New-York tribune., 1905-02-15
REPORT ON B. H. R. SERVICE
fzDVISES BRIDGE LOOPS.
Railroad Board Makes Many Rec
lamentations for improvements.

,,A. state Board of Railroad Commissioners made
,biic yesterday its report on complaints against
- BROOKLYN Heights Railroad Company The re-
-t recommends increasing the number of ele-
sstas trains for immediate relief. and an increase
:. the number of surface cars from Is to 30 per
-. and that the headway be changed on some
,t,es from twenty to ten minutes. The commission
sussests that its recommendations be carried out
!, or before February 2s The recommendations
s5r the elevated line are:
six-car trains on the Ridgewood elevated line
during rush hours; fiye-ear trains on the Brighton
Pnd elevated line. between $50 and a. m, two
rains OF three cars each, instead of train of
to cars and train OF three cars; on the Broad
ray line between and 4:S0 p m, the present two
car trains be made three-car trains. a two-car
train. instead OF a one-car train between $50 and
between $40 p. M and e2o p m. be fve-car trains.
instead of four-car trains; on the 5th-ave.-Bay
Ridge line between midnight and ] a. m. that
he present two-ear trains be made three-car
rains; also, that between y. m. and $50 o. m
trans; on the Lezington-ave line. that all trains
epeTans bstEes9 2so 3 P m and frs,I p m be four
The report continues;
n our opinion permanent relief can best be OBJ
faned through building several tunnels connecting
he boroughs al the earliest possible moment. We
Of relleVhg @ Boo9xn so and 2Vsasbr bIi y b9 10
connect tns cfre with annie nstferms a
prompt loading and unloading OF passengers; the
ssreins TO be run continuously in both directions
ksssess 81 handle trains From this structure a
connection can De made with the Manhattan bridge
20 say that work on the Manhattan bridge should
The board recommends that an additional track be
constructed on all Of the elevated lines in view
AZ the probability OF improvements or the bridge
terminals in Manhattan thus enabling additional
service which can be handled on the tnlro track TO
= taken care Of at the bridge terminal
II also recommends that lengthening the plat
forms OF the elevated stations be continued and
carried TO completion as speedily as pracucaple
and that the enlargement nov under way) of ter
Tninal facilities Of the elevated railroad at East
NeW-York be completed as soon as practicable.
Complaint having been made as TO the physical
onSifion of the elevated structures the board has
cs1sed an examination Of them to be made by
Sbar exper1s who report that the structures are
In good physical condition. e..
nasseugers be provided at 55th-st- and Sd-aNe; and
n Cates-aye between Ralph-aVe ana BroadWay-
sbrongh szratoga-ave., between Douglass-st. and
Rroadway for furnishing additional service TO the
ne company is expected to notify the board
within ten days fro the receipt by II OF these rec
ommendations if i viii comply there~lIn WIN ~ +bo
Williamsburg Bridge II loops and shelter station
should be constructed by the city on the surface at
the Manhattan terminus. Tnls board, lhoofses me
suggestion of the extension of Flatbush-aVe Whlch
viii provide an additional artery through the buSl-
ness portion of Brooklyn 10 the Brooklyn Bridge.
A Complaint of residents and civic organizations
at jamaica is pending-before the board In relation
n re service rendered the public by this company
on Janajca-ave. This matter is not treated in this
report because we have asked the opinion OF me
Attorney General as TO the obligation Of the com
arv ia give transfers from its elevated structure
on creseent-st to its surface cars running 10
Jamaica. and vice versa
President Winter of the Brooklyn Rapid Transit
Company said last night, after he had read the re-
I've shall endeavor TO comply with the recon-
rnendations contained in the report OF the comIls-
sj5aration ana I have no doubt that some of the
changes suggested viii be made