New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-09-30
VILE RAILROAD SERVICE.

XlLE Ah4AAeO~AD S|A%As -
NOW THE BRIDGE AND THE BROOKLYN
ELEVATED ROADS ARE MIsMANAGED.
RAPID TRANSIT ABSOLUTELY CNhNo"N ~
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. FAR APART AND
wRrrcHEpLY SLOW STRONG IN
D1cTMENr AGAINST THE BRIDGE
rRr-sTEEs-NO WONDER THE
ELEVATED COMPANIES ARE
UNABLE TO PAY
DIVIDENDS.
x,.nny "a the New-Yorker who is not conlpe'eu
nv stress OF circumstances beyond his controi u
80. N Rrook,yn or traverse the purlieus OF 'ha'
rv IN his way 10 any pace or object OF interest
hevond its immediate confines. Such must pe INC
feeling unuttered or expressed. OF 'he "ii'''
who has had experience with the Bridge cars "'''
with the uncertain s.ow-gong ana ai,ose'iet "
satisfactory elevated railroad systems OF me C' "a
Churches BY the by. the time seems 70 nave CONC
tor h,o,ng out that designation and for rechris'e"
,ny Rrooklyn as the City OF Slow Transit.
A story was current some years ago reSdruIis d
New-York woman-presumaoy meh'oe' ~
Four Hundred-who tod her friends tha' si.e nv
.wo daughters married she had visited each OF 'heih
&C. ~ then, lived In Australia: the other IN
urooy,vn In recounting her experience TINS woman
mas IN the habit OF declaring that she fouhd !.
easier 10 go 10 Australia than 10 broohsn' "-
then she would enter on an elaborate uesoiiP.
the trials and tribuations which she ehuuieu' "9'
4, making her way TO Fulton Ferry. then IN cross
,ng the river in a crowded and hi-ventl'a'eo ie'i'
80, IN c,nslng TO a strap In a horse-cN 'nh'
h.relv seemed to creep. in taking another car sun
more crowded and even sower moVihg am tpa house
in walking three blocks and nan 10 re amstra.ia on
the other hand. there were fewer chaseE ali
no crSwdns ana she SeH would remark winding up
th e tae 81 say it is easier go 10 Ays,raia imam
to BROKEN nog ah iour lUs than the short one
IL is safe to say that this little story mas neT hex
bee been ,e pTa estate IN brokers' fe1 Of BROOKLYN
But this happened IN the Cd days R2ook,yn had
Was To- the dignity Of elevated railroads one
would naturally expect ct say i ane who had no; ven
tured into Brooklyn in and made ac,b b conn., s
Of the cB bave aken miles
Of streets on the understanding thar ,neH ran;d
do the public a real service !" Supp''e
transit.
THE Jam AT THE BRIDGE STATION.
Tho troubles OF the visitor TO Brooklyn begin the
,rooent he enters the Bridge station. during 'he
middle hours Of the day, TO be sure ne VIII io' NC
likely TO find the cars overcrowded anu ''eS ' -
fairly frequent intervals. The cars. 100 are wa"
ond in good condition. But should he happen 10
ara such crowd,ng and tanning, and pushing ana
1os,Hns as will give him new conception OF inc
possibilities Of human nature IN 'his "ii.
There are policemen on the PLATFORM os'ehS'o'' i
the purpose OF keeping the crowds IN oroer ou' 60
far az can be observed they merely add 10 the con-
fusion and delay One of their functions Is 10 c'oS
the car gates and side doors. and the moment ..e
gong sounds for starting train they proceed WIN
their work without the slightest regard FOR the ieeA
ings OF the peope with whom they Instantly o."e
themselves more or less violent contact .ie"
and women who chance to be near these guardlans
Of the peace may count themselves lucky II '"e' ee'
oo with bruised corns and broken hats together
with various punches in the back and sizes.
rhen the moment train has pulled OUT OF t"e
station there is a rush OF passengers Tor 'he 90
OF vantage for boarding the next tram 30 so,e CON-
wonder that some one Is mot train o The
the necessity OF ratings here IN oEuei " eN
eWhv nothing is done to prevent the constant over
crowdng on the Platforms and In the cars r uur s
sity of charging the facilities for CARRYING peope
on the Bridge became apparent almost as 500 ,or
al least seven years past the Bridge Trustees have
gone through motions o. oonsderng the mater
Shn has been accomplished though something
Is pTomisSed IN hg eanme 10 lead to change OF
pans
THE BRIDGE TRUSTEES OFFENCE.
To appreciate the enormty OF the trustees or
Hence 1t must be remembered that they deliberately
rejected the best solution Of the problem ever OF
cred after It had been unanimously Endorsed by
committee Of acknowledged experts in the railroad
word This was the so-ca,.ed circulating system
OF A. NJ Wellington. engineer OF high standing |
who studied the question long and carefully In |
lieu OF this the trustees adopted pan whlch IN |
the opinion Of competent experts vii be extra-dan-
perols on account Of the large amount OF switching
that will be required And even In the INTRODUCTION
Of that the trustees have displayed the same dia-
4orIness that has so long been characteristic OF
When the bill reducing the Board of Trustees was |
passed two or three years ago II was hoped that me
of the body would be acce Grated Dut
the new board made up of men who had been
In the Old one and there has been absolutely no Inn
provement. Senator Brad.ey's Bridge biI was IN
vetoed by Governor F.ower ast spring
One OF the first acts of the next Legislature ought
10 be the passage of bill completely reorganiizng
Governor Flowers Republican successor
SLOW TRAINS on THE BRIDGE.
Even when our traveller gets fairy started from
the Bridge station in NewYork. he will be aston
shed at the Sow rate az which he Is moving. Here
s perfectly straight stretch OF railroad mite
over a mile in length. with absolutely nothing TO
prevent a good degree of speed 1t is run BY cable
md OF course 1t Is only necessary TO set the machn
,ry moving little quicker TO hasten the operation
II the cab.e A speed Of fifteen or eighteen, or
wen twenty niles an hour might easily be main
minutes 10 cross the Bridge. The speed therefore Is
,ny ten miles hour, not greater than rs allowed
IN surface roads where electricity Is employed. /
;ome OF the cable roads in Chicago run faster than
hat Here Is another count in the Indictment |
gaInst the Bridge Trustees for incompetency, mis-
management and genera, worthessness
ELEVATED ROADS A TRAVESTY on RAPID
TRANSIT.
But the travellers troubles have only begun by
ne time he reaches Brooklyn. provided his destna-
ion requires him TO take one OF the Elevated roads.
here are two elevated companies in Brookyn-the
BROOKLYN and the Kings County. The latter has
MY single line. running most of the way through
Niton-st 10 the extreme eastern limit OF the city.
he Brooklyn Company has out 10 gridiron the
lty and runs four Of five lines in al. in addition To
Which the men interested in II proposing 10
uid nair If bridges across he East River |