New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-01-20
ROSY VIEWS OF THE PRESIDENTS
THEY ARE GETTING ALONG ALL RIGHT. so THEY
sAy-MR. NORTON HAS PLENTY OF MEN
ON PAPER. BIT MR. LEWIS WANTS
his Old HANDS AGAIN.


s,y-MR. NORTON HAS PLENTY OF MEN
on PAPER. But MR.. LEWIS WANTS
HIS OLD HANDS AGAIN.
President Lewis. OF the Brooklyn Heights Com
pany. after his conference with the Mayor at the
Hamilton club said we had planned at midnight
to operate ten OF lines to-day. az follows; haI-
sey-st on 10 minutes Roadway; Couri-st, MIN
utes: Fulton-st. u minutes. Flatbush ave- j min
utcs; Nostrand ave 10 minutes Ihlrd-aNe - 'h'"-
utes: Hamilton-ave.. minutes; MyrtIe-aVe'
minutes: Bushvick-avc.. 10 minutes, and Gates
ave - minutes We expected to operate 10 cars
on ,s miles OF tracks but. after consultation with
Police Commissioner Wcllcs and General Mcl'eer IL
was decided best not to undertake TO open All
these lines at We are nov running wi cars
on the lines which have been opened. by to-morro"
We hope to extend operations on Fulton-st. from
Tompkins-ave to East Ncw-York. and TO start cars
on Caies-ave Tompkins-aye and Nostrand-aFe
We have not yet decided whether 10 operate on
Cates-ave. far az Rldge"ood. or to stop 'or 'he
present n, Ralph ave We are getting large
number o, new men. but many OF them are sUah-
gers to tho city. and being unacquainted with
IN, routes and tho streets which cross them. they
are working at great disadvantage. We want the
ncw men 20 remain on the lines on which they
started. but Ne wish that more OF our on men
81 IN. militia is concerned. We have no comment
to make We did not ask FOR them but we are i no.,
sorry that they We're ordered on duty. 30 uount
We shall have our entire system In Sprra,ion ass
within a reasonable time but ~c shaIl 30 nothn"s
Without seeking the advice of the Mayor ana foH'e
Commissioner hv which shall be guided
President Norton. % the Atlantic Avenue COM
pany said. II has been reported that nave ui,-
f,Vorably criticised the police. and would thank
Won 10 say that I have not done 80, but that. on
The contrary / glve them the highest praise ior
what thcy have done with such limited available
force We are running cars as follows: On
s"venth.ave. twenty out OF our usual number Of
thirty: Rcrgen-st. ten out OF fifteen. Ninth-ave'
ak out OF fourteen: Flith-ave thirty out OF thirty
i've There has been trouble OF consequence.
cNccpt on Bergcn-st.. where We were compelled 10
,i,r Z an
but the cars now again In operation. In
fcw DAYS We hope to open the lines In Park-aVe,.
Fiftcenth-sf.. IIicks-st and Sackctt-St, on ei1h
of which an average o; about twelve cars u usually
run We shall sort OF have to go steady 10y Jerks
and in that way I think all our lines VIII soon
Le in active operation Between GO and 40 OF our
employees went out on strike. and we have so iar
employed about 80 men. We have plenty
OF applications and can get all the men we
n, cd to enable TO turn every wheel on AL our
lines We regard the outlook rs very tavo rable
under existing circumstances or course. our time
tab cs have rot to be rearranged. and whenever we
reopen n line shall put Timetables INTO enect
which will enable TO use IA many tripperS
ns We may require. without regard TO the dicta-
torial assumption OF the Knights OF Labor.