The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-06-19
BRIDGE ELEVATED CARS.
NEW STs7EM PUT INTO sUooEssFUL
OPERATION YESTERDLY.

First Trails made the Trip Trsm This side t.
Manhattan Beach In Thirty-aeVeu Minutes,
but Faster fine ls Promined-Electrio
Motors Are to lie Put on All the Cars.
The Brooklyn Elevated Railroad cars were run
over the bridge yesterday for tho first time. The
FIRST train was made up Of Eve cars, and car
riod the directors Of the road and q number OF
public officials. The train left the Manhattan
end Of the bridge at IL 1872 o'clock under electric
motor power, ana proceeded to the Brooklyn
side, where one Of the regular engines was at
tRched.
The trip from New York to Manhattan Beach
was made In Just thirty seven minutes. PreSi.
dent Uhlman said that within a week this time
would be considerably reduced. Superinton.
dent l. d. Barton ran the engine and also had
charge of the Walker motor, which drew the
train across tho bridge. IA soon as enough
Walker motors are completed the engines now in
use will be abandoned, and the trains will bo
run entirely by electricity. The motors are said
to bo.morO powerful than those used on the
bridge, and arc expected to drive a train of five
or moro cars at the rate Of twenty-five miles an
hour. The four motors which are completed
are OF eighty horsepower, and weigh 5000
pounds.
After the special train left the bridge cars
were run over the structure at intervals OF ten
minutes for the ~aGc9mmodatio1 OF p"sssnGers
~ 49, 49,
o'clock this morning to noon the trains will be
run from this side over the Lexington avenue
line to East New York and over the Fifth ave-
nuo line to Bay Ridge and Coney Island under
twenty. minutes Roadway. From that on until
midnight they will run every ten minutes. The
RidEewood branch of The road: will not be in
operation for a week or two. When tho syB-
tom Is In full operation trains will be run on q
three-minute Roadway. Tho fare to Man.
haitian Beach or Sheepshead Bay has been
fixed at 80 cents Tor the round "trip. and to
Coney Island 20 cents.
On the arrival of the railroad company's
guests at Manhattan Beach yesterday q lunch.
con wAs served at the Manhattan Beach Hotel.
Later the train conveyed the guests to the
eheepshead Bay race track. Among the guests
were ex-senator John Mccarthy Sheriff Thomas
Dunn. Justice Devenny, Seth l. Kceney. Justice
John Courtney, James Shevlin. Col. John L.
Partridge. Justice r Henry Dugro; ex.M9yoTr
lam BOrrt, Frederick p. Morris. f. q. Thurber
Clinton Rossiter, President OF the Brooklyn
Heights Railroad; Albert johnson. President o
tho Nassau Railroad; Deputy Bridge Commits
Bioner York., 7. w. Twyman, chief engineer Of
the Pullman Company; w. I. Grundy, receiver
Of the Kings County Elevated .Railroad; Bridge
ENGINEER Buck, {, G.. Martin, chiof engineer and
superintendent OF the New York and Brook
YIN Bridge. John Breckenridge. chief engi
lneer OF tho Brooklyn Heights Railroad
Jessie Sellgman, Ernest Pullman, and w. H
Baldwin. President of tho Long Island Rail
road. Among the representatives OF the Gle
waited road were Elisha DYER, Jr.. George B
Cornell, Thomas F. Fitzhugh Lee, Walter f
Holding, Alexander Lyman, 1. d. Barton, anc
Robert b. DAVIS.