New-York tribune., 1901-03-10
pprnGE CRUSH NOT SO BAD
,s DIE TO THE FACT THAT 1T WAS
SATURDAY. HOWEEER-A
cT-T,.~E-sTInE
SUGGESTION.

-.s less crowding than usual yesterday
IH a+ the Manhattan entrance Of the
arr Bridge, because the thousands who
bI0'1 .,,- N the other side Of the river began
c'V~ .heir way homeward little after the
/" ,rr About 3 O'Clock the ticket sellers
NO. -, m serious work, and after that there
60 -,.r,v 70 do for every official OF the bridge
% long after dusk
Dl .bs opinion Of a number OF persons who use
..sge daily. the difficulty of gaining access
",,s has been increased by the separation
,a..l bridge passengers from through passen-
The company urged, however at the time
=. changes were made, that they Were TO put
: ,rect the long desired through service.
uarsral weeks ago passengers who were in
= habit Of ascending the stairs AT Centre-st,
,.,,bs-ran. found that the two ticket booths and
,-cases nearest Park Row had been closed.
80 r,urnlured at this. because they not only
"a n walk a hundred yards further east. 10
=. ,ert booth and stairway, but found il al
=, irnnossible 10 wedge their way through
=. soublv taxed thoroughfare. Since the first
"a second stairways We're closed the third
-, has been so burdened from $50 to
/. "a o'clock in the evening that il has been
- recessar-- 10 close at this time one Of the
=. Gates leading into it. Passengers entering
-, the right side were pushed back by the
I'D moving east. At present the crowds
-, moving another hundred feet to a fourth
.,ru,ay. which is only used during rush
,.,rs" and which, like the third, leads up TO
:. narrow fenced in platforms where through
..sssngers are hurried into an already jammed
.-.ir Thus tens of thousands of people now
avs fights, as heretofore
y vas noted yesterday that a comparatively
,r,.u number of people use the broad, asphalted
.,nroaeh 10 the bridge promenade. which leads
..a- Park Row over four crowded surface car
racks and gently ascends and narrows until
=. nromenade proper is reached. It was sug-
ssted bv a Brooklyn man that the company GO
au,sv with all staircases. He said
u-bv not lower the four tracks Of the elevated
,,sds 10 a few feet below the ground floor, prom
-s5s spproach, and then widen the shed by doing
ave- AZ ne second floor OF the terminal? Foot pas
sengers could ascend TO the floor now occupied by
tbs elevated tracks, which space might be made
mo a promenade approach
The Tribune's plan of tearing down the i'll
looking triangular block between Park Row and
North William-st.. if acted upon. would enable
the company TO widen its platforms by several
hundred square feet at the northwest corner of
fhe terminal. Thrd-aVe. elevated passengers
and the crowds who Park Row would also
derive substantial benefit.
r Dixon a broker, at No. PAS Washington
ST. said yesterday that he hoped some immedi-
ale relief might be afforded 10 passengers. Con-
rnuing. he said:
Surely President Rossiter cannot be aware of
the facts as they exist between 5:15 and $50
p m. The company permits two platforms TO
lie idle, and compels the public 10 walk one
eighth OF a mile every day. Mr.. breckenridge
remarks concerning the two idle platforms az
Park Row are entirely at variance with the ex-
pressed views OF nearly all business men with
Wh0m i nave talked. These two platforms
should be opened at once. President Rosster
should come over TO the New-York end of the
prose ABOUT o'clock 10 see what We go through
every evening
II was reported yesterday that the BROOKLYN
A1plG transit Company contemplated the dis
Ua!se OF the station agents and ticket choppers
q us system, ano was planning TO have fares
o@AeCteo by conductors, on surface lines No
9as could be found yesterday at the Office of
sreslaent Rossiter who could substantiate this
Ilnor. '-4-'