The sun., 1896-02-10
THAT BRIDGE PLATFORM,
NO HOPE of WIDENING 1T, RUr An.
OTHER CAN NE BUTLT

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Trustcrs to SAY, hut It Looks NJ n
They wouid Not Buiid II untm They
Arc Forced To, or Until After IA Pnnt..
1.-THE bridge trustees" said n BROOKLYN man.
have corrected every minor abuse Tint 1uw
Sun hns called their attention to. TnE SuS
first told about the confusion and torture on the
dinkey platforms. Tho trustees tried to lessen
that by putting up signs instructng the pcople
what cars would land them nearest their dcs,i.
nation. OF course. tho signs didn't do any good
in rush hours but there was no doubt about
their being intended for good. THE SrN told
how the trains at night were hidden in various
places, and how the people had TO No stumbling
around through strange alleys and the like.
The bridge trustees after that always ran thrir
trains to one spot, and they boarded up tlesS
strange alleys and lanes. leaving only one route
open to the passenger. and the train wns Mt tile
end of that. One night since then the train las
been In another place, and that night tho route
to got to it was marked with frequent sigma
This way to the train.'
"THE Sun scoded the trustees for their idiocy
In continuing the sale of tickets and the crowd
Ing of the dinkey platforms when for one reason
or another the train traffic was delayed. This
practice was stopped. THE Sun called the at
tcntion of the trustees TO disgraceful obstruc-
tion In the promenade on this side. The night
of the day the article was printed tho obstruo-
leaks on the Brooklyn side Of the Bridge that
led TO the formation Of n genuine glacier. \
day or two later the leak was stopped and tho
glacier was removed, enabling people to enter
Brooklyn on foot without endangerng their
nccks. II Is true that tho last two days the
glacier has returned. the leak having broken
out afresh, but no doubt when the trustees read
about It in TIE Sun they will have moro re-
pairs made. There have been twenty other
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end that have been rlGhted without delay. or
course, the trustees deserve absolutely no credir
for this, for the abuses never should have been
permitted in the first place. and 1t should not
have been necessary for anybody to call the at-
tention Of the trustees to them.
"Imercly repeat these things to you to show
you that these trustees are paying attention.
They won't use their own eyes, but when some
body else uses his eyes and hgurativsly speak
Ing facts are driven INTO their heads with =
sledge hammer, they do the best they know.
them. but simply to Induce the further etfecttv@
use of the sledEe hammer It promises ,n finally
tency OF the trustees and the outrageous dsre.
gard of Engineer Of Bridge Discomfort Martin"
The two things the trustees, have not done,
though tho sledge hammer has been worked
industrously: it Is necessarv to say again. ana
have have not decreased by oven one the number OF
stairs 1t Is necessary to climb to reach the
is necessary to climb to reach, say tho Kings
County elevated road, on the other side: and
1nss snse the Ssn 10
Dimensions necessary to accommodate the
Of o danS who o IT,
this room they have gone ahead with the work
on the additional tracks on the outside of the
platforms. This shows clearly that they never
Intend TO widen the present platforms at all,
for to widen them all the work now being done
There is one thing that can be done still. and
THE sun has called attention to that hundred
tinp a1,,l, : tfNv hat tlv
danger Point is in the Brooklyn M rattrap IT. s station
on the incoming side where hundreds Of people
frlghtful crnshes that have been SO frequently
told about have occurred. That place is bound
that it ever can be less so with the present ar
rangements People have been manned for lifo
panic in which the loss Of life will be frightful
becomes greater day BY day. Another platform
benefit @ but the moment @ the the new ne " tracks ars
finished and trains are running on them it
fore there would p be another &C eomnant Of ack
of platform room. II the building Of n new
abu wefS the e e cEs Ss ars n
ished. and tho threatened calamity of landing
the miseraTie S % dinkey a not adequate to
hold the present crowd would be ayerted. :,
the ns and ASy deal
They purchased this with the peoples money,
and they haye been nn dong s Il
!: to corporations. II they keep on giving it
away it won't be long before 1t Is all gone.
When they bought this land they were going to
transform II into n beautiful plaza that would
give grand appearance to the entrance of the
bridge. Anybody who looks at 1t can see that
there is no possibility OF any such thing now.
surrounded as it is by elevated railroad struc-
lures and soon to bo travcrscd by trolley car
tracks.
Tho building OF a new platform on fifty feet
of this plaza land would be worth in cOmfore
and convenience all that the trustees sqandered
on 1t in cash. This platform must be- built and
the trustees might as well make up their minds
to it first last. II they build it now they can
enjoy the credit OF the thing. If they wait until
they forced 10 do it by Grand Jury indict-
ments or other means, what they will get they
can figure out for themselves IT, Is certain that
there won't be any credit about 1t.
This additional platform. As has previously
been pointed out. would render possible the doc
ing away with two steep starways there leading
to the Kings County elevated road. The tracks
of the elevated road arc on level with the
tracks Of the bridge road. A passage 100 feet
long could be built from the bridge to the road
and not climb OF single step would there be.
Kings County travellers could then take the
train on this side that would land them on the
new platform. A whole page of THE sun could
he TAX en- up telling about the numerous ndvRn-
tagcs that would come with this additional
platform. II is useless TO enumerate them.
That plat tform must be built.