New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-09-09
JUST AS BAD AS EVER.
OVER A YEAR HAS PASSED SINCE THE
NEW BRIDGE TERMINALS
WERE BEGUN.
AFTER MANY MONTHS OF INCONVENIENCE IHh
WORK IS INCOMPLETE AND THE Rosi
PROMISES ARE STILL RELOCATED
TO THE FUTURE.

TO THE FUTURE.
One wear and eight days ago. so the story rum.
the work of reconstructing the Ne"-i orh yer
Of the Brooklyn Bridge was begun III Inc I'm
10000 people. IT IS asserted, have passeu anu
passed through II daily. and have douseu "'
huge piles Of timber. stumbled over oi'Nn' ~
pieces of iron, been stihed with the smoke i'o'" =,
holfdozen coal tar furnaces and have bcen nelubcu
with showers of dirty water. Occasiohus wv
drops of dirty water have been Varled ny i"s
tools dropped from the hands OF worKheh PEI '"'
high above Several people have becn hJui'"' WV
or two fatally and hairbreadth escapes nave "''"
of frequent occurrence. On many occaslonS Iiie
officials In charge have promised that the ternihai
would be completed IN short time, ana TO" as''.m
we are told that by october the ehtire WI "'
be finished the Roadway between the trains if"u.e'
TO 60 seconds and the innumerable ops'a0'ee WI" "
have inpeded passengers removed. III pu"'"- -
non, terminal the management boasts that IL mas
used the utmost economy. and AYERS tniit rs d iV'
h COS, of tho new building will not exceed N'o''vo
This they say was done by using the n''.'' "
the old terminal including every piece VI "i''N =,
all of the old iron girders. columns ana u
has long been question with successful 'D,,,.
uba,ber old material could ever he used pro"'a"H
49, 49,, ord !, is doubtful II any saving mas Deeh
oao he tho ,lan followed in building TINS ''i'i
A against the assertions of improvement 'h'" ''
the Bridge management the TRACKS a'o va .
higher than In the old terminal up 'i' . .
which the long-sufferinG pubhc HuS' ~ ,
climb The connections with the elevated io'u '
NOT been changed and the bridge over ''i,'' 49,
remains the same A double system OF tracks 'l"s
hoor laid and two new cables are now re"us '''
delivery - 49,. ,rssor,
The Bridge officials say that under me p'''.n'
hoaduav their trains able TO handle oaiiS ~
averaging 100000 and they also assert that WI, oe
eo,a.Iv able TO cope with twice that nun'p'' ,
,hs Roadway is reduced This beneiiciai chdns'' nv
all the other promises of the Bridge OFFICIALS -
aou.n for some time in the future Wneh thc '"o'''
ors ana the new power-hcuse are competeui. p,l,,a
In ali their plans for the Improvement Vi tn ia
IN ,,stees have entirely ignored the orlginai pa.'
81 Engineer Roebling who designed 10 ana an, i1roon
rs - CIV Hall New-York. and cry ht'I, p. 80
e. - tho street surface. and not leaVe ti''In IA
20, in tho air 10 scramble down as best tie! -"
1,he Rrooklvn terminal offers an oppoi u'.tS a.
49, ,nHirg trains few lengths furtner man III
70 r,In now passengers could be atdru IL ''r "a
Such a contamination. however, cannot DE- IN p wa
,,nder the present management Not loIIS as . Ia
u,rnad bat passengers would be cdrrled up 20 III.
IavnI Of the trains in the new terminal ny ne" 49,
= r,ovahle sidewalk but this has never pee" ~
of co,rse il IS lmmaterial 10 the managers VI ;s
prdoe whether passengers who are forced 10 sc 80,
yrear thoroue nfare day after day clmo w on ~
SaIf-dozen flights OF stairs in order 10 reach 70.
Some time in the distant future. Wheh lhe pJ tnJ
81 the nreseni Board of Trustees mas os.
some attention may be paid to the wants ol S"ii'
ing travelling public