New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-04-23
BETTER SERVICE WANTED.
COMPLAINTS OF ACKNOWLEDGMENT IN THE
RUNNING or THE CARS OF THE METRO
pOIITAN TRACTION COMPANY.

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Complaints OF mismanagement in the running OF
| the cars Of the Metropolitan Traction 'omp'"'
A,.o he.n many and frequent OF late. and are III
o,o,sirc all the time Ohservant and careful peo-
ple In the city. who prefer TO iraVel on surface
cars instead OF the elevated trains declared 'na'
tho method OF running the cable cars IN broh"""s :
| Coumbus-avc and IexIngton-ave.. Is posi''Ne'!
outrageous AT times. Considering that the cars
nass through the principal stree, Of the city at the
iower end of the route and that the metropolitan
Traction Company enjoys franchises ana pr'N"eseS
which make enormous prohts CERTAIN many ''e"
Workers declare that the company should bc oouhu
10 run lts cars at all hours OF the day anu "'s"'
so as 10 make travel on us hh0S S'' ~ ~
Portable for the public.
The disregard OF public comfort. convenience an"
sare,v bv the officials who make the rules TOT
the running OF and by the emp'oy's Vi
tho company. is declared to be painfully evident
Cars are overcrowded frightfully because 'he'-
are not enough to accommodate the puoo u"
some hours Passengers ar" turned out oil cars
in which they might be comfortable ana compe'eu
N continue their tourney In cars which are over
c-o,yaed apparently because the railroad COM
pany wants 10 little expense 'a'S i'o'
which all passengers are excluded are run oEe' W..
road at times when other ears are craih"eu '"
of people. IL ~
The cable cars on the Lexington-ave. line nave
been overcrowded almost from the start because
,haro have been TOO few for the people VINO
wanted 10 ride Against the rules which are meant
for the safety Of the travelling public the front ana
rear pla tforms Of cars have been crowded Win
standing passengers after all the seats and stand
ing room inside the cars were full. Late IN the
Afternoons when empty run down the
road and through Twenty-third-st. TO the Broad
uav switch and are then started back. dsordery
men are often allowed TO climb over the dash
boards and occupy the seats before inc gates arc
opened to admit women and other persons who are
not willing to take part in the rough scramble
Misleading signs on some OF the cars cause many
persons TO get on the Jexington-ave. cars wheh
,hev want TO 90 10 Broadway. and when the cars
turn east at Twenty -thrd-st the persons are
Obliged to get off and pay another rare on announcer
car because there are no transfers Inc chagrh
and the complaints and the scraInDling al Broad
way and Twenty third-st. appear to anord much
Amusement to gripmen and conductors IN the en-
nIov NJ the METROPOLITAN Traction Company, ana
r,eny peryons declare that the conduct OF those en-
poyes Of the company indicates contempt io' '"e
interests Of the travelling public II Is getting 10
lie vel! known TO many that the grpmeh on broao-
way cable cars take delight In running the cars
,as, nersons who make frantic signals for the cars
TO stop and when passengers run after the cars
and expostulate the conductors are often insoient
and insulting. H., l.,
The scarcity OF cars on the Columbus-ave' line Is
believed by many persons to be without eAcuse, ~
view OF the enormous revenue when the eo"'p""'
rcts from travel on that line. There nave peeh
omphatic complaints because many OF the CATE
which bear the Coumbus-ave. signs are not run IN
that avenue but stopped on the way up oe'-
enth-ave at Fftieth-st 1t often happens that car
which has been comfortably filled with people VINO
hav. noticed the Coumbusave. sign on IL Is stoPpei
III Fifteth-st. ard the passengers are ooL5 nS ~
Get out and stand unprotected In any n,u % ~
Weather TO wait for another car Inc resuh 10 70
,hat the messengers are forced TO enter car Vic.
NAV on account Of the delay exposure aho III.
fort there Is redress Tor sucn Jnv r.,uses
nmhic ia helpless so long as the COMPANY ~ 10
10 run "A sufficient NUMBER OF cars " ""
sengers to have seats -. ~, ,ho crowd Of
Wonv persons are exasperated by tne cro~u ~. ~.
grnmen and conductors standing IN IIShs u rh ~
o. hIa statior at Scyenth-ave. and f1rtieW-s eLs
nnioves OF the company jeer at persons VINO ,"a
Dc, comnIaInts upon being turned out oi az -
yoornneIled 10 walt for other cars ne AZ
III pn,icc commissioners may be called 70 ne
rd.r,y conduct OF some OF the gripmeh WIZ he
U a. hnyrsenay and in talk which no reSpec'"''e
woman wants TO near 1870. ..rs I'm the evening
T., M cause OF many complaints Inere az auov.
10 smch cars stating that no passengers arc nnn no
on Sen, hut In the darkness the ssns sa' nars ~
on readiiy and men who allow crowueu 20 univ
ss ,hem often try get on the cmpH, car ., Tho
AL The gates closed and near tne yoehh ~ The
eondmctors or grpmen. In the comp'atn ew"v CO.
i,an cement OF the cable cars In broaum CON
.anty repeated the charge that inc p er ~ the
xnense 70 increase the enormous revenue ,om Of
Wetropoiitan Traction Company u q the ''''S'~ "
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