The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1894-09-15
TWO FARES OR WALK.
No Remedy for Passengers When
the Cable Breaks.
Another GIaring Evil Added 10 the
0vercrowding.
" Evening World" Readers Unite for
Better Transportation.

According to some of the readers OF
THE Evening World" the street rail-
roads of this city are imposing on their
patrons in more ways than one. Their
chief offense, of course, is that they over
crowd their cars during the rush hours,
and make every one ON board uncom-
Portable, especially those who are sitting
down.
But when they collect a fare from the
tired worker who Is on his way to his
home and then refuse to transport him
he certainly has "a crying grievance.
Here Is letter from workingman
on this subject
To the Editor.
Having read your articles about the street rail
ways OF this city, wish to tell YOU something
TO which you have not yet called attention. Il
is this when workinsman has finished MS diy b
labor and Is anxious to reach his home ne
boards cable car pays his fare. rides about
two blocks when the cable goes wrong. the car
stops aud he Is Obliged To make the rest Of his
journey foot pay another fare on some
other line. What do you think Of that? ! call 1t
highway robbery. +. N.
A Kick from NorkyiIIc.
of those who help to MI the Golfers
OF the Third Avenue Railroad Company ThIs
Company Instead Of needing The Evening
World's' advice to put On more cars has taken
on its trallers entirely 1t runs Its cars In
about the same fashion now as when horses fur
hlhlltu Tue llullFt power n bpeNlhl grievance,
and one Of which passengers have made general
complaint, II that the cars are run about Ave
and ten minutes apart during the morning rush
hours, when they ought To be run on minute
headway We, the people who reside up here.
and who are employed downtown, cannot get a
seat on the u " these cars. Please keen
up the fight Poke 1t into their heads that more
cars and relays are needed during the morning
ana evening rush hours. and not in the middle
OF the day and at night which Is the time when
the most cars are run the road. II ar,
not TO get more cars and better accommodations
what was the cable road built for. anyhow
hub IL Into them. that We are entitled to seat
for our fare and that more are necessary
TO furnish US with those seats and you viii
have the thanks Of the tired-out workingmer
ana women OF this city who are compelled to US,
them In going to aid from their employment
At present they lust stand up and hang ont,
straps from the time they board car Till they
reach their destination. YORKVIlI.E.
Would Not lie Tolerated Elsewhere
To the Editor;
The patience and long suffering disposition o
New YORK people Is proverbial, but the tint
always comes when they Will draw the line at I'm
position and assert their rights. Now that "Th
Evening World has thrown down the gauntlet
the whitest ever dropped, It is time for them l.
behalf OF the citizens OF New York. the right o
the railroads, street, elevated or otherwise, 4
treat those who supply these corporations wit
their enormous profits as cattle or much refus,
to be transported from one part OF the city Il
another. have travelled in some OF the Iarges
cities, both In Europe and In this country, am
nowhere else but In New York have | seen sucl
grossly brutal treatment OF passengers on tn
public railway lines. | do not think such abus
would be tolerated in any other city In the world
But the people have their champion In 'Th,
Evening World and they have their representa-
tNes In the Legislature Let them not forge
this, but Insist that their rights to decent &C
commodations In these public conyeyances shall
be respected. The Evening World" has set tn,
ball In motion Keep II up and the people will
surely win. d, ANTHONY GIL DE TEJADA.
A large number of correspondents
whose letters have not been published
have written to approve the suggestion
of starting relay cars down in tn,
morning and up in. the afternoon al
Sixty-fifth street and Cooper Union. re
spectively. and to urge its adoption by
the Third avenue line. At these points Il
is almost impossible to secure place
on the cars during the rush hours
Here is another view OF the situation
To the Editor
Why do not the municipal authorities take hol,
OF the natter Take the city of Glasgow, fn
instance They have city ordinance there fo
regulating the number OF passengers each cal
shall carry. notice to that effect is placed con
spicuousy on each car. such as rs outside p
inside and any policeman along the route may
stop a car that he believes to be OverCrOwded anC
compel the extra passengers TO get on He may
also arrest the conductor II the case Is yer!
fragrant one. Conductors know what TO expect 4
they ovcrcrowd their cars, and II very seldom hap
pens that the law is violated. II. A.