Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1909-03-25

Necessarily, during the busy hours
there are what YOU call over here
Istraphangers in the London tube.
In London, however, we have
more area to cover than in New
York; our mileage is greater and
the hours of crowded traffic are scat
tered over larger period. In New
York the Office forces and the labor.
ing forces must travel back and
forth at almost the same time. In
London the traffic is more evenly di,
vided, SO that the unavoidable dem
ocracy Of the New York crowds in
the subways here is eliminated by
these distinctive differences of Gus
| tom in London.
over there We have first and Sec
ond-class coaches, which diminishes
the universally of crowds. However,
the greatest number Of people travel
third-class in the underground IN
London. 1t would be quite impos-
sible, it seems to me, to classify the
subway service in New York"
You don't think New Workers
would pay an extra fare on the sub
way to escape the congestion of
crowded cars?"
ut would scarcely pay to give
passengers in the subways in New
York Pullman car service, would
it?" You don't think the New
Yorker would take advantage of it?'
There are only so many cars to
a train, and only so many trains
can run on schedule speed. If you
change the onefare system, you
would have to give better car equip
ment for the extra fare, and So de-
lay the limit and lessen the trans
pOrtation scope of the entire service
After all, is there any serious dis
comfort to a waiting crowd, provid-
ing it is waiting for what it wants,
and it gets it?
Il have seen crowds in LondoA
wait outside a tneater all the after
noon so as to be sure and get anil
evenings amusement. You know it
has become the custom to glumble
at the slightest delay in rapid trans
it service, but I doubt whether it is
ever deserved when the whole stu
alton is clearly understood
The crowding of cars in the New
York subway is not a serious dis,
cOmfort?"
mot when you take into consider
alton the wonderful speed OF the
service, which is, after all, the prob
lem of efficiency"
do the doors of the cars in the |
London underground close with a |
lever, so as to almost seal the pass
engers in them? In London the sub
way passenger is a great assistance
to us The cars are fitted with doors
in the center of the car on either |
side and at the ends The passen- |
gers open these themselves when
they leave the cars, and the guards
close them from the station plat
form when the train is about 20
move
1911 Iudt SAFER Ill case OIL dtCl- |
dent?"
"The automatic signals and other
devices universally in use on all sub
ways today make the chances Of ac-
oident very improbable. However,
the safest place in case of accident
for the passenger is inside the car.
On the other hand, I am inclined
to think that the system or doors
in the middle enables us to handle
crowds, getting on and off trains,
more rapidly On our underground |
roads, which are built on the same
principle as the SUNDAY here. we EN-
DlOy only four guards to a train OF
10 cars. because the passengers
open the doors themselves from
within. On our tube system, how
ever, which is built perhaps 80 feet
below the surface, We have guard
to every car, just as you have here.
There is, perhaps, something to be
said in favor of the London subway
tie, who voluntarily lends his assist
ance to the management in his egress
from trains.