New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-04-11

the carrier Is permanently closed. ana is pro-
vided with leather covered felt buffer. secured
In the concave metallic head or the pox iisel'
The rear end has "A hinged door, with lock, 10
which only postal officials have keys. The cush-
ion-lke rings Just mentioned VIII wear OUT OF
course. although the interior ~ the TUBE III MI
adelptia Is carefully finished. 10 make IL as
smooth as possible But they can DC renewed
very easily This operation becomes necessary
after about one thousand miles or service. inc
time required for each trip OF 3,O,D teet ~ iroii'
tfty-ive to sixty seconds, but higner Ve'2.ity
can be obtained with n higher pressure. IL Is
the intention Of the NewIork company 10 EN-
ploy considerably higher speed than is needeo
in Philadelphia, where, at present. only ABOUT
800 trips a day are made between the two OFFICES
This Is an average of twenty an hour or one
every three minutes; but 1t Is deemed possioie
to send at least ten carriers mir ute, II occasion
requires.
In the last annual report Of the Postmaster
General satisfaction is expressed with the WORK.
ings of the system. During the last four years
no Interruptions for n longer period than rev
hours for repairs have been necessary Inc
tubes make ii possible to keep mail open untii
within five minutes Of the leaving or train
Heretofore half an hour, and often an hour, was
the smallest possible margin left to the post
master. The Postmastcr-iienera does not "a
vOr the total abolition Of wagon service al
present. but judicious combination OF wagons
with tubes. and he reports that the Department
Is endeavoring to extend the system to New
York, Boston and other large cities. Referring
to this city, however, he admits the possibility
that wagons may eventually become needless.
He says
Parties interested In the construction or sucn
a tube making every effort to ascertain what
such a plant can be constructed for, ana the
business outlook for such an arrangement. ana
think am safe in saying they are as hopefu
the officers of the Department that they VIII
be able to make a fair business proposition 20
us In a very little while covering pneumatic
service over almost the entire Island. winch OF
course, vii, be of great advantage.
In a private letter to Mr.. Miholand dated
March 81. 1897. Second Assistant Postmaster
General Nelson refers 10 his own tour through
Europe to examine the pneumatic TUBES IN use
there, and declares that the one to pc introdrto1
in New-York Is superior to all that "a saw while
abroad He congratulates himself that there VIII
be nothing experimental in the venture. ana Is
glad to have concluded these arrangements be-
fore his term of Office expires. He speaks or the
region between the Battery and Forty second
St. In this city. as the most important business
district in America. He adds:
II am satisfied that the Government Will zap
n large profit. rather than be involved In addi-
tional expense in this new feature. our expert
encc has taught US that all Improvements which
are real have been met by corresponding I'M
provement in the revenues OF the service, This,
am satisfied. will prove even greater winner
than some Of the old methods Of which speak.
There is another feature that forgot
TO call your attention TO while here and that Is
the collection wagon. which has proved an ab-
solute success after its experimental stage. ny
means OF the separations made therein or mall
taken from lamp-post letter boxes and received
from sub-stations the mail will reach the tube
stations in condition to be Immediately 'tubed'
from one point in the city TO another.
The eight lines which ii is proposed to estab-
fish in this city in the near future will all be
double and are as follows:
First-From the General Postofflce at the Mall
St end. down Broadway and Whitehal!-st., to
the Produce Exchange The two tubes will have
a total length Of 100 feet
Second-From the main office 20 Station n
IN lexington nave at Forty-fourth-st. The route
will lie through Centre-st.. Third-ave., Fourth
ave and Forty second-st 1t will serve three In
termediate stations: One at Third-ave. and
Ninth-st another in Madison Square. and the
third on Thrd-ave. at Twenty-eighth-st The
total length of this circuit will be 10000 feet.
Third-From the main Office of Centre-st.
across by Marion and Prince to south Flfth-ave,
thence 10 and through Thrteenth-st, Union
Square and Fourth-ave.. making the Grand Cen
trail station it's terminus. Two intermediate sta
lions. one in South Fifth-ave. and the other. up
at Thirteenth ST., will be served by this line,
whose entire length tboth ways) is 43.4SO feet.
Fourth-From the main office through PARK
Place to West-st., and through Hudson-st. and
Eiphth-aye. to Fifty-ffth-st. The intermediate
stations will be at Hudson aid Franklin SITS, at
a point still further up Hudson-st, and at Twen-
ty-eighth-st and Seventh-ave- Total length.
90 120 feet.
Fifth-From Eighth ave. and Fifty ffth-st to
Thrd-ave. and One-hundred and twenty fifth
ST. The route lies west OF Central Park. and In
cludes the sub-stations al Columbus ave. and
Eighty mint ST. and Seventh-ave. and One-hun-
ed-and-twenty-f Total length, 5I,1SO
feet.
Sixth-From Station III" at Lexington ave.
and Forty fourth-st. over to Third-ave., and
thence to One-hundrcd- and twenty-hfth-s The
stations at Sixty-seventh and Eighty sixth SITS.
are on this route. Length II 6G6 feet.
Sevcnth-From Station "H'' across town TO
Eighth-ave and Fifty-ffth-st The line gets into
Park-ave. from LeXington-ave as quickly as pos
sible and runs westward through Fffty-nfth-st.
Length. 15.40O feet.
Eighth-Yet to be surveyed
Only the first two Of these lines are expected to
be In operation by next October.
All tubes on these circuits are to have an In
side diameter OF inches. The carriers Will have
an internal diameter of G7s inches with length
Of 81 inches.
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