New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-12-06
RITTER TENTILATiON DEMiNDED'

,rprrc coNvEYANCTS IN BKoohLfN "o'' "N
,ypIns or now not TO DO 1T.
...o,, action OF the Brooklyn Health Com
-. - ,rnrcssing on the owners OF feryboa's
1 ,,r,ace and elevated cars the importance ..
ioa,l,ness in order TO prevent the FpIc"n "
,uherculosIs has met with general approval 49,
4, IN. interest OF deccncy alone the n''"'"
,,inh he recommended are worthy OF "'"'H
amopaa,ion II is pity that something 'ahno,
30 dane TO insure good ventilation III oa'S an
80 a,so The trouble seems to be that many
noonIe are MORALLY afraid OF fresh air. espec'aiy
!, ,bev can feel II coming directly upo" '"' "
weather that IL at all cool. Ana III ihos' p .Dm
oonvevances the means OF ventilation are 'o''''
,radeouate Some provision Is made for the esoaio
a, foul air by means OF yentilatofs III car 'oo"
49,, =, ia. ton of ferryboat cabins. nut 'hefe u
noro for tho entrance OF fresh air except 'hro"sn
doors that chance 10 be opened OF aV'
down draughts from the ventiiators An" '"',' 49,
car conductors, either on their own resPo"'''
or acting on orders, prone TO Keep the ven
,uo,ors closed: and days when the "ea'"'' %
moderate and the heat inside is too great thcy VIII
close the doors with religious care lest the lrcs"
air that IL desired should by chance get III 'aSeS
have been known In which the cohhuc'oiS u"
elevated trains kept every venta'or "s"',
closed and when requested to open them declared
that "the orders were not 10 40 ~ "'' '
circumstances. .,
Tbe lack OF ventilation In elevated cars In Brook
,vn is painfully apparent In the evening houis
when only two-car trains arc run on the hhes VI
both companies One or the cars ~ reserve" 'o'
smokers and all non-smokers are iorc'n '"'o '"o
other The doors thus opened only al one
end OF each car. and there Is no opportunity ior
fresh air to blow through, as Is the case "heh 'ne
doors Mt both ends opened at the stations
One entering elevated car NJ tho bfl"se "a.
pIgb, 10 almost certain TO find 1t allcd with foul
air which has been breathed over and over again
ON account OF this stufy and bad condition some
regular travellers are known :" have abandonc"
the elevated roads altogether and TO use the
trolley cars instead. While the ventilation "i
thsse "a not perfect II Is "a rule better man
that of the elevated cars.
If cool air could be made to enter Inc cars
.bove neonIe's heads so that no draught would be
felt and the ycniators were Kept In goot worNinS
order the problem would approach solution but II
scems out OF the question TO lay down any RUE
NJ general application II must be confessed mat
many people are utterly negectfnl o. th' 'hp"I
TANGO Of fresh air even In their own houses, anu
hence II is impossible 10 please the multitude VINO
seems to be an exception to the common practice
OF maory rule since II noarly all the people ~ :,
for instance Wish The rs, m and OBJ
ects the latter is likely TO have MS way , Tr ii m
doesn't he Is sure to raise ROY" ana make H''"-
self generally disagreeable ,
In the matter OF heating cars 100 me con-,
paries often fall short Of what ooFni The Rsookvy
City Company have been run on really cold days lays
this fall With hreess stoves. and even when nres
end OF the line that on the return trip from Bridge
or ferry there Is scarcely more than an apology
cars with a patent car heater which is not under
the control Of the trainmen at ALL and frequently
on the Kings County elevated road. where steam
from the engine supplies heat the quanuty ~ ho'
and on mdss.. days the cars are greatly over
| heated.