New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-07-27
WHAT BECoMrS or DRTDGE TIcKETs'
BURNED ~ FURNACE AFlEH r"'''''
THROUGH THE CHoppING MACHINES
nun ,-f.,,ut-u t.erD LAST MONTH
TINE NUMBrK vsED LNsr Non

THE NUMBER USED LAST MONTH.
bushels Of Bride Ticket are burned every daN ni'
they have served their purpose o. admitting passengers
To- the railroad patforns and the promenade. and have
passed through tho cloI ping ma, hines which s''i
nj every avenue # enhance. The experiment Wa
tried for time Of selling them for chi paper D"' "o
umouut received va, only f,V cents "a diN' ~ ~
takes 800 Tickets Ia weigh pound. ana INC P'S''
luity Of lo,, by the finding OF few unpcriora'ed
ticket, in the ma, which could be used AGAIN OVER
'lahnccd the probable gain But aithouSh u'o
tickets are burned they do not finnish fnc Tor hr'"s
fine engine which drive, tn, cable small furnace
f., providcd in the engine room especially ioI On''o
the tickets and It is fired MP once day anu INC ~
cumulatlou from the day, travel is burned
Inida cmpoyc, collect the tickets IN bags from '''o
boxes ia the lover part Of the coppnI-in''h''' 'o"'
tine, = day. Tie bags OF tickets are '"'N" ="
Brld,c Office in Wa,hlugtonst.. whore the u''c''
arr. .or,cd aud colircd In each collection are
.,,,c url,,ts which are not good for passage o'''
the urlrc. Elevated railroad tickets from al W"
line, % Sew York and BroOI}n. ferry u'he'S so' ~
cro.. the Fast River the North RIVER 10y D'a'' '"
railroad tickets from various suburban P""N' ~ W.
a. theatre checks, are dropped III the boxes l" 1'o
rush hour II T., often impu> iblo for ia" men III 'e"
Of the choppers to detect tie people VIII" put III nc
wrn,c ticket, purpo>rly accidentally, A'd oohPc'
them f., return and deposit what they "houd' from
cuadc Ticket, are frequently dcPo'ltcd LOT In''o"'
,,, hut tr reverse f. not often the case, Tor llc
Ticket. cnttlng one - walk over the structure CHI
b, BOUGHT at the rate of twenty live for hvc cents
while .hc railroad tickets ten for % cents hht
sometime, when person carri' both sot' Oi ufhcS
he or ,li. VIII take one from tlc WRONG packasc.
besides ticket, the choppius boxes gather variety
Vi coins, People Ia haste after bnllhe u'"c'' WIN
ding the chln, they receive into the box for tickets
and uui the latter in their pUckct, The choppng
machine, do a, cnccual work in mutating the coins
a. the Ticket, and there i, large collection Of
cents nlchcl, three cent and tcuccnt pieces at the
Bridge Office. The, punched SO a. 70 be- ae''cd
value. and are hcpt n curo~ltieS There i
fully go worth OF thcs" coius now In possession OF
Mr. Van KcuIcn, who has charge OF JIc tickets Tor
The Bridge.
Thc ,;rIdr. ticket, are oricrc, from the bank note
tie, II H. 100000, and are Stored in the burglar proof
vaults especially Constructed Tor TIE purpose III thc
new bridge office buidlnc one hundred Thousand AZ
a time are taken up,ia.r, 10 Mr. Nan Kucrcns Office
In hand IA, run down 10 100000 or 100000
a new rcuni,itlon upon the contractors H.
made The quantity Of ticket, used last
,cugc,s ON the railroad hcrr wcrr 3O2l 6l5 ani on
the promenade 3U9.5-g a total OF 3.A2i ,O3f. The
daily average va, ltO,7Ol.
~ the people VINO rode in the cars I477 ,535 paid
three ccnt~ each buyng single Ticket at time |
and 5:,93?O bought package tickets saving half
cent on each fare. There was Hike difference upon |
the promenade, 1909 persons crossing ~ paying
they bought tickets. The ilthet business Oh the
Bridge involve, the ,rviccs ol 'dcrhlc force
If clerks. but the safeguards many that there
mo- lbs. I'm cnll.rtlur the fares ~ The millions OF
person, who monthly the structure since the |
present system has been In operation on the Bridge
he ferry companies have adopted the same. Nari-
schemes have been tried on the elevated flllipNS
10 substitute something better but most Of them have