The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1893-11-28
SERVICE IMPROVED.
Consolidated Traction Com
pany EndeaVoring to Sat-
isfy the People.
VICTORY FOR THE NEWS. ;,
More Cars on the Greenville
Line, and Run on a Two
minute Headway.
ROOM FOR FURTHER IMPROVEMENT
New Cars Expected Every Day
From This On-They Will Be
Immediately Put to Use.

Immediately .Put TO Use.
On Friday evening last THE JERSEY
CITY NEWS presented to the Consolidated
Traction Company an array of cold hard
facts as t5 the kiud of service the com
pany was supplying TO long suffering
public aching for rapid transit. These
facts collated from four separate sources,
and tallying exactly. showed that there
was an insufficient number of cars run
ming. and the headway or interval
between each car on the GreeEville or
Grand street line, was not as the company
promised ir should be, namely . nve
minutes Roadway. When Vice-President
Young's attention was directed TO the
article in Fridays paper, he could not
explain the irre sularity of the service.
He had given orders. he said. for a a We
minutes headway. and even less ii t he
traffic demanded ir. as to the insuffici ency
of cars. plenty had been ordered, but they
had not been deli vered. Mr.. Young pro-
n.ised that he would see thas the cars
should be dispatched Rcco riding to his
promise. and Notwithstanding the paucity
of cars. the service would be improved as
far as possible. Again q NEWS reporter
look his stand in the depot. near the
Pennsylv ania ferry last night to see how
far Mr.. oung's orders had been carried
out.
When the repo rter entered the shed he
loiiced superintendent Sayrs personslly
directing the despatch of the cars.
"Oh," said Q TO the NEWS man, you
sre hers altar rs agai M Well, you will
see that there is very little to complain
Of. Remember that we have only one
track TO run every car ont of the shed.
Court House, Green vile. Pacific avenue
and Montgomery street cars run cut on
the same track, and this some what
botners as: but only for dsT or two
when there will be q separate line out for
each car"
THE TRUE STATE OF FFAIRs
As the reporters watch marked 5:45 p.
NJ, the time from which ne was iu>
structed TO keep an hours record Of cars
going out, he began his table with the
Superintendent at his elbow keeping
labs on him. From that time Until 6:45
this is an accurate list of cars running
out to Greenvills and Pacific avenues
with the state of the car, as to the pas
sengers aboard:-
6.45-Greenvills, crowded car.
s 547-Pacific avenue. light.
5.59-Gresnville, moderately filed.
5 "a Greeuville, light.
5.5416-Pacific avenue, light.
b.5o-Greenviie. 8. crowded.
8. 5.5S13-Pacific avenue, crowded.
6.Ol-Pacific avenue, light.
6.02-Greenviile, light.
6.05-Greenville, crowded,
6 608-Greenviile. crowded.
6.l1-Grsenvilie. crowded
6lS-Greenve, light.
g. 61813-Pacific avenue, crowded.
6.2l-Greenville. moderately filed.
6.s5-Pacifc avenue, crowded.
[. 30 Greenvile, crowded.
63-Pacific avenue. crowded.
6 40-Greenvile, crowded.
@ 42--Greenville. crowded.
6.45--Greenville, crowded.
This table shows that during sixty min.
utes at least thirteen cars left for Green
Vile and the rem Under for Pacific ave-
nue.; or twenty cars running along
Grand street to the Hill at an average
headway Of one every three minutes. To
GreeuyilIe the headway between the cars
figured accurately, amounts to q little
less than TO ur and half minutes. It is
true that from half past six TO a quarter
before seven there was y delay of ten
minutes before car was despatched.
and again q few minutes before that
time there was 8 nine minutes delay. but
this was due TO wagon which broke
down on the Grand street track near to
Pacific avenue aad four cars were
blocked there for nearly to a minutes
AN IMPROVEMENT.
The most captious mast admit that
this is q great Improvement on Thursday
nights experience. Certainly Mr..
Young has redeemed his promise for
I've minu1e headWay, and goes even as
TAR as two AMI three minute headway
as the table individually proves. Su far no
good, but still there is the fact prominent
That the msjority OF cars leaving ths
sheds are crowded aud the question,
LAM 81, "a Il.
Ing uptown for cars TO take them homer
Is still unanswered.
Superintendent Sayre replied to the
question that when all the cars ordered
are received the puslic will have no
room for kicking. Five large "a feet
ears arrived today from philadelphia and
four yesterday and he expects they will
arrive In blocks OF i've every day until
the entire amount is delivered Tna
Superintendent further states that IL the
Pennsylvania ferryboats would run
more regularly the car SOL vice in the
city would be BETTER An irregular ar
rival OF ferryboAts tendsto load up the
cars in he depot aud put ths starters
and others at their wits ends to know
what to do with the living stream which
hours At Intervals into the shed.
Then the passengers themselves are to
blame, he says, for overloaded cars. They
WON'T wait until another car comes
rlonp. even Il it was directly behind;
but crowd in on the principle That Where
tiere's room for one there's room Tor
two
NOW look at that" he cried, pointing
to a crowd OF mea-aye. and women, 500
-strug sling to get on board OF Mont
gomery street, while behind them WAS an
empty car going in The same direction,
Ii was ali true. the people fought their
way; the nlen cussed and the women
looked daggers aud unutterable things
1t the horrid men for erowding thsm
and crushing their PACKAGES, while above
the melee rang the starters voics;-
There's plenty Of room iu the rear car"
'sDo they mind hini?s asked Superlu-
tendent Snyre, wIfhA i,Fosa gYin. \ OF z
= b bftT OF It. and there'lI be plenty of
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