The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1912-08-14
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HERE COMES NEW
DOUBLE-DECK CAR!
It's a Loud Young Thing With
Screening Whistles at
Each End.
FIRST BROADWAY TRIP.
Railway Official Pronounces
New Vehicle Big Success
After Trial Ride.

The low-levei, double-deck. stspless.
pay-as-you-enter car made its debut on
broadway at noon to-day. Thn double
deck car 10 the most formidable enemy
the anti-noise societies have ever had
to combat. With large screeching
whistles at either end. the new car was
surely a drawing card.
The Woodworking Of automobiles
along the White Way was nothing In
comparison to the footing Of the double
deck car. President Theodore p. Shonts
Of the Interborough Rapid Transit Com
pany. Wce-President Hedley, Public
Service Commissioner Eustis and other
notabler aboard the car on its initial
spin about the city had to stun their
handkerchiefss into their ears several
times.
THE new car will lie a success" said
Mr.. Hedley, but I am not % sure
about that whistle. Maybe we'll have
to substitute a bell; the whistle 10 too
noisy"
OFFICIALS DECLARE NEW CAR
A WINNER.
Whatever its minor defects. the
double-deck car was pronounced . win
ner by the officials Of the railway COM
pany and the newspaper men who made
the trip from the Battery to Twenty
third street to-day. The upper deck IL
as breezy as the average New York
roof garden, and the only thing lack
ing for the comfort Of passengers II q
telephone. But the megaphone 10 there.
at either end of the upper deck. and one
might easily imagine he 10 In the Penn
sylvania station when the conductor be-
gins to call out the various streets
from his position at the cash box on
the lower deck.
"A double-deck car Of the kind put In
service to-day" said Mr.. Hedley. was
designed with view Of affording the
passenger the maximum comfort for
the minimum effort
The new car, green and yellow In
color, will seat eighty-eight persons.
while there il standing room for III.
The largest number of persona one Of
the old style cars will seat Is sixty.
The new car Is o. seventeen inches
higher than the old ones and not much
longer.
President Shonts declared an order
probably would be placed with the j..
q. Brill Company OF Philadelphia for at
least a hundred Of the double-deck cars
within a few weeks. That concern Is
now building $50 stepless cars Tor the
New York railways, and with the ad-
vent OF the double-deck oars II Ii
thought the present congestion In sur
face car travel will be alleviated.
HERES WHAT NEW CAR IS Elk.
PEcTED TO DO.
Here are the chief points aimed AZ
nv the new double-deck cars, as out
lined by the railways company;
To Increase the safety OF passenger
by eliminating the dangers In getting
on and on cars.
To increase the safety of pedestrians
by having an extremely low fender. 30
arranged that contact with II auto
matically cuts of the power. applies
| brakes In emergency. and Instantly
lowers fender to rails
To reduce greatly the d! comfort and
Inconvenience OF entering ard leaving
cars.
To increase the comfort Of passen.
gers by providing improved anC In
| creased seating facilities
To better working conditions Of mo-
| tormen and conductors.
To provide greater sanitation.
To provide scientific ventilation and
heating.
To provide open-air transit during the
entire year.
To provide suitable and satisfactory
facilities for passengers desiring to
smoke.
To Increase the carrying capacity OF
tho railroad.
To reduce traffic congestion by prac.
tically doubling the carrying capacity
per foot Of street occupied.