The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1907-08-10

gllbly: All stations on the subway at
this time OF the year are provided with
icewater. and drinking water the year
round which any passenger can use.'
daily on the subway. but he never had
seen any provisions for drinking water
Tor passengers. Mr.. Hedley replied that
the water coolers were there all right and
mat 10 every station office one wal to be
found
"Oh," responded MIR. WINS. "the water
IN IN the offices. Does that mean hat there
Is free and ready access 10 10 by any person
or passenger or 10 II there 40 that Il can
Only be get by asking somebody for a drink
Why. IL any passenger" Mr.. Hedley
Of the Office that he wants a drink Of water
s9' ls assR. viii tha give FOLLOWED 4 TO hi@ This T TSs rq inr
terrupted the investigation for fully a
minute.
The contract between the city and the
subway company calls for the operation
OF the road with the highest regard for
the safety OF the passengers and employees
thereof mechanical and other de-
vices shall be Of The very best known char
acter. Mr.. Hedley protested that these
provisions were being entirely lived up to.
w~hereupon Mr.. Wins continued:
y. II there were a collision between two
trains and a short circuit esta blished Is
Nv oH'spss W 80 o' ~ 49,
short circuit before IL could be broken by
a circuit breaker A. The short circuit Is a
ore in itself. rs IL creates an arc.
U. IL IL not enough Of a fire to start q con-
faRration before you could check IL? A.
That depends entirely what kind Of short
circuit IL Is.
q. That short circuit Is a source Of danger
In the event Of collision. Is IL not? A. If
n short circuit is established at the time of
the COLLISION. yes. sir.
Y. Now, would there not be less danger II
the power were taken from the roof Of the
gallery instead Of from the roadbed2 A. Well.
there is a difference OF opinion among ensi-
neers on that subject as to whether there
is more LANCER In one case than in the other.
Mr.. Hedley acknowledged that while
there was an increase every year in the
number of passengers carried on the sub
way the company until recently had taken
no steps to provide additional rolling stock E.
New cars now are being built, but will not
be delivered for some months. Ii was also
brought out that the facilities for the sub
way car repair work were not sufficient
for the requirements Of the system and that
a great deal of this repair work had to be
done in the railroad shops.
Mr.. lvins advanced the suggestion yes
terday that the lengthening OF the station
platforms might prove a means OF relieving
the con gestion now occurring on the sta
tons. The idea suggested by Mr.. WINS was
tItdb JuS HONluk VI lIhiI hWOulI ~
il the platforms we're heightened to the
extent that two trains could be accommo-
dated at the one station at the same time.
Don't you think" MIR. Ivins asked, that
il would be a very material Improvement
in the system il the stations were 80 ar
ranged as to permit two trains to occupy a
platform simultaneously and thus prevent
the frequent stoppages OF trains between
s~tations?" MIR. Hedley agreed that such
a change would allow of the handling Of
more passengers. MIR. Hedley added that
the matter was one that had been talked
over by the heads of the company, but that
so far as he knew no action had been deter
mined upon.
Mr.. Cravath interrupted with the inquiry
as to whether or not the practice of sending
a train into a station when there was one
already unloading would not be dangerous
and interfere with traffic. Mr.. Hedley
replied ~affirmatively to both queries and
said hat il would be necessary to have
$50 feet between the tail end OF one train
and the front end Of the incoming train.
That would mean, he pointed out, platforms
1000 feet long
The investigation will be resumed on
Wednesday next. when the Brooklyn Rapid
Transit Company will be taken up by Mr..
Wins.