. New York city transit ... A memorandum addressed to the Public Service Commission of the First district . uipped with detachable plows to makeconnection with the imderground trolley, which equipment wouldcost not to exceed $200 per car. Only a small number ofcars would be needed for this short run service, jransfers couldbe issued between all Brookl)n Rapid Transit cars running to\\ illiamsburg Bridge and the cars running to City Hall. Therun could be made from the east end of Williamsburg Brid,ge toCity Hall in 22 minutes. Were such a line established, no doubtmany now coming tn Manhattan v
. New York city transit ... A memorandum addressed to the Public Service Commission of the First district . uipped with detachable plows to makeconnection with the imderground trolley, which equipment wouldcost not to exceed $200 per car. Only a small number ofcars would be needed for this short run service, jransfers couldbe issued between all Brookl)n Rapid Transit cars running to\\ illiamsburg Bridge and the cars running to City Hall. Therun could be made from the east end of Williamsburg Brid,ge toCity Hall in 22 minutes. Were such a line established, no doubtmany now coming tn Manhattan via Brooklyn Brilge would usethe Williamsburg Bridge. Can some traffic agreement be arranged between the Inter-borough and the Brooklyn Rapid Transit Companythat will permit transfers between their systems atBorough Hall and beyond, thereby using the newBrooklyn-Battery tunnel to its fullest capacity, pend-ing the completion of the Manhattan Bridge? Oi:SERV.\TIOXS— The phvsical equipment for immediate and cerlani alleviationof the bridge crush both in connection with the elevated trains Hi <Pi <. -l^ <n ^ r: -J [d < ^gB- w u 2? Di 5 oS ■(S !r S 5t 2. THE SUBWAY: and the trolleys, will be at hand the moment the Brooklyn-Battervtunnel is completed. The only thing lacking is a traffic agreementat least temporary, between two transit companies (the Inter-borough and the Brookl3-n Rapid Transit) to make unnecessarythe payment of two fares by persons going from any part ofBrooklyn to Manhattan. The carrying capacity of the tunnel willbe about 30,000 per hour in one direction, which nearly equals thenumber per hour being carried across Brooklyn Bridge on bridgecars. As the tunnel will probably be opened this fall, the crush would be almost immediately solved by such an agreement. Each of these companies will be an applicant before the Com-mission for additional privileges of various sorts; in connectionwith the consideration of these applications we submit that in thede
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