The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1893-08-09
THAT FRANSFBR CHANGE
Mr.. B. M. Stanley Throws
Some Light on the Sub
ject-A Uniform
Gauge.

The reason for the change in the traus-
fer system on the Jersey City and Bergen
Railway Company. which was recently
purchased by the Consolidated Traction
Company. was made apparent today in
an interview with Mr.. Bernard M. Shan
ley. The giving OF transfer tickets by
the conductors to passengers was a
source OF great conveniencc TO the pat
rons of the street car lines. The old
system OF having a man sta toned at the
corner to take charge of the passengers
and to see that they were transferred was
awkward and troublesome, and wnen the
system Of transfer by tickets was intro
duced it was hailed with delight.
.s1here must be some other plan
adopted for the transfer SYSTEM said
Mr.. Stanley to q JERSEY Cry NEWS re-
porter. We have been ~considering the
question OF making y change for some
time, and we nave decided 10 put In OPP
GRAFTON a system that will protect MS from
certain losses which We now incur. 1t is
known that there il more or less loose
ness on the part of some OF the men in
turning over to the company all the
money they collect. This looseness on
their part is made possible on account OF
The present system, aud if permitted to
90 on 1t would result in considerable
stealings. We intend TO put a stop to
this SORT OF thing IN the future.
AT Communlpaw avenue and Grand
street and at Montgomery and Bergen
avenues and at other points where pas
sengers wish TO change cars We have
stationed men whose duty i6 Is TO see tuat
the passengers are transferred. When
we can't station men advantageously
then we will adopt some trRaafer system
that will protect u.s."
THE cHANGE OF GAUGE.
In speaking about the change OF gauge
to be made in the tracks of the COM
peny's roads Mr.. Stanley said that it was
intended to get tue rods down to the
standard adopted In the East and south OF
Baltimore. except Philadelphia, Baiti-
more and Newark.
1.-The standard gauge" he said, ais four
feet eight and Que half inches. In this
city, when we took hold, we found by
some awful mis- axe, in my mind, that
some one before US had made that gage
four feet ten aud ene-hRlf inches. Tue
North Hudson, with which We connect,
is four feet eight y oEe-half inches.
aud the New llucs i've fsot Two and one-
haIf inches. We built the tracks of the
Plank road at five fuet two and oBe.half
~incnes, aud after n thorough study OF the
subject by practical railroad men and
com petenJ eugiuoaF5 we concluded TO
adopt the Standard gauge that has been
adopted by three-ivurlh s ef the railroad
men in the country for steam as we'll as
horse car lines. The advantages to be
gained are numerous.
sIu case Of a frs WI could obtain cars
from New YORK. brooklyn aud else where.
In case we need any particular part Of a
ear for making ~reDairs IL can DO much
more readily Obtained. We will paint
the cars ali in one color, SO il a car Dte lks
down GU one line We can substitute one
of the others.
Eat first we intended to change the
Jersey City gauge To conform with that
OF Newark, aid SIX miles OF track were
laid there III accordance with that plan.
But we SAW our mistake inc have now
decided IL, make our guage for all tiues
conform to what is fast becoming q uni
Eersal guage. namely four feet. eight aud
q half iuches."