New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-08-05
FITE-CENT FARES WANTED
THE BROOKLYN CITY RAILROAD CUM
PANY NOT ALARMED.
REASONS WHY IT DOESN'T REDUCE THE FARE oN
ITS NEw-UTRECHT LINEs-ITs FRAN
CHIsE OBTAINED FROM THE
TOWN PRIOR TO AN
TOWN PRIOR TO AN
NEXATION.

NEXATION.
Tho officials OF the Brooklyn Heights fa'io'u,
which ia the lessee Of the Brooklyn CITY ha'.'
system are not much alarmed on account
suit which has been brought against 'iie ,a
TO recover penalty for charging 100 "'s "a
OF fare on its lines which run to Fort hai'' , -,
Rensonhurst Since the town OF New-Oue."
80 = nart NJ Rrooklvn as 1t did on July l. there
has been not a little complaint on the part Vi P'f
living in that region because there mas oeem ~
reduction in fare tho surface I''eS'
thought that soon as they were '"n'" .ho
city thcv would come under the proV's'" "
cornpanv's charter requiring 1t to charse o'',
cen,s within the city limits. But the company '
taken another view. and it's conductors nav ~
,inua1 IA collect an extra cents from edc" pas
senrer after passing the old city line some peop'e
have refused TO pay. and have been pun o'' 80, 49,,
in consequence. Others have sruHpIeu 'o'
finally paid under protest. Al length II mas '
cded 70 test the matter in court ana OBTAIN an az"
thoritative decision as TO the company ''e'''
the peopie's rights respectively
W., s,oten 10 in reference 10 the matter an
officer of the company said yesterday: 1T S''"p',
q question Of what our charter provinces an" wa"
the company afford. Under our cha'V'' "" O."
required carry passengers WITHIN 'ne cay ''
for a single fare Of 5 cents. IT stands 10 reason
that that means the city limits they stood al the
time the charter was granted II cannot possibly
be taken 10 mean the city limits as theF "S'' y.
Indefinitely extended in the future We oo'a''',,
from the town of New-rtrecht the rGh' To pu''
our roads Fort Hamilton and 1n To- hud
certain roads and carry passengers over rsctoi
bv the annexation of the town to the city IL
am not mistaken. there is something III lI' ~ '
fion of the state forbidding the IMPAIRMENT on .O
tracts. and am inclined to believe 'ha' " Will Apply
to this very matter 49,, ,,r,,,ors of
Another thing: Jus; as soon as the directors 81
the company their way clear to Gharsins o',y
cents for a ride all the way to Fort Hamilton, me
VII h,aNg u nav or not That mas always been
our policy. 1t eXemplihed III the CaSe ~ go
oT 2 cents was charged for every passenger gong
farther than the city line. But we In no' WIZ '
reduction When there were people enough III "
village and thought II would pay 70 ,e"" we GI
SO without waiting for legislation or courts %
anything The people ought to ,re ro,nniaincd Of
have orders to collect the extra cents IN every
case and if passengers refuse to pay, uT MIN,
inst AS we'll order us to carry passengers an me
way for nothing as 70 compel Us e tse I prc,t sure
that they will never DO either We are lu.s yea
in what was Newt rech, uhdFt h,, rontrsct
viii be enforced. not set aside by the courts aha,
"Rut II is underst TODD" said the inteTNleM'l 'i'
=, RrooLjvn Elevated Railroad has practically de-
cided not to extend It's South BROOKLYN me 70
Hamilton because since the annexation or New,
i'trecht TO Brooklyn it would be able to charge no
more than cents for the enII. tnroad orc,al
.1f we we're building those roads now We should
of course have 10 them under me teh.IHI pr
visions of our charter and so would nave 70 al
passengers all the way for a single iare Ihat y,
,he case with the elevated railroad. II its roau ha
heen built under contract with the town ana was IN
affected in the least by the altered status OF tle
town And az our franchise from the Town anu.
dates annexation We feel perfectly SUR OF GU,
tights and are not disturbed by the threatened
e,i,s II * A nuisance defend them ana lneh
800 ,s ,be question OF expense which attends them
hmt that is all on the whole. Il is my opinion ma
the people OF the annexed district are Ee'ms raso3
why they should kick But there are som" P''P'"
who are chronic kCkers.'