. Electric railway review . ompany: also, during the evening rush hours trainswill run from the Manhattan terminal at Park Row straightthrough to the terminals of the several lines in important feature of this change is that it will obviatethe necessity of a change at the Brooklyn end of the bridge,which has been necessary with the previous arrangement ofbridge trains. It is stated by those in position to know that the newarrangement will increase the capacity of the bridge 9,000passengers per hour. The avoiding of a change of cars atthe Brooklyn end of the bridge is the important
. Electric railway review . ompany: also, during the evening rush hours trainswill run from the Manhattan terminal at Park Row straightthrough to the terminals of the several lines in important feature of this change is that it will obviatethe necessity of a change at the Brooklyn end of the bridge,which has been necessary with the previous arrangement ofbridge trains. It is stated by those in position to know that the newarrangement will increase the capacity of the bridge 9,000passengers per hour. The avoiding of a change of cars atthe Brooklyn end of the bridge is the important all trains across the bridge have been shuttletrains. Under the new arrangement, which went into effecton January 27, the shuttle trains are practically the present time all trains run through to or from theManhattan terminal. It is unfortunate for the estimation in which the bridgeextension will hereafter be held by residents of Brooklyn that February 1, 190s. ELECTRIC RAILWAY REVIEW 155. the first impressions of its efficiency were disagreeablycolored by its first, two days of service—January 27 and 2S—which are characterized by the New York papers in theirusual unfriendly spirit as resulting in the worst congestionin its history. This was due in a large measure to the lackof familiarity on the part of the public and employes as tothe proper lines of progression and partly, also, to the factthat the interlocking system is not yet in order. C. M. Inger-soll. chief engineer of the city bridge department, and W. , assistant general manager of the Brooklyn RapidTransit Company, both expressed the opinion that the servicewould be all right when the employes and the public were
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