The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1894-09-04
MORE CARS WANTED.
0verorowding Is an Outrage to
the Travelling Public
Not Only q Discomfort, but a Menace
ga to Health.
Greedy Corporations Show Indincr-
!" ence to Peoples Welfare.

residents OF New York are willing to
submit without complaint 10 more i'm
position and interference with what may
be regarded as their common rights by
both public and private corporations
than any other people on earth.
This Is not strictly true. II Is not the
nature of the average citizen Of this
town to stand such treatment for any
length Of time without making Kick,
and a vigorous one. too, especially when
he finds that his private comfort and
convenience are being curtailed. The
only trouble is that very often II has
happened that, grumble as much as they
may, the evil Is not remedied
The result is that they are compelled
to submit to these impoaltions because
those authorities who have 1t in their
power to remove the cause of the com
plant either through self-interest OF
indifference fail to take the necessary
measures to protect the public.
f, For years the street railroad com
panies of New York have been gather
Ing in enormous profits and filling their
Golfers at the expense of their patrons
without giving them in return the &C
ccmmodations TO which they are enti-
tied The overcrowding of the cars Oh
all the main lines in the city during
certain hours OF the day is an abuse
OF long standing.
Time and again the demand has been
made that regulations should be estab-
lishcd prohibiting the companies from
carrying more passengers upon car
than the seating capacity will allow. In
. sterd of showing some disposition TO NEE;
this demand the officials of the various
lines have not paid the slightest atten-
ton to the matter. and the situation has
actually become worse.
DIr!ng the busy hours OF the day.
when the army OF working men and
women are going to or returning from
their employment. the cars on all the
lines running up and down town are
packed TO suffocation.
go long as there Is an inch of space
left for standing room either inside the
{, car or out on the platforms. passengers
are squeezed aboard until each car is
fairly bulging with humanity and every
one aboard Is in an agony of discom-
fort.
The Introduction of cable and trolley
cnrs. having a larger seating capacity
slightest difference In respect 10 the
accommodation furnished. and even those
cars are permitted to be shamefully
= orercrowded day after day.
Now that the Summer is over. and
with II the vacation season, people are
returning to town by the thousands,
pnd the trouble will become more and
more aggravated. In fact. 1t is becom-
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: serves nattening out as II they were
oeihg compressed by some giant ny
orauhc machine that was gradually
crushing the pfeath out OF them.
Every additional passenger thus Sc
cnrcd represents the velvet upon which
: me company Is conducting It's business
IL IL matter OF common knowledge
that the prohts oil all ire street rail
ROAD companies or New YORK are enor
NOUS ana IN almost every instance
tEer SION is 80 valuable that II seldom
comes INTO the market The rat" o
THESE Prohts Is increasing every yea
WIN the rapid growth OF the city,