The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1908-10-06

Receiver Whitridge claims that the
managers OF the two big street rail-
way systems in the Bronx have re-
fused to make any arrangement DIV
which the Union Railway could get an
equitable share of the receipts groWinS
out of the transfer arrangements. he
was perfectly willing, he declares, TO
continue the scheme IL there was any.
thing in II for the Union Railway lines
which need all the nickels they can get
A Legacy From Don ,ey'
tine arrangement of transfers" said
Receiver W hitridge, by which residents
Of Yonxers or Mount Vernon could ray
q five cent fare IN their cities. and ride
all the way 10 the post office In Man
haitian on that fare was legacy to me
from a donkey. / cannot Imagine how
any sensible man. in charge of the af-
fairs of the Union Railway, could have
entered into such an agreement
THE Union Railway is part of the
Third Avenue system, of which I am
receiver. II is my duty to make the
lines pay, and I could do nothing else
but ask the court to stop the transfer,
transactions at the city line,
I'VE have no objection to carrying
our passengers from the Post-Ottice In
Manhattan to Fort George or the Yon-
kers line or to Two Hundred and Fiji
tieth street on the eastern side OF the
Bronx, for a nickel. But l certainly
do object 10 carrying the people OF
Westchester twenty-nine miles for
practically nothing.
'Swamped by Transfers.
by the transfer system our south
bound cars were loaded at the junction
points with passengers from Westches-
ter. who handed our conductors trans
fers. These cars ran crowded through
the Bronx, and people in our own ter
ritory who handed our conductors nick
els for their rides had TO stand up.
'.phere would have been something
In It Tor us II the tide ran both ways.
But experience showed that the people
who rode downtown on our cars, on
transfers issued by the Westchester
street railways. did not ride back on
our cars. and pay us their nickels and
allow US to transfer them to West
chester. They wanted to get home In
O hurry. and they took the Subway or
the L 10 the Junction points.
II went TO the Westchster street rail-
way people, and tried 10 make an ar
s.S.selnent with them, by which air
proportion of their receipts. induced
by our transfers. would go to the
Union lines. They refused to give US
anything worth considering. l had
number of conferences with the people
of Westchster the matter. and they
seem to think the city railways should
carry them downtown for nothing,
No Complaint in Bronx.
1.-THE people in the Bronx have no
complaint. cannot say as much tor
the Westchester people. because they
had soft thing. In my opinion they
will make trouble over the discontind-
ance OF transfers unless the police afc
on hand 10 stop them. 30 l asked Conn
missioner Bingham for police protection
and he has promised TO furnish IT,"
The Yonkers street railways run from
the New York city line to Yonkers and
contiguous territory in Westchester
The Wesichester Electric Railway lines
run to Mount Vernon. New Rochelle
and Long Island Sound points.
Aldermen Take Up Matter.
Receiver Whitridge. in his talk with
The Evening Word reporter. rutrained
from saying anything about discontln-
vpE transfer Dry lcges anywhere witn-
IN the city on the lines OF the Union
Railway. But that such proposition
toeasiassa sa second rsssS