New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-09-16
TRY NEW SUBWAY CARS.
Rail5cay Men and Guests on Tour
.Safety First Consideration.

Five of the new subway cars OF the Interborough
Rapid Transit Company received a trial run anu
inspection yesterday the Second-ave, ana Ihlru-
ave. elevated lines These are the hrst con-
signment OF the order fer five hundred when the
Interborough people have already placed
The party started from Ninety-eighth-st ana
made slow 10 The Bronx Park station 10 TEST
the brakes motors and other equipments ana note
" neither any change in width OF platforms would
be needed at the stations. No speed test was mace
yesterday. These cars. however. have guaranteed
sreed OF thirty miles hour and the builders say
they can make fifty easily.
At One-hundred- and thrty-third-st one OF the
cars barely grazed the platform Of the station but
all other points high speed would have oeeh
perfectly safe
The trip from Bronx Park to South Ferry was
made in hour. At Hanover Square party OF
men interested in the working OF the cars boarded
the train. In this party were August Belmont.
president OF the marlborough Rapid Transit Com
pany: E P. Bryan. vice-president and general
manager: Frank Hedley. general superintendent;
John B. Mcdonald George ". Young and Walter
C. Oakman directors: William Barclay Parsons,
chief engineer Of the Rapid Transit Commission:
c. /. r Deyo. chief engineer OF the Interboroush
Company Subway Division, and L. B. Stilweli.
electrical director of the 1nterborough Company.
on the train when it left Ninety-eighth-st. were
Frank Hedey. George Gibbs. Henry Pearson, gen.
eral manager OF the Wason Car Company, which
constructed tire body Of the cars; A. II SssOn.
general manager Of the Jewett Car Company.
Case and W. II. Sawyer. assistant engineers Of the
General Electric Company; w T. Thompson. mas
ter mechanic OF The Subway Division; George II.
Pegram. chief engineer of the Manhattan Division;
Division; Hugh Hazelton. electric engineer of the
Manhattan Division. and F. r. Slater and H. r.
Putnam. assistant engineers.
Mr.. Hedley is enthusiastic over the new rolling
stock He pointed out the fact that with the
asbestos covering of all electrical apparatus. the
-sf-,o .Ea art Of hod
and the coating OF reproof paint over all the wood
work. such thing the Paris disaster was i'm
possible. Mr.. Hedey added:
The cars all equipped with Westinghouse
automatic brakes. which carry two lines OF pipes
through the entire length Of the train. The first
is known as the main reservoir and the other as
main reservoir line is charged with ninety pounds
o. cohlressSu ar 20 lhs square men ne dlI Is
pressors which installed under each motor car
When the train is in motion the train line pressure
is regulated that seventy pounds pressure to the
square inch is carried and any reduction in the
train to set automatically and simultaneously.
The train line pressure is coupled with the electric
controller, and II at any time the current is being
fed into the motors the motorman must have his
den sickness. he should take his hand OFF the CON
troller when the train is in motion the brakes are
set the entire train. Just before the
brake is automatically set the current is cut of
from the motors on the entire train. This also is
done automatically and simultaneously. The cars
also equipped with what is known the con-
ductor valve. These valves are provided with cords.
which through the trains and to the platforms.
80 that any conductor anywhere in the train can
set the brakes Immediately.
These cars also provided with what Is known
the automatic stop valve each truck. Should
any motOrman at any time past a danger signal
the brake viii be Immediately set and his current
off thus making ii impossible for a mOtorman
10 run past a danger signal The cars are equipped
with the General Electric COmpany's system OF
multiple Unit control The automatic master con-
troll is in all the cars. by means OF which
the power is automatically applied when a motor
starts his 1t will therefore be impossible
TO start with a Jerk
The windows lower halfway down from the top
only. and It will be impossible for passeng ers
TO he injured by thrusting heads arms from the
windows. At each end OF the car two steel
posts eight inches in diameter so imbedded in the
heavy framework of the that they will have
10 be sheared through before the cars can teie-
SCOPE.
The plan IS 10 use go Of these cars through the
winter on the SeCond-ave. line and distribute some
Of the old Second-ave. the other lines,
thus supplying the present lack OF cars.