New-York tribune., 1907-08-16

o.-BrooklynsRsp!d Transit yes. A-None; never
have declared n dividend -,
Q-.You have never declared DIVIDEND on that!
Q-You have declared dividends on some Of the The
the treasury Of the Brooklyn Rapid Transit Com
oEAna in the treasury of the BROOKLYN Rapid
transit Company. or from the treasury of the
ized in the Trogisicn of new facilities Of which
you have spoken SIS costing the sum OF s3oVeotol:
Avery dollar Of net revenue is being turiieG
into the Improvement OF the property, and has
OIYou arc fanIliar with the fact. however. that
.fle Interboroueh- Metropolitan. the Ne" YORK ~
Railroad Company and several Geaer dyddnds
you not? Al have understood so; . zo,a;r
wi his the fe New you" York f0 oopanes
declaring dividends? Ave have not taken rI,o irh
consideration the action of other comIahItS' -,
situation in Brooklyn spoke for itself. Our PoHfS
has been to first eonSot BsGPsy the the disa
tIties ana disadvantages Of the situation to per
6-When ~ vou went with that company some hVe
years ago. did YOU actually find the & Pf9Pey - vas
iackine in Very many essentials of the transaction
nd 5i,nS at fnS te 6 ddafs II FeaG5e To make it really
practicable available railroad property. uid II ''''
EweII are you prepared to swear that "a al oh o.
the earnings OF the company wficn Me.v derivine
liens have gone the improvement OF the prvp
erty? Al think can say that "iOl1o~'
ton. - -, So
-Yo,, recognize said Mr.. WINS. that the oe-
u,end for transportation is growing faster 'i.-.A
transportation facilities?'' "Unquestlonaply' -
n,ied Mir. Winter He then went into detaliS a. -
the preparaton being made TO meet u'o Sea"
need for increased facilities caused oy - .lT -,
rIetion OF the Manhattan Bridge. he sald 'il@' ~
considered it the duty OF himself and his company
20 furnish every facility possible.
Tho question Of interborough transfers ihen eaiie
up The testimony this point was; 80
On nroVidin- these new facilities which will
come into use this far distant time are you you
making provision of kind Wmch WIZ Fe'-'
the running of the cars which operated on ''ie
BROOKLYN tracks over the New York tracks ana OF
issuing transfers between the two borouShS. A
We are not. 49,
O-Are YOU leaving that entirely out OF cofs'ue4a
tion? Ave have left it out of consideration.
Q-Is II not to your interest to leave it out OF
consideration? Al think so, because thnk II
would be bad transportation proposition 10 IN
troduce It.
C-Weu. why DO you think it would he bad
transportation proposition? A--The conditions Oh
traffic in Manhattan ard Brooklyn are so very oli
ferent If there were no other reason that II wooid
he ifc7,1t TO operate trains ecross the bridge and
over the lines of the companies either side that
would adapted the pecuiarities of the traLhc
OF both companies at the same time. WITHOUT ue
lay and inconvenience In Encouragement OF trains
Q-Is II not fact that It the policy OF your
company to pre-empt that territory from the inn
pending danger OF the necessity for issuing trans
fers? A.-So far as / am concerned nave uo'ie
nothing since I have been connected with the COM
ton
O-Anf YOU have never been instructed 20 nave
that in consideration. have you2 A--No; ana
have never been instructed to ignore it, either
Efforts of the Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company
10 make arrangements with the Commissioner OF
Docks. Mr.. Bensel. whereby commodous and con-
terminals might furnished for its trolley
opposite the citys ferry AT 39th street
were next described by the witness
Q-over what route would you carry passengers
from that ferry 70 Coney Island? ;, r-,,;,e- from,
goth street the island; owned by the Brook
Electric and the third by the South Brooklyn
pany. d steam railroad corporation -
Q.-The Brooklyn. Bath & West End RaliWay
Company is what is known the five-cent line
A--The fve-cent line Passes part over the orc
Q-Now. Mr. Winter. II the municipal ferry
were completed and the slip properly filled in could
you handle au traffic from 39th street TO COney2
2BI i1 the zatien Of youT five-cent line would
the congestion Of the bridge be relieved pateFfaliE
ferry service were good
1Ir Winter said that he thought the bridge
traffic would increase rapidly that effectual
remedy could applied except the hasty com
pletion Of the Manhattan Bridge THAT Is the one
great relief measure in sight" be said.
Testimony showed that Brooklyn Rapid Transit
company had purchasing department, which II be
leved essential TO the economical and effective
handling Of It's business. Mr.. Ivins then asked
several questions about transfer arrangements at
s5th street. Brooklyn where passengers were
shifted from the elevated TO surface roads Mr..
Winter admitted that there reason why
the company should not have enough trolley
this point TO take Of the passengers from
the elevated line. and that II the service
sufficient 1t the fault Of the company.
The hearing was then adjourned until next Tues
day at O'Clock. Commissioner Wilcox will preside
then. and Mr.. Wins will devote the week TO the
InterOorough- Metropolitan inquiry.