New-York tribune., 1884-12-09
BRIDGE TOLLS. CUT DOWN.
REDUCED oNE.HALr ON THE ROADwAYs.

COMMITTEE.
An important meeting was hold by the Bridge.
trustees yesterday. Fifteen members at,enaen o & ~
and adopted the recommendation OF speeiai COM
mittes declniug to accept any Of the proposit'cns
10 take the control OF the transit iac''ires o, Wv,
Bridge out of the hands Of the trustees ircs
10 reduce tho toll charges on the roauw"ys
1sdase tho fare or the ,no ,S'l Ssnor, for o"
the committee appointed In Octohcr to consider ,no
question of increasing the facilities ol tue nniHc
and reducing the cost of transportation, ny WI as
PRODUCTION OF tue toi's; mttcc mt Messrs. Marshall
emd Van Schaick disscnted. The main points OF
the report are these
several plans for the conduc, of traffic upon the ran
80 hy o,icrs than the trustees were laid before Ms
hssc plans differed somewhat In details bnt yoni com
such propostons the matter OF increasing the iacl
tiles offered to the public by the BndSe your m %
have the officers To run an all night car at IN
tervas Of fifteen minutes. between a. ~ an! . a. 2. IN
As there seemed "a he no reason To delay III a.,
gard until another meeting vi tue boau, '"'S s"hb0'
IL now being acted upon. ,,, h ,u,,rorv
A proposition to connect the Bridge ny temporary pM
footway To the Elevated Railway station at the New
York end was also earnestly considered In view VI .nc
probable speedy decision by ins Court OF 1 nc ,c
approach on the NcwYork side. no partial com,ghehSe
~ ss tine % o%se Snas ae Unanimous +" the
opinion that until the extension of or tracks ~ n"u, ~
accordance the plans alrcany adopted by the Ts
tees the Bridge unfinished structure ia
not possible upon the Bridge rs II now eNsts 10
switch whereby train OF more thai TWO eais can n W.
wtijzc 10 make such change In the location oi ihc
switch at the NcwNork eud would neces.itate owsrnp
the In order to leave head room Tor cop" on
foot Tho footway rests directly upon the aiches
which support the Bridge anu su.h cnase %, , %
ture IT, Therefore, ont of the question 'ons.qumN ," ,
committee rcteratc their belief ina, the pun w,
lie welfare urgently demandr thc % , W. "a" "
tracks sought to he made on the New YORK side Wc'nh
mot conceal from ourselves that the fatlhes "H,nu y
~.,a are nsy opcn to criticism 10y the travelling public
n in matter OF public knowledge however na. lhc .,ns
Ices are only awaiting such action ot the courts aS sinai
enable them to remedy instantly this deficiency, ih"
question at issue hrtwc'n The nclnttmrnt q, l"u,m @
pcndns hcfoc the Court "t AGpc"s and nr1,or h
sonndcn,y hor Tor within ,, IN" rsr" !" o"r favor
snd this decision unanimously confirmed tno o'n
cra Tern We cannot doubt therefore hnt tue i""' w
well ~ public convenience IL upon our side =, A.,
Your committee gave iull attention lhcwto 10 w,
question of horse cars upon the ntldrr me pnN,n,
management, by s own wish, s about To bc superseded
by some managencn, which SHAH bc lcfmn'.n, , W ",
structure which the trustees ~ now organized nave
erected All these conditions marx the present nnn,H.
mol Wise to take steps of Importance, whose benefits
might prove To he only temporary sonu'nx >" "S S ~
these temporary conditions last hut WHOSE en'c,s wona
bc rcrmaIcnt whether for good ar ILL., Your cohi'tre
believe ta, the question q" "Grso ms cerrI c for Da ac
ton unlil the Bridge railway ~ fuhlhg i's cohPc"
In the same spirit the sgners of this report have a
preached the question OF fares upon inc Biidsc "nc
not altogetl agreed t. what ought 10 be ,he u,
mate policy OF the bidgr ty u1 IN % I'VE i ri IN tSe srhe
ing that change be made ny TINS Doa IN the W.
niles of tolls as they stand but that thls matter e
referred free embarrassment of any sort 70 the bouy
soon placed permanently IN charge OF tne bue, &
Your believe that any bill o he passed ny me
next Legislature should give full powers 10 the Dlase
management IN respect 10 ,I. % s he py Ryde rway
arc increased permit the running Of trains wlth
four ears the of fare upon the ears then might be
lowered advantagcously.
The following resolutions are submitted and recon-,
mcnded Ia the Board for adoption for the purpose OF
srT, Inv j. ADKIASCE BUSH,
W. E,vcs,ry ALFRED G. BARNES
PsoIred That this Board OF Trustees decline To accept
any Of the proposition. presented to them LOOKING 10 no
com, roi of the transit facilities or traffic upon the
Bridge that they decline to consider any other plans
Rsored That no action be taken this time with ref
crcncc placing horsecr tracks upon tc M MbiidSe
Resolred That change he made III the cxlhtlne
schedule Of tolls at the present time
The first two resolutions were adopted without
obicction When the third was offered william
MARSHALL, i'm behalf Of himself and Jenkins Van
schack of the committee. offered u resolution re-
ducing the tolls on the roadway, making tna rate
for one horse or a horse and maj three cents; one
horse and vehicle, five cents; Two horses ana vcn
Gle ten cents; each additional morse, three cents
He urged that such reduction was IN the pnni,lc
interest and necessary for the 'nIi use oi tic
General A. c. Barnes said that the Bridge had
faiicd 10 meet the cxpccaions of the pubic, bnt "
would now be uuwise and unsafe TO make any
change in the tolls. He supported the resolution oi
the majority Of thc coomitteo D. AaT,aHce h ht S,
would not be Wise TO reduce them now,
as the Bridge would undoubtedly be
,1x,v IN ,hs davs n H. Thurbsr sad that commission
hours on the Bridge had been promised wlen the
tolls were fixed; but the promise h,d not been
kent MIR Van Schaick also favored the reduction
Charles Macdonald urged that no one could make
a more satisfactory sett emcnt oi the matter thah
the present trustees. "
President Kingsley said that tho Bridge was
started on the plan of beng a toll bridge and no,
permanent charge on the two cities Hence the
tolls should be enough to make substantial rcVe-
nue. The trustees were the eve of vacatine
their POSITIONS all beng dcsirous OF retiring IhcV
were bound to turn the STRUCTURE re oyer % TO- ,in ;nc '
change should he made until that was done. lhc'i
the people could do what they wantcd. lie Ia
vorcd the report of the commttee aud said tha' no
toll structure in the world had moro rcasonablc
tolls than the Brooklyn Bridge. After prolonged
discussion vote was taken on the resolution oi
Mr. Marshall aud ii adopted by aNotc o1 . to Z,
ar follows
Ayes Marshall. Swan. witta. Howell Ciausen' Mae
Nags kingsley, stranahan. Barnes, Mayor Low, Davis
Bush Controller Grant-G
Mayor Low said that under the report the ques-
tion was not open for discussion on it, merits hut
he favored rcduciug the to L. on vehicles one hall
though he could not vote for all the changes Mr.
Mr. Marsha then offered resolution fixing the
fare in the cars at three cents for one ticket and hv9
cents for round trip Mr., Low moved
other hours the present rates br maintain lie
SAID th', there should he 40 haste III rrdac'"x ,h'
fare but commission rates, ~ on cccvated roads
phoud be- provided aud AT The samc rates. NJ
Swan opposed the reduction. Mr.. Silanahan Sd
/" communication hours Mr. Wit,c sald tha, from
4 10 y u. ~, all tho passengers were carried
who could ho carried, on iogxv day az
who offered themselves could not he carried, nni
no more trans could he run Mr NHrshnll rhd
Mir Howell said that all tho passengers who en-,
tered tho stations were carried IN tho crowded
hours
The resolution was then wordcd 80 as TO make
co,nip s,ion hours from $50 10 u. m, ana iro,n
A:30 10 -. ~, at the rate OF cents Tor single
ticket and o cents for the round trip TINS was
lost by "a vote of - To a. Ex-Mayor Howell then
moved similar reduction al all hours. HIS motion
last A.. q lac foil an VDf
Nays Kiugsey stranahan, Barnes, Swan, Wittc Low,
Davis, Bush Grant-o
Ay.s-Marshall, Howell, Clauscn Macdonald Thurber
Van ochack-6.