New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-08-09
RATES TO COMFY ISLAND.
A DEMAND THAT THEY BE CHEAFEf'
,,xropr,oNArr PRICES OF THE ELEVATED
RoADs-A ROUND TRIP TO BE
MADE FOR 10 CENTS.

rxToRrroNArE PRICES OF THE ELEVATED
RoAps-A ROUND TRIP TO BE
MADE FOR 10 CENTS.
The al-rail connection between the bridse ana
Conev Island over the Brooklyn Elevated ana Long
Island (Culver) roads has opened the eyes OF the
neople TO a startling Inconsistency in the companies
fare schedule Public sentiment IS rap'u's nah'ns
AGAINST the extortonate fare IS cents. now charged
for the round trip That the companies Interested can
this rate longer than the present season ~
doubted and 1t Is altogether possioe '"a' '"e'
will see the fitness OF reducing II tms SEASON ~"
object lesson Is being held up before BrooHiyhtes
In the respective fares charged by the nroohy"
ElsvatedI Long Island Railroad combination ana the
rou,,v onened Nassau Electric Railroad me
,ora 20 Conev Island by the IL. as has already
been stated IS cents. while the nassau roau CIT
rIes a passenger from Broadway Terry 10 lamar
ale on the Jamaica Bay. or to Th'rty-hn'"-s'' III
South Brooklyn both ways for 10 cents Inc Cahar-
sic haul is as long and as difhcuit as 'hal Vi '"e
Rrooklyn Elevated road. The brooklyn E.eNa'eu
road charges five cents from the Bridge to Thirty
sxth-st more than half the way to Coney i-iann
and for the other half. and the one most dii"cui'
the charge is IS cents The sole justincatoh lot 'he
difference In the charges made by the TWO INES IL
that ona is a steam road and the other trolley.
The Culver road. from Thrty-sxth-st' 10 oohey
Leland &. more cheapiy built and maintained than
Tho prook,vn Elevated road to Thirty sixth-st and
vet II receives three times as much for dong the
same work.
An orsc,al Of the Brooklyn Elevated road. whose
attention was called to the subject said ihere Is
no good reason for the present state OF aHars' W.
s,nplv collect that much because we can Our
road could not carry passengers 10 Cohey isa"'
even ~ Il owned line reaching that point as
cheaply as the troeys can do it, The trolley roads
produce their power at one DIE ceh'ra' point anu
a,str,bute II through the wires at a minimum OF
waste. Every steam road train has to make It's
own power at a comparatively large expense we
can't compete with the trolleys
.Why not equip the elevated roads with the troll
Law and give the travelling public part Of the ben
eft derived from the saving" the official was
asked.
well" said he. ITS coming to that inside OF
three years all the elevated roads VIII nave eec-
trical equipment or be out OF the transportation
business
cacre,arv cocbeu of the Nassau Electric Rail-
road COMPANY was seen at his office in Montague
st Yesterday The steam roads are greatly over
charging the public" said he "Of course. they are
under greater expense than are the trolley roads,
but that does not Justify the great difference or ex-
plain away the Inconsistencies
Are you making any money On your broadway
and Canarsie liner" he was asked
1--WE are indeed" said Mr.. Cocheu when we
opened the road counted on moderate tranic
but the cars have been crowded nearly all the time
and on Saturdays and sundays we can ma, naau ~
ride lust for the relaxation and change Of scene
The fve-cent fare allows poor man and several
children TO ride to the beach without great ex-
pense. He could not go to Coney Island because he
could not AFFORD IL. Ten cents to man who only
earns 81 q a day is considerable money. IT repre-
sents nearly an hours toll and It is enough 10 Pay pa,
weeks from now we shall have line open TO Man
haitian Beach over which any one may ride from
Broadway for five cents. OF course. We do not e1-
pect to carry many poor people TO Manhattan, as
they do not care for It. Next summer our line to
the shoe pinch. People will not pay IS cents for
the round trip when they can ride almost as quickly
for TO- do not any solution Of the rate prob
lem but the trolley The steam roads will not
lower their rates TIL they compelled to-"