The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1894-09-25
new LAW DEMANDED.
Gable Companies Should Be Com
PEELED to Run Cars Regularly.
Mo Accommodation Shown TO Long
Trip Passengers.
Brutal Conductor on the Broadway
Line Nearly Mobbed.

one Of THE Evening World's' corre-
spondents tanks that the reason why
the cable road officials. both Of the
Broadway and Third avenue lines. do
not treat the public with more con-
sideration Is because they do not realize
the fact that they are now dealing with
a different class of passengers from
those who used to patronize their horse
cars in former times.
Now the chief patrons of these surface
lines, especially during the early morn
ing and evening hours. are through pas
sengers, long travellers in fact,
who may reasonably expect to find ac-
commodations quite as desirable as
those furnished by the IL" roads. At
least, this is the inducement which the
companies held out to the public when
they secured permission to change their
motive power.
In former times these roads derived
their income largely from the short
distance passengers, who, as a general
rule. have more time to spare, and to
whom quickness of transportation is
not SO much an object. 1t Is fact that
neither the Broadway nor the Third
avenue line has ever done anything
/ towards providing proper accommo-
dations for this new class OF patrons.
] The cars seem to be run In the same
oil desultory, irregular way, without
any particular system or care, the only
object being to pick up as many pas
sengers as possible during trip, no
matter at what degree of Inconvenience
or annoyance to the regular patrons of
the line.
For Instance, It Is learned that ac-
cording to the schedule adopted by the
Third avenue line the cars are supposed
to be started from the central station
on Roadway of one minute. Every
patron of the line knows very well that
the cars are not run with any such reg
ularity. A wait of three or five minutes
between successive cars is the regular
thing, while not infreauently person
may stand on the corner Tor ten min
uteS without a single car passing.
Employees of the road say that this
Is because the company makes only a
pretense of starting its cars on time, and
that, as IA matter of fact, the schedule
Is never observed. 1t is Just about the
same with the Broadway line. When a
blockade caused by break in 1he
cable or defective grip occurs, and
such things are deplorably frequent, nC
cars, of course, are started out until the
trouble has been remedied.
The result is that there may be ions
line of stalled cars, extending sometimes
for "A mile or more on one part of tn,
route, and not a car to be found run
! ming on any other part of the line. lr
-
whole thing that passenger Wht
: boards car downtown in the evening
or uptown in the morning, can never fee
sure that he is going to reach his desti
nation. II anything. the chances arr
, against It,
+ The long-dlstance travellers thus hav'
the worst of 1t right along, and, de
spite the complaints which the compa
: MES are receiving every day, they hav'
, not yet taken the slightest steps t.
remedy the evil.
eff
= fective will be a law that provides TO
regularity in running the cars, keeping
y a sufficient number OF them in operauo
3 and limiting the number of passenger
carried to the seating capacity OF eac
e car.
An incident which occurred last even
q ing on the Broadway line shows tn
: manner in which passengers are con
tinually subjected to the insolence an
n brutality OF employees of the Company
I Car No. 475 was packed. and as 1t wa
: passing Twenty-seVenth street on II
way uptown a lady wanted to get OF
q but the conductor was nowhere In sigh
Il The overcrowded condition OF the ca
= made it impossible for her to move !
any direction, and she was carried b
y her street.
o one of the other passengers. seen
3 her plight, and as a call for the col
3. ductor brought no response, seized II
u strap and gave the bell a pull. In
l. car stopped, but the action brought on
a volley. of abuse and profanity froi
let the woman off. but insisted that tn
car should 20 ahead till he saw TIT
= stop. It.
lie but me-" he said, savagely.
= His conduct was so outrageous tina
s the Indignant passengers were on tn
\ point of mobbing him when he weak
Re ened.
"a This is only a sample of the treat
"a ment which passengers on the Broadwa
a line have to endure every day. Ladie
d and children are hustled in and out {
the cars in the toughest possible mar
ner at all hours of the day, and ar
treated, as rule. like so many cattle.
Don't Want TO he Crushed.
=, To the Editor:
Va II must be apparent to every reader OF " tt
@, Evening World by this time that more cars al
n relay stations are an absolute necessity on Il
r Third Avenue cable road. II the public is to
n given any sort of accommodation. Those who hay
to 80 far uptown to their homes lose about hfto,
or twenty minutes every evening in waiting to 4
u ear. and when they do manage to get aboal
they run the risk Of having their clothes torn fro
their backs, or Of being halt crushed to deaf
Keep up the fight until those railroad officials a
compelled to do something for our comfort.
If, ONE HUNDRED AND SIXTEENTH STREET.
10 VIII Not stand Ii Any Longer.
NJ 70 the Editor: