The evening world., 1894-06-09
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THE Law
IGNORED.
ri" Road Should Give a
Continuous Passage Across
the Harlem.
BUTT DOESN'T AND WILL NOT
That Is, if the Directors and Col
Hahn Are Allowed to Have
Their Way.
CITIZENS MAY TAKE ACTION.
Many Interested People Ready to
Go Before the Grand Jury and
Demand Their Rights.
CITIZENS MAY TAKE ACTION.

II IN charged that the Manhattan Ele.
waited Railway Company 10 openly violat.
ing the provisions OF the Five-Cent-Fare
law, passed by the last Legislature, and
has been doing so ever since the law
went into effect
The law provides specifically, so that
'at cannot well be misconstrued. that
messengers riding on the east-side lines
between the Battery and the further
terminus Of the Suburban Rapid Transit
Railway in the Annexed District are en-
titled to a Continuous passage without
change of cars" for a five-cent fare.
On the contrary. however, the Man
haitian Company has not even pretended
to AFFORD passengers the continuous ride
without changing cars. and. moreover.
the hungry corporation, through its rep
resentative, has declared emphatically
that the provision referred to will not
be regarded II 1t can be avoided.
The law distinctly reads:
"Section /. Any passenger Upon the
Manhattan Elevated Railway who has
paid the fare required for passage from
any point on said railway east of Broa
way, between the Battery and One
Hundred and T~wenty-ninth street, not
exceeding five cents, shall be entitled to
. continuous passage, without change OF
cars, on the Suburban Rapid Transit
Railway or any railway owned or OPP
grated by the Manhattan Railway Com
Sonnection with said Manhattan Ele.
waited Railway from One Hundred and
Twenty-ninth street. or other termlni Of
b lines Of said Manhattan Elevated Rail-
way south Of the Harlem River, to any
station of the route of said Suburban
Rapid Transit Railroad. or such other
Elevated railroad as may be operated
north Of the Harlem River, without the
payment Of additional fare; and any
passenger on the Suburban Rapid-Tran-
cit Railroad. or any Elevated railway
owned or operated by the Manhattan
Railway. Company In connection with
n Manhattan. Elevated RAILROAD. with
IN the city OF New York. running south
ninth street, or other termini OF the
Manhattan Railroad, who has paid the
rare REQUIRED on said Suburban Rapid
Transit Railroad to One Hundred and
Ywenty-ninth street. In the city of New
York, not exceeding five cents, shall be
entitled to q continuous passage. with
9ut change OF cars. over the Manhattan
route east Of Broadway. between One
Hundred and Tw%enty-ninth street and
ne hattery, without the payment of
aSk 5ihii tdht erect
Immediately"
The above law was signed by Gov.
Flower May q. 1894, and became a law
from that day. "
The upper terminus Of the Third avenue
and the lower end OF the Suburban
road almost meet at Third avenue and
One Hundred and Twenty-ninth street.
~ That 10, there are only a few feet OF
space dividing the two lines. Instead
OF building In a switch at the point
and continuing trains up and down
over both roads, passengers are com
PEELED to change cars at One Hundred
~ Twenty-ninth street and crowd
ton. ''e ''"-
Frequently. those who are compelled
90 get downtown to business at n GER
tain hour are delayed twenty minutes
or more by the great crush, the inevita-
pie result of the congested passenger
trafiic at this point.
All this could be avoided II the Com.
pany fulfilled the letter Of the la "
out unless some stringent measures are
utilized to compel the corporation r.
obey. the statute the same nuisance viii
continue to exist. W."
When a reporter of '"The Eyeninr
World asked Col. Hahn, General Man.
sger OF the Manhattan Company, what
had been o in the way OF construct,
ing the missing link between the tw,
why" said he. I'VE have not antici
pated anything of the sort. and NOR,