to how many persons persons "4 9nni Dc
fare of five cents most of the day and two cents in
commission hours would produce an average OF
three and onecnth cents, as 1t ana on me elevated
roads. After finding ont how many persons could
be carried IN the the fares could be put at the
lowest limit Mr.. lIowcllS amendment was lost by
a vote of If TO =. and Mr. Whites Dy . 10 I.
Mr Howell then moved that the fare be cents
from 10 9 a. m. and from to p, IN. inns was
LOST by the same vote . 10 ana the recommends
tIun of the committee was adopted.
The schedule of tolls for vehicles was next pre-
scented 10y Mr.. Low. who moved that the rate for a
horse. or a horse and man. he cents; MT. Howell
moved that the rate De ! cents anu t"1hy,nNo
ticket, for - cents. The amendment was lost by
vote of II 10 . and the recommendation OF the
committee was adopted. Inc committee reported
in favor of cargrof lOcent1 for one horse aud We
hlclc. which adopted after an amendment by
Mir Howell 10 have the rate cents. INVENT -iVe
tickets for - 30. had been lost by vote of II 10 .
The next item IN the report was that the toll tor
two horses and vehicle. except trucks, he 20
cents. An amendment by a. =. swan that TRUCKS
be not excepted was accepted by the committee.
The rate was then fixed AT 20 cents Tor any two
horse vehicle. For each additional horse tho rate
VIII be cents. For neat cattle the rate was
made > cents each, and for sheep and hogs cents
each.
the oroanization Of the force for the
Bridge reported that Assistant Engineer
e Martin was unanimously recommended
i,l..ftf and rrnf.t