New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-12-14
CHANCES HERE AND THERE.

at Is a mighty good thing that he 'IaInmen on This
road call out the Of the stations with reason
able amount OF disnctness,7 said passenger on the
Brooklyn Elevated Railroad. D." II they spoke as mos
OF those on the NcwYork roads do. passengers would
have no means OF knowing at what station the train
had stopped The Mytile-ave. branch. To me II
seems rather strange that there are not signs to
designate the stations on this branch It strikes Inc
that the company must be pretty mean, for the sizes
not expensive There may be another eXplana~
ton though Take notice, and you VIII see that there
advertising signs on these stations than were
ever on those OF the New York roads Tho argument
against signs bearing the Of The station may 10
that advertising space cannot be sacrificed. Another
dlsagreeable thing about this road Is that the ens
neers seem TO be incompetent he continued. IL
the engineers at fault the manager or supern-
tendent There doesn't TO be any established
rule as to where the train shall stopped long As
II comes up the platform and doesn't so clear be
yond This is especially noticeable during the hours
when twocar trains are run. Passengers naturally
stand in front Of the ticket Office, and tho train should
be stopped that the gates Of the cars VIII be right
there. But It has been my experience % have 10
walk thirty or forty feet way the other TO
board the cars. Time Is thus lost Again. 1t Is 4
Unknown fact that nlne-tenths Of the passengers
who go to the Bridge station cross the great structure
but instead OF trains stopping near the stairs leading
to the platform. they g. about sixty feet beyond It,
and the people have 10 walk back"
A good illustration OF the rural innocence Of some
Philadelphia people observed one rainy night
recently when a young married couple from the
Quaker City applied at tho sixteenth Precinct Police
Station for nights lodging They were foo'sore and
weary, although intelligent and wcLdrossed and they
had sad tale TO tell of the wlckcdness Of NewYork
plckpockets. Tho man from Philadelphia had heard
of these rogues before, and when he brought his
wife over to New-York for holiday, thought his
money would DO safer In her pocket But the New
York sneakthef is able to find his way into the
mysterious depths of a wOman's pocket, and tho two
innocent young creatures had been here long before
they discovered that their SO had disappeared, ana
their tickets likewise. The man was still able
to buy postal card and he at wrote TO friends
for money TO get home. and then the started out
hoping 10 find some Philadelphia people In New-YoTk
But although they walked until midnight, they
were unsuccessful. and finally last resort turned
TO the nearest police static house. There Is no
oda room, however, at the West Twcntieth-'t.
station and the sergeant duty told them that he
could do nothing bit lock them Up for the night IN
cell This was too much for the young woman, and
they about out into the storm again, when
Sergeant Hogan tock pity On them and gave them
enough money to get a room The man went away
promising to return the money soon, and declaring
that II he ever came 10 NcwYork again To would have
chain attached to his pocLetbook
There may have been a sentimental revenge IN the
declaration OF the Missouri Pacific dividend Wednes-
DAY. That the question was settled week before
the usual time is generally admitted, but tho circum-
stances have been published. At the meeting OF
the Executive Committee tho previous Wednesday
Samuel Sloan proposed that rates should be advanced
Immediately without regard 70 the possible assent Of
competing lines. At the last meeting, when the
dividend was declared Russell Sage made the motion.
&c In hat ha fCQ
not so far apart as the world might think from tho
superficial APPEARANCES.