New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-12-27
SYSTEM NEEDED AT THE BRIDGE

Ii seems TO be pretty generally conceded that
the additional trolley loops at the Park
Row end Of the Brooklyn Bridge, while in some
respects Objectionable have the whole, i'm
proved conditions OF transit. 1t is pleasant 10
make acknowledgment Of that fact and 10 give
credit for it where credit is due. At the same
time, il is only just TO point out certain defects
not so much in the new arrangement Of tracks
as in the way the cars are managed, which are
productive OF considerable annoyance 70 the
public, and which might easily and instantly be
corrected without the least alteration of the ex
listing plant the least expense TO the operating
company.
These defects consist chiefly in lack of uni
form system. For example, take the matter of
place in unloading and loading the cars The
cars switched in upon the loops at the
north side There they are supposed to stop for
the unloading Of passengers. Then they move
across to the south side to take on passengers
and finally switched out upon the southern
roadway. in this way it is, or was, intended
TO separate incoming from outgoing passengers
and thus avoid confusion and crowding But
there is uniform observance OF the rule
some cars stop at the north side 10 let passen-
gers off, while some run right across 10 the
south side and compel passengers 10 get off
against others trying to get on. There seems to
H.
may be dictated by the taste and fancy OF the
imOtorman conductor. Again, il is. or WAS
the understanding that when a car stops at the
north side nobody is 70 get aboard it there but
ali outgoing passengers are 10 remain at the
south SIDE and await the coming of the car
There But 1hat rule Is not enforced PeopIe
bock 10 the north side 10 meet incoming cars
and crowd aboard them there before the incom-
ing passengers have a chance to alight. Some
conductors refuse TO let them do so. which Is
quite right Others let them do so without oh
lection. There is no fixed system about IL An
other point relates 10 the manner of unloading
from the front door and platform. The natural
system would be for the motornsn TO open the
gate at the side nearest Park Row for passen-
gers 20 pass out through Some do so. Others
probably the majority, refuse 10 open that gate
or 10 let it be opened, and compel the passen-
gers to gel OF al the further side, and so walk
around the front OF the car to get to Park Row.
In this. too, there is no uniform system. The
matter seems 10 be governed by caprice
These are comparatively small matters But
they cause uncertainty, annoyance and confu-
sion. passenger is justified IN feeling az
grieved az seeing people freely boarding car
ar the north side on one loop when he is him
self forbidden 20 do so on the next loop or
when instead OF stopping at the north side and
letting him out upon vacant pathway, the car
carries him over 10 the south side and compels
him 10 nght bis way out through crowd OF
outgoing passengers. OF course the companv
does not intend that there shall be such irreg1i-
lsrlty, confusion and disregard OF rules Never
theless they exist The remedy IS simple and
easy Of application. All that is needed IS a
strict order, and enforcement Of it. that pas
se1gers shall be LET Off at the north side and M
the side Of the car nearest Park Row, and that
no passengers shall be taken on the cars there
put only AZ the south side OF the bridge mi