New-York tribune., 1908-04-12
EXTRA NICKEL HARVEST
BOTHER OYER TRANSFERS
Erchdnge Between Third AUenue
and Metropolitan Lines Stopped.

The harvest Of the extra nickel began in New
York Yesterday when the issue Of transfers at
ffty-eight points between the Third Avenue Rail
road Company and the Metropolitan stopped
This was in obedience to the recent decision of
Judge Lacombe, of the United States Circuit Court,
upon the petition by Frederick W Whtridge,
oeiver Of the Third Avenue company. who asserted
that the company operating al a loss because
more than 50 per cent of the passengers carried
both lines paid with transfers. The paper patrons
numbered 2e51o000 for the last six months of 1907.
In the attempt yesterday and last night TO make
Two fares grow where but one blossomed before
the conductors and inspectors. well the police
men stationed at the one-time transfer points, had
some exciting times The conductors in most cases
debated patiently with objecting passengers and
the inspectors, rule. restrained their fists
feet while the policemen kept the metaphorical
velvet glove the actual nightstck.
In the earlier hours Of the day many passengers
telt that they had Just cause 10 protest trans
fers had been given them by conductors who
had forgotten that the rule went into effect at mid
night Of this sort led to the first arrest
William H. Ennis. Of No 453 Convent avenue A
"oollen merchant at No. "a Fifth avenue boarded
an Amsterdam avenue car near his home and
ceved transfer over 125th street. The conductor
on the crosstown told him the transfer would
be good on an Eighth avenue car IN which he
transferred. but conductor there refused to take
the transfer At I1Sth street James DowIing an
inspector OF the New York City Railway COMPANY
woOlleQ
"aht refused TO do either. At 12th street Dowling
and the conductor forced Ennis from the car Pa
roInlah Mcclure of the West l25th street station
was at the corner and Ennis appealed to him
NHle All hands argued string Of southbound cars
vas formed along Eighth avenue for dozen blocks
u 4ooAed Ike general tie-up OF the line until
Ennis charged Bowling with assault and asked the
poice1nah TO arrest him. Later in the Harlem
court Magistrate Kernochan dismissed the case
t a5aI.S, ne inspector. Mr Ennis said he would see
apout bringing suit against the COMPANY
Inc uptown Little Italy" in Third avenue sro,,,
looh TO l29d street, had no such excitement since
lHe last Black Hand bomb throwing Hundreds ~
men there are laborers in construction work far
up IN The Bronx. and most Of them set out ar
daylight Yesterday morning with only a dime in
their pockets to pay their fare both v-avs 0+ba-
VINO are in the habit OF walking the three or four
miles back from work in the evening had onJ,, +he
five cents for their trip 10 work
Inc nrst crowd of these iaborers that took a
lloth street crosstown got transfers from, a
sleepy conductor who didn't remember tho new
rule When they tried to use them on an Eighth
avenue car at 125th street and the conductor re
IuSed 10 accept them, there the prospect
Of a riot. The Iaborers began to talk IN all
ihe dialects from Genoa to Palermo. The CON
ductor had wisely refused to let them come aboard
"hen lie saw the little colored slips. When the
next northbound came along the vvorkr,eD
We're wiser, and piled aboard in a hurry. Il took
TWO policemen and the crew to "shoo" off those
who would not or could pay the extra nickel
Other former transfer points where the new rule
was felt keenly were at Grand. Spring Houston
an and 8th streets, on the Third avenue line
There were some amusing situations In the neigh
boThood OF the Grand Central Station.
u may come from Milford" said one stout and
assertive woman, but I know ! don't have 70 nav
another cent and I'm going shopping" She went
and men who had "shelIed out" rneekly looked az |
her with admiration.
Edward A. Maher general manager NJ the -r,,t-5
avenue lines. said last night: We have baen
coaching the conductors and inspectors for the |
last week and we instructed the conductors not TO
EJECT persons from the If they refused to pav
the extra fare for the first dav or two II takes !
some time for the public ger accustomed 10 the
rule. ana. Of course, many persons failed 10 read
the notices in the cars or in the newspapers find
from the reports that have come TO that during
the rush hour tonight II seemed as II the passen
gers had accepted tn" change, and everything is |
working smoothly" similar explanation was |
made by Oren Root, general manager Of the New
York City Railway.
Al the following places transfers Will not he
issued hereafter:
a I9d street gprh9 hs4n .rss 5sstn p@2as
2srh ar stree ISL street o 28d street 2sth
-,reei, Ism street lexington avenue. Madison ave
Fort second Street Crosstown-second avenue Lex
aTenua se[o1fb sTsn ss sen4s, Madison avenue Sixth
81 -5n. Bpoadway branch which southv-ard 10 42d
Madison avenue sixth avenue Brosda SsTsnb n
i25gR ,6u streSt SJISg' sns, ano SStn street. F
nue. nue. +gSiHgion s%enue Madison Lenox ave
sixth or Ninth anu 0u'h o"
nson avenue Madsoa naGas ANA ave
>[oa4"aE. Seventh avenue, Eighth avenue ana Sinh
szh and anf SfIsfs er
Tgbt6 se9Se lexington avenne Madison Avenue
lue cars A ''''el ana 81. Nicholas ave-