New-York tribune., 1908-02-04
UPSTATE BOARD HERE
eecond Districts u. S. Commission
ers Hold -Four Hearings.

- puhEc Service Commission for the I'd
-,s-+-s-- held four hearings here yesterday. The
= -ssf-ts we're against the New York Central
UsT,-oad and the New York 6 Long Island Trac-
= ,-,-,nary which operates trolley lines on Long
- The hearings were held here merely for the
,,,asrie1ce OF witnesses
.--~ commuters asked that the 7:3e a. m stop
ri-yho1ind rrasn. discontinued some time ago,
o =, Rack en- the schedule: also that an express
- the GRIND Cex1t-al Station at z54 be stopped
: 1sssnirE L had been suggested that this train
=. s-sr stop OF which Is al C-oton. largely
= .-e interests OF high officials Of the road and
- --,r1iuenL persksas living IN the vicinity OF
,-s,ns This train only half full the COM
.s-x declared while the local leaving here about
-. sar-7e irne which II ey were obliged TO use was
crowded
= - -s---7tovn- Ossiulng was the banner COM
- - 7,oinr on TIE line As q statement that
= -.o-uls.ia1 of the city seven thousand to
- ,i,ouszsld counsel for the road asked II that
.---,sas the '7estdents OF Sing Sing"
~ -ve z-e willing 70 leave them out" said Nj
49, co.lasei fer The rnpjainants.
- : resident OF Aubu n" observed Cornn,is-
..- osborne y am Will ,g TO co-lcede that they
ssocl5 be co11tec
a. they co not general ly commute said Mr
n.I-,e- with 2 sarcastic 81 Ele-
.-e-al Superintendent Ch aries z Smith said the
,a-t,r sroo Of the morning train had been dis
| --,-,,s5 10 accommodate Passengers between
nssesr and Poughkeepsis who wanted 70 get into
=. .sv nv S.ss = II. All the commuters wanted
= ~ A IRE sane time. he said. and the Off
- n ire road found Il impossible to accom-
I -. .ve-v5ady. Delays n changing from the
i - =, s-es-7 locomotives made If impossible %
II ,.-s Is rapidly as fo-7Te ry, he said. Improve
L = = voukers calling tor slow running there
- also delayed trains
4 - -zas elso taken o8 6 request from 2
1 - ~ Eo- ks-s that z number OF trains in the
= az evening be stopp ed et kingsbri6se. so
s.1E 81
T.. -7,e electrical engineer OF the New York
20, -.<-,ae5 tha1 such stops would disarrange
H. r-ar service GIlo la-d q t1-is punt
l. +u,oaTz1Ieuc anyway
| = ,,-,n3ain- against the New York & Long
r. --ar-iou Company was that lO-cent fare
% - from Freepo-1 70 Hampstead. a dis
= = four miles, although only cents was
- hsrresn Free2ort and Rockville Centre.
g ,.-rs- d,srarce- The complainants contended
- r1-1- s,---,ss under which thet part OF the
L. = mated prov4ded that not more than
\ : -.,-+5 ~ charged for 2 continuous ride OF
lgee Counsel for the company observed that
- --rr:s.on applied only TO territory with
H. rbe -ozra C Hampstead
| - s-evers remarked 70 the counsel for
l. ca-.DlatnsnIs that 10 matter what the highway
/ --t.sto-e-s OF E5enpstead had intended, If they
f7cra5 hv the railroad company the Public
s. Commission could not rectify any legal
te-~o-. . .,-,
\ The coupla1la--s a4so Nal-U10 '117 i'0-
l--cke3 t-roGghocL .,
1 = = -ta w commissions viii hold joint hear
ne proposition completely 10 vesuolue cars
80 te-vreen Yoakers and this ciry- Special COM
- n es,a commission viii confer on certain
Il t-sz ~ -he public service act 50 that the 1ur1s-
- - -. Commissions viii be perfectly clear
/ ft--t--e- T2sssett said last night that the com
| .-----s v-o-l5 not recommend any enlargement OF
| ..s- .--issi sic-ic-.