New-York tribune., 1908-01-12
ASKS FOR NEW STATION
B. r. II. Fulton Street Line ~ ould
Put One Near Sub7cag Entrance.

,n1;cation was made yesterday to the Pubic
Service Commission by the Brooklyn oIio"
waited Railroad Company for PERMISSION 10 ao"
the Court street and Boerum Place stations on '"'
Fulton street line in Brooklyn and to substitute
station al me Borough Hall terminus OF the SUI
way about midway between the TWO oio S'''
The application is in line with the suggestion hauo
bv Commissioner McCarroll last July Several con-
ferences in regard it have been held between tue
commission and the officials of the company
The abandonment of the stations, 1t is coh'ehueu'
would cause serious inconvenience 10 the pa''oH'
of the Fulton street elevated The stations are h'
more than four blocks apart, and serve practicdiy
the same neghborhood, and station at Borough
Hall now that the subway to Brooklyn is III opera
ton would cause great improvement
It will first be necessary also to get the approvai
of the city authorities for the construction Oh
station at Borough Hall. A station at Borough
Hall. as planned by the Rapid Transit omclaIs'
would make the subway route to and from Manhat-
tan vastly popular with Brooklynites 1t is
contended. No formal action taken on the
application but there is said to be doubt that
the commission is favOrably disposed to it.
Owing the announcement at the Borough HAN
station Yesterday morning that there block
in the subway due to fire In the Parker Building
at 18th street and Fourth avenue, and that there
was no service above 18th street, the sales OF
tickets at the Brooklyn terminus dropped few
thousands below the total recorded for the rush
hours between and a. m. Friday. When the full
service was again re-estabshed, shortly before IL
o'clock yesterday morning, all the trains coming
through the tunnel to Manhattan carried loads
of size similar to those that may be seen coming
downtown from Manhattan and The Bronx. With
the resumption of the regular service the tube was
well patronzed all day. most of the passengers
having passed the curiosity stage
Saturday being. of course, off day at the
bridge, the usual rush missing. but, despite
the undoubted popularity of the new route under
the river it looked like ordinary weekend crowd
of homebound Brookynites. Trained observers, like
the bridge policemen and the train dispatchers and
starters. declared it regular Saturday crowd
certain that plenty of people standing in
the trolley leaving the loops, and few of the
cars the bridge trains, which through
Saturdays showed vacant seats.
AS yet the Public Service Commission has fig
ures from which be drawn accurate con-
clUsion the decrease in bridge traffic, but it
certain that the is steadily growing
in favor. Without taking into consideration the
effect which the opening of the subway has had
ferries during the first three days of it's operation
according to the most conservative estimate 10 per
of those who formerly used the bridge to get
home to Brooklyn using the tunnel. The
drop is probably more noticeable in the evening
than in the morning, when many prefer
haitian terminal where the operation of both Broad
way and LenoX avenue expresses and locals affords
a better opportunity for getting uptown