New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-09-24
TRAIN RUN OVER THE HARLAN
FROM ONE HUNDRED AND FORTY
NINTH-ST. TO CITY HALL IN
FORTY-TWO MINUTES.
REGULAR EXPRESS SCHEDULE on THE THIRD
HUNDRED AND SEVENTY sEvENTH-sT.

4 REGULAR EXPRESS SCHEDULE on THE THIRD
AVENUE ELEVATED ROAD BETWEEN ONE
HUNDRED AND SEVENTY -sEvENTH-sr.
AND CITY HALL GOES INTO EFFECT.
The first continuous train the Harlem
River on the Manhattan Railway was run last
evening on the Thrd-ave. line between One-hun-
dred-and- forty -nnth-st and the City Hall station
The run was made gala occasion for the members
OF the North Side Board OF Trade. the twenty
third Ward Property -owners' Association and the
Taxpayers Alliance comprising various taxpayers
associations in the trans Harlem district The run
was made from Northumberland fcrty-nlnth-st. 10
the city Hall station In forty-two minutes the
regular schedule time which goes into operation
this morning The time from One-hundred-ahu-
seventy seventh-st. Will be hftytwo minutes
The train last evening made up OF 1--WE new
cars and engine No. "a. The conductor was Ed
ward Weismueler the engineer Peter forshay ana
the fireman William Ralph. The guards were
Charles Elliott Charles Bluett and James Barmore.
The engine and were decorated with HasS'
The middle car bore on each side the name OF the
Twenty-third Ward Property owners Association
stretched along its full length Acting Manager
William j. Fransiol represented the railroad COM
pany s d. Smith. the superintendent OF franz
portaton. was also present. About 20 ucNe'S "au
been issued for the occasion Among those ""'
were in the excursion party were Tax Comms-
L.
Board of Trade; John Hanen. president Of the
Twenty-third Ward Property-owners' Association;
ex-Judges Ernest Hall and j. .. Julius Lahgbeih
f. A. Ackcr DR. S II. McEroy, j. James H. Croes'
the engineer who laid out the Suburban Railroad;
Concourse Commissioner J. II. knoeppeI Arthur
Alexander. Louis f. Iaffen Commissioner OF ""ce'
improvements of the Twenty-thrd and twenty
fourth wards: Matthew Anderson Colonel Joseph
A Gouden Frank Z. Mott. Alderman Henry h.
School Henry A. Gumbleton A. c. liottenro'h'
George Fincke. Sigmund Feust George hiilma"'
George ]. Grossman, Anthony Mco"eh' "d'o'
George G. Chappelle, Joseph '. curran ~ w.
Angle secretary of the North Side Board OF lraue'
Richard Stoker. Philip Frcudenmacher' Jacop III
denbrecher George II. Miller A. C. Geyser. 'ohn
no Hart Thomas F. Coleman. hermann koven-
berper Martin Schmeckenbecha ~, Frederick Ne'H
August Freutel W. H. Heating. Professor W. -
Mccarthy. Joseph p. DAILY and George Dr"Ne
The start from One-hundred -and-forty nnth,s ST:
was made at 1903 p M and the train arrived at inc
Gg s in staten ar end Of the bridge until
had got out of the station on me % eer Rridc.
All the steam tugs I'm the river IN that heisnppoi,
hood blew ther whistles ana rng1n I'M caiped for
three cheers for the elevated road and these were
given with Tiger This was repenten as ohe rb,rd
passed over the new connecting INK s mo Then
ave while the people in the street respohneu, e
followed songs from group OF young iiS,i nil
My" Of I the N t,r1 side
The party returned from the Nity iidh Htn'oli W
nd y-ninth-st In forty-two MN,
utcs and thence, under the lead OF the twenty 20
Ward Property owners Association marched 10
p,otec tive Hall at One-hundred- and-hfty secohdst
and Courtlandt-ave.. and rad banquet Ia ceiepra-
lion OF the opening of through raffc on the SupuI-
nan and Manhattan roads. John Hanen presIoe,l'
Speeches were made by James l.. Weiis j. >, ~
Croes Joseph A. Goulden, ex-Judges Han ana Lang,
bein and Messrs. Hottenroth. Gumoleton ana
knoeppcl -. 4, oxaou
lanes l. Wells told in his speech how, In execu,
ton of his campaign promise In 1871. he Introduced
into the Assembly in 1892 a bill for continuous trains
on the road. The measure was not pdsseu UNI,
lS9i The through train requirement. was deia!ed
because the Manhattan people had declared tne
plan lmpracticable They finally yielded TO tne man
date of the Railroad Commissioners Mr.. Wells de-
clared the result to be great triumph Tor the
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS of the North Side, and one which
would be "A great benefit TO them.
Following is the schedule Tor the through Trains
u.hirh ZOOS into onera ton this morning: