New-York tribune., 1906-07-20
VILE TRAIN SERVICE.
eTdTEN ISLAND CRUSADE.
CisssnS' League TO Press Baltimore
s Ohio for Improvements.

whea the citizens league is organized on Staten
,sland nezi Tuesday, as told in The Tribune and
hs nIan and OF the new organization are as
sed the nuisance. next 10 the trolley service and
=. electric lighting. which viii receive most attan
-. viii % the disregard of public comfort on
- railroad lire the island
!, is probable that the promise given by II. Il
,,eers 10 Borough Presldels Cromwell that better
.,soe nil he provided on the trolley lines ana
,est there SHAH be no room fo- complaint as re-
t-ss the electric lighting will be accented rs in
s,sting that order of things in these par-
.,,hars he started, and that no steps viii be
ken By the league CnIil reasonable time has
,.,sed in which the promise may be kept But
--rce.ic steps viii undoubtedly be taken to in-
49, the management of the Baltimore & Ohio
o.1road 10 make radical alterations iE the service
~ rs lines along both the north and the south
ssores q Staten Island
--tese l.nes NOW controlled by the Baltimore &
ss,o were originally built by Erastus Wiman, the
s,br- Of rapid transit. so called. in what is now
piohuond Borough. The greater rsrt OF the roll
az stock cars and engines the identical ones
- sesan ne service with The cars are queer
,serszei rackety. unsanta-y vehicles. the laugh
- stock OF experienced railroad men. The engines
s-s In keeping with the cars-EnalL and with
.,,t-.uin os hauling capacity
rrre ssrvice. so far the number os trains oper-
- Is fair ordinary weekdays. But on the
A.. 10 South Beach, on Saturdays aa6 Sundays
s-s,g the summer months this is far from being
-. case Partly owing the numerous break
SoCns on the trolley lirss. ,he steam railroad has
Ssvera times been csilsd upo0 TO handle much
,,ore .fan what would nave been its natural share
!, the franc. And il has been unequal the task
n, rasnv occasions the trains have consisted OF
,rht cars TOO big a load by fully One-half for the
6t5kv little engines 10 draw. Many Of these cars.
sao have been only dimly lighted by evn smelling
o. lamps
anohs- Nuisance complained of regarding the
management OF the road is that the freight han
niqs. 50 hdeOus for residents in ths neighbOT-
foas tnat scep - almost an impossi' silitS. FREE
ssrrrecasie eject. 1t is alleged that the engines
rsSd % haul Inc thousands of freghs cars that go
:ask They o. about tle same calibre those
rssd for passenger service Frequently when an
fre:ght cars the engine rails, meanwhile emitting
q CT1ntiug, sroaang' kissing noise that is heard
f ali The local steam railroad lines those OF the
baltimore d Ohio practically the only ones on
sksn Those familiar with thG situation ray that
I.Sser s s17gice Tne oniy vauegand It is Very
great one-in the company possessing tracks and a
yard Staten Island consists in tie fact that Il
gives it IN Eastern freight terminal on New York
Bay Most Of the fre@ight @ Of the Baltimore & OHIO
George yards. big floats hauled by powerful tugs
taking the at various docks around st. George
70 such points as they are consigned
Wien Erastus Wiman got permission Of the resi-
4 was understood that the yard was merely for the
passenger service. NJ. Wlman got into financial
se could handle In this Strait looking around for
ready money, he sold The railroad system TO the
Baltimore & Ohio. the management Of which thus
5s = TessoTsble cost Old residents saw that
ssd II ever been thought that the St George
yards were 70 be used for their present purpose,
he proposal bulld them would have been blocked.
EoReVsr this may be- The fact remains that the
Baltrnore & Ohio mana cement has done nothing
keep pace with The growth OF popuiatton, and the
new anti-nusance league viii undoubtedly take take
an up-to-date, electrically operated road