New-York tribune., 1907-12-28
FINAL TRANSIT ORDERS.
all ROROUGHS AFFECTED
p. s. 6. Directs Increase OF oerO'ce'
Comfort and Safety.

se,-arai ironor,snt final orders for the improve
nnent of transit service in Manhattan otA' Dr,;o
Brooklyn and The Bronx were issued oS ''S ..ost
Service Commission yesterday. OF THESE 'ne -
,nor+a,+ ,,ara one rroyiding in general terms ioi
an increase Of % per cent in the-service Oh .llo
Eighth avenue surface line, and announcer p ,Le
for many improvements in the equipment % Ia
steam railroads on Staten Island ana tnIee o.
tonaI trains daily. which will serve ciieh' ''
theatre patrons of that locality.
The order for additional service on the Elsh'i
avenue line was recommended by Coihhission
Maltbie after hearings at which fhe recei'o'' -
the New York City Railway Company were a.
represented. It provides for increases OF from ~
To 80 per cent over present service, the % per cent
increase to be in the hours after Il O'CLOCK
Commissioner Matbie submitted an elaborate fepoil
the commission. describing conditioiiS ' IN
line The service south of 18th street was aoeau"t'
the report declared. but above that point p'sSe
gers sometimes had to wait, after rnioiish'' '"N'
minutes for
Two final orders applying to the Staten isiano
Rapid Transit Railway and the Staten Island ran
way Company adopted by the commission last
evening These followed elaborate hearings on coh-
ditions in Richmond, at which residents OF tnat
borough and inspectors for the commission toiu VI
shortcomings in the transit facilities.
These orders in general provide that the COM
panies shall install warning bells at all CROSSINGS
and signs requiring the engineers to ring their oeis
at certain specified places: that gates shah DC
that all stations shall be adequately lighted. as well
trains. and that all trains shall be run to con-
meet with incoming and departing boats at the
municipal ferry at st. George. This last provision
is aimed to what is especially sore point
with the Staten Islanders.
The Staten Island Rapid Transit Railway officials
are ordered to abate smoke and noise nuisances
arising from their freight yards on the west SIDE
of the island. which the Sailors Snug
Harbor and hospitals. Unnecessary labor on
Sundays is also prohibited.
The Staten Island Railway Company Is com
manded to place fagmsn specified crossing
in Tottenville to lay panking where its tracks
certain to make a level crossing, and
three additional trains daily Sundays
and holidays One of these. Of at least three cars
is leave Totenville In time get It's passengers
to Manhattan for the theatres. one is to run from
St George to connect with the ferryboat leaving
Manhattan at p. m. and the third must leave St
George. connecting with the ferryboat leaving
Manhattan at midnight
On motion of Commissioner Bassett a final order
was adopted directing the Brooklyn Union E1e-
waited Railroad Company to repair its waiting
rooms at the 3Sth street station of the Fifth ave-
nue. line which now used chiefly as store
rooms for working materials. and to erect wind
breaks there to shelter passengers. This work
must be completed by January q. Another final
order. directed to the company. provides for
the construction of island platform at the
Covert street station of the Lutheran Cemetery
linep NIlle tEe TWO Platforms now IN use Ilust
be put into complete repair by January 10.
final order recommended by Commissioner
Eustis was issued to the Interborough Company.
directing it 10 resume discontinued service along
Aqueduct avenue. from Kingsbridge road to the
l55th street terminus of the Sixth and Ninth ave-
elevated lines The commission also adopted
resolution providing for the widening of the
subway stairway leading from Vanderbilt place to
the Grand Central Station
Delos r Wilcox appointed yesterday. with
the consent of the State Civil Service Commission.
70 be head OF the bureau Of franchises at salary
OF $500 year This bureau is one OF the most
important of the departments within the commits
Its duty is to collect and coilate Information
OF every sort relative to franchises. used and un-
used. held and exercised by the various corpora
tions which within the jurisdiction OF the
commission. Mr.. Wilcox. who is no relative of the
chairman of the commission. has received the de-
gree of Ph. ID. from Columbia. and has done work
along these lines for several years for various mu-
nicipal research organizations. His latest work
was for the Detroit Municipal League.
A transfer complaint against the Union Railway
Company, OF The Bronx. on which hearings have
been held before Commissioner Eustis was settled
yesterday by the companys agreeing to give in
structions to it's conductors the fremont ave-
nue. line issue transfers TO intersecting lines