New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-09-16
TRANSFERS AND TROLLElS
LONG RIDES FOR LITTLE MONEY.

"a, a., old proyerb to which everybody has yield
- cd acouescence in all ages that when
,.r .,ooks after the pennies the POUNDS VIII 'aNe
care OF themselves" Rich men stand reauy ~ az
,o,t that this is how they got rlch IL '''S p'"'f
~ doing things be applied In the case vi q i"a''
who wants to become well arquah'e" ~ 49,,
york-wi,h Greater NewY ork-iet 1t be saiu " MINI
ar - an, for the obscure streets and aiey"a!S'
A.. ,.,uss and broad places Will take care Oh 'heii'
selves" Poor people are acquainted wiz" ~
a great deal better than the weli-'o-uo S
g ,,a latter 10 come down from Harlem 70 inc
battery and TO go back again. ana inc! "'' 80.
travellers who stand ready at All u"A ~ ,'
-. r.. .rever took a wrong car In the'r lives
,, , ,hen, into the side streets ana ask the' lor
example to take a horse car tha' VIII u, '''e 'N'
Fort Lee ferry or to the 1en'h-o'' '
Rooseyelt-st ferry. and they Will at ONE ''''Ae
bolt for the nearest elevated station ~ me- .A
ouar,er or even half mile away anu ""' Wv
90 as far "a n will carry them they may be another
quarter or even half mile away from 'ne'' "'N,'
NATION AT the other end. But they VIII cover '''
distance manfuly. and even II they c"''"o' s'' "
car they will walk
s1avEs OF TIE ELEVATED ROAD HAbii'
There is no doubt that the Introduction OF 'he ere
waited railroad has tended TO make many 1
law has lifted them off the earth, so 10 speaA' anu
40, them a-th!nking in the clouds. feopie WHO I'VE
tor un,own can sleep a little longer In the morning
tban they could when the numbering horse cars were
the only means by which they couid ge' " '"e''
p,aces Of business. When they ride oVerheao NV
tbourhts turn sometimes to aerial navigauoh "n'0"
4. not unnatural: but when they hear the common
Mace cry In commonplace targon. lily nan AZ
ont" "South Ferry! All OUT these peau'iu
thoueh.s descend with dull thud' as IL were anu
they are left face to face with hurrying thouSand
who never In their lives had cream anu WIN
think that the old English tramway IS sun soo'
enough for them. ,
Now t,L,ne the system OF cable lines building ana
hull, NJ the steam lines building and to be punt Oh
the horse lines built. of the lines propelled ny o'ner
forces which have been contemplated anu Oh .he
.vs,ems Of transfers which cover large part o 'ne
network Of railroads on Manhattan Island IL sun
remains fact that the people living IN the Suburbs
IN RrookIyn In New-Jersey and In the northerh
wards for example have more compete system
of rapid transit than the long suffering lhhao''"'S
OF Gotham proper can command.
IMPERFECT TRANSFER SYSTEMS
Tho transfer system here is good as far as 1t
goes but II doesn't go far. II II were s'"e'a'
thing on all the lines all over the c'ts "o"'-
make I'D 20 some extent for the scarcity Oh cross
tour lines People do not want to pay two fares
and they ought not to be asked 20 pay two iares
An the lines are earning big dividends, and they
could earn still bigger dividends Il they wouo STUDY
20 be more accommodating to the pubhc. WHY
should not a person be able 10 take Ihi?u-aVe'
car. either going uptown or DOWNTOWN anu ie'e'.'
a transfer ticket at Houston-st or at Prince-st'
lust as he can take Broadway car goi"s ny VI
down town and receive transfer tickets at 'neSe
crossings? The Metropolitan Street Railway COM
pany which introduced the transfer system. doe"
not embrace the main lines going up and down town
nm the East and West Sides: but surely absolute
ownership or absolute consolidation under one man.
agement is not indispensable 10 an extension Oh inns
system An arrangement could easily ps Haue ior
a division of profits from this source edch INV 'id'
Is now in operation maintaining sepa'a'e anu ''0
pendent existence.
The transfer system which does actually exist
,s not so we'll managed as 1t might be- Inc writer
recently took Broadway car at the CITY nan anu
travelled north 1t warm evening. and "heh
re had reached Fifty-ninth-st. 1t was his intention
70 step off and stroll through the Park frlehd
who was with him persuaded him 10 go further on
u the cars. I'VE can get an open car saia ne 30
fng uptown. for the same fare. and we might az
we'll have the ride He assented. and the inspector
who was standing by handed over two tickets when
ne had punched 1t rather dark IN the neigh
horhood and the writer and his friend hsiled the
first car going west. 1t mad just started from the
function of Seventh-ave. and Fifty ninth-st where
II had picked up some passengers ana was DOWNING
along at a merry rate. when the TWO men ooarueu
IT, almost out OF breath. IT was some time before
,hs conductor came along and then he refused the
tickets.
THE TICKETS NOT GOOD HERE.
why" he asked.
.Tbis is a crosstown line" he said I'VE have
nothing to do with the Broadway people Ihcrc
was no help for this. Ten cents had to be handed
over But the writer consoled himself as he stepped
off with his friend at Columbus-ave and FIFTY
ninth-.t I'VE can take the next car. which viii
he the correct one" SO ne did as it turned into
Columbus ave and went north Soon the conductor
appeared. and when the two tickets were named
him ne declined to accept them.
WHY"
"I can't do IT, sir"
why"
you should have presented them at Seventh ave y
"But am only a couple of blocks away. and isn't
this the same line?
"I don't give a damn" he answered. bridling up.
"pu, sureIv" continued the other. "the compan y
canno, be defrauded by accepting these tickets
here?"
Tho conductor was nexorable and impudent and
en- he received the ten cents TWO other passengers
on the car at the same time got INTO the same
.ort Of quarrel and there was something approach
To- o., unroar among the passengers for half dozen
blocks.
Again. the Broadway people agree to transfer a
casseneer west at Houston-st. going down and east
AZ Prnce-st going up And so they do. but there
arc times when they don't and the passenger will
have TO find that out for himself An inspector Id
.t.t,,ned on the sidewalk at Houston-st and Broad.
way: but should you happen to pass that way after
COX m, there lie no inspector and you have 10
nav another fare. II you happen to pass at Prince
and broadway at 12:45 a. m. there IL no Inspector
and again you have 70 pay your ia'e III ea0h case
the inspectors go homt at the hours mentioned
W., the company announces without any modfca
ton the transfer OF passengers at these points This
4. a small thing 1t may be said. II is not a small
thing 1t is just such little tricks. or whatever one
NAV please TO call them that help to make corpora
- ,,rronu,ar and that cost them more in tbs
.,d than would a faithful compliance with theI
proclaimed promises Suppose somebody should re-
f,,se TO nav the extra Ave cents What then? Woult
he be arrested?
HE DEFIEs THE COMPANY.
Dr Denis bowling Mulcahy has been riding on thu
electric cars from Newark to Jersey City whenever
he wishes. paying only hve cents whhe other pas
..u.r. ,e.s coura 9eous submit a fine OF ten cents
for the same journey. The conductor appeals II
va,r ~ policemen to .emove him. but the policemen