The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-01-22
NEW WORKERS ARE SCARED.
Uncomfortable Results OF the Recent
Accidents on the Elevated Roads.

Uncom Portable Results OF the Recent
Accidents on the Elevated Roads.
NEW YORK, Jan 2l-There is one very
sperceptib Gle result u the recent accidents on
the elevated road in this city. 1t may be
seen in any cars Of the line to-day. You can
read it IN the faces Of women and hear il in
the conversation of men. 1t amounts simply
TO this, that people are scared. Not that
anybody is very badly frightened, but there
Is enough nervousness in the air 70 XIII a
half-doz n people if it We're all collected on
a wire as Franklin did the lightning. There
I Is little doubt that many people now travel
in surface cars over distance which they
would not have thought Of covering in this
way were il NOT for the startling stories IN
the local papers 1t Is by no means rare 10
hear parties of men in the cars discussing
the probable results of a fau 10 the street,
and going into narrowing details OF the re-
suits which they would look for in their own
anatOmies. Coming down town on the
Sixth avenue lire this afternoon / noticed
pale thin girl with very large ewes who
occupied a cross seat with an elderly lady.
They were evidently strangers. The girl
showed signs of nervousness whenever there
was chance for IT, She chung to the
window ledge when the car went around
corner, and seemed greatly relieved when
stop was made. One could read in her face
the results of reading sensational stories
about the dangers of the elevated ROAD. AS
the brakes were applied for the stop at
Chambers street, she started at the shock,
and just at that instant half dozen boys
in the street below set up unearthly wells.
1t was too much for the nervous passenger.
She turned toward the elderly woman.
grabbed her with a sudden, impulsive
force, and hid her face in her lap. The lady
was considerably startled, and not much
Pleased, but in a moment her notherly IN
stnct got the better of her annoyance and
she soothed the frightened girl with the ut
most gentlsness.
The incident illustrates feeling which is
becoming general The papers are full of
! stories about accidents on the road, and
nishaps that would once have been thought
too small 10 mention now occupy half
column.
General Manager F. K. Hahn does not
! feel gratified at these stories He says they
are gross exaggerations.
Look at that accident on Fiftv-third
street, he said. The papers said that it
was a narrow escape from a horrible
! casualty What were the factsl An engine
was moving out on a switch near the station.
A small bolt broke and the switch did not
operate perfectly. 81 the wheels Of the loco
motive fell down between the switch and
the main rail. An approaching train was
stopped when it came within a hundred
yards or SO OF the place, and a trackman
was sent Wit q ,neSsaG, to the eurinaer
that he sbonld discourage his engine from
tbe train and nlsb the derailad locomotive
hack to Mace aTajn He did so and That's
aIl tbara was ai1ont II Inf when the story
rop,e ont in tbe naTer, If made the 1,aonle
/ believe that the Iyatrhman was hero who
/ had barely succeeded in stopping the train
| in time to prevent an awful disaster
! continued Mr. Hahn ,,because Want n
saw what tbe ra.1IIt is Resides frjpbtanin,r
| neonle t,nnacessaril,, il d;scouracros ranifai2
! is,s who mi-ht ofherwise start n ra~id
/ transit epfar1I,,sa tell Won that New
, y-ork will ueyar hive n tirsf- class system of