The evening world., 1894-09-25
new LAW DEMANDED.
Gable Companies Should Be Com
PEELED to Run Cars Regularly.
No Accommodation Shown to Long.
Trip Passengers.
Brutal Conductor on the Broadway
Line Nearly Nobbed.

One OF 1.-THE Evening Worlds" CORE
spondents thinks that the reason why
the cable road officials both OF the
Broadway and Third avenue lines. do
not treat the public with more con-
sidcration Is because they do not realize
the fact that they are now dealing with
different class of passengers from
those who used 10 patronize their horse
cars in former times.
Now the chief patrons of these surface
lines, especially during the early morn
ing and evening hours, are through pas
scngers, long distance travellers, In fact
who may reasonably expect TO find ac-
commodations quite as desirable as
those furnished by the al" roads. At
least, this Is the inducement which the
companies held out to the public when
they secured permission to change their
motive power.
In former times these roads derived
their income largely from the short
distance passengers, who, as a general
rule, have more time to spare. and to
whom quiCkness OF transportation Is
not so much an object 1t is a fact that
neither the Broadway nor the Third
avenue line has ever done anything
datons for this new class of patrons.
! The cars seem to be run in the same
any particular system or care, the only
object being to pick up as many pas
sengers as possible during trip, no
matter at what degree Of inconvenience
or annoyance to the regular patrons of
the line
For instance, it is learned that ac-
cording to the schedule adopted by the
Third avenue line the cars are supposed
to be started from the central station
on Roadway of one minute. Every
patron of the line knows very well that
the cars are not run with any such reg
ularity. A wait of three or five minutes
between successive cars Is the regular
thing, while not infrequently a person
may stand on the corner for ten min
utes without single car passing.
Employees of the road say that this
is because the company makes only a
pretense Of starting It's cars on time, and
that, as a matter Of fact, the schedule
Is never observed. 1t Is just about the
same with the Broadway line. When a
blockade caused by break In the
such things are depiorabiy frequent, nc
cars, of course, are started out until the
trouble has been remedied.
The result Is that there may be Ions
line of stalled cars, extending sometimes
: for a mile or more on one part of the
: route, and not n car to be found run
} ming on any other part of the line. In
fact there Is so little system about tht
boards a car downtown in the evening
+, or uptown in the morning can never fee
, sure that he is going to reach his desti
nation. If anything the chances are
}, against II.
r The long-dlstance travellers thus hav,
the worst of II right along and, ae
e MES are receiving every day. they have
y not yet taken the slightest steps t
remedy the evil.
: fectiye Will be law that provides 10
regularity in running the cars, keepinl
y a sufficient number OF them in operation
u and limiting the number OF passenger
carried to the seating capacity or eacl
e car.
An incident which occurred last even
d ing on the Broadway line shows tn
: manner In which passengers are con
tinually subjected to the insolence an
n brutality of employees of the Company
# Car No AIS was packed and rs 1t wa
l. passing Twenty-sevenlh street on IT
way uptown lady wanted to get of
q but the conductor was nowhere In slgh'
81 The oYercrowded CONDITION OF tne ca
any direction, and she was carried b
~ her street.
o one of the other passengers seeln
s her plight, and as call for the con
ductor brought no response, seized tn
RI strap and gave the bell a pull TIL
l. car stopped, but the action brought ou
volley of abuse and profanity froT
the conductor, who refused at first I
let the woman off, but insisted that tn
!. car should go ahead till he saw fit
70 Nobody has right to pull that be
lie but me" he said, savagely.
y His conduct was so outrageous tina
Is the indignant passengers were on tn
n point of mobbing him when he veal,
'e ened.
"a This Is only sample of the trea,
.. ment which passengers on the Broadwa
line have to endure every day. Ladie
Nd and children are hustled in and out c
the cars in the toughest possible mar
ner at all hours of the day, and ar
treated, as a rule, like so many cattle.
Don't Want TO He Crushed.
-, | To the Editor
VI II must be apparent to every reader of " 7,
e. Evening World by this time that cars al
IN relay ststions are absolute necessity on Il
r. Third Avenue cable road II the public Is to
in given any sort OF accommodation. Those who hA,
to 90 far uptown to their homes lose about hitct
or twenty minutes every evening In waiting to g
a car, and when they do manage TO get aboai
they the risk OF having their clothes torn fro
their backs or OF being half crushed to dealt
Keep up the fight until those railroad oficials a
compelled to DO something for our comfort.
m ONE HUNDRED AND SIXTEENTH STREET