The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1908-03-23
NEW CARS MEET WITH FAVOR
P4Y As YOU ENTER PLANA Sue
CFSS, At LEAST on SUNDAY.
NTst Public Test Wins Approval Rrom
Fourth Avenue TraNellers-R Trial
VIII Come To-day -NOmen Have Usual
Trouble Getting on the WrOnE way

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some years ago when II, H. Vreeland
v,s irving to run cable cars on Broadway
,s remarked, in reference to the difficulties
~, those days in the endeayor to get wagons
=, keen on the car tracks, that he believed
Nou Workers would like him all the better
# re succeeded In putting so many cars
NH both tracks that people might walk
along the roofs Of them up or downtown,
travellers along the Fourth and Madison
s,e0ue car lines Yesterday had a chance
r. see this ideal almost put into operation
nil that route. Il was the initial day Of
the service Of the new pay as you enter cars
and ~ many Of them we're run that a pas
sargar never had to wait more than a min
mo Tor 4 car in either direction, and not
or. hat, hut at the Brooklyn Bridge
terminal the bridge entrance switches
uere made the terminal for these cars
Yesterday il was difficult to get the cars
sta-fei uptown quickly enough to make
room for following cars. Many Of them
we're started when only a few people had
.s.. able 10 climb aboard and while many
mole vould-be passengers had to take the
roy, incoming car. At this terminal sew
Ga. additional employees were on duty
assisting the conductor and the passen-
gers and when the starter ordered a car
H. move these men placed their nrms across
the entrances, barring the way.
Once clear Of the starting point the new
,ars appeared yesterday to give promise
q. eng 4 success. The people appeared
,. like them. The usual spectacle vas
offered of carfuls Of New Workers wearing
agreeable smiles or half smiles in place Of
me habitual drawn, almost strained looks
which strangers from other lands often
p.Inf out as the characteristic expression
n. This nervous people. The motormen
seemed placldly comfortable in their roomy
,asrlbules. They stopped on signal and
for some reason Of other there was less OF
rrp Jerking motion both or starting and
s,anplng, which is so annoying on many
cars Of the city. Whether this was due to
the greater weight Of the cars or improved
mechanism or to the good humor Of the
rotormen on a placid day like Sunday II
was anyway a gratifying experience for the
riders. 1t may have been due to or at
least facilitated by the fact that with so
many cars running no attempt was made
A. speed. The cars did not run rapidly,
hI' they moved people along, and on Sun
DAY that seemed TO be all that the passen-
gers demanded Of them. How it will he
ON work days when people are in a greater
hurry TO reach business or home will be
uore easily judged to-day.
The step Of the new cars is rather high,
tut with the separation of entering and
derdrting passengers on the platforms
this difficulty was less trying, The con-
dictors in their fenced of enclosure were
harper than the motormen and seemed
In enjoy the escape from their arduous
trips through the cars TO collect fares as
much az those within enjoyed the freedom
from the customary trampling Of their
corns or their new shoe shines or their light
colored skirts. Most Of yesterdays pas
sengers evidently took pride in having the
exact change ready for the conductors,
although every once in a while a man or
woman would block temporarily the small
~passageway leading to the interior Of the
car while he fumbled for the fare or waited
for the conductor to change a coin or a bill, |
The conductors generally said that pas
sengers for the most part took kindly 10
the new arrangement, paid promptly and
readily obeyed orders to pass on into the
car instead OF blocking up the platform. ,
Occasionally, however. groups endeavored
10 station themselves on the rear platforms,
which is contrary TO the regulations which
have been approved by the PUBLIC Service
Commission. There is no Introduction Of
tho front HlaffnTma an far Qg the npgtp1
rules announce, and these yesterday we're
~favorite places with numbers Of the pas
eengers, being Toomy and Offering a good
yantage point from which to see the passing
show.
In getting OF the cars the women, as usual,
were the sinners. They persisted, with few
exceptions, in leaving the car facing back
ward. Al the rear exit there Is a good hand
rail conveniently placed for people who will
condesoend to face forward when leaving
= car. But many wome refused to dignity
This rail with their attention and haughtily
grasped the upright bar separating the en-
rance from the exit portion Of the platform
although e 10 IN 4 much more awkward
position, with the result that they had
all their dearly enjoyed difficulties and ran
their usual danger Of being thrown down
in case the car started before they saw fit
10 let go their clutch on that upright.
In the case Of the exit from the front plat
form the women found that a most pesky
Arrangement had been provided for them
Just because they wouldn't use the con-
veniently placed handrail provided for
them there. This handrail like the one at
the rear is most conveniently placed for
ANYBODY who will only dismount face TO
inc front. But to get out through this for
ward exit one must open A sliding door.
Tie door slides toward the body Of the car.
That is, it does for the purpose Of opening
10 let you out. IL also slides forward for
the purpose OF closing, as plenty OF women
found out.
The woman's f%avorite method in using
this exit was 10 grasp the handle Of thedoor
h slide IL open and then keep her clutch on
that handle while she swung herself down
b. the step and the street and swung her
self around at the same time so as 10 face
the rear according 30 habit. The trouble
vas that in thus swinging around her
weight would pull the sliding door forward
again, which not only disturbed her balance
but sometimes prevented her SKIRT from
having all the o 1t wanted 70 follow her
INTO the street. But would she let go that
wrong side olutchi Not much. She just
threw herself against the door again in the
opposite direction, TO wit, the direction IN
which II slides open, and In her W good
time cleared the exit.
Much care was taken at the turning
POINTS. the new cars being so much longer
than the regular type. Al forty-second
street and Madison avenue there was a
special fagman. There is one point about
these turnings which pedestrians will do
we'll 10 heed and familiarize themselves
With early. Because Of their greater length
the arc in which the ends Of these cars swing
,s at a considerably further distance from
the tracks than in the case Of the more
familiar cars. and there is q good chance OF