Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, November 15, 1881, Page 3

10 NIVEY BN e S e e T L ELEVATED RAILRDANNG Pacte and S'nhatin-n Relative to New Yorlk's Rapid-Tran- st Byatem, A Barvey of Ita Practioal tions in Detail Operas From the New York Mali, There is hardly any corpotate intar- eet of more importance to the people of New York than the practical mau ment of the elevated railw and frequent inquires are hoard as to the methods employed for the safe tran portation of the millions ot people who ride in the rapid-transit trains of our city cach year. the genezal oflice of tha Manhattan ml-.y comw pan Hain, the genora elovated railwaye of Manha i8 to be found at all hours of tho day whon he is not “out on the road and thero he was asked by a repres- entative of the Evening Mail yestor day whethier it is truo that during year ending October 81, 1881, elovated railways carriod 75,670 passengoers. o u havo the number cxu i replied Col. Hain, *‘and if you place before the people of New York statistics which will help them to un- derstand the maguitnde of the task they rol ._y upon tho elovated hail be d. ena man takes a train to come down town to his business he has no | thought about tho vastness of tho | teatlic of the vailway system upon which he is dopendent for the comfort and colerity of his journey. 1 wish all peoplo of Nuw York would take the trowble to think about it. Why, our trains have 1 p a single day to eq ho entire population of conve New York.” THE AND THEIR SUBORDIN- ATES. OFFICERS “‘How many men are there in the employment of the Manhattan cow pauy “Thero are ““Who sel them?” ““T'hat is one of my duties.” “Do you spend your wholo time in your ofiic each day, Col. Hain{” “No, I go out over tho road just 1 as 1 can et away irom duties sl “Who aro your chief assist wen, the ,tho e is M . L superintendent, and - *Is he an old railroad man?” ““He i3 not much more than of age, but ho has been 1 ug life. He was for man senger conductor on the Penn- ania railway, and left that scrvico to become trainsmaster of the New Jersey Central railway, He loft that position for a similar one under the | Manhattan company, where he was promoted to the offico of superinten- dent. His office ia at No. 4 Front strcet, so that all four of the rapid transit lines termt- nate almost at his door, now that the Sixth avenue line has been extended to the battery. Next under Mer. Greon are Trainmasters Wetmors and Hurlbert, of the east and west divi- siona respectively, each with a corps of train dispatchers; the roadmasteris Robert Black, the master mechanic is T. W. l’eeplea, the engineer is R, Sloan, and then there are statiqn i spectors, road supervisors, engine dis- patchers and subordinate officers of various other classes, The ordinary employes include the trainmeu, the station agents, the gatemen and the workmon' on the tracks and in tho shops.” THE TRAINS AND THE MEN WHO RUN THEM, “Who decidés upon iraios to be run?” “*A sehedule is made out woekly by Mr. Green and myself.” *“The numbers of trains are not the samo at all seasons of the yor, then!” 0. Ourbusiness fluctuates some- what, It is better in the autumn months than in the summer, and thore aro espocial events to be provided for, such as some great convention along one of the lines, which causes a tem- porary increase of traffic. Thegrowth of our business from year to year re- quives an increase in the permanent number of our trains.” “What is the average number per i the number of “On the Third avenue line, 1, on the Sixth, 800; on the Second, and on the Ninth, 350.” “Who is directly in them?”’ “The trainmasters and their assist- ants, the tram dispatcher, the former being directly respousible to Suporin- tendent Green. There are in all twenty-two train dispat , enough to furnish one for cach end of each line both day and night. No train starts from a terminal station without an order from a train dispatcher. Si system has prevented accidon whichmight have otherwise occurre “Who 18 in command on board cac train?" “The conductor, of course, although an engineer is not bound to obey an order to move his train when to do so would be dangerous, The conductor is roquired to keep his train on sched- ule time, and the guards are responsi- ble to him while on the train. Kach conductor has his regular force of guards, and by working together the train men are able to do their work much more satisfactorily than they could otherwise.” H00; charge of “What is the wholo number of ‘.l‘hilllll(}l“n “There are 250 conductors and 400 quards.” “Have they been in your long?” “Most of our employes remain iu their places from year to year, and the operation of the trains is more satisfactory on that account Rervice TiE 203 ENGINES 1N MID AIL, “Now, as to the locomotives, Col Hain. Who commanda tho depart ment of motive power!” *The master mechanic is Mr. Pee- ples, a man of 48 or 50 y who has had thorough training in his business. He was o long time in the shops of the Pennsylvauia railway at Harrisburg, and lLe was master me chanic of the Jersey Central rallway when ho accepted his present position, He reports directly to me, but he r 8 special orders from the su intendent, in addition to general iu- 3,400 on the pay roll."” | | | | | [ ongines on the rond, - structlons from this office, He ia reapons bla for the management of the |'n~l>l, which are en the Third avenue line, st Ninety-ninth streot. It re- quires 300 enginemen and 300 firemen to operate the engines day aud night.” “How ofien are the engines ssnt to hopal “(Whenever they nced repaire, If in good condition they are kopt on tho sidetracks -hrn rot in use, bub fow aueh are i now that the Sizth avenue traios run all night, The en wines n-f all four lines are in Mr. Pocples’ care, and he is responsible for sending thew out in good econdl- tion." “Tlow many aro thero? “Juat 263, sud they e 1,000 tons of coal a month. “How dova hie know when engines nesed to be taken off for ropairs?” “Through the road foremen ] th ume about and dispatchors of engines, who recoive n- formation from ungiteers whenover any defect in their on- siues. They mwuat see that the en- | ginos are inspected at the end of each trip, and they are responaible to the master mechanic for condition of all being required Lo work of the engi- end the suporiu neers.” “Does the mastor mechanic employ the enginoeers ¢ Yes, with the approval of the gon eral manager. o also reports them to this of for dismissal it they dis- | obey orders.” TIE MARING UD OF TRAINS. “Who is charged with the duty of making up the trains 1" S“The yardinast their instructions iror tor and his assis , or directly from perintendent, and they are re- y for the movement of traing ards and on the sidings. Thoy ra and trai @ in their places on each t they wake up, and i is theie duty to se0 that overy train leaves on time.” “Phoy must inspect the mon as well as the enginea and cars, then?” Yo, they must not permit a train to start with au engineer, conductor or guard unfit for work, Our careful systom of eolecting cmployes and of bringing them undor the direet super- vi of the chief and his istants in cach department, should preveut tho necessity of any inspection of the force upon ¢ ch train as it is made up, but, to make assurance doubly sure, the yard dispatchers aro required to see that each trainis in good condition 43 to mon us we stock.” ““How often are the cars inspected?” At the end of every trip. “How 1 “In all, 61 uso being 7L “How many car inspecto “Phero are 69, They to examine the running gear train passing their stations, must report to the master m tho number of any car needing re| 1t is alao their duty to see that the cars are properly cleaned, there being 140 cleaners to wash the cars.” ““Phe master mechanic seems to have a large number of men under his di- roction?” ““Yes, his position is one of great responsibility. Ho must administer office 80 that every engine and every car on the rond will be kept in good condition, and to do that he munc have a large number of subor- dinates under good discipline.” receive trainmas- in the must in daily o required on cach MANAGEMENT OF STATIONS AND SWITCHES, There are four station inspectors in the serviee of the Mar an Com- pany, one on edh line. They are re- sponsible to the superintendent and goneral manager for the men at the 161 stations of the o mpany. For example, Mr. C. 8, Stoven- son, station inepectcr on the Third Avenue line and the Grand Central and the Thirty-fourth strect branchos, must sco that each of his stations is supplied with agents, gate- men and porters, both day and night. | in the station at Thirty- fourth streot. ferry. He is at his dosk : a. m, cach day of the week, prepared to assign an oxtra man to a post whenover the rogular man is ro- ported absent. He has telegraphic communication with thestations and is cly notified of events in them which demand his attention. Theroe is a change of agents and gatemen every twelve hours, and he must ece that cach station is properly cquipned at 7 oelock, both merning and evening. He reports to the Superintendent and neral Manager, and all the work aud property at the stations in his dis- trict are in his care. Ho can suspend his subordinate for neglect of duty, and much exceutiveability is required on his part. Mr, Stevens regard- ed as a thorough disciplinarian, and a man in his position needs to be. “Who has the supervision of tho awitches?” was the next question put to Col. Hain. “The switch tenders are under the supervision of the superintendent and trains master, except those in th d, who receive orders from train dis- patchers. But there are very fow switches in use, you know. Those at the ends of the hines are the only ones to uso outside of the yard, except those in Fifty-third street, at Sixth and Ninth avenues. The absence of switches is ono of the excellent fea- tures of the rapid transit system. Our switch tenders are selected with much care, and the discipline to which they are subjected is very rigid.” His oflic THR CARB OF THR TRACK, ““How many miles of track are there in your lines’” “In all four linea there ave thirty- two miles.’ ““What force is employed to kaep the tracks and the structures sup- porting them in good condition?” “There are 470 mechanics employed by the company, a part of them work- ing in the shops lhowever. M obert Black, tho roadmaster, has charge of the iron structure above ground, and of everything pertaining toit. Under him aro the road super- visors, and under them aro theforemen of structure reps snd funder thein » workmen who make the NecesEary Tepalrs 11 the officers in 1e departuient are required to pass their respective divisions, ox- ining each part of the structuro to see that its condition is per Pas- sengers cnour trains eeldomn see in spectors passing over the lines, but thore are no other railway tracks in tho country which are examined as many times a ‘lu{ a4 ours, Kvery rivet and screw is kept tight, and the EERR ) woal THE utmost care is nlud to preserve fl\u whole structare. THRAR OR FOUR TOXN OF TICKETS A MONTH, Mr. C. P. McFadden, the general ticket agent of the company, has an offies on tha floor above General Man- ager Hain's,and in it ere to be seen many clorks at work upon the ae- The ticketa counta of the department. are printed in long strips, which are n«d up in packagos of 500 tickets each. Each of the 161 stations has & compartment in Mr. McFaddonw'sotiice, {n which the tickets having its dis tinetve marka and numbers are kopt. | Four men are constautly eom- ployed in delivering the tickets to the agents at the atations and In" makiug collections from the gatemen's boxes, The tickots thus collested are taken to Mr. Mc Fadden's oftice, where thay arg torn o shreads in & machine kopt for the pose, and are theu sold to paper | dealers, their weight pgrating be- tween 3,000 and 4,000 po nds a month. In any case whore dishonost practices on tho part of agents and | gatemon are suspected, the tickets taken from the boxes of tho stations aro carefully inspoctod and tho fraud, if any exists, is soon detected Tho carnings of tho Mant company during the year tober 31, 1881, were &5 the av prico paid | ) | 245 passengers having been 6 98-100 | cents, PROF, SIEMENS' PLAR, | “What significance is (here in Prof. | Siemens’ visit to Now York as to the | " was inquired of vapid transit system? Col. Hain, ““He wishes to intr trie motor as a substi ongines, and his was probably for the pu @ to doso. e ortly, and he may then inspect our lines morethoroughly than ho has yet been able to do.” “Are the officors and ownors of tho | road fayorable to this cchome?” | “President Galloway, Messrs. Field, | Gould, Sage, and soveral others of ] | them had an interviow with Professor Siemens and went over tho lines with | him, desiring to hoar his opinion as 1o | what he can do. He thinks the uso| of elactricity for motivo power fuce the ol elorours to Now York | oso of ar-| ould | save tho company £1,000 a day. Of| course, {f ho ean effact such a saving it would bo folly to reject his proposi- | tion of an opportunity to do so.” “Dao you expeet to have o ‘ml.a.nmu for your steam motors soon?’ Tt would bo rash to predict how soon, but we aro od to tost any plan which promises such pstitute. We recently experimontod with motor worked by compressed air, and if the expense of compressing air wero not go great such motor might be introduced. If electricity made to move our tr satisfact ly, wo shall be glad to introduce it Anything that can increess the effic- iency of the rapid transit system will certainly be promptly adopted by the Manhatian company.” can be Lignid Gold. mk of Brooklyn, Tioga connty, bes it thus: T rodo thirty for a bottle of THoMAS ., which effected the w limb in_six The ‘‘Independent” has the follow n\g *‘When progress invades the lunkers, 1t istime for conservatism be Dbestirring itself. So think the wpecial conferenco that mot near Ar- canum, Ohio, to raise their voice against conformity to the world. What conformity to the world is may be judged from their printed resolu- tions, of which the first reads as fol- lows, with all its primitive grammar: ‘Bo 1t, therefore, Resolved, That we more strictly adhero to the self-deny ing principles of the Gospel ns prac- tised by our ancient brethern and as set forth in our petition of 1880, to which wo wish to hold. With this amendment as the petition mentions povular Sunday schools and revival meetings, the way th © generally condueted, to bo moro clearly under- stood, we say that we feel to suffer none in the brethern’s chureh and then we will be sure to havenotrouble with th No Sunday echools, no high schools, no revival meetings, no paid nainistry, no wmissionary plans or mission boards, as now granted by Annual Meeting. No moncy soliciting or begging to carry out such plans, no glo mode of feet-washing, no mu- |l instruments, as pianos, melodoons and organs, ete. No lawful interest to oppress the poor.” The second res- olution attacks that other matter most important, it seems, cqually to the true saint and the dandy— clothes: ‘Resolved, That the brethren wear a plain, round-breasted coat, with stand- g collar; hat, overcoat and every- thing else to correspond, A plain way of wearing the hair and beard, no fashionable moustaches and noroached or shingled hair. The sisters are also to wear a plain, modest dress and bon- net: also a plain white cap in tine of worship or on going abroad. In short, that the brethren and sisters let their light shine a light on a “candlo- stick,” and not part or wholly under the “bushel,” but to show to the world that wo try to possess what we profess, How lovely it would be if every saint could thus indicate by his clothes where his light was and that he pos- sessed what he professsd. Then the tailor should give us our passport to heaven,” Buokiin's Arnica Salve. The best sulve inthe world for euts, bruiscs, sores, ulcers, salt rheum, fever sores, tetter, chapped hands, chillblaing, corns and all kinds of skin eruptions. This salve is guar anteed to give perfect satisfaction in every case or mongy refunded, Price, 25c per box. For sale by Teu & MeManon, Omaha, CONSUMPTION Positively Cured. Al sufferers from Uh's disense that are anxiouy suld try DR. KIBSNER'S Cele- iptive Powders. 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