New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-06-13
TRANSFERS AND MOTIVE POWER.
THE EFFECT OF THE LEASE OF THE I"O
NEW LINES BY THE METRO
pOIJTAN COMPANY.

Tn loasino tho Fourth-aye and Madson-ave street
railway lines the Metropolitan Traction company
adds 70 It's long lists OF holdings OF such properly
in this city II now controls practically all the lines
west Of Thiri-ave. wA!ch run north ana south i"o
Fourth-avc line that has just been leased taxing
for granted that the action OF the directors OF the
two companies will be ratified by the stochhoIueis'
is OF about the same length as the EShth-aVe me
having twenty miles OF track. when IL comes Iu"y
under the control Of the Metropolitan Street kal.-
way Company that company will have about eisht
thousand horses pulling cars over Its dinereh' ines
Herbert II Vreoland, president Of the MetropoH-
tan Traction Company. said last evening: we are
oxperlmonting with compressed air as ihouNe
power and II proves satisfactory We snail Use II
on all our lines The important problem TOT the
corpsny to solve IS 20 Ind motive power that
can be APPLIED to al the cars running on all the
dlrer.,t lines under it's control. OF the many
Thousands Of miles OF street railroads In the lntei
States large share IS run by means OF "'' o''
head trolley New-York would not nave uNi- a|s-
tenn and so the cable has had to bear me Drum %
the burden But the cable system u "e''e''1'"s
and practically one FOR straight lines ana WI. not
answer for IN. complicated system which We hay"
today. The Metropolitan Traction Company mas
oxp.rded about Nco"o In The past experimenting
with different devices in the nope tna' So'"'.o' ~
the problem might he reached W men a''"r'"'''s
has been found that gives entire satisfaction u WA
10 mt IN operation on the downtown ROADS IN
"
out o., every s0 days year system. u must 20
$50 days the year round
tn. Harlem undci ground trolley system is an
eNp,rncntai road Il Is on this road that We 'n@'l
make our experiments with the compressed ar
sysiem"
When asked about the new transfer system on
N, Elghth-av. line Mr. Vreeand said that trans
f.rs are given as follows; ,, ,~..o,,rs,
Tiyhth-ly. 20 One-huudre!- and sHtcentn-s'
electric I'M. either direction. IL,
Elyhth-av. AT fIfiy-ninth-st. 20 SNtn-aHS' 'iNo
and Flsty-nlnth CrosstOwn line. g..
Eighth -ave AZ Thirty fouTth-st. 10 cTorsto"h me
Isehfh-av. Al Twenty fhird-st. 10 crosstpwn ms
Fighth-ave az Fourteen hist. 10 crossio"n ire
I;ieh,h-ave at Watts and Hudson sts 70 Metro
pollian crosstown service. . g., ,.,,h
Al Vesey-st and Broadway to cable line for south
Ferry a., ,...,a,,
In regard TO the Four,h-ave line. Mr. Nreeland
said that tho company would observe the sA''lo
policy regarding transfers that II had with its o'h'r
lines In arranging FOR transfers the company ma
IN ngrirs on what the main objective points or
p,ssenger. and then Try and make II possibIe ior
;hcfn TO reach them with one FAR" Inc entir" ~
tom OF transfer must be az elastic as possible me
company has at the present time between l'" an
np transfer stations In speaking or me nrei oi
on. form ~ motive power. Mr.. Nre".and called az
t.n.lon 10 Twenty third-st.. over which rack the
following cars run. Bicscker-st.. Tweniy-tniri.st
Thlrty-fo,rth- division OF thu Tweniy-thlrc-st
lin. tho Green cars and tho Belt Line cars IL
wouit hardly be practical to hava many dHereht
under fho-" conditions