New-York tribune., 1920-01-19
Staten Island
Trolleys Stop
Despite Court
Order Demanding Midland
Line Cars to Continue I'm
til Argument To-day on
Receivership Is Ignored
Buses Start This Morning
% 1H10 w HH1H q
Night Superintendent Says
Company Official Gave III
structiOns to Shut Down

Despite a court order commanding
that the lines continue in operation
pending argument tomorrow on the
city's application for receivership
the cars of the Midland Railway Com
pany on Staten Island stopped running
at 1880 o'clock this morning.
The original plan to discontinue at
midnight, because of the city's failure
to authorize seven-cent fare was
modified when process servers, unable
to locate any official of the company,
served Supreme Court Justice Faber's
order on Harry j. Blackum, night super
intendent. Backum said he would keep
the cars in operation until his tour of
duty ended at 8 a. m. Subsequently,
however, he announced he had COM
municated with an officer of the COM
pany and been directed to stop the cars:
Cars Taken to Barns
Blackum stationed himself at the
municipal ferry, st. George, and ordered
each motorman as he brought his car
to the terminal to take it to the barn
Ten buses, chartered by Commits
sloner of Plant and Structures Grover
Whalen, will begin running from St.
land lines at 6 a. m. to-day. A police
man will be put on each bus to show
the driver the way.
Sheriff William K. Walsh swore in
ten car crews as deputy sheriffs, who
were sent to the power house at Gras-
mere, Staten Island, apparently to act
as guards in case public resentment
inspired an attack on the power house.
City to Operate Buses
Arrangements were made to have
ten privately owned buses. operated
by the city, at the st. George ferry
house early this morning Later the
number is to be increased to thirty.
The machines will traverse five routes
mapped by city officials.
Grover A. Whalen. Commissioner of
Plant and Structures, spent all yes
terday in Richmond travelling over
these routes. Many commuters ex-
pressed doubts that these buses could
be operated long on a five-cent fare.
but the commissioner said that a nickel
would be the rate.
The bus lines which are taxing the
place of the trolleys are as follows:
l. Dongan Hills. through Richmond
to Concord and thence through Van
derbiit Avenue, Clifton, Rosebank Ave
nue., Canal Street, Stapleton and Bay
Street to the ferry at st. George.
2: Concord, through Richmond Road
and Van Duzer Street, through Broad
Street to park at Stapleton; thence
through Wright Street, Van Duzer
Street, Richmond Turnpike and Bay
Street to the ferry.
.. FROM Four Corners, Richmond Turn
pike and Manor Road, through Manor
Road, Delafield Place, Prospect Street.
Oakland Avenue, Henderson Avenue.
Lafayette Avenue, New Brighton, and
Richmond Terrace to the ferry.
d. Westerly from the Richmond
turnpike to Jewett Avenue, through
5ewett Avenue, Castleton Avenue, West
New Brighton, Broadway; Henderson
Avenue, Lafayette Avenue, New Bright
on. and Richmond Terrace to the ferry
Richmond to the New Dorp railroad
station.
Will Require Extra Fare
Those persons using the last route
VIII have to pay an extra fare on the
steam lines, but all the others will be
able to get to the New York ferry
Tor the same price that they have been
paying the traction company.
discontinuance Of the line
would affect about twenty cars and
sixty men: According to an announce
neht made last night, the men will
be taken care of by the Richmond
Light & Railroad Company, which has
operated the Midland trolley line. The
Richmond Company will also use 4
number of the cars on the Silver
Lake line and on the shore lines be.
tween South Beach and St. George
and between st. George and Port
Richmond. This will give to these
lines five minute headwav, instead
OF seven at present
The men will work but eight hours.
instead of twelve, and their pay will
be decreased one-third,