New-York tribune., 1903-03-01
UNDERGROUND TRAFFIC EVILS.
Lessons from Experiences on Paris-MetrOpol-
itan Lines-Maty Inconvenience.

The Record and Guide Of last week has an ar
ticle of the Inconvenience OF the Paris
Metropolitan Railway, in course of which 1t says:
At time when our engineers are carrying out in
the new lines of electric undergoing raWay II If If
Similar f eistng railways FoF examPIs The .aad Paris
perfect when it was opened, but it has since been
found to have many imperfections. Begun e afteE
hS have LGR6R dEP and dhat BFin the
have benefited to very great @StenI 3S
FTeac6 e9Eneers had above ali things
to- S1t ecde e9eF on the making Of the lines but
executed the work made point OF nnsnrns bomSb
ei the first section Of the Paris etropoIitan Which
regsrded not OF only as marvellous piece of teen;
ncaI work. but also as ver1ta9 PIE 1otr os it's
many Inconvenience as regards working nave
given rise to gss almost all of which are
due to the narrowness Of the tunnels are 6ee9nd
The engineers in whose hands the construction @ Sf
the Other psDaR Probe zines mos as to solve
the TECHNICAL part Ct their work < In baSsIe 6acs fhey they
not allowed to make them Larger @ had tn Keen
to the tGGT 9tb of tbe t9nne Within the dimensions Of
the ROADWAY They were oolised 10 svolo @ tg f fba
drains at each side of the tunnels Hence; ,,t ths
etres nngqesS 50 in breadth and metres 10 in height
measurements which ALLOW OF the passage bIG or
ir order to allow of the laying of four pairs OF
rails, which are now necessary, for the daily IN
But 70 return to the first Ines which we're - made 4s
tunnel was almost impossible there should nave naxe
Tbese no are far too small for the number of pas
sengers who use the Metropolitan daily namely: y:
they enter Hn6 of If the fne sne d09 Of the stations
Justly coPLaI % enned in between iron barriers
pushed in front and behind these poor Par1s1and5 d
have been replaced by moving staircases yo tacii!
ang the extra rapid Issue and exit OF tey
are either crushed against the walls or 19Tna
v SenS ether socstion ectocution by the
$50 volt current which passes along tne E arg
The nlatforms are not only too narrow. tney ore
not long enough They are all right for @ trans ans
fSnsis59E S NetEEoo6fa Of Enf Ra%ay Company running
trains eight carriages Wnlcn occuPS PScoqnized @ as
Im5ossbIe to use trains of nine and ten carTlages
such as are required to cope Snr Win curTent would
Metropolitan arises from the c9ntFuMal M t6e ears on
passengers Who getting 6de n aRf R 9Ue each other and
aste the precious fifteen to twenty SECONDS duriIs
nd hfh tbs fhe cny fani Tee platforms been
deda central platform tor ate2al tTF PpIsforms reserved
for those who leaving - BUSTING sss ears %oud not
versa Al the present time the company % ycrriaees is
Without seats so that those who are IN iTg nWFrg
PfSt pack thsflyes sT fo oen Hs and ehidren
'1 On the METROPOLITAN Railway TapIditX = rahs ihs
nTn%nG nrmGi Al fs sped Of twentyfour miles an hour
OnIE
cient The pres traffic calls Tor IRA IRAN d 05 Ierv
rs YER two ninufn. ordinary times AHo eNcLS
minnie Al the busiest times OF the day facR rb
In comtaining room for ftyiye passengers eatn
.a5,, for t40 the company Wo1d tnus ne dple 70
transnort and with less bustling tnan at ss a0G
sLa Oh 000 neOple who an average, pay So1C
daily in fares First class ticke5s cost %
Icb figures as these explain the croWolng H1 WHaCi
is to be met with evervwhere on the f tte
and E also to slight extent the digsgreeaPie odGr Pc
and at the same time the sShts pecniar nungent
Rme on the Paris which Is d1e m
Peenaed G is not INJURIOUS but the hsat Is t6a H
tncty liz sd9ins on q the trains for keeping The
iT IN circulation the engineers dd nGt 2Gl9h nc '6
anrs But though the enlargement Gt the m m the
Is h been neglected, might be increased IN
be cars and in the tunnels the broaoenng 2i eSe