New-York tribune., 1902-02-18

increase the headway OF the enable
more cars to be taken across the bridge. but it
would greatly facilitate the loading. Engineers
who have watched the crowding at the Manhat-
tan end of the bridge agree that the most
serious feature of the congestion problem is
that Of loading and unloading the passengers
during the busy hours. By the new plan the
passengers would not be compelled to cross
the trolley tracks and there would be no mix
ing Of the outgoing and incoming traffic as at
present. Mr.. Browns unofficial estimate of the
cost of the improvement is $25OOOO. and he
says that it would not require more than about
two months time to build the loops"
When Mr.. Brown was asked about the cost OF
the changes he said:
The principal expense would be the putting
up Of girders underneath each loop. This would
not be complex problem"
Mr.. Browns plan in detail submitted to the
Controller yesterday is as follows:
since sg6n my plan Ia 5 oaS oR29gs' R95g 69
FEBRUARY 10 I have had an interview with Com
missioner Lindenthal. His criticisms are the fol-
First-He cannot abandon the cable, because
he has not sufficient electric power TO pull the cars
over the 3l3 per cent grade at the centre or the
Second-He cannot raise the tracks, because he
has not sufficient headroom for the trolley cars
Third-He says that II there were a block on any
Of the lines the people would accumulate and
cause crush
Frst1That the propesed system ste &c can n n be IN
augurateG without lnterfeTence With the caoe sys-
Second-HeadrCom can be obtained for six OF the
ply taking out the intermediate foor over the side
bays which are Of very little use at the present
Third-The accumulation of passengers in case OF
block on any of the lines viii be AVOIDED There
passengers, that is passengers for eight cars and
after the space is lled the people can walt on the
floor below.
have had the opportunity to make careful study
come to the conclusion that the traffic is well
handled. and could hardly be improved with the
tween $50 and $50 p. sixty-Iwo bridge trains Of
ing approximateiy 81 90 passengers carried by the
cable system and 1000 passengers carried by The
pIe in eddtion to I705 foot passengers who had 10
dispatched so promptly that they accumulated be-
tween the loops and the end of the masonry ap-
Guilty OF taking the cars or with sufficient rapdity
The above demonstrates that by building say
be abandoned, substituting for the same the lighter
trolley car. which would not produce great
strain on the bridge as the weight Of four car
and d particularly gd reg3rdiHg arc the safety
ana entering The cars and inasmuch as there e. a
scarcity Of electric power. the cable system can be
ly loops shown on sketch. on tracks elevated eight
feet above the footway. will give a distributing
floor for the entire width of the building. This
partiuoned off in the centre, will separate the out
going passengers completely from the incoming
passengers, and it will permit and children
even to reach their cars with comfort and safety
There will be sufficient room in each half Of this
distributing floor to permit $4,000 people TO pass
comfortably In one hour.
The six new loops be built end put in opera
ton in about two months, so that relief will be at
hand in that short time.
If than the present number Of passengers
must be carried It can be effected by additional
loops and by increasing the speed OF the cars
The entrance and exit of cars at the Brooklyn end
must be regulated and improved. Extra tracks
can be connected at Tilary-st., running up In
cline to the outside tracks of the yard, passing
along the outside OF the station building, and be-
ing switched onto the surface and tracks again at
the westerly end OF the Brooklyn masonry ap-
proach.
If than the six loops required, and If II
appears desirable to maintain the bridge tracks 1t
can be done by a slight alteration by means of "A
sixteen foot covered platform running along the
outside Of the Manhattan terminal, there being
ample for a platform Of sufficient length TO
handle the traffic of the bridge with safety.