The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1901-10-20
NIchN4ufs or rRoLLrI LINES
special distinctions of tie Nnriou' SUR
face Lines In HrnohINn.

4 man VHp TOT many wear was c'n-
n.rt.i with 10. Brooklyn surit.' railroad
sv.tcm- said yesterday th-t ho hIi rotto'l
4nm. POPULARITY ur "loh Of thr limos For
iu-iluN,. hr said that among railroad mon
IN, p,kalb avcuu" hnn Ns- known a.
IN, woman mad. hs.cau-s more women
than men pairopizcd ~ cars.
ION this line he said. you will find
TWENTY-FIVE women I'm a car on which only
;hps, ~ four non are to b. found. Then
take th' Ralph avenue line. That h known
a.rra scrub line, because all sorts ui peculiar
MON and women rid over - The car =
'l, Ralph lycul. I'm" nst-S through districts
Vuur. r,ur people rr-.Ir, and c'u-' ll"u'lv
worm ind women carrying wa~h htsE''s
n..l With clothes. ,nlInrir,s men who
.n.a, pip-,-. tough Young fellows who
chrv toharp and laNnrar- with mortar
OH their u~vcralls The majority "f IA"
pas-curcrs APPEAR To- H. awkward, clumsy.
shabby and -cruhhy
This road differs from the CruSS-tuwn
line. which h. known a. the Workingiu"u'=
line Du th, Cr,-S-towu lin" youN find
iouy.h.rrmru IN their plain hlu" jeans.
i.rI-handrd varrhuusc lahorrrS. hig husky
mon who's clothing h. stained WITH ~"
orea-. # III" ougiu" rrpm 81 ia" factory.
HHNNA
left the carpenter .n'p
Then take up the crank line. a name
J tho conductors haN" gwen 20 the Putnam
avrnu" road Her" yuuN find two ur
th-p, men uf women always IN y dispute
with IA. conductor Many 81 the Y'ppl"
who rii. over tins line give "A dollar note
4, tU. conductor and then kick over tho
fact thu, he ha. only small chang" and
one quarter Ia Civ" them They insist
utr,u having a half dollar piece, one quarter
and two dimes iu change when they pay
] their fare out OF "a dollar bil.
Then some woman viii insist upon
I having the conductor open a window ana
the man sitting l"'~id" her VIII ofd"T Va"
7 conductor to Clu-' ia" window, Will" al
tn. same time the conductor u having
au argument on Nh" rear platform win
-,mn fellow who insists on violating IN"
ul,s Of tine company 10y smoking
Next take look ~ ia" st"nugraphers
and ~tvt.wri'crs' road, hv which nam"
til. G-srn. and Gates aveuu" In" y known.
If vuu ride over this Ina" You vii ~" IN
almost any car a DOZEN or morr men ana
women writing shorthand on PADS h''d
IN their lai~,
-Th. Fulton str>.t line. known ~ the
-LnpIprs' road. H. crowded all dav WIN
women who, having uo other amti-rinrii''
70 to the hig >tor- 20 .ITnd their cash
There j. the shop g'rs' read, the Graham
and Flushing avenue Inc. 'rt on az, "a
the-. car, Ina the rush hours and ~you'nhnd
tha, the majority 81 the passenger ar"
working girls employed IN the book bind
.ri,~. Uai-r box factories and feather
curling Establishments 81 New YORK,
The Vanderbilt avenue road II known
n ne Philadelphia line. hocau-e most ~
the ras-eng.rS ap' considered dead slow
and o., ON and of the cars very i.isur'ly
a. n Time never counted for ANYTHING
-Th. car of the Smith -trts' lin" an"
known a. hurry-up wagons, because w"
PATRONS Of the road appear io H. IN a hurry
all the time. The men scrap. elbow "i'l
other and push women asid" IN uhsif hurry
To- Ut into tho car. To $500 the way IN"
women chas, after the can ot this lin"
Won would auagin" that there was "ilN
one car running over tn" rntd. ,
Then thcrr i th" sleepy mad, the Third
avouu. lHe. pn which many ot ~" isl~-
scngrr- fight for corner S'atS Tor sl'rping
pG9e-'~ nm, r., wu,m.,nrc
H. kuo~n a. the Italian line, for IA" rUaSnn
that ~ leads to Eat New York and Jamaica,
where thpusand. 20 Italians ar" cuiplov'd.
They may l-' ~ss'n Ia dc@"us On ~" cars
% this lin" aluiu-i any iiin" OF IN" CAV
The ~sngrnial tn" u the ham" given
To- ih. Flat lIsh avenue road, tsrau-r many
sc he pa~sangv-~ arr good ciiit"i's Who
arr willing tu give a seal go a woman ~
maxi" rt-pn Tor a new conner without lht-
ting up a kick
IN. Nnr,b Sound str-f rad In VII
haulsinirg b. hnuvn ~ the graveyard hne
h-S,aus. Il hrad- o. most 81 Tie ceu"i"ris-
W. N~NtoNu Som"iimt- th"N cali " va"
~idoN's line Cor many - ~" I'ar-engrr~
are wuirrn in mourning Who nd" - ~"
C--urf.fle-
.Ou. ,f ib. rpads I have mentioned y
lpowt ~ tn iusisnat"-' 1omc hu" -
cans F, h. patuuhf0st ~ du4ulr Ara
Thea anothor 81 thurs ! have E~l~ntl"r'>i
/. knawn a. hsg fur n vuu want q" know
what u~arhgnlar lire that h a-k seT" ~
TtF SIS r,.si,fs ~ NUae AMI tea S"n
Tlrg knOx.