New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-03-19
SUBWAY TICKET BOXES
Women Drop Into Them Anything
from a Ring to a Large Muf.

Men occasionally drop into a box some absurd
article which makes the box useless for the rest
OF the day. but according 70 one closely IN touch
with the management OF the subway IS per cent
OF the offenders are women Instead Of tickets
they throw In al kinds Of objects. varying in
size from baby~g pin to q large sized Persian
lamb nun
Only few weeks ago a woman, her way
10 the West, dropped in the box at the Spring
street station round-trip ticket TO Kansas city.
The ticket chopper called TO her. but she gave
no heed. and boarded the train. AS the rules Of
the road forbid employee 10 withdraw any
thing from a box, the ticket was chopped and
perforated and turned over 70 the main ticket
once Of the marlborough, in Park Place The
woman discovered her mistake when she tried
20 board her train at the Grand Central Station
A subway ticket which she still held IN her
hand reminded her that she had dropped the
wrong ticket into the box She notified the
marlborough officials, and a special collection
was made az the Spring street station The
ticket was returned 70 her In q badly perforated
condition, end her trip West was delayed two
days
4 prominent actress now playing iD local
stock company dropped recently into the box at
the Goth street station e check for 500 She
carried Il IN her hand so to be sure 20 mail
q on reaching the theatre. She was greatly re-
ueved 20 recover II at the main Office the next
day, for It had never occurred TO her that she
could have ordered the bank 10 stop payment
On Il
sometimes lost articles lead TO strange revela-
tons when the owners call TO claim them. IN
The course OF Identifying golQ chaln purse a
young woman admitted, blUshingly, that she
had been riding IN the subway without an escort
Ct 26O g. N.
A large gold purse. richly chased and Of much
value found its way into the ticket box OF a
Harlem station. II oonLalhea t%ehty Pe-lll pennies,
Tor removing coTnS' q sinaA sample OF uIesS
goods and a subway ticket When the purse
was returned 10 It's owner she found that the
powerful perfOratOrs OF the chopplng machine
had punctured il in many places. She there
fore demanded that the company make good IN
cash the value Of the purse. She cOntended that
a. she had bought q subway ticket put IL in the
purse and dropped both IN the box she was act
sng in good faith, and was entitled 20 some restl-
sutton from the company
n Is a common occurrence for men and women
60 drop both change and tickets into the boxes,
end almost Is frequent for women 70 drop 90
SO and even 50 bills. lnFarlaply tney AFTER
ward apply at the Park Place Office for new
bfl 20 replace the perforated one and often be-
come indignant when assured that the old one
Sc as good as ever and can be exchanged for
new BIZ ct the United States Sub-Treasury IN
Wal street.
But perhaps the most curious instance OF pre-
occupation was that OF the woman who dropped
e glove and pet narmOset into an uptown sta
ton box and hurried toward an express train.
The animal chung 70 the top or the box unui the
ticket chopper pulled him out You're fortu-
nate madam" he said, as he returned the pet TO
SIS owner. He'd have been miuCemeat sure II
those hooks ever got busy with him"
The ticket choppinE machine is deceptive de-
vice ana VIII receive larger objects than the
casual subway passenger iuagines. Under the
glass slides ia which the tickets are dropped are
TWO pow erful perfOratOrs arranged on rubber
cushions which give wav when q large object
comes between the teeth Of the perforators.
When put out Of commission the machine Is set
aside and reserve one put IN fits place. The
main once Is Immediately notified and the
broken box sent there