Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-05-25
THOUSANDS VISIT THE SUBURBS.
A Pretty Nook and Fresh Air Much Pref
cradle to the Dusty Streets and
Dark Rooms of the City.
HOWTO FIND THE PROPER LINET0TAKE.
Routes Over Which the Various Cars Run, and How to
Distinguish Them.


as strap room on one of the traction lines
reaching into the suburbs. Never was there
such crowding and iamming as that exhib-
ited on the Duquesne Company's cars,
which carried on an average of so or 100
people on each trip, and on one occasion
car had 112 people on board when it climbed
the Soho hill Other lines, too, were well
patronized, but not to such an extent as the
new road, which finds it necessary to put in
three new dyHamos to supply power ade-
Guate to the demand. They had S5 cars on
duty yesterday, and they ran full all the
time.
Probably more people found occasion to
90 to the East End yesterday than on any
one day since post chaises carried mail and
passengers between Pittsburg and Soho by
way of Oakland. From Grant street and
Sixth avenue to Grant and Fourth avenue,
there was one continued crowd of people
along the DuQuesne line, ready to be elec-
trically transported from Pittsburg's rough
streets. fianked on either side with smoke
begrimed walls, to the city's garden spot,
where, though the sun almost failed to
shine. nature smiled welcome.
How to Enjoy a Holiday.
Pittsburgers are truly people for holi-
days. The quiet Law and Order Sunday
becomes day of rest. As there are no
farmers in Pittsburg, and everybody is shut
up in Office or factory, all seem glad of
that one day of rest, when they can go into
woods and parks and take in the weeks
supply of fresh air. Schenley Park is an
inviting place, and as so far the supply of
"Keep OFF the Grass" notices has run short,
it is not necessary to always tread on gravel,
but one can have that pleasant privilege of
rambling over messy banks of grass and loll-
ing in the shades of forest trees, in true
provincial style.
The cemeteries. too, had hundreds of Wis
itors Some were visitors to the graves of
loved ones, to show that in memory they
live as young as when they died. Others
were present only from idle curiosity, to
read of the virtues of strangers dead, and,
perhaps, wish that they, too, might be dead,
and likewise virtuous. There were still
Others-and they belong to a mighty throng
who were seeking peace and quiet-young
lovers, who walked arm in arm through the
shady avenues of death and, facing the SUM-
of the dawn of their life's happiness. Sub
dued as all Joy must be in such place, there
was true pleasure on all hands, as people
thought of this one days outing
How Rival Traction Lines Fared.
sAnd for all this we are truly thankful
ouoth the devout street car magnate, who,
in his palatial residence, watched the cars
pass his door, filled to overfowing with
nickels for his purse, while the rival line
on the same general course seemed to be
running a ''tow of empties." 1t is pity
that a line cannot always be new, and con-
sequently a novelty. People climbed over
each other and fought for places on the Du-
uuesne ears, while the old standbys were
searching for passengers, and only got the
turnover from the new line. Those who did
eventually take the cable cars, or walked,
found they were away ahead of their more
fortunate neighbors who took the electric
route.
The Duquesne was badly overloaded all
dav; the time made was decidedly poor
Sometimes a half dozen cars were lined
along the Soho hill, each waiting until the
one in front would get move on. The trip
Is supposed to consume an hour and half,
but very few were made in less than two
hours The power is inadequate to pull
more than one or two cars up the hill at
one time, but more dynamos to be put in
will Surmount this difficulty. Of course the
managers could not be expected to get the
line in perfect operation in so short time,
and feel that they have done well.
Routes of the Duquesne Cars.
One great difficulty experienced in a new
line with numerous feeders is in getting on
the right car. 1t is hard to tell where you
will land if you get on a car in the lower
part Of the city without paying any atten-
tion TO its destination. The Duquesne now
has three lines in operation, and Will have
the Williamsburg line going July ]. All
cars go from the city direct to the car house
on Craig and Neville streets. The route
taken is: Starting at Wood, to Fourth ave-
nue., to Ross, to Diamond, to Forbes, to
Craig, to the car house. From this point
there are three lines now running
The Ellsworth and Highland avenue cars
are dark brown From the car house they
go TO Ellsworth avenue, to East Liberty,
across Penn avenue, to Kirkwood, to High
land, to Bryant, to Center, to Negley, to
Forbes to the city.
The Center and Negley avenue line
can be distinguished by the fact that
yellow cars only are used From the car
house this line runs on Craig to Bayard, to
Neville to Center, to Negley, to Bryant, to
Highland, to Ellsworth to Forbes to the
CITY.
The Larimer and Lincoln avenue cars are
blue. From the car house they take the
Ellsworth route to East Liberty, thence to
Frankstown avenue, to Lincoln, to Larimer,
to Station, and then via Ellsworth avenue
route return TO the city.
Large Number of Streets Reached.
The Duquesne line drains a very large
section of the city. The Williamsburg
branch will pass 96 street corners each way,
or 1872 on the round trip. The Larimer ave-
nue. division has 79 corners east-bound and
81 westward. The Center and Neglev d.
vision has so crossings each way. The Els
worth and Highland avenue division has SO
crossings going east and 81 west Each car,
in a round, passes a total of 6S3 crossings, at
which passengers may be taken on or put off. |
OF course, the cars all pass over one route |
portion of the way, but that is in the thicl1ly |
settled districts, and it requires more cars |
for the travel there.
The number of cars running in the lower |
end of the city will prove very dangerous to |
pedestrians. At some of the street cross
ings there are four lines running one way or |
another. The greatest danger probably |
will be found at Fifth avenue and Wood |
street. where the Fifth avenue line, the |
Duquesne, the Wylie avenue and an Allie
gheny horse car line pass. Yesterday the |
number of cars passing that point every |
hour averaged over 100, or car every SO /
seconds. 1t kept the policemen on duty |
busy keeping the people from under the |
wheels. AT Sixth and Smithfeld and /
Sixth and Wood an equal number of |
be as great if the travel equaled that on