The evening world., 1894-09-05
RIDING IS. TORTURE,
Evils Which Are Net With On
the Broadway Line
Passengers Squeezed Into an Al.
most Compact Mass.
Lots OF Money for Dividends, bus
None for Public Comfort.

In taking UP the cause of the travail
ling public of New York and entering
vigorous protest against the shamefuI
overcrowding of the street cars. which
Is practised by all the companies operat.
Ing surface lines in this city, 1.-THE Even
ing World' has touched popular chord.
The grievance has been one of such
long standing, and the residents of the
city who are obliged to employ this
means OF travel have become SO Injured
to the discomfort and even suffering to
which they are daily subjected, that :
they nave almost come to regard the
infection as inevitable.
There Is plenty of grumblng, as every
one knows who takes a trip up or down
one OF the Broadway cable cars during
the busy part of the day. either In the
morning or evening. The disguised pas
sengers are continually breaking out
with indignant protests against the un-
civil manner in which they are treated
by the employees Of the Company. and
they do not hesitate to speak out their
mind Freely dozen times during q
single trip.
In fact, the complaints made against
THIS Company are more frequent and bit
ter than against any other In the city.
This Is the line for the franchise Of
which old Jake Sharp spent his lifetime
IN acquiring. and for which he IL said to
have paid the Aldermen of the city
IL 600 900 in hard cash.
PROBABLY no street railroad in the
world pays such an enormous profit to
It's stockholders as the Broadway line.
Nobody but, those who receive them
but fabulous stories are told of the
money which is divided between the
owners OF the road each year.
It Is said that every car operated on
this line makes clear net profit of Sl2
for every trip which 1t makes during the
daytime or, rather, that Is the average ,
Ing from the manner in which these
cars are packed during the busy hours
OF travel this estimate cannot be far
out OF the way.
straps and window-frames and are
showed and jostled forward into such a
compact mass that 18th every lurch of
the cable they are nearly thrown of
their feet In body.
The condition of those who have Sc
cured seats is even more deplorable than
only are their feet being trampied upon
by every movement of the crowd, but
are In continual danger of being crushed
Huy by having their fe
In a mass whenever a jolt occurs.
Many ladies who patronize the line
prefer 10 Stanu TOT This reason, instead
Of risking their toilets and even their
necks by accepting a seat which may be
offered to them by some courteous pas
senger.
No matter how large may be the crowd
aboard, there Is always room for ono
more on the broadway cable cars, and
they will stop for every one who signals
to the conductor or driver from the
street. The victim will be hustled upon
NE platform and shot into the crowd and
pushed ard showed by the, conductor til!
standing room before he knows what
has struck him. Then with prodigious'
lurch the car is on it's way again.
Getting out of the car at any point on
the route is an undertaking that requires
as much nerve and strength as pene-
trating the Broadway crowd on a CEN
tennial parade. passenger who ac-i
complishes this successfully looks like.
a wreck when he finally energies, and
leaves behind him about fifty enraged la
dividuals. whose remarks leave a bluishl
tinge In the air as the car moves off.