New-York tribune., 1903-04-27
MANY HOPE FOR RELIEF.
HAVE LONG COMPLAINED.
HoboEren Commuters Erpect DehO'
erance at Hands of d., l.. & w.

Tho formal announcement Of the taking over
OF the New-York and Hoboken Ferry company
by the Delaware. Lackawanna ana western
Railroad Company and the avowed intehIloiA
OF the railroad company to raise the ferry ser
vice 10 the level of the Pennsylvania hallroau g.
have aroused new hope in the hearts Oh Cum
,n,,+ars who have protested for many years
against the inadequate and parlous Terry SCI
between Barclay and Christopher sts and Hooo-
Ire, In view Of the railroad companys inten-
.;or To build new terminals and ferry
these protests are not altogether complaints oul
resolve rather into suggestions MADE IN d spiii'
of all friendliness for the betterrnent OF 'he eA
listing service. Complaints they are ho"eNet'
pt she present time-complaints OF long Slaiiu
sng. More faithfully TO voice them a tribune
-enorter on Saturday made several trips over 'e
affected routes. thus learning with greater eA-
octness the typical nature Of the ferry lines
offence. -
The most aggressive nuisance" said an OLD
co,,,r,,,ter from Newark dn certain Broao-sI'
bsnl- he occupies the vice-presidental chaIl'
..tboush perhaps not the worst one, is tne
stencil habitually attaching to the hopoAe"
hoats I have travelled. 1 suppose on e'e'
sar-v which harnesses Manhattan lslano 10 ou'-
living noints on older. smaller and in many ways
more rueagre boats, but in this one respect inc
FFobolxen edition is unique 1t may pe lhe aD
Of
drain the fifth caused by horses. or the absence
of arrangements to dispose Of it at once 1t may
be the bad location of the engine ROOM Whlch
5iffuses an all pervading. oily reek along the
decks II NAV be the imperfect general SANTA
4son-it may he one OF these. or all Nhate'e'
n is the result is little less than an aooInlhato
.Tf only because of its menace to health 1t is
. marvel 70 me that this nuisance has been per-
,nitted TO continue long The time Is Ger
tainlv overripe for its abatement
.One of the worst features of the present ser
vice said another Tribune informant an
cranee,nan this time (he. too. has done the
State some service), lis the absolute divorce
sn5 5isconnection between the train and ferry
sarxtce Numbers of us commuters set TINS on
p mar. If not above the 'odor' nuisance Again.
and again year in. year out, we have 10 "alt'
cooped up behind the station bars, ike prisoners
,n a Black Hole of Calcutta, for as long some
times as fifteen minutes, all the time' maybe
hearing the gong sound for an outgoing ooat'
and seeing the ferryboats grill gates clash Tan
.alizine TO. We meanwhile looking on, like
1,eris outside the gates Of Paradise. AS oI'eil
as not, however. when reach the termnai
ana reer between the bars. We see our boat
,,osing its way cityward but only a few yards
from the Hoboken shore In consequence we
are compelled TO wait for what seems an an 80 60
until the next boat, often Tar beil1lu @ 80
snail be ready to leave. To a business man TINS
DELAY even If II be only of a few minutes dura-
ton may obviously mean the loss or thousahus
of dollars let alone the annoyance
In the opinion of communicating the naHie
of those who think thus is legion-there should
he an unfailing and unqualified connection pc
tween The train and ferry service, and there is
no reason in the world, least OF all noW' Why
this cannot be managed
Other informants from wellnigh every DIS
1rict that it taps entered further protests multi
form as variforn against the defects OF the
present line.
MY complaint" said one. ''is against the un-
rea sonably long schedule, which on the sllghtest
pretext especially in inclement weather. Dreams
.<Nhy,'' he asked pointedly. ARE there not
more boats? The profits are large enough. IN
;,ll conscience. to warrant an increased service
which indeed would make them still larger"
-.Siv objection said another lis against the
bare. i'll lit. unwarmed and utterly comforLlesS
terminals. to which don't doubt many other-
wise unaCcOGntabie Illnesses owe theii 'lfNOP
tion or aggravation.'
Another coInmuter made an eloquent contrast
between the existing service and that OF the
PENNSYLVANIA Railroad. a contrast Whlch scarce
" redounded to the formers credit
The waiting in the pen, 'cooped up like cattle
or rllsb-hour passengers on the Manhattan ele-
waited" was. in the eyes of another conInuter'
The gravamen of the services offence Al the
han nds Of others, whose opinion was invited the
unfortunate shoeblack nuisance, the bare ana
inefficient accommodation at and on the ter
rninals and ferryboats the cramped and cheer
less mems quarters on the boats, the general an
sence of comforts and facilities even approaching
those provided as a matter of course hy other %
lines all entered for their share of objurgation
The hope of many commuters. however, CEN
tired in the new controlling company. believing
Il viii live up to its promise to build new ter
1uinaIs and ferrYboatS whenever and wherever
REQUIRED and so to increase and generally
TO improve the service TO abate, If not en-
tirely to disarn, these adverse criticisms OF
many years.
NEGRO LYNcHED IN TEXAS.