New-York tribune., 1904-09-24
TRAFFIC TRANSFORMED.
Mounted Police Successful an Keep
;ng Streets Clear.

As they alght from the tailboards OF surface cars
that run almost schedule time as they Ano 'hey
can cross the Park Row tracks at the rush hour
without a single scratch business men VINO are
back in harness this week after a long Vacauoh'
rub their eyes in wonder at the change 'hat mas
como over the condition Of the downtown tralnc IN
their absence. Have the teamsters got re"slo.i
they ask or has the golden age come ha'h Hst--'
Their maybe they catch sight OF a mounted po1lI'
man conducting movements in the streets anu 'lt
mystery IS mystery no longer.
The experiment of Police Commissioner AcfuoO
traffic cavalry" which descended on the oo".
town districts on September and fas appate""S
come to stay, is generally pronounced a suocss. I"
This despite the fact that more men anu iO'
are needed in the warehouse districts and along the
river Not only do pedestrians and passengers a0
claim the result Of the experiment but the weary
feet OF streetcar motormen now have snmciehl loS
mite from stamping on the bell. to add to the ap-
plause
THE FORCE MORE THAN DOUBLED
The initial force of mounted men has been more
than doubled and to-day, instead OF eight IheiO
are eighteen men in saddle who patrol broaoM@!
from Union Square to Exchange Place' mes'
broadway from Park Place to Grand-st., the BOW
cry from Chatham Square TO Bleecker-st' Cehue-
st from Park Row to Grand-st., and Park no" 10
the Bowery. :,
The men are under Captain OBrien, who is
chief of Commissioner McAdoo's street AfSHio
RarlllatiOU Bureaus
Roundsnen James O'Hara and Joseph A HOWARD
The men arc on patrol from e. N to p. m
Their duty is TO enforce tho ruTeS or the roAo 20
keep the car tracks clear of exasperaths wagon
blockades TO SEQ that the lighter moving Yehlcie
has the right Of way, and 10 facilitate trafric ana
rrotect pedestrians generally. Not the least valu-
able Of their work is At and around the Manhattan
terminal of Brooklyn Bridge. There the ponce
ukase is that between and o'clock IN the even
ing wagons shall leave the bridge entrance apso-
,los-v vf0sar n
end 1t Is ordered that the interminabie string OF
trucks make the loop It Is called. That is to
say trucks coming from the north must hle RlohE
the west side OF Park Row to Spruce-st.' turn ana
make the bridge from the east side OF Fark ROW.
Moreover. wagons entering Park Row from tbs
brsdqs r,us, hear Ip the Bowery and not attempt
10 out abort into Centre-st. So much a habit mas
the looping now become that early in tho after
noon hours before the time, teamsters may DO
seen making tho detour
Elsewhere generally tho teamsters are encouraged
to make the .'hshhook' curve instead Of an abrupt
angle in turning
DETECTIVES ON sTREETCARs.
One factor which has contributed largely to the
enforcement OF order among the teamsters Is the
plain clothes detective. number OF these travel
daily on the streetcars. and II truckman persists
in blocking the car track. arrest him then and
there first obtaining the motorman's name and
number so that he may be used If necessary as
witness
The recaIcitrant tr1ckman Is fined anywhere be-
tween 50 and So one lesson generally proving eff
cacious Frequently the lesson is made even more
salutary by the employers refusal 10 pay the fine,
the entire burden falling the teamster himself
An inspection Of the traffic conditions made
yesterday by Tribune reporter went 70 show that
the TnOtorman's bell. instead or provoking merely
a contemptuOus smile from driver now makes
him sWerve his horses in short order to give the
streetcar way. Teamsters have haunting sus-
picion that there IS a detective on every car, ana
act accordingly.
TRIPS ON SCHEDULE TINE
The reporter found that in the rush hours a
tourney up Broadway from Walker-st. 70 Union
Square was made in eighteen minutes feat little
short OF marvellous. remembering the uncertain
schedule up TO the first week of the month
Inspector Parker OF the NeW-York City street
Railway speaks highly Of the service given by the
mounted men to the faCitaton of streetcar traffic,
saving that he did not believe the present results
could have been accomplished
Eight mounted men are soon TO ne detailed
10 Wesr-st.
yesterday afternoon by attempting TO start balky
horse Roundsman Howard. Of the trafic squad
which he was riding killed. The balky horse
was driven by Albert Reilly, OF No 81 Butler-st-,
BROOKLYN 1t caused delay of traffic at Spruce
81. and Park Row. Several policemen endeayored
ard grabbed the bit Of the baIky horse. hut
unable 10 make II start. The balky animal sud
denly turned. and before the roundsman could get
out OF the way the shaft Of the pierced hi5
ground and Howard was thrown from his saddle
The driver telephoned to Brooklyn and another
horse was procured. and drew the wagon to that
borough The balky horse was led away.
cTTTw pAOV I'M TIT DIME