New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-08-30

CABLE WILL CONTINUE AS THE MOTIVE
POWER IN MOETAGUE-GT
UNDERGROUND TROLLEY NOT CONSIDERED IS

UNDERGROUND TROLLEY NOT CONSIDERED IS
DESIRABLE MANY WIRES BEING BURIED
The Brooklyn Heights Railroad Company
does not intend to make any change in its mo-
tive power in Montasuc-st.. 1T least ut present
Clinton l.. Rosstcr. president of the company.
said yesterday that he had abandoned the idea
Of making any change.
Some Of the residents Of the neGhborhood OBJ
jected to the rumbng of the able. and asked
him to change the power to electricity. lie APP
piled to the Department Of Public Buildings.
Lighting and Supplies for permit to use the
overhead trolley system on this short line hut
Deputy Commissioner Walton who has taken
firm stand against putting any more poles and
wires in the downtown section Of Brooklyn, de-
clined to grant the permit. although he said
that he would allow the company to use the
underground system.
1T would cost a great deal of money to make
the change to the underground trolley system.
said Mr. Rossiter to Tribune reporter, be
cause Of the expense Of changing the position of
subways. water and gas mains and sewers. 1t
sometimes costs much SlOOooO mile to
conyer, tracks for an underground trolley. Then
again. our tracks a. the Wall-st. ferry are at
hgh-water mark our cables are rusted to
feasible to pa; in underground wires, because
81 the water"
Mr. Rossiter was asked whether his company
had any thought Of changing from the over
head to the underground trolley on the system
at large.
from the expense of changing from the horse
cars To- the overhead trolley. We would 10 as
able TO make this expensive change as n"
owner Of a stage coach would he able 10 change
to overhead
tenn"
The Montague-st line. half mile long. is
really the only line Owned by the BROOKLYN
Heights Company. That company leases the
many other lines which IT operates from tn"
Brooklyn City. It was in the Old financiernS
days OF Presiden, Lewis that the Brooklyn
Heights Company made use Of 10 cnahl"
the old Long Island Traction Company 10 get
possession Of the Brooklyn city.
The work Of putting the telephone and cleo
trio lighting wires underground IS pushing
ahead steadily sixty per cert Of the telephone
wires are now In suhvays. and AL the wires ~ tn"
Edison. the Kings County ard the state Electric
Lighting companies are buried except that the
State company has some OF its wires STRUNG
along tho elevated structures. Most q tn" wires
Of the Municipal and Citizens companies. how
ever. are still above ground.
Tho Telephone Company IS ius' finishing the
burying Of its wires in Bedford-avc.. and has
thus removed an ugly feature from that hand
some thoroughfare. Next the my wires That
obscure Clark-st. are 10 20 below and also the
wires in Hicks st. Brocklyn-ave.. between Full
ton 81 and Park place and Namilton-ave.. from
Van Brunt-st 20 the ferry. Subways have long
since been laid in Fulton-st as far a Thro"p-
ave In Throop-ave. from Fulton To Lynch 81 {;
in Flushing and Johnson ayes, in Hamilton
ave out e. Fifteerth-st. along FN;eenth-st 10
tie Park. and along the Park.
The Telephone Company does not need mucn
urging to make these changes. as II costs much
log sto maintain the wires when In EubWayS.
whore they protected. than on poles where
they are torn down lev storms and deposits OF
tee Enough wires arc put in the subway at
frs, ~ supply tho demand for some time t.
come and frequent manholes are provided,
which allow the Introduction II new wires with
out tearing up the street.