New-York tribune., 1903-02-12
NOTING PLATFORM BORE
Big Proposal TO the City ytor Bridge
Problem Solution.

The Multiple Speed and Traction Company
owner OF = patented moving platform schehe
for Transporting Passengers, has. 1T Was sa'u
Yesterday at the office Of Bridge Commissioner
Lindenthsl, decided 10 propose TO the city 'ha'
It viii build subway from the end OF 'he
Williamsburg Bridge to Bowling Green al us
own EXPENSE and transport passengers through
il and across the Williamsburg Bridge Tor
two-cent fare The directorate Of this com
pany includes Stuyvesaut Fish and CoTnelius
Vanderbilt The syndicate in charge OF "e
promotion is represented by Schmidt X ''aHa'''''
Of Nc ~ Broadway This is the coi"Pd"'
which in May last asked permission /" 'u'iN
moving platform on The Brooklyn brloS'' -
that time George : Morrison, a well known en-
cineer voucheI for the feasibility 81 me
II is understood that Nr. Morrison Is 4" 10"
or the latest plan. Il is estimated 'ha1 = Inn
thirty feet wide. IS proposed by tie new con-
,ern. with stations every two BLOCKS
Clinton and Delaney SITS. and the hha"''o' ''
irict would cost about S6,eHVr'
This moving platform Is in many respects
similar to those successfully operated at the
Chicago fair in 1898 and at present ID al -
The tentative plans cali fot three moFlls P'a,
forms each bout six feet VIDE, running VIZ,
-heir edges close 10 one another, ana a1rahSeu
like three broad steps. The platforms WI" pe
carried on a succession of pairs OF Whee'S' my
shafts Of these wheels Sre To- ne pia'eu >'> -
a2art 11,der the entire length or the platforms
The wheels are tight on their shafts, and the
variations i'm the speeds Of the platforms are
rroduced lv the difference in the diameters ol
,b, three sets Of wheels. on the perpheries Of
which Tho platfor1ns rest i the first or SLOW
est moving platform rests on wheels SIX lhches
In diameter giving a speed to the platform OF
Two and half miles an hour. the Wheels u''"ei
The next platform win have a diameter u
twelve inches thus doubling the speed anu 'iie
it7ird platform viii have enough larger "Hee's
10 increase the Speed to nine or perhaps zen M
miles an hour The uppermost platform VIII oe
provided with seats. -, -, -
Af,out two hundred electric motors VIII ne re-
1ljred To turn the shafts, which altoSelher "ili
contain about $4,000 wheels. a tongue OF
fred 70 the middle of the bottom OF eacn OF tiiF
platforms running between hoiiAohOHL su1oS @
wheels really constitute the rails for the NOV
ing platform. The platforms are cut int" sll4ll
sections. with rounded and Cresceliltlhe Fl"9'
The rounded end working against the crescent
eTd immediately ahead. This avoids oaleflnuS
I,re9lss between the platforms in rounding
IT the edges Of ali the platforms, so 1h'iL alS
one may take hold e q post ana step Oh d'Iu
avoid danger of being upset
Tho ulatforms in Paris are terrors 10 ekceeo-
;nc1z- faShv persons and dogs. -Four iooted AIM
mails almost invariably try to stand on tWo
platfor~1s at the same time. with the result
that they arc sent Sprawling as one OF Inc
PLATFORMS draws away People uniairlilaT VIII u
them a-e likely when confused to get a talI
from grabbing a post on the wrong PLATFORM
p; the proposition There does not seem 10 ne
any provision Of the law which VIII permit the
Rand Transit Commission TO grant franchlse
without public letting.