Show I RAILROADS OF NEW YORK CITY Some people when obliged to stand in the cars between 5 p. p m. m and 6 30 p. p in m. in this city complain It ma may be he a comfort to such people to know that there here are arc others For instance the New York public public pub pub- lic lk service commission has been investigating the New York City railroads and their equipment J and here arc are a few of the things the commissi commissions commission's ns n's engineers engineers engineers engi- engi found quarter One of the thc cars had flat w wheels eels one half needed painting one half rattled two two thirds thirds had gear noises one out of er e every si six was operated without head lights over were filth filthy On the thc whole system during the month of October th there re were between and hours that cars were run in in for emergency def defects equivalent to thirty cars taken off the road for fifteen hours daily j through the whole month Examination into the finances and management i of the roads revealed that in some cases there was wa 2 misuse of corporate funds the diversion of earning from om legitimate channels channels- profligate management reckless if not illegal expenditures and loose anc and incorrect accounting Then in the First district Greater district Greater New York York York- the commission found inadequacy of the existing tl tra transit lines to take taka care with efficiency and nd a sem sem- sem- sem bl blanc bianco nce a of comfort of the overwhelming tide of travel trave r J that ebbs and flows over over- laI I Manhattan island every working day Of course Salt SaIt Lake is not so big us as New York it docs does not have so man many cars but then it does not supply nearly so much patronage but it seems it has kindred difficulties and then the prospect prospect pros pros- is that the chief ills here will be he cured in the near future while in New York York but but that is a babel and looking at it from a distance the thc quiet person is glad he is out of it |