The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1907-12-22
STREET CARS IN BAD SHAPE
PUBLIC SERVICE BOARD WANTS
THEN FINED, TEN A DAY.
10 WhHch the New Work. city Railway Conn
Dany Replies with an Admission That
IT'S Rollins stock In Detective. but
Requests More Time Tor Repairs.

Dany Replies with an Admission That
IT'S Rollins stock In Defective, hut
Requests More Time Tor Repairs
The Public Service Commission held a
public hearing yesterday On its order to
the New YORK. City Railway Company to
better the physical condition Of its rolling
stock. The tentative order directed that
NJ cars in which even the least imper-
bottoms were fOunds should be put through
he repair shops. and that they should not
BE- put into operation again until they had
peen practically turned into new cars. The
made over cars were TO be turned out at
che rate of ten a day.
At yesterdays hearing A. W. McLimOnt.
an electrical engineering expert employed
by the commission to examine the cars Of
, the company. said that he had inspected
1,0OO out Of the 1900 cars operated by the
company and that he hal found iOi cars
with fiat wheels. 1856 cars were in such in
Ierior condition that they ratified, and
1909 cars with gear noises" Mr.. Melt
mont added hat there was broken glass
IN 1902 cars and hat 249 cars were being
operated without headlights. Mr.. McLi-
mont said further that there we're 1O5 cars
which he could only put under the classif-
cation OF filthy"
In a statement summing up the condi-
lions he found Mr.. McLimont said:
The conpany's excuse for the recent fires
which they have been 80 unfortunate as to
experience il not sufficient 10 account for
the present condition OF their equipment
and Intellectual manner in which they main
tain the rolling stock. The ineXcusably long
time elapsinR before the burned car barns
are rebuilt should not prevail. nor what they
have lost through these fires cause them to
neglect the cars, as has been the case.
Ind 40 t.iaV .a - ..a.I.bl, IL, EhA "a ku.,ua
for OverhaulinG purposes. SO that with "a com
Detent and universal method of working in
their shops they could perfectly well main
tain their rolling stock in an efficient and
reliable condition.
10 evidently meets the %cOmpany's require
ments II the car body is sent through the
paint shop and painted. then put out again
without proper Overhauling Of the truck and
motor equipment. In fact the Investigation
shows instances where car bodies that have
lust come through the paint shop have equip
ments underneath that are in such n neglected
condition as to be hardly III for service. Nhat
organization they have at the various shops
seems to aim at patching Of rOubles 20 that
the car will keep in service rather than in
watching for and removing defects and worn
parts. which II left alone cannot help but he
responsible for the numerous dead cars and
unnecessary emergency repairing.
There are from thirty to nfty of the cars
AeDl 1T ttcu car nOlSt InNN are TAX on IN every
day for emergency TepairS. This is excessive.
IL the equipment were maintained In proper
condition Twenty-Five of the cars requiring
emergency repairs would he correct. In
many cases the same car has come in more
than once the same day and in several in
stances three times Tor dilerent defects.
My Investigation of this property leads to
the conclusion that the rolling stock equip
ment, car house repair f~IcilitieI and luck OF
an effective system OF repair ami maintenance
departments il responsible for the undesira-
Die service being given by the railway COM
pany asmu as the rolling stock Affects il.
The company wss not repres satel at
the hearing. hut Adrian H. Joiine and
DouglSs Robin ~, the receives Of the /
Metropolitan syBsen. slbnlttel a safe
ment in which they frankly coBfesseI that
the condition OF the rolling = .ock was de-
plorahle. The caCss Of tLess conditions,
they stated jus - Dluntly. WIS the neglect
OF the ~offfci1!s Ot the cO-npaay to keep the
stock in hTs. class condition. the COM
missioneTs declare that they FULLY realized
the need of improving the standard Of
the Equipment. Dut tNat it would lie i'm
pc SsiOle 10 puL cars through the repair
shops at the daily rate lie nandoI ny the
commission Until the $ .ops at liBth 3 rect.
which were burned Gown last April. had
been repaired. IL was added by the re-
ceivers that thcy had contracted for the
rebuilding Of the shops ana thst they would
establish a policy Of expecting repair
work on the cars. Attention was also drawn
by the receivers 10 the tact that il the COM
mission insisted ON sendins ~ many pa zen
cars 4 clay 20 the repair sl'I = 50 many ears
wolld lie taken out of service that il would
he lamp, ssibIe to maintain the sy:sing
running ; he iu.es
No decision was announced by the COM
mission yesterday, bit the probability ia
thar The bOgrI viii mo ify is ordec to five
cars a la