Telegram-herald., 1889-06-10
TIE CAP LINES II TIE Afg
Starting Figures About the Eex
YORK Elevated Railroad System
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- $50 ~
'Yzs. ssr. IS . golag u2 with q rush ]
tel yea TIE Elevated h1iiroat sysrsfa 81
New Yerk - only Ia is iatsacY. >-ock
that = seliia- so-eay st 1sj. "a ~ months
viii re soELA 90 &os > y5gr tiue- J.
yo2 want - lA4s fortune. bay MaE.
haitian r.
tlea the speaker. who wss mons othss
than Cyrus " Flsld. came over - where
was staa4inz, pas his naI y On lay should
sfs. looksd uie cainiy IA gks sEe. and said,
It's a Bis thiaz''
Ia common win ali tie rest Of th- world
id exactly tie reverse 0i = hAt Mr. Field
tod ms. foF I d.1u'g belle ye Ia bis pointer;
blst AAa io84s a. lie said | shOgld have
made = las.s sua Sf money. for Aan-
haitian IA tl- course Of year reached its
highest poiat. a tri-e over lT1 Bat there
wsss crash. aud Ar. Field was wiped out
snd from beiaS a money king va II a day
eaangsd u an ordinary basiness man, aud
tie price of Manhattan was ratified down
% considerably under loo. or course this
was sonstirns sgo. bu1 tAere Is to-day IN
New York ne more hrm believer Ia the
kiSyate ed Railroad system than Cyrus ".
kEeid- he believes In them not only IS
the solution ot the Rapid Transit problem,
but ss an investment as well, and no pat-
ronizes them very liDeFabiy, always riding
up aud down on his Directors pass instead
o--Aks other Wall street msguAtes an.
-Inagnstes-ln lis own private carriage
happened the other day into the ofice
OF President Galloway OF the Manhattan
Road when Mr. Field vas there lie was
exceedingly taikative, ana In few rlin-
utss convinced everybody In the room that
TIE future OF the Elevated Railroads WAS
something that no man could predict.
Over CO. J00 peO2ie nov ride daily on the
Elevated Roads Of New York. IA this big
city with its coatiaual rush aud drive,
aud tho way they have Of massing men
and women a. we'll as money into doubie
column figures. co 90 does no. seem
very large; bns II ysu Will stop TO think
for = moment you viii see that coo, coo IS
al enormous figure. IL is nearly double
a. many people "a are In the entire State
o. Rhode Island, nearly three times as
many a. In the District OF Columbia or
the stats OF Delaware; nearly Is many rs
In tho entire State OF West Virginia,
twice as many as in Florida, and three
times As many as ia Oregon The Man
haitian Elevated system has four ines
These four lines operate about seven hua-
dred and tifty ears. one-third OF them be-
Ing idle during the night and the middle
OF the day. The average number Of trains
on all the roads IS about six Thousand. or
one every minute OF the twenty-four
hours. The total number O; railroad en-
pleyes. meaning Jy tha, supelsnts ndents,
civil engineers, ticket sellers. clerks, in
spectors, locomotive engineers, firemen,
gate keepers sEld Iaborers ia over five
THOUSAND This little army OF men is
paid out . the fares of the passengers.
and the wear aud tear on rolling stock and
the cost of coal and oil will reach enor-
nous figures, but still leaves very hand
some margin for the stockholders.
One Of the main features Of the elevated
system III New York IS the safety with
which passengers are carried. The per
centsge or death by accident j. very small.
smaller indeed thsn that OF any railroad
In this country, and even below that or the
horse-car lines. President Galloway ex
plains this by the unusual vigil tnce re-
CURED Of employees and from the fact also
taat ole Of the rules OF the company, and
tae strictest too, provides that only cx-
perts and thoroughly reliable men shall
, have control OF the switches. Occasionally
you Will read in come OF the newspapers
ths particulars OF loss OF life on the eleva-
ted road, but in every instance ii has been
| found 70 be due TO the negli gence Of the
passengers One OF the rules OF the COM
| pary provides that no person shall be
allowed TO leave or get on n train after the
/ gate i closed. Occasionally some hssty
| individual with less sense than discretion
attempts 10 brow beat tho guard into
/ opening The gate after the bell has been
] r-rr-a l. l.
/ certain dismissal for the guard TO do so.
/ Not long ago in the rush Of the evening
"A man boarded Third avenue train at
1 Canal street after the gates were closed
and the engine had started. He asked the
I guard 20 open it snd let him in. The
guard refused, at the same tirne doing bis
best TO push the passenger of. The man,
/ however, clung to the gates with despera
tion aud even attempted % strike the
/ guard BY this time the train was NOV.
/ in9 along quite rapidly. When the end OF
! the platform was reached the guard made
/ another effort 20 push the man of, warn
/ ing him that 20 hold on longer Was certain
/ death The man cursed at him and held
on. In minute there was a crash and an
| awful scream. and the lifeless body Of the
unfortunate man fell with a dull thud
/ from tho train 20 the street. lie hal been
crushed 20 death ia the narrow crcvice AT
| the end OF the platform and had held ou
/ until bis body rolled over iuto the street.
I The train WAS stopped ss soon as possible,
and the zuars was arrested. and after d
I while brought before the Coroner. A
| dozen or more passengers testified that he
/ hsd d0re his duty. and that the man bad
/ lost his life through his own foolishness.
/ such accidents "a these the Directors OF
/ TIE Company 10 not attribute % the
! guards. or The elevated roads. aui they are
not counted IN the percentage of deaths.
I'VE exercise, - said President Galloway
'tbe utmost vigilance IL getting good men
+ e risu our roads aud ac- "a ticket agents
I Il - impossible where 40 many are en-
pioysd 20 always gss rs good men "a ~
desire - Aud he "a ght have added further
that the rate OF pay IS 50 small, Jess thar
e. a day. that only the most needy neU
/ who srscoulpel sd. seek work on the roads
: TIE system p Watching tbe train men. oi
I Enaris a. they are called. "a very complete
7 end s5ili many passengers complain of ths
( ovsrbearsnce fncfvilifT. and general un-
+ sen.t .teusanfy conduct ~ the zusrds. r e.
/ impossible f0- anything Ike rowd yisrn u
I continue for any lcuzth f time. and ther
tesi 3ss. New Yorkers srs proverbia IS
good nstnred srd % nos r1ipd beiaa
squeezed ard sometimes BLACK guarded
+ They sre all I'm such mad haste 20 max
+ rncueT thst th-y So Wiling 20 pocket
+ f.suit provided oniT shat th- train goes
F fast enough to isud them st sheir store lr
+ time ta seil bfu Z zcc1s
+ is was predicted whsn the elevated
roads tsssn operations that che sn-fac.
+ Iirss you'd be pushed into bankruptcy