New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-01-20
OVERTAXED ELETATED ROADS
NOT EQU.iL TO THE EXTRA DEMANDS
MADE ON THEM.
TRAINS CTIoKED Up AT THE BIIDGE-THE NEED
OF COOP VENTILATION MORE APPAR-


OF COOP VENTILATION MORE APpAR-
ENT THAN EVER.
The elevated roads .n Brooklyn owing 70 cir
cumstances not of their making and wholly beyond
their control carried iar6er-nurber OF passengers
last week than ever before in their history They
were q perfect godsend TO peop.e VINO were cut OIL
from other means O. travel. Had there been no
elevated roads had their employees taken ad-
vantag, OF the tie-up the surface lines to enter
on a strike, the amount OF pubic inconvenience
would have been multiplied many fold. Practically
all parts Of city of Brooklyn are within reach
Of the numerous elevated lines. and the companies
hard pressed to meet the enormous demands
made upon them. Some serious deiects In the
working OF the system brought to light. es-
pecally on the lines Of the Brooklyn company
go many trains to the Bridge by this
company that II was utterly out Of the question to
accommodate thcn-that IS, to run them In and
out rapidly the two tracks provided at that
point. The consequence was serious delays Al
times all the trains in MyrtIe-ave. below Grand
ave. were able TO move forward at only a snaiVs
pace. and almost all the time there were long de-
lays in the vicinity of Bridge-st and the City Hall
People who ordinarily get 10 their PAGES
OF business in New-York in half hour
or a little had to spend upward OF
an hour ir making the journey. After one
experience of this kind. some decided that the
wsest thing to do was TO leave the cars at the City
Hall or at the Bridge-st station and walk the rest
Of the way.
The need OF better termna. facilities at the Bridge
was made painfully apparent. and many wished that
the connection With the Bridge station had
been completed. thai trains would not have to
go I'm and out on the Same tracks. nder the plan
that will he put in operation by-ard-by. all trains
on this road will pass into the Bridge station
one end and at the other and they be dis
patched short rtervals-as fast in fact as II 10
safe for ore to follow another. Travellers by the
lines Of thls company could not but rej-.ce that
the Rldgewood Trains no longer run up 10 the
Bridge. Had the system put in operation last sum-
lner been kept up til the present ii $ hard TO see
how the business Of this company could have been
handled at al
The Kings County company. with It's single line
in Fulton-si, had less troub,e. but it found
impractcabe to run trains at shorter intervals
than four minutes II is ind, rs;0oi that all the
available rolling stock OF the company was put
in operation; but Il is surprising that during the
midday hours only three-car trains were run in
Futon-st Four cars were certainly needed as
many passengers had TO stand for longer shorter
distances
The number Of, passeneers carried on:y few
ordinarily no enc thinks OF climbing the stairs OF
the elevated road in order 10 ride 10 the second or
FOR f"r'u such trips. When tIe-up is on however
all things are ALTERED -. 49,. .,...,.., . =,
all hours of the day and evening brought SHARPLY
TO the attention Of many the need Of better means
now provided .s utterly inadequate. Some time ago.
IL will be remembered. Heath Commissioner Emery
held conference with the representatives OF RAN.
way and ferry companies. etc. With the ann OF IN
ducing greater care in guarding against contagious
diseases One of the things urged al that time was
the dIsuse Of cocoa mating In ears. This suggss-
ton has been acted TO a considerable extent.
and wooden racks. which be kept clean with
little difficulty. have taken the place OF the mating
solved one Whether anything can be done toward
its solution except by the slow process OF efcanS
the peop,e to the Yea that 1t Is not GOOD Inns
To
ton. ,, ,,.-,..
The need OF rapid transit for the Flathnsh district
was strik!ngly shown by the strike. when tne
people OF that ward found themselves, cnt OH from
cars they betook themselves 10 the Brighton besch
Railroad which carried them 10 Atlantic aye.
whence the Kings County elevated ROAD WAS Witnln
easy roach Had IL not been for opposition IN the
courts II Is probable that the proposed connection
botvesn these two railroads would nave pecn et-
fected by this time. that resplar rapid-transit
trains might be running to Flatbush and the region
10 buiid n link two blocks long 10 join the roads
was granted by the Board OF Aldermen last spring.
Ar once thereafter the companies found their plans
blocked BY the opposition OF property owner who
alleged that certain real estate would be seriously
Impaired I'm value II the road were built
II Is known that the Long Island Railroad Com
many is bitterly opposed the contemp.a ted con-
nrctlon between the Brighton Beach and the Kings
County roads and II Is be eved that that company
is the real author OF the legal contest. which Will
DELAY but probably not defeat a project that IS
clearly In the interest of the public at large, and
particularly in the interest OF people living In the
Ninth and Twenty ninth wards.