Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1908-05-07

/ In area from time to time, until today IL
| Is one OF the largest, IL not the largest
train shed, in the world
This brings the New Yorker and his
travelling tribulations up to that period
when II was found that II was impos-
sible 10 provide a sufficient number OF
surface and elevated trains to move the
! riding public. Then 1t vas found that
by tunneltng the city north and south
and east and west that ia time the prob
lem could be solved. A merger of the
street railway companies OF the city was
erected, and after their combined capital
mad been increased several hundreds OF
million dollars subways were evolved
me boring began and interest In the
work became so intense that when the
first subway trains were started II was
found that the crush 10 every subway
as that at the Brooklyn Bridge
Confronted 10y this new peril. the COM
misSioners again put their heads to-
gether and found that much of the trou-
BILE In the subway was due to a new
species Of man, whose characteristics
We're somewhat similar to those Of the
''end-Seat hog" only Of far more dan
gerous type, and in order to provide
safety for its patrons the subway Of
hcials had to resort to drastic measures
The subway brute" az he became known
TO the patrons OF the roads would crowd
to the platforms of the stations as trains
dashed up and In an effort to he the first
to board trains I'm order TO be slre of Il
seat. would strike down women and chill
dren and men of smaller Stat:re. Al
most daily cases were reported to the
police where women or children had hF4r
Knocked under the wheels Of approach
ing trains, and then Ii was the subway
squad of police was organized. Their
Instructions were to see that crowding
az the stations was put a stop to forth
with, no matter what steps they had to
take to accomplish 1t. Each man. con
Siderably over six feet In height his long
form clad In natty gray uniform was
provided with n heavy walking stick,
which I'm reality is a bludgeon.
The squad had not been on duty a
week before the number Of patients at
the New York hospitals under treatment
for cracked skulls told how effectively
the squad had busted itself I'm carrying
out it's instructions. Today Il stranger
standing In the subway stations to watch
the crowds boarding the departing trains
Is prone 10 believe that our old friends
CASTOR and Alfonso had come to life and
were there appearing in the flesh, so or
DERBY is the crowd and so deferential in
its treatment o. the weaker sex.
The popularity Of subway travel has
become so manifest that work is about
to begin on an entirely new system OF
tunnels which Will traverse the bowels OF
the borough of Manhattan in every d.
rcction. Subways TO the north and to
The south, aud subways to the east and
west are to be bored out, and when com
pieted, in the year 1910, New Workers be-
lieye that the rapid-transi problems will
have been solved. Trains that cover the
journey to the extreme northern limits
Of the bOroughS of Manhattan and the
Bronx are packed to their capacity day
anC night, while the crush I'm the early
hours Of the morning and those OF the
afternoon are so great that special po-
lcemen are detailed at all the principal
stations to aid the subway squads in
Of order,