The sun., 1898-02-18
pptDGERETURNSCUTHARD
cans MAKE 4 $3.50 DIFF
gfObLrpryCE IN ONE DAY.


Tr.llry service Sesterdns-More
In t'o a., tbc New Work Teruinai
~, trolley car system was continued IN opera.
Inv ,ho bridge all day yesterday without
uon "" ~ an accident Of nny sort ana at ciooA'
h'en ,,o evening rush hours began' cars oI tWo
when @ Wv ,,.rc added to the ilye lines which
more L,"' IN The dav before These additional
began W ,Ec Park avenue line OF tho Nassau
lines VIZ, ,,ho Gates avenue line OF thc Brooklyn
ps'eh,,.,,,,, The cars OF tho Park avenue
Hegh's ,ro entrance on this end OF tho
line uo., I,orY rbc second one from Park row;
brdse o ~. Sotcs avenue line mostly crossed
those VI ,,,, ono nearest to Park row. AS
on iUOp s,r,r, ears and those OF tho Myrtic
me- inc ,inc were also using loop !, and crowded
avenue ",'. ,.,o,fthr Myrtle avenue line wero
,,t In on loop 3. -,.,.i, ,,,,,,,or
w R..ordinr =" TO the automatic electric counter
nv. hV.p ,apcs n record Of the passing OF the troll
..s vn's" Az cars went over the bridge during
Ny '. .n,v.four hours OF Wednesday. Tho
tne ro,s :, cents q car toll, or ull told, tho
.,s,. ~u from this source will be S6s.so.
H.e,p Hunp"a hv n the bridge incomc,' was super
w., Martins comment when no saw the
M. nv, rroccssion Of cars beginning 10 run on
Es' ,.dav md the figures which he had COM
TNAn
We, .o,,,rday as to tho first days results
PHe ,hot bo was right. The receipts OF the
,.u of mn wednesday $3.50 from what
v,ue Ia averaged, and as the income had been
me, ,,na ahead OF the average about $500
.aeo,,,v. the real difference which the free
.a,.o aAy rIdes on tho trolley cars seem to have
pis I. I. s5so for the day. That would Indicate
ma . A.. ,rolloy cars carried on Wednesday
..Is soo n,ss,npers who otherwise would have
- N. bridge trains. As matter OF fact,
thsv carried many more. Tor the huihoer who
u';.,d uv, across the bridge was much smaller
than usual ,,,. .,,,,.
,ohn,on and his brother, Tom l.. Johnson, wero
a, tho terminal durinG the whole OF the rush
hours TO study the working OF tho new system.
,rd each expressed himself as well fHtished
,h,, Il was a success. When Inspector Cross
was asked afterwaTd how the system had
""Reautifuy. Everything has gone OH with
mi. a scratch The trolley cars Kept moving
tbs crowd away Just as fast as IL came ana
lent the terminal almost clear except for about
,npsnty nepr Ave minutes of tho worst of the rush.
nurIng that time, from about 900 10 6:lo, the
neonle came in so fast that the whole place was
jammed about tho cars, anu II kept In9 po,ice o
Ma and the cars all moving. predict. how
ssver that in week all the people who want 70
get 10 the bridge cars and the promenade VIII
Rave 10 use the outer stairways, and then there
Will be much less confusion ana JammlnB wheh
the great rush is on. $40, ,,-. -
Inspector Cross made little different ar.
rangement Of the police force on the bridge for
isst night, He took for the manning OF the
ioops ali members of the regular bridge police
force, because OF their greater ACQUAINTANCE
with the work to be done there, and replaced
those who were thus drawn from the roadways
and promenade with precinct men. 1t Is re-
ported that within few days n force OF giants
fko the Broadway squad will be detailed reRu-
lary for this entrance TO the bridge.
Some mechanical improvements, suggested
BY the experience of the day before, were made
on the bridge night before last and Yesterday
was found that at the short curves ut either
end Of the loops. the trolleys were likely to
leave the trolley wires. To prevent delays
each car on foot and keep the trolleys on by
means OF the controlling cord. TIC. do away
With any further trouble in this direction copper
trouRhs have been erected above each trolley
wire OF the curves and connected with the troll
ley current. Now II the trolleys leave the
wires they can still gather power from the
trSsghs and tho cars % VIII keep moving; nr ms ,
iy Of number Of the columns suprol ting the
terminal to the loop tracks is TO be done away
with entirely BY taking out all sixteen OF the
central columns and supporting the structure
atove BY means Of overhead girders. The new
system Of lighting the bridge entrance where
the trolley loops, are was in use last night.
Around every column was circle Of ten 80
candlepower lamps and, outside these. lunches
Of five lamps, each of the same sort. The
whole interior Of that part of the station has
coat, and It shone and glistened everywhere
with the power Of the 300 new lights which
were added to the arc lights already in USE
M Ihe south roadway, opposite the loops. was also
there by the Brooklyn Heights road.
isNsrday signs were placed on each stairway
leading from Park row and City Hall square,
s,sl radi1s .TS the Bridge Promenade" and Super.
miendent Martin issued notice to the public
eai,lhg attention to the way to reach the prone
naae y the gallery, floor without having to
cross the trolley tracks.
mg gong has been placed in the station by
which TO despatch the cars. One stroke OF the
&c oel starts the cars on loop l, two strokes those
on loop 2, and SO on.
d.ss, The ultimate service Of the trolley cars must
Gepeha C upon how quickly each car can be
,aU Grea across It's loop to the loading station and
;a,n,e ne on ioad OF passengers Tom L. johnson
XII tbeTsea Ws t himself last night in figuring upon
IN Ssn cars were despatched every three minutes
asS ins time taken up in moving the cars across
tsrd.v SsAnS tn on load Of passengers varied yes
cnds tfotn one minute TO seventy yhve sec
Sua SEas. n car could be sent out from each loop
srsry srs minute this would make 24O cars an hour
Snu Snu MT Johnson said he thought this could be
SopS ' an ihat honl number would carry l6.so0 per
mouia add some more lines of cars to the bridge
ssSrnice smnsc Today ana more on Saturday, and by
Speratyon y 1ney expect to have the full service in
President Uhman of the BROOKLYN elevated
tSs hsi Expects to hsvo his cars running across
AZ. Ugg Ut,agg oy June |. These trains will land
Of tbs platform to be built between the tracks
entered Sa,s1 into yesterday by the BROOKLYN eie.
oonSa,f @,ea road with Post & McCord TO build the
TaSSiIoh Taseroh between that road and the bridge at
plsted IN eIavsn street, This work is to be COM