New-York tribune., 1911-12-24
STRAPHANCER, CHEER Up
Rails to Lean On and More Seats
in New B. R. 7. Car.
PLANNED FOR SUBWAY USE
Six Side and No End Doors-lo
Feet Longer than Present
Interborough Car.

new type of subway car is being
planned by the Brooklyn Rapid Transit
compauy. which in time will be presented
Il. the public Service Commission for ap-
rroyal as the type which is TO be oper-
atcd over the new subway lines proposed
hv the Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company.
The feature of the proposed car is It's
rossessIon Of six side doors and no end
doors giving uniform distribution in
snd movement in and out Of the cars OF
the passengers The car will be sixteen
feet longer than the Interboroush subway
cars and will have "A seating capacity in
the rush hours of seventy persons, as
against from forty-two 10 forty-four IN
tho present car. But more seats can be
added in the non-rush hour arrangement
which will give a gain of 90 per cent IN
seating capacity over the present car.
In statement issued yesterday the
Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company says OF
the proposed car:
The two most striking features of the
proposed new car are its increase or lensth
over the present subway car ana It's ire
neudous facility of entrance and exit Dy
means Of six doors on each slde Inc
present subway car operated IN New 1oik
CITY is fifty-one feet long, and as used III
and one in the middle The proposed ne"
BROOKLYN Rapid Transit car VIII De slAly .
seven feet long and VIII nave a pdlr o
doors I'm the centre ana pair hniuWay 9r pv
tween the centre and each end OF the car
Tho increased length operates, IN CCI-
uection with the door and interior arIahS5 3
mtnt TO give very greatly ENLARGED scst-
ine capacity With all the doors IN uNe,
Tho proposed Brooklyn Rapid TRANSIT car
will seat seventy persons. as against IoVly
TWO u forty-four persons IN the lTesel,S
<
NV the experts who have prepared tne Ne-
signs OF this car that in the non-rrsh hours
II will be necessary 10 use oHlH p9lN W ~
doors ON this nOn-rush hodr DdsiS ~ ao
seating capacity rises 10 eiGhty-tOuf, ~
uer cent gain over the present SUBWAY cal
and for the purpose of enabling TINS i iui
ther accommodation OF the udNellRhS R t pLu, :,
lic mechanism has been de'lScd "IeIcUH
INC doors are under separate control Al
lowing approximately double the anlo1nI
of room per standing passenger thdt = az
lowed in the present subway cars, the pro,
Uosed new Brooklyn Rapid Transit car VIII
accommodate l02 persons standi1g, IN al
dition 10 It's seated load. ,
II the same amount of room were al
1oned in either case. the standing capacity
~ the proposed Brooklyn Rapid Transit
car would be approximately 10 per cent
greater than that Of the present SUBWAY
rsr Its aggregate capacity, with al doors
i'm use as they would he during rush hours,
is en per cent greater than that Of the cars
of latest design used in the present SUD
way. .., l
inc 10 The new Brooklyn Rapid Transit
cars would be only 26 feet longer than a
train Of ten cars SuCh as are operated III
tbc r~esent subway: but the eight cars Of
the new design could carry 30 per cent
more people than ten cars Ike those now
Inn the subway service.
The elimination Of end doors altogether
e1cept for the door allowing access from
one car to another throughout the train,
makes IL possible to operate a continuous
train. through which passengers can pro-
coed with perfect safety and comfort under
all conditions.
The ease OF operation also is greatly IA
-ilitated by the fact that a train made up
4 the proposed new cars will discharge
md take on its passengers at the same
ereed throughout its entire length.
The car Is provided with system NJ
-ailings At each set Of doors. which serves
the double object Of dividing the stream of
Taeseneers entering and leaving and Of
giving the standing passengers fixed sup
pc't. instead Of an insecure strap 10 take
hold of while the train IS I'm motion