New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-09-08
NEW STATION NEARLY READY
c,,,Ncrs AT THE BROOKLYN TERMINUS
OF THE BRIDGE.

,,r,xc FOR THE ELEVATED ROADS TO COM
-, ,,rr THEIR CONNECTIONS WITH THE
,.,.w srR,,cTrnE-BRIDGE TRAINS
STILL. TO BE OPERATED on
THE PRESENT SYSTEM
=, A.. my, fortnight possibly within Itt.e more
,h.r week the new Bridge station !" p'ooAi'"
n,ul he nut IN use so far as the briuse '""'oau
| oc.rred II has been ready for use iol d eo'a''''
al, ,,,cc Indeed II was used temporary u'''e .'e
| recent changes at the New-fork ui','','u',
I ,.rrod with the regular operation oil trains anu
'h'e'ie'e' oro run on only one OF the tracks 1t
80 moro convenient and expeditous 10 us
We" W. ,asseneers reaching Brooklyn IN the new
station. . $50, .,n,hor NJ mas
- arr,,,ng at and departing from the Brdge
~, tho two elevated roads, it has peeh necessary :"
os,,one the time for putting the ne" s'a''on '''o
-. .aa,,or,v until both the Brooklyn ana the Nnss
county lnes had competed their cohnee.o"S WIN
t,.,1ao station. The Brooklyn road was IN
- liz. soveral weeks ago to run its trains INTO the
,hr, ord of the new station. but the other COM
oarv was behind with its work, ana mas not au''e
| orisbed II even yet 1t Is hopeu no"e'e'' '"'
/ overvthIug will be in readiness TOT tah's po'
| - tho new station by september e. ana 'nere IL
nosssiblty that the i6th-one week HUH -''''0'
| yy,il he the date agreed on hereafter
WHAT THE ELEVATED ROADS AXE Doi>"'
Tho Kings County Companys connection VIII" '"e
pr,ase will be not unlike that when IL mas At pe'
ont. that u.s. there will be gallery eA'enu'"s ''o
| ,h p,,dse plazn making IT necessary Tor pasSen-
- A., us,,L n considerable distance TO reach the
| r,,o c.,s gome stalr-cmbing. both up ana uo"h'
! vul a.so be required. The Brooklyn Conpany' y"
| tho other hand will run It's trains u'Io."' ~
pridee station at lts southern emu '""' W" "
| nresont arrangement which VIII be ma'h'"ne' ''''
| ,ho ,.v s,ntion II fully completed II Is to DE nm
,.hed nj the north end in the same why a. ;" ',''
= oo,,,,,ed and when that IN done the
| to ., the brooklyn Elevated road VIII enter ~
| ono end mss through the station mako o"e"'.
~ the p.aza and then pass through inc o'hc' Gnu
the station passengers being discharged ~ ono '"'
| and taken on at tho other, l'y mcam OF Nnc 'o'p
around the plaza trains can be operate" VIII" h''"s
rand,,v since there will be delays by reason OF
| tai-end switch!ng' ,, o
| Rut that Is a matter for the futre' ana jur' "o"
,h ork NJ the brooklyn road over the plaza IL al
| s,a,dstiu owing TO an Injunction which the hlhss
! County Company has procured for ""'o nv
trains OF the Brooklyn Company Will be operated 's
at present save that the connection WIN TIC "''e
through Highest will be used. The company mas ar
ranged however to run fve-car instead oil ioui-o'i
| trains as now for the station Platforms nave re-
Gently been heightened to make this possible AS
oor 40 the new station IL put in use the connection
nov, existing between the ferry branch OF inns roau
and the Bridge will be useless anc VrId go
u ha eomoeIed TO change cars at Navy-si Ut-
mately 1t is the company lh'eht.on ~ ,bts
pi1eewood trains to the Bridge. but proDaDy ths
III NOT he done until more room for the handling
| Of trains there Is provided
THE NEW STATION NOT A THING OF BEAUTY
The new Bridge station has been erected with
utility as the main object In view IL makes no
more pretensons to architectural beauty thah 'he
old station of which DR.. Storrs said in delivering
his Grafton on the opening day. that 1t seemed a. IL
he were at one end of tunnel talking 10 an auui-
ence at the other end The interior arrangements
81 tho station are good and passengers will find 1t
convenient both for entering and leaving trains.
one advantage which all will appreciate Is thal Ine
cars will stand close to the platforms al ,raien
| no curves as in the present station. ana ualhmei
| will not be compelled to cry, LOOK our Iol In inc
step!' as the women passengers eaVe ene -, 'S soi
But with the OF the new station IL uoe NO. ~
low that the system OF operating trains on tne
Bridge is to be put in use at once In
! before that can be done snce the new platforms
must be completed and everything got IN Ieadhs s
for running trano alternately Hoh ea|" '' " VIZ
some improvements worthy of note have been
made on the temporary platforms now IN use al tne
| Wew-York terminus The most obvious OF these Is
the erection OF roofs over the platforms TO pIolee'
| passengers from the clements. certainly an eNcel-
lent thing and which pecpe VINO nave peeh
caught in the rain when either entering or leaving
cars will be TO appreciate. The dividing OF me
| old platforms by means OF rail running down the
middle Is OF doubtful utility and Will probably delay
passengers more than II will facilitate their move
ment 1t recalls the suggestion seriously mace JUST
subsequent the melancholy accident on the bringe
footway a week after the opening OF the structure.
that a railing should be constructed dividing the
promenade into two parts, so that passengers gong
in one direction might be kept separate from those
going the other way. The author OF this suggestion
| was oblivious OF the fact that In normal circufn-
stances the main movement OF travel Is In one d.
| rection in the early part OF the day and In the OPP
| posite direction in the afternoon ana that sven a
! railing would be a serious obstruction to the free
use OF the promenade. The suggestion was not
adopted and there has been repetition OF the ac-
| cident which baptized the Bridge with blood on
| Decoration Day in 1883.