Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-08-13
AFTER new YORK CENTRAL
PUBLIC SERVICE BOARD TO IN
VEsTIGATE SERVICE.
Civic League Of the Bronx Complains
That Local Traffic Is Sacrificed to
Through Trains.

NEW TORK, August !3.-The public serv-
ice commission decided yesterday to inves-
tigate the suburban railroad service Of the
New York Central railroad. This action
was taken after the receipt of d complaint
from the civic league of the Bronx that
the company was not operating enough
trains to accommodate the local traffic of
its lines The board will give a public
hearing on the matter in the city hall
Thursday.
The complaint received yesterday from
the league said that II the Central's local
lines were operated properly they would
add largely to the transit facilities of the
borough and would practically solve the
transit problem over the larger part of the
borough for many years to come"
Central's Franchises
The complaint adds that while the Central
had received many valuable franchises from
the city the company's local lines were
operated in IAN incompetent, unsatisfac-
tory and illogical manner and wholly for
the benefit of their chief stockholders and
with utter disregard and indifference to the
welfare of the community through which
they pass and to the accommodation of the
public, which is more less dependent
upon them. The train service is infreuuent
and insufficient and the rates of fare are
preSSiVe.
1t was declared further that the New York
Central and New York and Harlem rail-
roads had from their inception sacrificed
the needs of the local patrons to their
through traffic and through incompetence
stupidity, shortsighteduess and inetficiency
have neg ected and refused to provide
adequate accommodations for handling such
local traffic
Local Service Bad.
1t was asserted that the running time
of local trains had gradually Increased in
recent years and that the service to the
local patrons had gradually decreased. The
communication wound up with a petition
to the commission to order that local trains
be more frequently and to direct the
company to stop the trains at all stations
Henry II. Whitman was appointed yes
terday an assistant counsel to the COM
mission. Mr.. Whitman was born in Maine
in 1862, and graduated from Columbia
College in 1886 Until few months ago
he was a member of the law firm of Ewing
Whitman & Ewing.
The investigation of the local railroads
will be resumed tomorrow. 1t is the in
tention of William NJ. WINS, special counsel
10 the commission. to take up tomorrow
the Brooklyn Rapid Transit system In
order to prepare himself for the examina-
ton of the affairs of that company Mr..
WINS yesterday made personal inspection
of the lines operated by the company. He
made the tour in automobile and was
accompanied by Commissioner of Public
Works Desmond Dunno.
B. r. T. Tracks.
The commission held a public hearing
yesterday on the application of the Brook
Ign Rapid Transit Company to construct
new tracks on Livingston street and La
fayette avenue, Brooklyn. The company
has already received franchise from the
city and the terms of the compensation
TO be paid have been agreed upon, but un-
der the law the company must obtain
a certificate from the public service com
mission. There was no opposition TO the
application, and the necessary certificate