The New York herald., 1921-03-06
THREATENED LOSS
OF SURFACE
ROUSES BROOKLYN
Business, Property Values
and Comfort OF Citizens
Will Reflect Blow.
CITY'S MAIN ARTERIES
Deficit, Though Cars Are
Crowded, Makes Higher
Fare Only way Out.
SUBWAYS CUT REVENUES
Tube and Elevated From At
lantic Avenue West Take
Many Fares.
SUBWAYS CUT REVENUES

nfteen more b. r. T. car lines are
losing propositions. and the prospect
of discontinuance OF these lines OF
double fares, focuses attention again
upon the Brooklyn transit snarl and
the necessity for its speedy and per-
nanent solution.
During the receivers administration
NJ the b. r. T. affairs ten surface
lines have already been Withdrawn
from service. Now, Brooklyns 1,o1o,-
s5s inhabitants are confronted with
III. olight OF some Of the most I'M
uortant lines in the borough; Hnes
,hat cover the most congesteu sec
+ions and lines above or near Wnici'
Elevated roads do not run.
rba withdrawal OF these lines Wouiu
.at only make II a great hardship 70
thousands Of Brooklynites TO get 70 anu
from work but II would make II oiillcuil
~ then, during the hot summer montns
IN reach Coney Island or Shccpsneau
xav or the Canarsie Waterfront. ifop
ertx values would be materially aHeceea
from Dyker Heights far down near s,- De-
r.orh To sleepy Wilson avenue, niles
north IN the fbiQSCNONN
.N,.I asct,ons such as Williamsburg.
-o,,ld be Affected The availability OF
1ro,duay as 4 shopping centre woulo
be seriously jeopardized.
what does the Brooklynite think As
he surveys the situation? he wants =
ave cent fare, but he also wants thls
t.,vIo straightened out. He wants ser
vice. the service that big city Hus'
have as an element OF efricient operaeion'
the service that will bring the. transpor-
tation line to within properly cohVen-
-. d,stanc. OF the home and allow ..
comfortable trip to and from the opJec-
tive point, whatever It may be.
The marlborough subway and elevated
service running along Eastern PARKWAY
from the Atlantic avenue terminal ons
branch extending into the congesteu
brownsville section and the other
running out along Nostrand avenue
through Flatbush, has cut deeply iheo
b. r. T. revenue.
into three parts. on that part Of 1t extend
ing from Flatbush and Atlantic avenues
along Flatbush avenue UP Eastern PARK
way to Utica avenue, l,254,lVo tlckets
were sold in the month OF December
last. The section traversed is grow
ing. substantial one. Residents from al
most a half mile on either side are hock-
fnR to the SUBWAY iiAuAAAy pASASAaA--5
the fast service.
The ST Johns place car line. only
TWO blocks north and running parallel
with the subway, Is hard hit. The st
Johns place cars took residents or the
Eastern Parkway section down to the
Atlantic avenue subway terminal and
went on TO Borough Hall. Residents
don't need IL now. The Bergen street
line, seven blocks north. is also al
fected. although not TO so great an e2-
tent The Reid avenue car. running
crosstown TO the Williamsburg Bridge
the Tompkins avenue line, Franklin
avenue and Nostrand avenue lines, SIM
larly situated, all feel the subway pres
enca where Il crosses, running east and
west.
Or course. the number OF tickets sold
IN the l. r. II subway does not repre-
sent the entire number OF persons riding
IN the trains. II refers more particu-
Iarly 10 the traffic from Brooklyn toward
Manhattan. Thousands bound for
Brooklyn during the evening buy their
subway tickets In Manhattan.
The Livonia avenue elevated cxten-
sion OF the subway Is a continuation OF
the Eastern Parkway line, and extends
into the thickly settled Brownsville sec
tion 70 Pennsylvania avenue, plans
eventually carrying It further.
This service Is taking passengers from
the Wilson avenue and Ralph-Rock-
away cars OF the 3. Il. IT,. which run
on the same tracks along Rockaway
avenue through Brownsville, passing
further on by different routes crosstown
10 the williamsburg Bridge. People
who md themselves within walking dis
tance OF the faster elevated-subway ser
vice 70 Manhattan are taking 1t, and
the b. R. T. loses,
The Rroadway-Canarsie elevated line
Of the 3. Il. II. runs from Canarsie
along Broadway across the Williams
burg Bridge Despite the fact that the
two services wend their way TO Man
hattan--and 70 different parts of Man
hattan--by dlffcrNht routes, the Broad
way Il" lost $500 a day during the
nrst few days of marlborough service
at the only point the two lines crossed.
Livonia avenue.
The Bergen street cars on their way
out 70 Liberty avenue and the city line
still parallel tho I. r. r. service TO their
loss.
The Nostrand avenue extension OF the
]. r. T. subway leaves Eastern Parkway
at Nostrand avenue and runs along
Nostrand avenue through Crown Heights
until II meets Flatbush avenue running
diagonally cross country. The r. r. II.
OF the Nostrand avenue subway, was
maintained principally as a rush hour
service. but the now subway forced K into
the discard. The Nostrand avenue car
line running over the subway is an Inn
portant p. r. RI artery. but II Is losing
% the swifter competition.
In all the T. r. r. sold about $500. 900
tickets on It's Brooklyn routes In Decem-
Der. The n. X. r. II the loser by
f.5c0.o 900 tickets In that one month.
Jhs y. II. r. no doubt. hopes TO End
q source OF revenue in the new Union
e-Fourteenth street subway route
across the East River 10 Williamsburg.
out through Rdgewood 70 Manhattan
Junction. where connection can be made
with Canarsle, Brownsville. East New
York, Jamaica and other outlying points.
Net Afraid Of Eight Cent Fare.
The man who lives in Brooklyn Is not
afraid Of an eight cent fare. or course
distrust OF the y. r. T. is OF long stand
ing and deep seated. When tho y. r. r.
says Il Is not making money the man In
the street s sceptcal lie wants to be
shown-but he can be convinced II Il