New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-03-07
MORE CARS FOR FERRIES
FIFTH-AvE. TROLLEY CARS TO BE
TAKEN FROM BRIDGE IN EFFORT
TO REDUCE CRUSH.

The first step toward providing adequate
service TO the ferries was taken by the officials
OF the Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company yes
terday. when It was decided to take all the
cars of the Fifth-ave. trolley line off the bridge
and run them 70 Hamilton South and Fulton
ferries. The new service will go into operation
next Monday. The Fifth-ave, line was taken
for this experiment because there is an elevated
line covering the same territory, which will &C
commodate all the persons who desire to cross
the bridge. BY taking all of the cars of one
line from the bridge it is expected that the con-
gested condition will be relieved to ex-
tent that will enable the other cars to run
faster. The Fifth-ave cars to the ferries will be
operated as follows:
A line from -fourth-st. and F1fth-ave. to
Hamilton Ferry. by way of Fifteenth-st. and
Hamilton-ave.
A line from SIxty-fourth-s st and Fifth-ave.. to
South Ferry. by way of Fifth-ave. and Allan
tic-ave.
A line from Thirty-ninth-st and Fifth-ave.. to
Fulton Ferry, by way of the present route.
These lines will give a Roadway of two and
one-half minutes in Fifth-ave.. north of Thirty
ninth-st The ferry companies have been in
formed Of the change in the running of the
cars in order that it may be prepared for the
extra travel, and placards will be placed in the
cars asking the public to cooperate with the
company in its effort to relieve the bridge, by
patronizIng the ferry service.
This service will be watched with great in
terest." said an official of the company last
night 1T will enable us to find out definitely
whether or not we will be able to divert any
great amount of the traffic to the ferries. If
the service is success we will probably make
a similar experiment with other lines"
President Greatsinger told Tribune reporter
last night that there nothing new in the
proposition to shuttle the bridge,
on track and back the other Per
sonally, he believes that the plan is imprac-
tiCabe but Is willing to try ii whenever Com
missioner LindenthaI directs. To that end ne
has had the engineers OF the company at work
for some time in attempt TO devise some
way in which the cars could be handled at the
Brooklyn end Of the bridge. II the cars make
the loop in Sands-st., which is extremely mar
row, the tracks would have to encroach on
bridge property, and one or two pillars Woulu
have to be cut away. If a loop is built on the
plaza and Commissioner Lindenthal has not as
yet shown any disposition to grant any rights
on the plaza to the company, il would accom-
modate only the lines that run down Fulton
St, and passengers for all cars that come from
the Eastern District and down Sands and
Washington SITS. would have a long walk.
President Greatsinger thinks that there would
be end of confusion arising II all of the
passengers from Manhattan were unloaded AT
the Brooklyn end Of the bridge and forced 10
scurry around for the cars of various lines. for
1t would be impossible to bring all of the lines
together at any one point
President Greatsnger was asked II the com
pany would put a through elevated service
Fulton Ferry in the rush hours, and he re
piled:
I'VE now have shuttle running Up 70
the bridge station from Fulton Ferry. and that
is never full during the rush hours. / believe
that if people really wanted to patronize that
line they would be willing to transfer at the
bridge, but the shuttle car is never full.
We two through trains from the ferry for
the accommodation OF workingmen, but the
grade uD Futon-st. is steep that have 20
use two engines for them, and II We ran more
trains the service would have 10 be slow"