New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-01-06

find room for complaint concerning miho' VIZ
tails But on the whole they consider INC nv"
svstcm y vast improvement upon the old Inc
| ,r,l,cv lines are far more clcany-sO 1ar us '"'
strccts are concerned-thnn the h0rsecar "S'o'
wus and more expeditions The ears are i"lS''
and hotter lighted There Is less cro"ohs'
And we are spared the distressing spec'ac'e
of ilJ.uscd and Uninterrupted horses tlgslhs an"
str,ipinr If loads far too heavy for thch 'ne
,oorJc ,nnrcriatc these facts, ana snow 'he''
characterization of them by their patronage Oh 'he
| ,ro,,ev lines There are. as we have SAID. SOME
c,nnl,ints II is said that the ears are hoi"
,,.l, yorI IN got into and out Of. ana starred III"
,,onncd so suddenly as to cause much dis'oh'-
,ort IN thc passcngcrs But these are not OH!
u,;nor OWLS bur such as evidently can DC
rcmcdicd. .,,,
,,h ,,ost scro,Is complaints are these. that
an tho downtown streets especially Fulton-S''
,hc transit afforded by the trolley-cars II ho
| mara r,nid than that of the old horsccars' wh'e
,bo CROSSINGS are scenes Of utter terror 10 HIN!
nconlc. and that on the uptown Streets "n'i'
,h ,nrs rim more swiftly. accidents. SOME VIII
Ioss of life now and then occur unhoup'e"i'
,hcso conditions constitute Il great pubic sr'''
,nco In RESPECT 10 the first two. however, 'h'
ru,, docs NOT lie with the trolley system or WIFI
tho management Of IT, but with the city llseii'
,yc hovo hitherto remarked upon the ovcrcro""
ing If Fulton-si Between Fulton ferry anu
rIotbush-avc that narrow street Is traVerS'"
mast Of the way on the same rails by inc carS
Of n least ten different lines. Under such con-
ditions slow progress, much confusion ana dlii
cult crossing By pedestrians ar" inevitable. '" nat
is urgently needed is for portion of me Ha'h'
to b. diverted 10 other streets. If F'laDuslEaVc'
wore extended to the Bridge as II should Dc" or
II some Of the ear lines were transferred To LlV-
inrston and Henry or other streets. these evils
would be almost entirely rcmcdiel. ana Fulton
81. would no longer be- AS IT was described the
other day. "hideous nightmare.
As to the final and most serious complaint. me
accidents i'm uptown streets. doubtless some rad
zeal action should be- taken And doubtless II
i perfectly feasible To take some action that VIII
mako such accidents exceedingly rare. me
moiormcn on the front platforms are now gen
orally about as careful in their management ot
the ears as II Is possible for mere human beings
fo he Better screens or tenders, are probably
NODDED on the fronts Of the ears. The present
devicc ,pnoars TO be of little value. with proper
screens and the present careful management
thcre need he no loss of life. and no peril 10 HE
mr. limb except in cases where people deliberately
mr. rocklrsslv expose themselves 10 II. \ col
Iison occurred the other day between two ears,
one Of which was crossing the track OF the other
Such accidents have seldom occurred II, indeed
This was not the first and only one. and they can
be avoided altogether by The simple device. al
rcadv adopted on n least one line. or stopping
each car before II crosses the tracks of IN inter
scctiug line The speed at which ears may he
run j., of course. 10 be- regulated 10y munlcipal
ordinance A. present the Brooklyn ears do not
seem to travel al an excessive rate.
There are other evils. perhaps. which we nave
not mentioned. and there are other advantages.
too The latter are chiefly matters or "S>en'la!
principle residing in the system. while IN"
former are details which might be incidental
10 almost any system. and which should. with
out much difficulty delay bc corrected. II
would b, an insult tn engineering skill to say
this cannot be done. II WIZ be a rrproach TO the
city if II is not done speedily.