New-York tribune., 1896-03-29
LONG RIDES ON SINGLE FARE.
HOW THE TRANSFER SYSTEM is
WORKED ON sTREETCAR LINES.
FABLES SHOWING THE POINTS AT WHICH vARI
oUs LINES GIVE TRANsFERs-THE
PRIVILEGE OFTEN ABUSED.

TABLES SHOWING THE POINTS AT WHICH vARI-
oUs LINES GIVE TRANsFERs-THE
PRIVILEGE OFTEN ABUSED.
How to annihiliate distance in this big city with
nut souanderng ones substance In carfare is
matter Of moment TO those who must look we'll to
the disposal Of dimes and quarters An all-em-
brac.ng. convenient transfer system has been
ranged by the management Of the various surface
car lines especially with a View to accommodating
their passengers. but owing to practical consdera-
TONS such a multitude OF stpulations and restrc
lions hamper these privileges-one line transferring
at q certain point from northbound only"
another transferring from "southbound cars only"
or to cars going only easterly or westerly as the
case may be-that the unniated become bewildered
In the maze OF Ifs and lands" and ignore the
transfers altogether.
tions in various directions and ride for hours
the cable, electric or horse lines without in
frnging upon the letter OF established regulations.
Violating the spirit of these rules oe course. does
not signify. and II person avail himself Of three
or even OF four retransfers. when only in ex-
pressly stipulated Is 1t lawful for him TO OBJ
tain more than one. nobody Is accountable. pro-
vded all except the one Immediately benefited in
ignorance
1t happens that many an individual gets extra
rides at the expense Of the car company and 1t has
more than once been demonstrated that man can
board car at any one OF the lower West Side
ferries, cross the city. go down or up according
10 business inclination. cross town again. and
reach a point only little higher or lower than
that from which he started. without having paid
moro than the original nickel for fare. This. OF
course. is unorthodox. No streetcar company would
Willingly be so phanthroplcal. and were the con-
ductor 10 issue the transfer tickets in person. the
imposition would no: be easy OF accomplishment.
The agent standing IN the street at the designated
transfer points finds 1t impossible to recognize an
dix-il, In Sto fly
transfer applicants. hence his presence Is no re-
s,rction. 1t is asserted by wide-awake OBJ
servers that foot passengers who are not entitled
In transfers contrve TO come from behind the car
which has stopped to unload Its passengers ana.
mingng with the legitimate Claimants obtain q
transfer ticket with risk Of detection
The Third Avenue Railroad Company, being aware
Of tho certainty Of imposition OF this nature. has
within the last ten days. withdrawn the outside
agents from the various points Of transfer coming
under their jurisdiction and placed the distribution
OF transfer tickets in the hands OF the conductors
The Metropolitan Street Railway Company would
Ike to do the same. but their are so congesed
and overburdened with passengers that they think
that the conductor has quite enough to do to collect
the fares. Lawfully and aboveboard. citizen can
take a long, diverse and far-extending tour on the
cars Of this company by availing himself OF the
liberal transfer arrangements.
He can start from any point high up on the East
side In Lexington-ave.. for instance, come down
Fifty y-ninth-st.. ride to Ninthave and there
take either the Amsterdam-ave. horsecars or the
Columbus-ave. cable-cars going north. which would
carry him all the way up to the Harlem River FOR
one fare He must bear in mind however. that, OF
ell the transfers granted the Lexington-ave.
road. there only one or two that Will carry him
north again. after crossing town to the West Side
In these special instances the company orders re-
transfer.
A RESTRICTION ON TRANSFERS.
The broadway cable transfer. at eleven distinct
points on tho route downtown. but at Veseyst. and
Broadway the privilege is allowed from northoound
cars only. The Metropolitan Company transfer
only within the limits Of their own lines. but they
carry 36.0O0000 people annually on transfers alone
and they control many lines that 1t is easier to
enumerate those not belonging to them than those
they own Looking at map OF their streetcar
lines particularly In the narrower part OF the city
on the West Side. downtown, the numerous horse-
car tramways through which the Broadway cable
runs like division line appear to leave little room
for other companies Besides the five mechanical
traction lines which run cable or electric cars
there sixteen horsecar lines belonging TO this
system The Third Avenue Railroad Company. con-
Jointly with the Forty-second-st. and Manhattan
vile road. control also large area, arranging
their transfers with such other companies as they
come In touch with. The Second Avenue Railroad
Company and the New-York Harlem Railroad Com
pany or Fourth Avenue Company. accommodate
passengers the East Side transferring them at
all convenient points the Dry Dock Railroad Com
pany running through GTand-st, and the Central
Crosstown Railroad Company have transfer arrange
ments with intersecting lines under different man.
agement.
The Third Avenue Gable Company. who now con-
vey passengers and-eighty- sixth-st.
expect soon to carry them as far as One-hundred-
ty-ffth-s for five cents. starting from the
slip below City Hall Park.
WHERE TRANSFERS ARE MADE.
For the benent OF those in doubt about the loca-
tons and directions Of transfer privileges the fol-
lowing table has been prepared stating transfers on
the principal routes. The Broadway cable line
transfers:
At Thry-fourthst. and Broadway on Thir'y-fourth-st
At HoustOn-st, and Broadway on Avenue cars. to
At Prince-s,. Broadway Avenue cars. to East
side Greenpon' ferry and Thirty-t'urhs' ferry East
sprns-s,. and Broadway Metropolitan cross'own
and snS On .i cars to
At chsmbers-st and Broadway tfrsm noi,hbolni
sny on ead 10 ana ana
Al vesey-st and Broadway from northbound only).
on cars to ox IN
ninb,t red cars with retransfer north from Fift,-
ninn-st on Lexington esbe-cals to
At Tuiton-s and Broadway. west Futon-st.
The starting point of Broadway cable is at Seventh
The Columbus-avc. cable starting at One-hundred-
and-Nnth-st. and Columbus-ave. and following the
route of the Broadway cable to South Ferry. trans
fers:
At sxty-hfh-st and Colurnbus-ave. Ninh-ave cars
from norhbound cars going noth' or from southDound
going south.
A. Sxty-nfh-st. and Columbus Amsterdam ave
from norhbound going nortn or from soihboun1
cars going south. Becoming identified at Fethst with
broadway cable the transfers identical with enc
exception that al Fifty-ninth-s and Ninh-aVc
souhbound Ffty-ainth- ST. red cars,
with retransfer Fifty-nnth-st. and Lexington-ave
Lexington-ave. cable-cars.
The Lexington-ave line is operated by electricity
north OF One-hundr ndfth-st. Starting at one