New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-12-19
1T WAS AN EXPRESS TRAIN.
THE TALE OF TWO BROOKLYN MEN WIN
TOOK AN UNWILLING RIDE TO ONE
Observation-Disclosures

New-Yorkers who travel regularly by the elevated
railroads are never embarrassed by the circum-
stance that express as well as way trains are iu'i
at certain hours Of the day. But the same cahho'
be said Of people who wander over to this city from
Brooklyn in the late afternoon on their way ~
place Of interest or attraction In the upp'F
part of the town. In their city there are no CT
press trains on the elevated roads and when they
take a seat in an elevated car they have no ques-
ton about the train stopping at the pom. "ieie
they want to get out; but in New-forK they arc
liable to go astray.
the Third-ave. railroad some OF the empress
trains make 70 stops between Nnth-st. and one
hundred "A d-sixth-st and it was on one OIL these
trains that two Brooklyn citizens fouho 'hei'
selves few evenings ago. One Is pubic oNncid'
and the other well-known man, but DOM snai 10
namcless here. They were engaged In CONVERSE
ton when they boarded a train at the Clty nan
station Intending to get out at Twenty-eghth-st'
They paid no attention to the announcements mace
by the men on the platform the guards AFTER inc
train started but at length they became conscious
that the train. while not going at rapid speeu'
This awakened a momentary apprehension. put
the public official treasured his COMPANION: Wh1r
past by saying that anyhow, the train must hait
at important station IKE tS brIGSe and take
a train back downtown. But there WAS no pa ,t
ar genuinely alarmed and made their way as
rapidly as possible to the end OF the car ana piSsu
first stop would be one -hundred-and-sixth-st
There two angry men on tfat tram as - ' ox
tinued rs Journey and they were protuse IN eh-
pressing their disgust at the management OF t he
Network elevated roads in connection with me
explanations they offered for being iate al INC
dinner they set out 20 attend. - $500, -. -,
''Why" said the public official, i nearu 10 an
nouncemcnt ut all at the station wnen we tooh
the train and nothing was said by the trainheI',
so far as heard about there being no Slops;; ~
seems 10 me that the railroad company shouiu De
comnelIod 10 nut up signs announcing these lnlnsS'
or else the employees should make the announce,
ments so clearly that no one can misu"ue' S'ahu
When the facts were laid before MT. Fransion
the genera manager Of the elevated railroads. lhat
rd-heartcd official laughed. . IT,, 4,
Il haven't had complaint or mat knu u. u.
from peopIe who were carried by their stations
hui 7 cant remember when ! have heard or one
| am sorry for the Brooklyn men-I used 10 i've
I'm Rrookyn myself The facts are that the places
where express trains stop are clearly called OUT
hv the platform men at the terminal station. ana
The trainmen announce clearly twice, when stop
Is made at what station the train Will stop again
The trouble Is that those not accustomed 10 the
system do not pay attention TO the announcements
and do not hear them at all. Actually when that
train stopped at Grand-st the men announced ny
each end OF the cars that the next stop would
he nj Ninth and the next after that at One-hun.
drcl- and-sixth At least that Is the rule. and
our rules are carried out believe. No, the BROOK
lvnitcs who went away uptown and had 10 come
back can't put the blame on the company; IL was
their own fault in not giving attention to the an
nounCc made.