New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-02-10
NEWS OF BROOKLYN.
FINANCIAL PROBLEM NOW.
BRIDGE TRUSTEES TO ARRANGE WHAT
SURFACE AND ELEVATED LINES
SHALL PAY.
4 PROPER FIGURE TO BE SETTLED UPON FUN
THE USE OF THE BRIDGE 10 coMPEN-

THE USE OF THE BRIDGE 10 CoMfE>-
safe THE MANAGEMENT.
Messrs Wurster. Palmer and Henriques' the spe
cal committee Of the Bridge trustees appointed 10
consider the proposition 10 grant 10 the eleVateo
and surface railroads OF Brooklyn PERMISSION 10
cross the Bridge. will meet to-day. Now that inc
experts have reported that the Bridge can s'aiio
the strain OF the additional traffic one OF 'he o''
important questions which this committee mas 10
consider is the amount Of money the railroad COM
panies should pay for so valuable privilege
The Bridge trustees received last year from rail-
road fares 81, i2e57 o. Half of this money super
intendent Martin estimates, was paid by passeh-
gers discharged from elevated trains. so that fuly
half the receipts from this VIII be cut on II
the elevated roads carry their passengers directly
across the Bridge Nearly all OF the other half or
the passengers now carried by the Bridge trains
are brought 10 the structure by the roAey roaos,
The trustees are therefore going 10 lose nearly a..
their income from railroad traffic by the proposed
grants TO railroad companies
Most of the trustees disposed to INSIST II Is
understood that the roads pay enough for the I'M
portapt privileges for wnich they are asking 20
compensate for the loss from Bridge car uaihc'
This the companies can well aiiCrd 10 40 dS oi'e
fare from New-York 10 any part Of Brooklyn VIII
increase the traffic greatly.
The expenditures Of the trustees last year were
not far from 10000 In the years OF Democratic
Yn,srule enormous debts were rolled up in the name
Of the Bridge. and for many years 10 come we
people OF the TWO cities must eApend large aInou'S
annually 10 meet principal and interest pa!hSIi's
One benefit IL thought the people inl5Hs 81
from the adoption Of the plan Of the boatd o! SH
perts the removal of the elevated 81
from Adams-st. and the Plaza This MI h9 no DC pe
done wi bout fight. however. as an OFFICER OF tile
Brooklyn elevated road said yesterday mat thosT
structures would be retained 20 use IN tile %
emergency. The plan Of the experts conteinpIattes
extending the Myrtleave. structure 70 COIleCtioI.
with the Futon-st. structure. and the Gonnecddon
of the FultOn-st. elevated tracks with the hIiusc
tracks at the south end Of the Brdse-St structure
at Tillary-st. , . ,-u,..o- Pooh
bling said Yesterday that the fve-car trains Oh the
elevated systems weigh only sixty tons Wh4le d
four-car Bridge train weighs ninety tons
The Bridge Trustees are desrous or correcting the
false impression which prevails 10 some extent that
The running OF elevated and surface trains across me
Bridge means SINCE fare of five cents. II does not,
by any means. The railroads will he required 10
hand over the Trustees the fares as are now
exacted. Just what the me shod Of collecting fares
will be has yet been explained. But the Bridge
fares will be collected in some manner.
Nj Berri says that Il Will be some time yet before
the proposition be entertained Of abolishinS the
fare the Bridge and making Il a free highway.
II has 10 be po.iced and maintained There are num-
dreds Of employees - be paid month by month, and
interest on large bonded Indebtedness besides. No
doubt. II the elevated and surface roads will pay
for the passengers they will carry out OF fvecent
the Bridge Trustees would be glad to have them
do IL