New-York tribune., 1903-07-05

tne Dell rope, the motornan shuts TIE gates and
'nen starts his car. The gates are always closed
Nhen the car Is in motion. The safety platforms
nave been IN use for eight years and In that ,i-.
tnere have been only half a dozen accidents rro-,
"Olnen oeing thrown from cars. These cars can
De used IN summer or winter BY taking out or uut-
uns N the thirteen long windows on both sides
f'a-Lroad officials OF this city. however say tAat
1!Ie A"ln Clty scheme Is wholly tnpracticahls for
tIe heaVy, nervous traffic oS a crowded community
The long Third-ave. cars which are A. = sf-,Tl.r
pattern have been found inadequats becauSa AZ IN.
ueiays caused BY Passengers IN crowdiag ont and
IN tne long aisle The stops the long cars MAKE
average twenty-four seconds whereas an ooen car
OF ordinary length has an average stop az ntns
seconds -
The safety platforms OF the Minnesota twin e,tt..
H1'e1 ne 1neless have started New-Tork engineers 70
-lAIs oI equlpping the open strestcars with
sIS ~.osE 'he tashion OF the open On The eie-
'Su 4lese gates would be along the edge o. ~.
car one for each seat. and would he opera4as -
.Hs Hlotorr'an- No passengers would bs permitted
- SET OF or on while the car Is IN motion E,1r
sS ---'O'S say such scheme Is inpracticasla II
mere are gates for all the seats and both ,ba -,
and the women are not peruItte5 - 80. - = =
"Hile tne car is going. they say that tbs-. a.
OOUi'U 70 oe trouble The majority OF nan bosrd
. Ce'' on the jump and leave IL before n s-oD.
llS On rare occasions do men get on the vvro7r
NS- EerAaps the reason is that they have beeor,.
acquainted with the laws OF s-s,,t...,,
N1ei1uih ever since their early years - -
-O1S on uhe rear axles OF delivery vvz-,-, =
80 On ana on low gears. or. II they were coun
- Iaos' risked their necks riding on fretrbf -
"hen men jump from cars the vro,r ~ -
are generally badly excited Tba, - -.
lhelr early training IN the mad desire - -s+ e,
Two instances We're furnished only last vel
As Ahlrd-ave- car OF the BrookIv, Rs-41 r.
SIT company was nearing Thirty-t thirds. -. -
uay' ANTONIO Irasosky. young man - +tt-.
yeaiS' save shout His hat had blown - -
apparently unmindfui OF the velocity OF -ba - -
pillseu on backward His head struck .bs -
win sucn violence that 1t received a ccr,,os
Al the Norwegian Hospital Trasoslr7-
SCI ne HVeo az No lof Hestsr-st. Manhattan
<ii0'her 1dannattanite had almost an identicaI ~
perlehce on the same day in iunnpi1- hs-I,,
| from Tompkins-ave. car While snsa4I-- -
| Douslass-sr- the passengers on rhe car -
shout from man whose hat has bea7. s,,-a. r.
| oy the wind The car was nearing Kfrrs+,--- --..
and BEFORE the conductor could shout a var7i,s ,a
| e1clted passenger swung OF backward HIS 5es F.
| struck the pavement with great force and r- p,
there unconscious until ambulance carried t,
| 70 St Mary's Hospital
II was found that he had coucrssio7 Of ---
brain, and from his personal effects that his 7s-s
was William Runman, OF No. IS Sunolk-st
whatever accidents may occur from the aaga--
ness OF conductors 70 make their trips as c.i.kv
as possible. and 20 start their cars before the
women have stepped OF. the most serious case.
are from men and women who jump the v-ro7z
way while the car IS sttu going "Abssntrindsd-
ness IS the chief cause OF these Jumping a--i-
dents.' said a veteran Broadway conductor. who
had been service this line IN the slow old
days OF the cable.
Yes can think OF many instance re-