The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-07-22
PUZZLES READY FOR
GREEN CAR PATRONS
Here's New Transfer System,
So They Can Study Kinks
Before August 1.
EASY FOR CHESS EXPERTS
Receiver Hedges Follows Out
Terms of Order on Extra
Charge Of 2 Cents.

A marvellous mixture of free and two
cent street car transfers will be served
to the public on August when the Pub
lie Service Commissioners order takes
effect 1t seems at first glance to have
been prepared for expert chess players.
inventors of puzzles and new bridge
problems, promoters OF lightning memory
systems. and others with fondness FOR
acute intellectual exercise. AZ there are
rumored to be few such prodigies among
the conductors in the employ OF the
New York Railways Company 1t looks
as II the men and women who Will be
supposed TO keep the facts In tnoN
heads may be almost as bewildered as
the public.
There can be no kick against JOB
Hedges the company's receiver, Tor IN
four large printed pages OF notice ao-
dressed to the public he has told the
worst. For instance:
"Northbound Madison avenue cars VIII
transfer to westbound Twenty-third
street crosstown cars In the case OF those
passengers only have boarded Madison
avenue cars between Fourteen street and
Twenty-third street. Eastbound TWEEN
ty-third street crosstown cars will trans
fer to southbound Madison avenue cars
in the case of those passengers only
who have boarded the Twenty-third
street crosstown cars between Broadway
and Fourth avenue
So II a traveller boards Madison ave-
nue. car at Thirteenth street with the in
tention Of changing cars at Twenty
third street and going west he must pay
Z cents for a transfer. provided the con-
dictor remembers. But by walking north
a block and hopping the same Madison
avenue car at Fourteenth street he gets
his transfer for nothing. provided the
conductor remembers. Similarly the
traveller can save cents (although he
can't buy anything with 1t except a
newspaper or a stamp by keeping IN
mind Mr.. Hedges's ms Tuctions ana is-
noring eastbound Twenty-third street
cars unless they are between Broadway
and Fourth avenue.
PuxEles at Thirty-fourth Street.
Thirty-fourth street is popular
transfer point. Suppose you are on a
Madison avenue car going north or
south and want to change at Thirty
fourth street and go to the Pennsylvania
station, Gimbels. Mays Saks's, the
Waldorf. or any other place along West
Thirty-fourth street You will have 70
pay cents for a transfer. But II you
are content to ride east instead of west
you can go clear to the Thirty-fourtn
street ferry for the original nickel
Or suppose you are in Thirty-fourtr
street somewhere west of Broadway
You can transfer free II you want to &C
south on Broadway, but not IL you want
to 20 north. Or II you are going north
on Broadway you can't change to Thirty
fourth street eastbound cars without
paying 2 cents, but you can transfer
westward In Thirty-fourth street with
out the extra charge. provided you
caught your Broadway car not further
south than Twenty-third street.
The programme is full of such oddi'
ties. Mr.. Hedges is not to blame. fol
he Is merely repeating an order OF tho
Public Service Commission. which ir
turn is hedged about by the require
nnents of old railway franchises whicf
prevent unqualified application OF the
cent transfer.
Changes Given in Detail.
This Is Mr.. Hedges notice. condensed
where possible:
To the Public
In accordance with the order OF the Pub
lie Service Commission dated July is. lsl 8
the present free transfer system VIII
abolished commencing at A. NJ. o.
i.
Who desire TO obtain a transfer ticket mus
at the time of paying cash rare noun
the conductor of that fact and hand !
him an additional sum OF cents, whicl
will be the charge for the transfer ticket
The ticket 40 issued will be of the sam
character as the Tree r , irans,er h number
rides Is the case with the exisia
free transfer - -.
where O free transfer from one line |
another line will still be issued to person
who make request therefor az the INN
chase a . cent transfer ticket. Free trans
fers will not be issued to persons who a
the time of paying a cash fare also pur
chase cent transfer ticket or to per
sons who surrender a cent transe
Ticket coupon thereof in payment o
fare. Ths following are the free transfe
lexington Avenue and I1eth Street.
Both lines transfer ssI bath sSth S S,,.s,
Madison avenue cars will transfer
eastbound cars.
Madison Avenue and sSth street.
All Madison avenue cars Will transfe
All EIEthy-sixth street cars will transte
southbound.
stth street and 18th Ayenus. 49,,
Madison avenue cars will transfer onl
TO esstbound Thirty-fourth street cross
Only westbound Thirty-fourth stree
avenue cars.
ssd street and 4th Avenue.
Northbound Madison avenue wi
transfer to westbound Twenty-third stree
crosstown cars in the case OF those pas
senRers only who have boarded Madiso
svenue cars between Fourteenth street an
Twenty-third street.
Eastbound Twenty-third street crosstow
cars will transfer to southbound Madiso
avenue cars in the case of those passenger
only who have boarded Twenty-third stree
crosstown cars between Broadway an
iith street and 9Th Avenue
southhound Madison avenue cars wi
transfer to eastbound Fourteenth stree
erosstown cars in the case Of those passeu
nue. carr between Twenty-third street an
Fourteenth street.
westbound Fourteenth street crosstow
ears will transfer to northbound Madiso
avenue cars in the case OF those passer
gers only who have boarded Fourteent
street crosstown cars west OF Housto
street and Avenue b.
lth street and 9TH Avenue.
5onthbound Sixth and Amsterdam ave-
nue. cars will transfer TO southbound si1t
Avenue ferry line cars In the case OF thol
passengers only who have boarded Sixt
ard Amsterdam avenue cars south
Northbound Sixth avenue ferry line cal
will transfer to northbound Sixth and An
eterdam avenue cars
Spring street and West Broadway.
Northbound and southbound Sixth an
Amsterdam cars will transfer to eastooup
eprinE sRd Deianeey street crosstown car
out southbound Sixth and Amsterdam av,
nus ears will issue transfers In the case
sixth and Amsterdam avenue ears south
Ssstbound and westbouEd Spring an
Dsla neey street crosstown cars will tram
Ger only to Sixth and Amsterdam avent