New-York tribune., 1908-01-27
CONFUSION AT BRIDGE,
Passengers Forget Trolley Changes
and Rush about Vmnly.

-,o-. --as considerable confusion attending the
opening of the new local trolley service over ,he
BROOKLYN Bridge yesterday passengers, So
buvinr their tickets would try TO rush by the
cbonninr boxes and the choppers got hoarse be
fore noon shouting TO those who did not kho" or
forgot that the tickets should be deposi'eu oe
fore entering the cars just the same as IL 'ies
were entering the platforms from which the ele-
waited service is run. And despite the puohclS
r,i,su +o the changes patrons of the locais-that
Is the bridge route alone-wouid scurry up 10
the elevated ticket offices at elther emo Oh INC
bridge and then he compelled to run down asaiI-
If this first experience had occurred on
-rnaL5av thera would have been confusion worse
confounded but as the traffic was rather hshl
Yesterday owing well to the threa'eiiie
weather as TO the fact that 1t was SUNDAY 'hele
were only few collisions on 'he s'air" : N1
these were taken the best possible good huinoi-
The real test of the arrangement VIII be
today in the rush hours. The cable ROAD WAS
abandoned on Saturday. after twentH-iour Seai9
of service All elevated trains are no" run o'
the third rail To-day the main floor the
,,o~-,,;pe and on all platforms of the Park Row
terminal station agents and uniformed employees
in large number viii be ready TO aln paSse'isSi
10 find the trains they wish TO take Ihere WI, WIN
also be many directing signs Little change VIII
he observed from the system that has PFeNalleu
On saturday afternoons for several years.
The Brooklyn Rapid Transit lines VIII increase
the number of trolley cars run in the rush houiN
from 500 SEQ in the evenings, ana from ~ 10
in the mornings. 1hcSe win run uhut' i4i''''
seconds headway. The management OF the bfooh-
lvn Rapid Transit engaged in preparing new
schedules for the elevated lines, but in the mean
time trains will be handled at the rate OF one d
minute and these trains will be composed oil SIX
cars in place of four formerly the rule It was
said that this arrangement would mean the
handling of about twenty thousand persons more
in the morning and twenty-five thousand persons
more in the evening rush hour.
To protect the service from possible accidents be
fore the block system. now building, is ready nag
men will be stationed every seven hundred feet on
the bridge tracks. The Improvements on the BROOK
lvn end the bridge have not all been completed
and il was said yesterday that when the tracks on
the bridge property for the trolley are ready
the local service will be still further facilitated
One Of the railway officials said last night II
should not be understood that all of the elevated
bridge There Will be numerous trains which VIII
go only far the Sands street station, ana
passengers will have 10 make the usual change
there. Trains however. will be all designated by
signs so that passengers will know the destination
Of each Il said also that the installation to-
day of the through express elevated service from
Brooklyn to Manhattan would greatly relieve the
congestion OF the local Brooklyn trolley
cars which will hereafter often be used by per
sons bound for Manhattan.