New-York tribune., 1902-12-25

In his letter 10 the committee. Edward R
Finch says:
have for a long time noticed the fact that
the transportation facilities are kept limited, so
crowded to their utmost standing capacity. SO
that the roads may be operated to procure the
greatest amount of earnings at the least posslo
cost, with utter disregard OF the rights or the
public.
Livingston Rutherfurd. IN a long letter, sug-
gosted that il would be good policy to have the
East and West Side elevated lines Joined at the
Battery and by a line along the Harlem River
from ne-hundred-and-t twenty ninth-st- TO One
hundred fifty -fifth-st, for continuous cir
cult traffic so as TO permit the running of more
trains and cutting down the headway He also
made the following suggestions for quick relief
from present conditions:
First-Extension of the Sxth-ave. structure to
the extreme lower end of the avenue, TO De useu
switch for local trains, TO relleVe the d.
ternoon crowding.
second-No trains TO be of less than six cars
Third-An trains 10 be run On one minute
headwey.
Fourth-More trains Il does not appear, from
elevated and surface companies can be true
when they say that they are operating All tue
trains and cars their roads can take care OF
TO MAKE THEM ISSUE TRANSFERS.
Harcourt Bull wrote that he had been en-
gagged in prosecuting against the Interurnan
compel the company to obey the law IN issuing
transfers between lines He added;
The noints where the Interurban company
fails to obey the law in this respect are manly
the points where the One-hundred-and-twent
ffth-st. crosstown line crosses the norlh anu
south lines in the avenues. Twenty -third-st. and
Broadway, Twenty-third-st- AMI Slxtn-aNe',
Twenty-third-st and Seventh-ave., Thlrd-aVe-
and all points except Forty ty-second-s!' O6enII,
dred-and-tenth-st. and One-hUnored-ano-t"eA-
ty-fifth ST.
Dr. P. H. Fridenberg, in q letter to the COM
rnittee, said, under date of Tuesday:
Believing that individual signatures, however
numerous, are Of comparatively small value ana
that united and impressive action is required, l
presented this matter at meeting OF the New
York County Medical Society, held last night al
the Academy OF Medicine My motion was car
ried to appoint committee OF hNe TO drdIt
resolutions expressing the accord Of this society
10 the action Of the Merchants Association anc
its desire TO cooperate with them. to bring
his expressiop to the notice Of the Mayor and
the authorities. 10 confer with such other com
ittees as shan be- or hsY bseH appoiRaead s,d 9o 3g
take whatever action may be necessary TO Sc
cure speedy and effectual reform Of this abuse.
That committee will probably be appointed
without delay. when notice Of its membership
viii be sent TO YOU
CAR AND MAN IN A RACE.
An example Of the rapid transit furnished by
the Metropolitan Street Railway Company is the
following incident: A pedestrian bound uptown
decided to walk in Broadway TO Eouston-st.
from the City Hall Park rather than board one
Of the slowly crawling When he started
his walk q Broadway car was exactly op-
posite lin. AT time the car more than
half block ahead of the pedestrian, despite
the crowded condition Of the sidewalk which
made rapid walking impossible. When Houston
St was reached the car was considerably less
than half block ahead.
The practice OF taking of elevated trains
after the rush hours still continues. notwith-
standing the agitation against such an unTea-
sonabe procedure. The three-car trains on the
Fifty-eighth-st spur. which the railroad COM
pany runs in spite of the protest OF every pas
senger that rides on the Sixth-ave. lines. are in
adequate for the traffic there, even after the
close OF the rush hours. At 10 &. yesterday
one Of these tfree-car trains was jammed 10
the point of suffocation by the time il stopped
at Forty-second-st. During the rush hours the
conditions naturally even more intolerable
That more than one passenger has not been
crowded off the platforms TO be crushed by q
train is due TO their luck than TO any
effort made by the elevated railroad to protect
or even slightly accommodate its patrons.
On the Third-ave. line. an upbound train, OF
only three cars at a N. yesterday was crowd
ed by the time IL reached Fifty -seYenth-st.
Meanwhile. between One-hundred- and-sixteenth
and -hundreo-a no-twenty-ifth SITS, and at
One-hundred-and-twenty ty-ninth-st- there were
many unused cars. so that there was excuse
running q shnr- train.