. Railway and locomotive engineering : a practical journal of railway motive power and rolling stock . from passing his hotel ii that sid< ol the street, andstrange to relate, he died the night before we ran the first train on the Struc-ture past his property. The travelingpublic was slew to appreciate the ef-forts in their behalf. 1 recall the lady. FORNEY TYPE ON THE \1 W1IAI I \.\ L. who made the first trip on this road,for the management made her a pres-ent of a silk dress. We had no ticket agents at that conductors collected the passen-gers fares, as is customary on streetcars
. Railway and locomotive engineering : a practical journal of railway motive power and rolling stock . from passing his hotel ii that sid< ol the street, andstrange to relate, he died the night before we ran the first train on the Struc-ture past his property. The travelingpublic was slew to appreciate the ef-forts in their behalf. 1 recall the lady. FORNEY TYPE ON THE \1 W1IAI I \.\ L. who made the first trip on this road,for the management made her a pres-ent of a silk dress. We had no ticket agents at that conductors collected the passen-gers fares, as is customary on streetcars today. The fare was 10 cents. Iremember going to 59th St. andCentral Park on a horse car along WestSt., with a little straw on the floor ofthe car to keep ones feet warm. Theride to 50th St. consumed one hour andfifteen minutes. I do not rememberhearing of a passenger being hurt inthe early days. The writer, just before he left theservice of the company, ran the firstexpress train between 155th and RectorSts. The late Col. F. K. Haine was atthat time the general manager of thesystem, and to accommodate Mime of transit in New. York for the benefitoi those now enjoying the present splen-did transit facilities. f he first car 1 ipeiated had no powei brakes and had tobe sti ipped bj hand I n the late seven-ties an air brake was invented whichproved
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