New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-08-05
BAY RIDGE FERRY IMPROVEMENTS.
THE RAPID TRANSIT COMPANY REPLIES TO son


CHARGES on THE OTHER SIDE.
The rival ferry companies bet wecn this city and
the North Shore of Staten Island busily engaged
in periecting the service of their respective lines,
and ia bidding for the travel. The contest between
the Rapid Transit Company aud Mr.. Starln Will
drag its slow length along III the courts. One of
Mr.. Starn's representatives SAID to TRIBUNE
reporter Yesterday:
We know what is going down at whitehals-., how
many pissen they axe there, how many and what
boa they runnio e. aud hos much behind they are
tn their rips Ie erday BAY Ridge boat, the d
detewn ran frOIn the East shore SLIP Itch tn eli
out our Oh re hat the IL # lhS Sorh Shore fran sse
fraud on he ". and that 1t is the nte ION OF
under The + st shore Ferry franchise BY these means
the city lose about ~ day on the Bay Rage inc
The gross receipts be paid fr he Eos shore Ferry
franc a. ana the l4 per ne gross Iecep bid for
the North shore Ferry Ianchse Is 1t not al tha MI
stariu could Afford % high as one olse for that
franchise II the bid by others IS leHlimatei
II. Holton Wood the treasurer of the Staten
Island Railway, was asked what was the object in
running the Bay Ridge boat from the East Shore
Slip and if 1t was intended to only pay to the city
five per cent of the gross receipts on the traffic by
the boats run from that slip. lie said:
We compelled t. land the Mdcleo yn In this clip,
beause she IS cot adapted TO the her, nd AZ she must
Z k her water and gss from this per. But
al the Bay Ridge pa-s' ngels board her from
Sy on thsc passcr gers viii not be at the rate
OF Ave per cont; bu at tie rae agreed upon
Bay Hdge pier which viii AID "a. at y TO toe con
vcuionce Of passcu gc.s lection tho iail vii be
n
pggcd by whcl the pas.c gers ~ the 81, vat Ran.
rJids can land di' " from on b ard tho promenade
deck of tr boats without the fO bic 81 climbing up aud
down he STAIR. "a th have Ice n compelled 10 do here
t0tlie The Jip' on all the lines are now beng run
regularly and do not expect nat there VIII be
delaS~. tOusid rny tir suddcnnoss with which
compelled 10 lake OLD Of the ferry think must be al
I'M ted a. we have done remarkably well In perform
ing the service "a regularly a. ~ has been done.
Ext hief Engineer John Decker sand that from
ms observation Of traffic he thought that about
two-thirds of IT went by way of the Rapid Transit
Ferry.
Mr.. Starln was not In the city yesterday but a
TRIBUNE reporter one of his managers and
asked hm what there WAS III the story that some
employees on the North Shore Ferry had been dis
charged on the charge of having defrauded Mr..
Starih through the use Of counterfeit tickets. lie
said
Mr. s'srn dill not discharge any Of those men. A.
soon as they ound that an Investigation going
they left hi service OF their own accord The matter
Is been dropped Dy VI sarn and he makes charge
against alS OF the men. There netting Hhateyer in
the af II reflect apOn the ntesr OF Z. T. Buckley.
the general ticket t. and ii he hal not left OF his
accord he would pr badly b IN Mr. starins employ to-
day