The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1907-07-02
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PLAN TO MAKE THE
HARLEM SUFFER
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Prices some Come Down From Vest
chester by Trolley. Elevated and sub.
way-May Appeal 10 New Commission
Mount Vernon. principally its west side,
Is sore and vengeful and the New York
Central. Harlem division. is going to get
IL for that increase in the price OF COM
muters' monthly tickets from "a IS to IS. 40
and many other things Of which this rate
increase is the climax, according to the
commuters. Not only in Mount Vernon,
but over in Yonkers, there are rumblings,
and White Plains. Tuckahoe and Bronx
vile are adding their say.
Mount Vernon is the leader. for il was
there that the West Mount Vernon tax
payers. 700 strong met in time Friday night
to learn of the increased rate and start
the call for the embargo. And according
to President Otto Hufeland Of the ~organiza-
ton the New York Central Is going Il catch
it all along tho line by the combined efforts
OF the towns. cities and hamlets.
We're going to fight IT," he declared.
"and wer lay all these grievances before
the Utilities Commission
The commuters claimed a big victory
in the boycott yesterday-8O0 or 700 former
New York Central patrons shupted OF to the
trolley, many others to the New York,
New Haven and Hartford road, ami the
Central was meagrely patronized. But
really the SCORE couldn't be exactly figured
up, because the tr olley company didn't
have the returns in.
While the DETECTION from the Central
was by no means general, there we're a
lot OF things that proved that many out
ragged citizens we're determined TO do their
best to make the Central suffer. At the
New Haven station in Mount Vernon a
long line OF purchasers OF new monthly
Communication checks kept the ag~entslhust-
ling faster than usual. and when quiet had
settled. between eighty and a hundred
new names were counted. At the Harlem
station in Mount Vernon and White Plains
il was said, by those who saw, that there
was considerable falling of. The agents
were mum.
Mount Vernon's most accurate traffic
gauge was Bill Vshey. whose three years
experience in plying the local trolley be-
tween the Harlem and the New Haven
stations has brought him into speaking
terms with many OF the 100 commuters
on the Harlem road, the men from the West
Side. Bill said that he seen darned few
fellers aroun the Harlem station yesterday
morning.. he missed the ANXIOUS faces OF
numbers OF the sprinters who dashed dow
the steep hill, half rolling, half flying in
their efforts to catch the express. He'd
often helped them, waited for the stragglers,
then put on a terrible burst OF speed with
his car down the hill and dumped them out
just in time for the train. Bill said that
there was little waiting in line for monthly
tickets yesterday where there had been
as many as sixty in times before. There
was a quiet Sunday morning before Q
o'clock atmosphere about the station. he
thought.
Other e-yewitnesses said there was no
rush for tickets and fewer passengers.
Some Of the loyal trainmen. however, said
that there was as many as usual on the
trains.
Otto Hupeland thought that between 900
and 200 commuters had gone down by troll
lev. They rode over the West and East
Mount Vernon line TO Bedford Park. trans
ferring to the express trains Of the Third
avenue elevated road. General Superin-
tendent J. j. Carrigan OF the Union Railway
Company, who has charge OF the lines from
Mount Vernon TO New York, said that the
days traffic had been a heavy one. but he
did not know whether the boycott had
figured to a great extent or not.
IF there had been 1000 passengers more
than usual, ! would have recognized it,"
he said. There might have been 500 in
crease in the morning hours and again at
night, without attracting my attention
phItlCuldI II var " PlthS1Ill uHy Thu Tic
crowd on Monday is always a big one with
people who come up this way over Sunday
and return Monday morning. We ran no
extra cars. Beyond noticing that the
evening crowd seemed larger than usual |
did not mark any particular rush, shall
watch closely tomorrow to see IL there is an
increase and where IL comes from. We
shall certainly put on more cars and shall
talk over an express service, IL possible,
il the returns tomorrow and in the next
Iaxo oha1p thA nAAA W. AAn't Epo- haur
many passengers are carried until the next
day."
Though there were no extra t~rolleys,
some OF the cars were run an hour earlier
in the morning than usual. A crowd Of
about sixty from Tuckahoe deserted the
railroad and with a few onverts picked
up on the way to Bronxville journeyed to
New York by trolley. II was said at the
house of Ellis W. Gladwin. president of
Rr~onxville, that M boycott or transfer
made itself known in the town. Wise
acres in Mount Vernon thought the town
was going on in the same old way. that
nothing was abba 70 and that trolley cars
might do in summer, but r~evengeful deter
mination might wear out.
In Yonkers at the Common Council meet
ing last night Mayor Coyne proposed a
public meeting Of commuters TO protest
to the Public Utilities Commission against
the increase In fares.
The trolley line, called the ;iIca ieberry
road, when horses we're motive power.
IL about to inaugurate an 8 cent fare via
the subway at Kingsbrldge and a S cent
fare TO any point in The Bronx and West
chester county.
IL was stated that the Harlem road had
sold more Mount Vernon communication
tickets yesterday than il had the same
day Of last year At the Grand Central
j.. q. Hammond OF the Central said that the
road had explained its reason for the new
rate IL had Lost money on the old HRurns
in its communication service, he said. The
road would stand pat and would regard
the matter of increased rates as a closed
incident.