New-York tribune., 1895-08-05
PASSENGERS HAVE TO WADE.
DISCOMFORTS OF TRAVEL ON THE
BRIDGE.
TRAINS DRAWN BY LOCOMOTIVES. RUNNING ONLY
A PART OF THE DIsTANCE-wATER ANKLE
DEEP ALONG THE wAY-wORKMEN
HOPE TO FINISH THE REPAIRS
BY NOON TO-DAY.


BY NOON TO-DAY
c. c. Martin. chief engineer Of the Bridge, VIII
fix himself IN the good will Of the patrons of MS
Bridge by getting the alterations at the New
York end finished at the earliest possible minute
Yesterday was a hard day for the Bridge trot-
ters There are few things that New-Yorkers
and Brookyntes count on. and one OF them is
uninterrupted traffic over the big span. In the
common mind it is little less than crime 10
stop a Bridge cable or detain train and to sus-
pend traffic for twelve long hours is enough to
defeat Mr.. Martin for the Presidency, should ne
ever run Yesterday was a particularly unpro-
pitious time for innovations for several reasons
Since the beginning Of the reign Of Mr. Roose-
Welt many NEWCOMERS have smilingly RIDDEN
down to the Bridge and ridden over and smiled
to their hearts content behind some swinging
side door in Brooklyn. On the other hand' s.hce
Senator Collinss Sunday Closing Barber Shop
law has been operative in Brooklyn many
Brooklynites have kept up their after-preakias'
shave practice by riding over to New-forK ana
getting a "scrapc in the open shops OF Man
hattanviIle Yesterday wrought havoc with
these erstwhile complaceni men. A cocktail III
Brooklyn meant a two-mile wax to the New
Yorker and a shave In New-York the same to
the Brookly ynite, -
Mr.. Martin kept out Of the way of these irate
individuals yesterday. They passed each other
on the Bridge. and one wondered why men men
would walk so far for a drink and the other
vowed that ii better to go unshaven ana
unshorn for week than break down MS con-
sttution from walking too much
At Y O'Clock yesterday prudence got the oe'-
ter of Mr. Martin. and he started his cars on
the north track under fifteen minutes heaoway'
This was grateful surprise under me V,i
cumstances but the people who got on AT the
New York end had to risk breaking their hecks'
always more less precious. by getting from
the cars down the roadway on an I'M
promptly platform, that was almost as risky
as shooting the chute at Coney lslahu.
When the torrential rainstorm broke over the
city in the afternoon ana the heavens oPene"
their hoodgates a more wet. miserable anu eA-
asnerated throng of people than tnose VINO
emerged from the north roadway or the briuse
into Park Row 1t would have been haro 10
find this side Of the Golden Gate. Al 'he "oiS,
20 tha storn the volume of water that poured
down over the cobbestOnes OF the roadway was
a rushing torrent of varying depth, Dul nearly
everywhere ankle-deep Into TINS nooS 'ne Wr,dno
nanny travellers from Brooklyn over the bfiase
we're forced to plunge when the cars stopper at
the ready-msde gangways, ana they hau ~
wade II for several hundred yards before shei.ei
and dry standing ground was found at the reg,
,iar bridge entrance. Some refused to descend
,nto the torrent and went back TO BroohlSh'
rather than risk pneumonia by such ramp ramp
rrha Guards on the cars gave them their cholce
p,,t the greater number went down into rushns
waters and walked to this city scores OF women
did H. although the water was over the tops VI
their shoes They bravely graDped thelr pc
.or,o,ad skirts and strode through the wa.er
,iiIa emnbibians A few. but not many, OF botn
sexes walked up the stream and boarded q me me
cars drenched by the storm above ana the hooo
W. Martins carpenters worked like Tro)ans
,-o,n midnight Saturday all through YESTERDAY
and made such excellent progress that the caDes
,a anu have heen running again this morning save
w. .ba rain which drove the workmen IN Trans
we're kent running all night at twelve minutes
headway on the north track. Mr. Martin expects
aat, a, and that the discomfort Of Sunday VIII be