New-York tribune., 1903-01-01

Peari-st. and Third-ave., and the Ninth-ave;
trains travel up Pearl-st. and Second ave, anu
in the reverse oroer ror lhe oecohu dii"
ave. trains.
Standardization of
1t should be carefully considered whether Two
story could not be so construetea aS T,;o ;o
carry passengers by means of ROOF seats. Ihls
would admit Of the carriage of large nulliper
of additional passengers, ana 10 thdt eAteh' -
Third-An increase of terminal facilities at the
City Hall should be investigated
LETTER TO W. F. KING
The State Railroad Commissioners left the city
last evening and viii be in Albany to-day at
tending the second inauguration OF 1oVerhoi
Odeu Before he left the Fifth Avenue Hotel
late in the afternoon Colonel Cole dictated iee-
ter to William F. King, of the Merchants AS
sociation, making formal reply to the protest
against secret sessions with the ranroau ON
cials He said infthe reply;
am instructed by the board to say that at
the close of the public hearing yesterday on
these matters it apparent that relneuieS
were needed for existing conditions. IL was dlso
apparent that it was not practicable to ontain at
such public hearing the exact ln1ofn zen zen
necessary upon which to formulate specinc
recommendations designed to correct the eFhs
Therefore this board, using the discretion Vesteu
in il by Section 165 of the Railroad law, con
ferred with the representatives of the Manhat-
tan Railway Company and of the lnterurpaH
Street Railway Company. obtaining from them
exact statements of the recent operation OF trais
and cars by such companies. From TINS IN
formation If is also apparent to this board that
improvements in operation should be made, ana
upon this information the board is ena olsa anu
will within few days formulate recomnen,oaa s,,
tions which, because of their exactness VIII De
capable of enforcement by the courts il the COM
panies refuse to comply herewith
The board will return to New-York City on
Friday of this week, and will be at the flfth
Avenue Hotel If you have any plans, lntorna-
tion or suggestions which you desire to submit.
the board will be pleased to receive then AT yoo 9o
convenience between the hours of I'D ana il
o'clock on that day.
Mr.. King said Yesterday that if the State Rail
road Commissioners failed to present within a
month recommendations that would be effective
in stopping the disgraceful overcrowding Of ele-
waited trains and surface at hours other
than the rush hours, a committee OF the as
sociation would send to the legislature Dill IN
tended to give relief to the public OF the CITY
Jacob A. Cantor, President Of the Borough OF
Manhattan, sent to the State Railroad CoIn-
missioners some suggestions, accompanied py
a statement that he did not believe the lesls-
lature intended to have local transit under the
control OF the commission, and that legislation
might be necessary to carry the suggestions
into effect. His suggestions are the following
ELEVATED ROADS.
hs re int saSss9 ssse OF ea t ahd hs
of an electric plant. must necessarily create bet
m ana sa's 81 the
that when the difficulties attending the oper@anon @
of the electric system caused by the cold weather
reduced to minimum df not elm sinatsa and Zach al
eg ee be 5na5os dae Of 0e greater number Of
cars aasii than at present. This company should be
eara ufng e the s"h Push hours greater
1han ahoua lo Be compeed to
between the rush hours at least twice as ire ire
quenty as at present even If fewer cars are used
stations on the 1a Rsor SIS Line should M
DE enlarged to at least double their present capao-
M rsz aha 5hsH to AXE BE and
n ae 0en e or aoad greay
gestion which at present exists at 1nese n tSIen
passengers. Measures should also be adopted by
ThSh s one oor and heve
ehg hTough from end o each Of
its lines to the other, wherever the space between
adons s6d fstinf Ta aeles and
etT and os the Company upon
If laws are are required to Compel the company
Should urge ee UPON the Iegisaturs the imperative
necessity of enactfng them
SURFACE ROADS.
In regard to surface travel. it is conceded that
majority of its Citizens doing business at one end
of hs sh Ss f5r a1 he tas to
the necessary accommodations with comfort and
oa Il ffst Sa that Of
bea TposS e o t~e tn make fG
First~It seems to me that the indecent and dis
be s Of open cars can Be BY changing
the form of construction of the car In other
off the rear or front platform OF such cars and
theos thfoa the eener Of W the sas
on each side. instead Of having steps extending ing
seats are occupied more passengers should be
second-In winter closed cars should be run. in
pairs instead OF units the as is done in other
cities with the Sa time 0 fe
adopted for the single car service is not changed
and double the number Of passengers can be car
Third-If this suggestion cannot be adopted.
being put on each car. collect fares and the
other to look after the safety of passengers in
sS sFourth@During normal hours cars should be run
more frequently and at least twice the number
Fifth-Tn order that the nlotorman may nay be pro, %
perform his duties eiGsnsslg I the e. cars 5
Union have passed laws compelling this to be done
rs ss shSd IN of ron %5fe If dr M
! company's building on Broadway
ORDINANCES NEEDED.
Serious causes of complaint which continually
interfere with the operation q street cars are "a
| and vehicles TO use the tracks and (b) at street
crossings and avenue CROSSINGS where .he tgae I Is
| binders the movement of the cars An ordinance
be ss and dp5es be
! forced In the event of wilful dsobedence of such
as the Violation Of such ordinance would embar
nd sa "a and fao d oua boeE E the
For the enforcement Of these ordinances. ; there
seua tse Street. BE ra sduad the Of which
should be stationed along the principal thorough.
h ra ahd Sasad asoa Ss 3
et5ad e ther heh enfn as
! OF course if we take broad view Of this whole
groWth Of the city in years to come. it will be
generally conceded that tunnel SHOULD be built pull