The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-01-06
STEP TAKEN TOWARD
STEEL CARS FOR 81"
Commission Orders Its Chief
Engineer to Report on
Strength Of Structure.
i. X. It's CASE Up TO-DAY

Three resolutions intended TO bring
steel cars and n safety signal system Ia
the elevated railroads Al some time in
the future were adopted by the Public
Service Commission yesterday. ]. Ser
geant Cram alluded to one Of them as a
Joke" and refused to vote on any. The
day was further enlivened by an inter.
view with Chairman Edward e. Mccall,
who said
III Joseph Johnsons report regarding
service Is proved to be well founded there IS
going to be showdown between the com
mission and the Y. r. 7. want IL dts
tiuctly understood that we mean BUSH
ness
Commissioner Cram pressed the reso.
luton. offered week ago. ordering the
marlborough company To equip It's cle-
waited lines with Signals capable OF pre-
venting collisions trial installation Ia
he made by July I next and report OF
thu test to be made to the commission
10y March I, 1916
Milo II Mllthic was ready to vote FOR
this resolution, but the other Commission
crs held that investigation should precede
u formal order The motion finally passed
offered by Robert G Wood and amended
by Gcy rye V. :. Williams, was as follows
That II iE the sense Of this commits
sion that the elevated lines should be
equipped with u signal system which will
prevent collisions.
THAT the company be required 90
make an investigation and report to the
commission within sixty days upon q
spetd control or other improved signal
device which VIII allow the minimum
headway on the elevated railroads and
provide tho greatest factor Of safety"
| II was whom Mr.. Cram was asked II
he ospttld this guhgfitiIta that he
| remarked: whats the matter with my
resolution? This one r. Joke
Finding II impossible to pass the Cram
| resolution Mr. Maltbie voted for the sub
| sttutc. along with Commissioners Mccall
Williams and Wood.
MI Malthie then introduced two reso
{ iutons. one requesting the commission,
CHIEF engineer to report upon the strength
! Of the elevated structure in Manhattan
{ and the other inStructing George Gibbi
/ and Clifton W. Wilder. engineers. 20 re
/ port whether a steel car body can he bull
/ for the elevated road weighing no lnor'
than the heaviest wooden car body nov
| operating The affirmative vote was four
Mr.. Cram remaining silent
| After the meeting Mr.. Wood gave THU
| reason for offering his resolution: 9"
believe that signal system should b.
! installed as soon as possible on tn
| elevated lines and that IL should b'
| thoroughly up to date. II Is said that thu
( new speed control which is now belnl
| tested In Brooklyn will allow a minimum
| Roadway Of forty seconds and at tn
same time bring the trains down to
predetermined speed OF from four to iv'
| miles an hour"
The johnson report on the y. r. T.
| service will come mp before the commits
| sion to-day.
"If We find the weight OF evidence /
! that Mr.. .IohnsOns report is In error,
| Chairman Mccall said, I'VE shall throw !
out completely. n we ind il backed b,
| facts we shall adopt it and take ever
step necessary to see that the suggeste'
| improvements are made. All the talk i
tho world before the question Is hrough
| formally before the commission Will no
in the least affect our decision"
Frank Hedley, general manager Of IN
Interborough system, told the commissio
yesterday that " might he possible I
transfer to the elevated roads the bodle
of the composite cars now In the runway