New-York tribune., 1895-08-06
BRIDGE TRAINS RUNNING.
THE CABLE STARTED UP AT $40 p. NJ.
YESTERDAY.
n,scomroPT AND INCONVENIENCE CAUSED BY DE
LAYs-TIIE NEW SYSTEM IN OPERATION on
TIE Usual. TIME scHEDpLE-woRK TO

r,ys-TItE NEW SYSTEM IN OPERATION on
TIE USUAL TIME sCHEDuLE-woRk TO
BE RUSHED TO COMPLETION.
Brooklyn Bridge trains running. and from the
terminal at this Side on usual schedule time-or.
as Superintendent Martin says 'on the ucX OF the
watch" the promenade Is open to foot passengers.
and there Is no reason why people who want to go
over the structure from side of the East River
to the other should not be happy. After TWO days
OF Inconvenience. caused by temporary arrange
ments to accommodate traffic. those who use the
Bridge found at sunset last night they could do so
without walking over granite blocks. sweitering In
excessively crowded cars performing acrobatic
feats at the New-York end. Therefore the Bridge
passenger will sigh with relief for he had exceed
ingly unpleasant experiences on Sunday ana yester-
day Barring the discontinuance OF work caused
nv rain n took from ~ O'Clock Saturday night
until s25 last evening raise the tracks at the New
York end and build pla forms by their sides. In
measure this was done without stopping the travel
across the Bridge, and as superintendent Martin
surveyed results last night ne wiped the perspra-
ton from his brow and said he was well satisfied.
He had to be. and so mad the engineers VINO
planned the details.
Tho crowds Yesterday at the New-York end OF the
Bridge where the trains unoaded or loaded
with sweltering humanity presented scenes at once
amusing and interesting This was on tne north
roadway which was open to foot passengers. Yes
terday morning early the cfo"ds that "a'ked
across from Brooklyn on the roadway were tre-
mendous II is estimated that 5000 people came
ovor as nedostrans before noon. or the 5000 who
usuaIv take the trains for this city In the morn
ing over 1000 probably used the Fulton Ferry yes
terday morning Two trains or three cars each,
drawn by engines were used on the Bridge. They
u,erc said to run at ffteen-minue intervals. but
that was a fiction with just little founda ton In
fact The service approximated that schedule.
Early in the afternoon the crowds lessencl. and
The tide Of travel began TO turn toward Brooklyn.
This meant Increased work for the officials at The
New-York end. Those who went over on the drive
wav numbered thousands The walking was not
good the suns rays beat down he-cely ard the
air was humid. yet men. women and children
trudeed across in a continuous column. Of which
ahou, tvo.thirls were When the promenade
was thrown open at 4:i5 o'clock curious thing
happened.
INSISTED on USING THE ROADWAY
Although two policemen at the New-fork en-
trance 10 the roadway talked themselves hoarse III
their efforts TO the tide OF pedestrians 10 'he
promenade the people continued to folio" each
otber:like sheep over the cobblestones and mp the
incline of the roadway. Some of them had undouD--
odv determined TO 80 to Brooklyn by train. and
changed their minds when they saw tha crowds
AZ the landings" go yards from the entrance
hut most OF them were simply unhee6ins ana
crowded along the roadway pell-men. while the
promenade.
The trains Of three ears each on the
north track Between the track and the roadway
AT the point where the trips were ended on the
New-York side Is stone wall. along the top OF
which IS a metal railing. When train arrived
from Brooklyn. crowded to the gates .he passen-
gers wen: down 10 the roadway. four feet below
on inclined pieces OF plank. fitted with cleats to
preyent sllppng These landing panSs" were
placed al an angle Of nearly forty-ive degrees
At each OF the four landing places were four ener-
getic but good-natured guards. who assisted peo-
pie down propelled them up the inclines with
astonishing CELEBRITY Those who wanted to 20 to
Brooklyn bought their tickets from men wto were
stationed on the roadway before the cars were
reached Armed with the little slips of paper the
intended passengers then gathered at the landing
places While they waited for the train from the
Brooklyn side arrive they perspired in the hot
afternoon sum- and were Iostled by the foot pas
sengers who passed by them After a train nr-
rived and was empty. there was Wild scramble
to get board. a performance Ike climbing
on top of the stone wall No one was hurt, which is
noteworthy fact When about four hundred people
were closed against the crowds on the the platforms
and the locomotives puned away Wh IN, .hs onrs
tive was unable pull across and returned for
helper. Those who were left behind were OF two
classes-those who disgusted and walked
across and those who waited for the next train
AN EXCEPTION TO THE RULE.
Among those who walked elderly man,
who stood in a shower OF cnders as train van
| ished in the distance His iron-gray whiskers trem-
blel with righteous Indignation as he ejaculated
This is an outrage But most OF the people
showed customary American good-humor. A typ-
cal case was that of corpulent Irishman. who
just before he descended from car platform
shouted to the guards:
"wld all yer faults we love yer, sun; me boys
down the plank with rush. Bonnets were crushed.
toes were troiirn on. collars were wed and bun
who Who % conM no: walked; but Every one got
somehow.
WHEN THE CABLE STARTED.
| At G15 o'clock last night when the crowds on the
| roadway were thckest. the ticket office was
| opened and people began to for the big new
| platform on the south side. up several flights OF
| steps At G25 train OF three loaded came
| down an incline from Brooklyn and carried by
| It's momentum up the rise the new trestlework
TO the north platform. where Its passengers got of.
| AT the same tire crowded train left the south
! platform for the other end of the Bridge. the cable
being used. Since then the usual schedule has been
| In effect.
| The two new platforms at the New-York end are
each 900 feet long and 20 feet wide. They will be
heightened and paved with asphalt. The altera-
tons at the NewYork terminal should be comp,et-
ed In three months. Work on the train shed will he
carried rapidly
When the regular train service resumed a
large crowd collected the ticke; Office the
south roadway. and was congregatei there for
some time Six trains OF four cars were on
three minutes headway until usual. a was
taken from each train This caused some delay.
but the service later was good.
| The new plank platforms are reached by flights
OF wooden steps extending from the old Platforms
| thus making an additional climb necessary The
| trest,ework on which the trains has little
| Vibrator notion and seems To he perfectly safe.
II VIII be replaced by the ronwork already under IT,
There was no happier man in Brooklyn last night
| than Chief Engineer Martin, OF the Bridge lie
| has not been sleeping much since Saturday night
| and the .iftle time that he did s.umber he was
disturbed by visions OF ,ong lines OF angry pedes-
trians, who. not knowing VINO else to b.ame men,
! I'VE would have had everything running trim by
u O'Clock to-day" said Mr.. Martin last night III
| We had not been driven in by the storm Sunday
| night Now that the cable service has been re-
all fh.