The evening world., 1894-09-13
CAN PASSENGERS SUE
A Reader Says the Law Provides
Against 0vercrowding.
Those Who Pay Fare Entitled to
Enjoy a Seat with Comfort.
Citizen Train and Others Make Sug-
gestions for Relief.

One Of the readers OF THE Evening
World" believes that passengers on the
street-car lines Of this city who are put
to discomfort and annoyance by the
overcrowdiug of the cars have legal
redress.
His argument is that II a person once
pays his fare and takec q seat In car
the duty OF the conductor OF that car is
to see that he is not interfered with In
the enjoyment of that seat.
Referring particularly to the Third
avenue open cable cars he asks what
| comfort a passenger who has secured
seat can have when the conductor al
lows others to crowd in between the
seats and stand up where there Is evil
IDENTIFY no more than enough room for
one person to sit.
This is an outrage" he says, which
Is daily practised upon passengers on
the Third avenue line, as every one
who is obliged to patronlze 1t knows.
1T is not of any advantage to get
seat, because you are crowded into a
corner and trampled upon by those who
| are allowed to come aboard before you
have occupied your seat for Ave blocks.
Now. l contend that every passenger
who is thus deprived of the right TO
| which he Is entitled when he has PAID
the Company in the District Courts of
| the city to recover the amount OF the
fare which he has paid, and for which
the Company has given him no equiva-
1.-THE recovery Of FIVE cents would not
be the object. but It would compel the
Company to, pay about $50 costs tor
| each case that went against II, ana
| II my idea OF the law is correct the cor
poration would lose every time.
AT any rate, ] give the the, suggestion so,0a
of your readers versed in the law to
give their views. Surprising hundred
cases of that sort were brought and De.
cided against the Company 1t e snd N t
should see no more packed cars.
| Here is a letter from some readers OF
THE Evening World" who say they are
travelling statesmen, and have often WIS.,
tied the cities to which they refer:
To the Editor:
We desire to indorss the letter ofone oiyour cor
respondents, which appeared in Tuesday evening 8
edition. relative to the running OF traiers on the
cable roads OF this city, as the best means OF
easing the crush on the Broadway and Third
! other Western cities two and three trailers are
| attached to a single cable car. But the railroad
strong substantial cables, while rotten. spiiced
cables are the feature on the roads OF this city:
|
ready TO show their patrons a little OF that
respect shown to the patrons OF cars In the above
named cities las to accommodation Of seats) and
put in strong. substantial cables they can at
/ least one trailer with every cable car run
at present. Just as easy as not We write this
corporations. with many thanks for having taken
up 'n'' nA''e'' EDWARD T' +. zEINHAuER,
PHIL THOMSON. jr.
Citizen George Francis Train. who has
a peculiar interest In. all that concerns
ton. comes to the assistance OF THE
Evening World in Its present fight, with
the following:
PersonalD - Madison Square
Cable hnd Horse Cars Double Room with
Seats on t9P Gaeis no sna cont So
missioners, was Photo'd with me on top of FRS!
Car on Blrkenhead Line with Press Club. opened
AUS. SO! Let Broadway cable give Luxury te
GEORGE FRANCIS TRAIN
An East Side Kicker.
| In Tuesdays Evening World you ask citizens
to make a vigorous kick against the railroad COM
kick possible against the following: In place Of
putting In a new cable when the old one is worn
| out the Third Avenue Railroad Company is spite.
| Consequently we have the breakdowns which have
occurred on this road about once every other day
! uptown cable from Sixty-hfth street to One Hun
dred and Twenty street broke down. The
extra cable supposed to be ready for in such
emergencies was put into running order and lasted
about fifteen minutes, when It also broke down.
and I. with many other passengers, had to get
out and walk to my destination 20 to the
expense Of another hye-cent fare on the Elevated.
After the cars had been standing about an hour
teams were brought out to keep them moving.
as the law requires. They were still being moved
at ~ o'clock midnight by horses. But to cap the
climax, the Company claims the breakdowns are
caused by tho extra weight Of the tralers It has
been running. OF course, passengers had to suf-
fer for this by being packed up like a lot OF
hogs. as no traiers were run yesterday and prob
/ ably will not be run again. In Chicago two and
| three trslers are attached to each cable car, so
the extra weight OF trailers cannot have anything
| TO do with 1t, as they don't have as many break
| downs there running cars In trains as they do
here running them singy. Are TO put up
without the traiers on account OF rotten cables!
ONE WHO HAS BEEN THERE.
Don't Stop the Trnilers.
To the Editor:
The double cars. or trailers on the Third avenue
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