The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-11-14
CROKERS AND MANHATTAN.
FIRECHIEI NOW OBJECTS TO THE
ELEvkTED's THIRD MAI.

shke shys ~" - I" -
pears That the manhnan hen' Svo'-
uo 10 'he o"S ."
he'enee bon"s =" o"''
Chief Croker OF the Fire Department nephew
OF Richard Croker. gave out this statement
yesterday:
Il have found after two months inVestlga-
ton. that the third rail system. " III put into
operation on the elevsted railroads In Mnnhat-
tan. IL going to be serious handicap to the
operations of the Fire Department az well ms
menace to the lives Of the fremen. think the
warning should be given In time. Lo-
Gated along the lines OF the elevated
railroad 10 property valued at millions
o,... 90 ,ho .,.,,,sd ro.d -. h.,. N nss Tho
Close 70 the sIeYa'ea roau we nave 70 use ,ne
can be thrown into the burning building that
do great execution Now n there ia that third
u wi 80 en. su u,,h ,,.,,,. ~ 81" .,,.n,
nnd.r.,snd ,ha no.,,,on =, IN. ersmsn ".
must use the elevated road at all large fires
that may occur along ito route because It 10 so
close to the ouildi.gs. l have looked at the
matter from every standpoint ana can arrive
at only one conclusion. and that is that the in.
.. p,1perv o"ns a'o ,h i ,, 'uss VI
m.a will be put in jeopardy with this third
ran system
1t has been suggested that In case OF nre
structure .hs power IN the thlrd ran could 90
be- DOM % oui"sIy .oS r,,hou, great iocosVon.
i.ncs ~ the ,r,x.Ilino nnb,ic hu, 4, 4, hecon,..
Necessary TO shut down the power OF an entire
line like. saw. the sixth .yenue road. II will
stall cars from on. end to another. AZ present
when the department uses the structure
and stops the cars. tho line IL not
tea up out the trains are switched
at some point north or south OF the hre' Inc
members OF this department go to any extreme
nn .nS s 70 d 81 Ie "a anu prSpey out wnen
tSipS rsil nnSer such eSnr9n Of eIsc,ricity it's
ane,enr NAVE s,s .nd I'm prUpssW
nv, se,,nd IL lam ron . sme
n. EF,n,nYs ISss quotes Russell Sage as
it IS not sincere Criticism o, the thlrd.rsil
ten 10 inha"nSe TIE stock mark"t some , one "a
.x sse t,.s er,sioi. ,bat 10 ,ne .nrd
"a, mas psen trisa ana thoropghy tested aii Over
perfectlv The Naphnt,an Road Nil moi b, IT,.
iusnc,d IN any way by what Mr. GROCER has
the third rail- system on ths Man haitian Road.
anu sma,, uo So frsspee'i'oo VI siIoih
an s0uISs ,,. ., cha ,,,aor - no. ., ~.
third o. ids alpE So or IN.
.Gamaon ron .hpe Or on ssstcs o, sS
enippm.nt In tmsr'c, has al zen reduces ,a
: standard In which no currssnt. q higher in
ne ne onstsddna pafn Inc I Ih'fd ran o on
rent GeG. han his and although there pTs rec.
oros OF lew persons HAVING oeen Killed by
EXPERT. tkst each q those wa. .anerlns from
nenrt tt9upIe anu tnat nc human oelng ~ nor
mai p, S Ever cnr ksu Of E,nry IN
shw,,inn u y ,h a aDout uns p1ssIoiyv OF
snut,hx on me eurrsnt from enc ps.t OF such
road a: wei a. about the currents OF thous-
The eSp..n,, Of ,hGTss9d, Of volt: ar. 3.ye,
With the .:s or Their ,,o sSSpGor,Is
h house IN sp.ctsIiy snsrfed WIres o 10 ,,Tiset.
Ing Ing sta,ons aaons inc i.ne; Where Gy mean. OK
yoI, cnrts,,. ~. en,inaia NJ 1870 49, u ~
I;:p-.ssntsd BY largely increased aaan:
sSs 1p S.HsFf d. i sTd ra i.
ere ar, divided up into short sections, do, ending
ien me length q, sssn upon inc amount Of IN.
ro1,a p, not gs NOR tnah 90 10 700
senarnts tssssr rnn nj y, 4, tro nas
trlbatins station. and Il !. possible any
,h , ~ onus ,, ~ Va, p"wsi drou, any m
Of sny Of The othsr sections ANY more iran ar' ~
'uro ~ II, ,h. ,,-,,, r.. .,, - 49, ,.t..
h'n a !, ' ne eu,Ien. DC passihk IN ,ne th,Fd
G1ot asa ,rpgshend, tbre loud ss mi As ; M
oaaEet 70 men soIkihx anout tns ttats. " these
c.rr,,ns n,'r,snt Dnbp ten IN o",s rnss
e ssyg cutr ,r %, t ~ Wis "Mhou,
teoeinne 'hin,y, ana tne workmsh wou.d
pnon y" ,hs thira rail "n,oyide% ,bsv ~
uVn o nn',u I,; Woveu 'ney olu
tTies II sos;aet Win ths bssp1ns rn v 1sS
eary 'ns cdarent Uaes 20 inc n,strinutns s,n.
,hn rai n me s'rv unE @ Hnrts
WI 'nIIn tn ~ uss, tne woIhmsh arc easlIy
IN csss " OF ap.sueb pp.csntio nsI rantd "a,
he easy. the current IL shut OF entireIy from
tinn ~ ,S snsn sn nrs VIII ,s oprra-
ZION OF tns fp1u any more, as was shiu aoovr.
man mar. noeaI pioeAauo irom amy o'her cause
"ITuh,u Heal,h Road u,o.o .,,..L -. a.,
tno Hsatm pparu Those at,ack on tne
nsns Isc.n,l, .ens ou, ,n.rsctars q, came r.o 70
upon tnc son.iAtioh anu cleanliness OF 'he
eomp any 49,. .uooa q, ....
mayor Nan Wvek nAs aoWeu 10 oesoms
Nv tno oruIn.noe reeenaV passeen 10y ,he
sr np -, n.sssns.rp nt er 1T ,ns
sIeatsI saleV OF passehses anu emEioSees