New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-12-25
AFFAIRS IN BROOKLYN.
TROLLEY CARS ON THE BRIDGE
PROPOSITION OF THE NASSAU ELECTRIC
RAILROAD COMPANY TO THE
TRUSTEES
AN OFFER TO CARRY PASSENGERS FREE OF
CHARGE AT THE RATE. IF NECESSARY OF

nv OFFER To CARRY PASSENGERS FREE OF
cu.pcr At THE RATE. IF NECESSARY. OF
10000 AN HoUR-oBJECTIoNs MADE
The Nassau Electric Railroad Company OF BROOK
lyn yesterday made a novel proposiuoh " '"N
trustees OF the New-York and Brooklyn orus.'
The company asks permission to run us cars o'
the Bridge and offers to operate the enure s!st.i
OF railways upon the Bridge. assuming the e""e
expense OF making necessary changes anu as
ing that 1t will carry passengers across 'he ID
for nothing. The company says that III iu''"n ,,
cars by electric power over the Bridge IL 0ouu
carry 1000 hour across the structure. ~ "s" ,
for a trial for a year and says that If at the emu
OF that time the experiment should prove CO. CO.,
II will restore the equipment to its former cono'-
ton If the experiment should prove success 'eh
the company would have the privilege OF ope''''"s
its line on the Bridge for fifty years 49,
For the faithful performance OF this propos'uoi'
the company agrees TO execute bona IN 'he sun,
of $4,000. Obviously. this would be great uo 0
and advantage for the Nassau Eec'ric Na'''0a'
Company as 1t would stimulate to tremendous pro
nortions the traffic Its surface lines radla''hs
from the Bridge terminal TO various parts OF BROOK
lvn The ADVANTAGE such plan would give 'he
company In prestige and volume OF trafnc wou'u' III
fact be so great that the giving or an! eN'ius'e
franchise Of the kind would be bitterly opposed "
its great rival. the Brooklyn Heishts NoNk""''
with which II is now competing for Uackase''is"''
I'm many of the finest streets in brooklyn
II is understood that the company wants 10 use
both Of the roadways and the TWO 'achs upon
which the Bridge cars now move Inc cofhpah!
cars would approach the Brooklyn terminal over
the several routes which the company contloiS'
and by an inclined plane would reach the Bridge
level running directly from the street TO the Bridge
tracks.
The managers OF the company say that the cars
could be run at a headway OF ten SECONDS over 'he
Bridge which is just thirty-hve seconds less than
oable-cars At the New-iork end. 1t is Asserted
there is room enough for several loops, on which
ears from the several tracks could be drilled
loaded and fed ont that the proposed heaa"ay
could be obtained
Tho companys plan in asking for the roadways.
II is said is TO build its track close TO one sde' SO
that vehicles the roadway could be passed sra by
the troney-cars althoush n wagon 80 ,o ILL., me
tremey broad the car would nave 10 lo!o" '"e
0ge of the officers OF the Nassau Electric Rail
road COMPANY said yesterday: I'VE shall leave to
the Bridge Trustees the fixing OF the rate OF speech.
The danger of collisions with wagons would not
be nearly so great as in the streets. and the cars
would be under better control" = .oa
to any scheme providing for the running of ,rolley,
cars over the Bridge as proposed by me NabSan
Electric Railroad Company. He said to Ire ,ba
reporter last night: You may say for me mat
utterly opposed 10 sqGn scnse safety
The alterations the company would IKE 10 max max
extending the iron frameworK ,0 od be- unwse
changes l have not read the details OF me p Iar
Dosa the company. but am opposeu W dlIs pan
70 rnn troey-cars over the Bridge and on the road
ways" -, ,.... xooa tho
nroposa in detail or given It yet the consideration
should give 1; before / answered question as 10
what | thought of the companys proposal. any
how / shall have to decline to answer that cues
ton at present, and until the matter comes Oeio'e
The opposition to the plan will undoubtedly be
strong from the elevated ana competing surface
road corlpa MES and the ferry companies also
The company's officers say that If the Bridge rus
fees want to charge a small fee Tor revenue pui-
poses they will have no objections , .
The question of using the roadWaXs seeIneo, 10
n number of persons TO whom a Tribune reporter
talked YESTERDAY 10 be fatal Objection 10 me
proposition. Several well-nformed brooklynltess
said the proposition was simply a"o''e' Vi
Tlynn's bluffs