The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-07-21
CABS BUMP ISLES OF SAFETY.
NEW TERROR AT NIGHT IN THE
TENDERLOIN ROADWAY.
Bis, Fiat Stones for Pedestrians to Jump
Up on when an Auto Charges ON Them
No Lights at Night and the Auto
Can do Hurdle Stunts -Cantor's Idea.

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Up on when an Auto Charges ON Them
No Lights at Night and the Auto
Can Do Hurdle stunts -Cant0r's Idea.
Five isles of safety which we're estab-
lished in the Tenderloin yesterday kept the
tr,ickmen and Automobiles in state OF
mind. From the top of any of them the
pedestrian can wiggls his fingers by day
at his nose and at his foes. AT night the cabs
run into the isles A crew Of teamsters
from the Bureau of Highways was busy
Yesterday afternoon hauling stones which
we're put In the middle OF the roadway at
different points along Broadway. Four
Of these stones resemble grindstones and
are four feet In diameter and foot thick.
The other is a square of about three feet
The square one was deposited in the
middle of Twenty-fourth street just east
of the Broadway car tracks. OF the round
ones, one was set in the triangle made by
the car tracks at Twenty-third street and
Broadway, another in the Fifth avenue
roadway at Twenty-third street, a few feet
north Of the westbound car track third
in Broadway just north Of Thirty-third
street and east Of the up track and fourt
in Broadway Just south OF Thirty-fourth
street and west OF the down track.
The stones worried the Tenderloin police
and the men on post became greatly exer-
cised by nightfall when no one had shown
up to put red lights on the obstacles. Auto
mobiles and cabs that piled Broadway
began experiments in unexpected hurdle
jumping. No end Of complaints were
made at the Tenderloin station and Police
Headquarters was finally appealed to.
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Those things are isles. Of safety. Leave
EN- alone"
A rumor was soon aHoat that it was
scheme OF Deputy Commissioner Pipers
The latter said that the idea had not been
fathered by him, but had to the best OF
his knowledge. orr ginsted in the High
"As near as know. the scheme is TO pre-
vent the pedestrian from being run over
when crossing those congested points
He may jump upon the stone when truck
or other vehicle appears to be bearing
down upon him.
When asked for an opinion on the prac-
ticabity Of the scheme, Capt. Piper asked
TO be excused from answering, but laugh
ingly added 1T appears to me that the
safest thing, to do would be to crawl under
the stones"
James G. Collins, Superintendent Of High
ways. admitted that the credit for the
scneine belonged 10 nls uephi IHcnt' anu
said that Borough President Cantor had
suggested it, He said; Those stones pro-
iect above the roadway, and persons cross
ing from one side Of the street to the other
can get up on them and not be run over.
They are good deal like sidewalk. You
don't see wagon running up on the side
walk, and of course they won't run up on
those stones A person crossing the street
usually jumps out Of the way Of one vehicle
in front of another, but now he can jump
up on one these stones. We've had lots Of
complaints about these crossings, and we
think that this scheme will do away with
them"
Mr. Collins was much surprised when told
that no lights had been put on the stones
last night He said he would send men
to put danger signals on them. The Com
missioner said that he had not as yet de-
cided whether the stones would be taken
in at night.