New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-09-26
FRIDGE TRANSPORTATION.
CONSIDERABLE TALK, BUT NO ACTION
VARIOUS SUGGESTIONS MADE TO THE TRUSTEES
So DEFINITE PLANS Presented.


So DEFINITE PLANS PRESENTED.
M, -, stric,ures of Mayor Low upon the
ranagement of the Bridge the offers OF the Br1oR-
iyn and Long Island Cable hieTsafH Tomnanv
ppnd the statement of Trustee Stranahan that me
Union Ferry Company is being ruined oy o aao
.dre had aroused great interest IN the meet
;ng Of the Bridge trustees held yeSteluay.
If was called at the Instance, OF iIus'eess
VA, IAN t TyS'cS we're present Mr.. Clarke
was moi among The number. he call asked Tor
consideration of methods OF improving inV lar,,,,
for transportation oyer the bTldge. hcpieSTpB.H
tiyes of fhc National and the Nassau CAME kall-
way Companies which are practically one
cYoSrdcd the meeting =,
ACtcr thr call for the meeting had been read. Mr..
Van Scbnck said he also wanted to haVethc subject
of reducing the tolls discussed. - -.,o..,,,. 81,
Mir Kingsley said that the call sneclhcalN re
,rtctcd the subject tn the matter OF tIahspor'nn-
,ion and nothing else could he henid. ~, nf
Holmes ST.. superintendent OF the cape SNE,1h ul
,hirogn was thcn presented lle Sald ne
wns interested in no company dcslllng
torro,dc transportation over the nl9gHi nu, Vos
ipadN TO answer any questions thnt mlph' we IulW
him lie could not tell how to increase the iach-
sites. fot hc did not know what the r,rHn, ones
Wr,r tie Thought thcic would he no dilnculiN IN
,,,snttus the ttnrk su M to du away with the Leo
,oinott,,a. aud start train every holt minute ana
,stf, NJ lenst iOn prtanns minute from each end
thr ttacAa materially tie know this could hc dHno
natn his cSp,tcnoo IN Chicago The ears would r
'timIir- Il. S6nW' counsel for the Nntonnl Gable
COMPANY, read the ohci ot his company to ton
,,tnpnsrs to Introduce m MOuklVn hN AN arcade
iuilVad from the fhldEe to- n1"n. y, nnu = a.
hush-aNe, and thence IN all pants ol the tilN Nv
surface roads. The company offered ln carry
~. 900 passengers an hum with th. present laclll-
ties of the Hudge aud n additional faculties nic
,r,,rn carrv 30 0nO an hour. The company has the
,olc night 10 Use the Chicago grip IN klngs County
aud over the bridge. The company offered To
,nrtv tho messengers over the Bridge for two cents
tach if he fare did not exceed three cents =,
..Mr shaw also asked certain 9uS,,iH,t i'o,n w., w.
ihidrc could he afforded. In substance the answers
,ct forth that the momentum Of the ti9ins 'oulI he
utilized tu cattN them whore they oould hcEWiruou
iv thrit own weight, The Cu't would Joe slight
Money could ho mndc 10y carrying ra''chnrla ~
two cents each aud 600 persona ~ huut could Dee
,nuicd Trains ot Eve ears Could ho handled oi
,ithrt end, In order to dn away WITH the men ga.
played To- ltt ur the tor, io the, gth me h,,'t"
ain would hhNo 60 hv substituted, Np 10 the wear
iup ut the cable hN the Wib thoio MhH riRUI
,nllV 40 difference hctWcou thc thictroriip bnd lac
one now IA uhc on the bridge, lac cara ,"uIu ho
nm nt ID intc ut AIN teen miles an hour
L., ,ont, cuolirb scrurcd IN the building NJ the New
Inrk terminus ~ switch three at the prcscut cars
which are fifty feet long. Mr kingsley h1d that
onl, two ears Could he switched, but MI llolm'h
taid " | beg To differ with Nou.'
"}on may dihcr With ne but nevertheless hat
A. the fact. ~ replied Mr. Kingsley
William l.. ShIun. president of the National "a
Die hallway Company, also answered PutS'ions IN
lrputd to the Bridge railway. Its cNtmudlluh "l
The system had showed INN that the facilities
were not ~ good as they should ne
Iasi wear there were G3.OOO,OOO people carried
across the East River lay the Bridge ana itiH'S'
aud the Bridge C1riiod only on'-slNth oi thcu'
With the increase of facilities great increase IN
the number of people carried ON the lHldRe W"uI
take place lie believed that under the patents of
the National Cable Company "a great increase c"uId
Mr. kingsley asked Mr.. Shinp to submit draw
mrs Of the changes 10 he made m tho structure
md the details of hi, plan of CmNing passengers.
This would bc something tangible 10 act upon, and
u proper comparison could be made Wilh inc pres
Rir ShHu said that unless the Bridge fare, was
reduced change would not hS d'sliH9i' u an in1
passenger, who offered themselves could be carried
h. the present system.
'Iristcc Yam Schaicl said ne had not come 10 lis
ten to plans 80 fmgmcutauly presented. lie want
Ell sonnet hing definite in regard TO improving the
trustee McDorald remarked that If Mr. Shinn
could tell now five cars could he switched al the
keW-Yorll end of Inc Bridge me should be asked 10
NO II. and the trustee, should wait until tins was
Mayor Low SAID 10 was crave question of pub
lie policy in REGARD to giving to any company the
night To run the Budgc railway, ana II Shoull ne
carefully con>ldClcd. 10 plans c",uG IU I,n Iiun
any COMPANY unless il had control of the railway.
Before considering that, II would be best 10 SUD
NM the whole matter 10 committee with author
ny To Iucur expense and consult engineers Il nee
Mr.. kingsley did rot approve the Mayors propo
.al and as there was nothing more presented lAc
trustees adjourned.
HOW TWO BOYS WERE KILLED on ATRACK.
Coroner Kennedy gan taking testimony Yes
tcrdly m The case of James j. Mel anil ana VIII
lam lWthcr, the boys who were Killed 10y q COZ
lection tram on the second Avenue Elevated hall-
road ou the night of August p. Dr. Ilcld. llc
physician OF the railroad, appeared l9r lnf II@u
and the boy parents We're represented by Nhpt1
X Halves. The Coroner IN his rulings leaned De
cideily toward tie railroad, The suggestions, 81
JlT. Field were taken pa nearly every CASE an" MS
objections to thc questions of Mr.. Halves We're Sus-
tanned almost without an exception. Engineer
Iavlor testified that tie headlight was simply a
flgnal and not intended TO light up the track. lie
first said that tie BOYS could have got on the
track In minute and half aud later thought nat
1bry ,nu'd have cot ont of the ia ten seconds.