The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1884-12-29

the remaining two on the east. Tho Nintl
and Sixth Avenue lines arc Joined a
Nity.third street, and arc continued slngl!
to the northern terminus at One HUNDRED
and Eity.fifth street and Eighth Avenue
Both the Third Avenue and the Secont
Avenue lines terminate at the south banl
Of tho IIarlem River.
In general appearance tho various line,
resemble each other. The railway Is sup
ported on iron columns standing forty fee
npart. In some parts Of the system the
up and down tracks arc connected by
girders; In other parts they arc entirely
separated excepting here and there. A,
frequent intervals Is u station, generally
speaking OF pretty design, and having be-
sides the office, comfortable waiting rooms
q newspaper stand, and, In SONIC eases, d
book.stall and store Of cigars, etc.
A HINT TO SMOKERS. MI.
Lighted cigars, pipes and cigarettes aro
professedly not permitted on tho compa.
ny's premises, but their business M to.
bacconists, including the usual provision
for lighting n "wecd," prevents the severe
enforcement OF this rule when gentlemen
arc departing from tho station. Non.
smokers are not accommodated with pro.
lection against what they have the right
TO consider a nuisance.
TANNING TIE AIRS FULL.
During tho busiest hours filling and dc.
parting trains with people is . disgrace.
full scene.
Pushing into them with an absolute dis.
regard for tho comfort und rights Of men
and ONE who have not the strength or
tho inclination to force their way into tho
cars, Is m expression Of brutality and
sellshness which is amazing. Passengers
leaving the train have, in many cases, TO
forcc-porhaps fight would not bo too
strong a word-their way out. Well.
dressed men actasa mob in their cndeavor
to get n seat. Tho scene is m instructive
commentary on the amiable qualities OF
New York men.
AMIADLR TYPES OF MRs.
Perhaps, ain ;thi, Connection" as tho
phrase is, that specimen Of tho said kind,
who persists in occupying his seat in a
side-wise position after he reaches the cur,
to the infinite discomfort OF his neighbor;
the hawker and splitter, the inevitable to.
bacco .chewcr, the man who trims his
nails in this public place, and the wretch
who carries peanuts aboard and eats them
on the train, deservetoshare the notoriety
him who carries the stump OF an i'll.
smelling cigar there and OF him who fills a
seat which manly ~gallantry would cheer
fully offer a female, and has the nudacity
when he reaches his destination, to make
choice Of who shall occupy the place he
has had, after his presence shall DO q thing
Of the past.
This last isan over -dressednnd couceited
Before rising to leave the train
he beckons to the girl whom his majesty
to succeed him, and who probably
is next the nearest female waiting for n va
seat. When she has secured 1t, he
receives her Acknowledgements for giving
up what he. can no longer hold himself,
and departs with the self.complacency OF
fool blind 10 the intense selGshness and
insulting impertinence OF his conduct.
AL these and more come trooping to
memory OF tho frequent rider on the
New York elevator" His philosophy is
apt to evidence astrong dish Of cyhicisn
after q time.
Not that he is blind to the gentleman
like Qualities exhibited by some Of his
ellow-passengers. When, however, the
comes in the necessity OF unselish-
ness and selfdenial on the part of those
who claim the honored name OF gentle
man, the majority OF such fail disgrace
FULLY 10 stand it. Instead OF this they are
rs shams in fine broadcloth.
whose gentility is Of the fair.wcather tyne.
merely external, having no principle OF
kindness 10 others as its foundation.
OF TIE DEVELOPMENT OF THE
ROADS.
Tho mention Of few interesting facts
concerning them will end this talk about
New York elevated railways, in a use
[ul manner.
The first half mile was opened, March
90 1865. On April 20, ISL, the locomo.
lives were first used. These were dummy
engines weighing about five tons, and the
train consisted OF one of these draw.
ing three old street cars placed on railway
The first road, that known as the Ninth
was reconstructed in 1870 and
1850, 10 give it strength equal to that OF
new STRUCTURES. IL
On October l, 1877. the line from Rec.
tor street to Central Park was begun.
This, tho Sixth Avenue line, was opened
June 6, 1878. An extension was begun
the next fall, and the first train over The
extended line to One Hundred and Fifty.
9Th street and Eighth Avenue, was run
on December l, 1870. Tho highest point
in the entire system is on this line at One
Hundred and Tenth street, namely fifty.
eight feet. From seventeen feet to that
figure is the range Of elevation which the
roads present.
The Third avenue road was started ut
South Ferryin the fall of 1877, and the
first train run as far rs Forty-sccond street
on July |, 1878. In the fall OF the same
year the line was opened to Harlem
A branch from this line and, ut
tile same time, Of the Second avenue line,
to City Hall, and trains leave both
this terminus and that at South Ferry,
Not before February, 1870, was the last
and most substantial OF the roads begun,
starts at Chatham square, and the Sec
ond avenue line was completed to Harlem
in the fall Of 1850.
Tho foundation OF each column . SUM-
the structure is made of ma
sonry consisting Of flag stones and
hard burnt bricks laid in hydraulic
mortar. 1t varies in depth, Accord
ing 10 the nature of the soil. from,