CITY OF NEW YORK
OF PUNT AND STRUCTURES
^QTOR BUSES
Only Solation
.i-ortation Problem
W'HÀLEN» ComniiiiÄiorjäf
CITY OF NEW YORK
DEPARTMENT OF PLANT AND STRUCTURES
MOTOR BUSES
The Only Solution
of the
Surface Transportation Problem
CROVER A. WHALEN
COMMISSIONER
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CONTENTS
PAGE
Comprehensive Plan for Municipal Bus Service 5
Action of Board of Estimate and Apportionment, January 13, 1922 8
Supplemental Report on Replacement of Trolley Service with Municipally
Owned and Operated Buses 9
Action of Board of Estimate and Apportionment, January 27, 1922 13
Proposed Bus Routes (Summary) 14
Manhattan Lines 15
Manhattan-Bronx Lines 19
Bronx Lines 20
Brooklyn Lines 22
Brooklyn-Queens Twines 26
Queens Lines 27
History of Municipal Bus Operation 29
Maps—
Proposed Bus Routes—Manhattan, The Bronx, Brooklyn and Queens.
Proposed Bus Routes—Manhattan.
Proposed Bus Routes—The Bronx.
Proposed Bus Routes—Brooklyn.
Proposed Bus Routes—Queens.
PLAN FOR MUNICIPAL BUS SERVICE.
CITY OF NEW YORK
Department of Plant and Structures
Municipal Building
January 1,1, 1922.
The Hon. John F. Hylan, Mayor,
Chairman, Board of Estimate and Apportionment,
City of New York.
Dear Mr. Mayor :
Pursuant to your directions, a coniprehensive bus programme has been ComprchciuiTe
worked out for the entire elimination in the Borough of Manhattan of the surface
car tracks and the substitution therefor of a bus system. In the Boroughs of
Brooklyn, Bronx and Queens a bus system has also been worked out to augment
the trolle}' car .system now in operation.
In the Borough of Manhattan at the present time there are operating in the
neighborhood of 1.060 trolley cars. In the programme outlined below, we have
planned to substitute a bus seat for every trolley seat now operating in the
Borough of Manhattan.
In order that this Department may be properly equipped to meet its respon- 'nvestinfnt,
sibilities to the public in the matter of passenger transportation, I respectfully
recommend to your Honorable Board that Corporate Stock (revenue producing)
be set aside in the amount of Twenty-five Million Dollars ($25,000,000) for use
as follows ;
For the construction of 3,500 modern, well-built, sanitary, safe and
properly equipped motor buses, according to the plans perfected by
the Department $19,250,000
For the purchase of spare parts and garage equipment 700,000
For the construction and equipment of a central motor bus repair shop. 1,000,000
For the construction and equipment of garages 3,800,000
For contingencies 250.000
Total
$25,000,000
é
2,240,000
fares a Hay.
Net profit.
$4,031,000.
Fundamental
right of The
City.
Work to be
done now.
While making this recommendation primarily in order to meet the transpor¬
tation necessities of the public, and as a measure necessary to protect the vested
interests of the people in the five cent fare, I am submitting this request also as
a sound business proposition.
From the experience of this Department in motor bus operation and from
study of the transportation needs of the City, I believe that there is need for
200 bus lines in the Boroughs of Manhattan, The Bronx, Brooklyn and Queens,
conditions in Richmond making the Trackless Trolley system better suited to
the needs of that Borough.
On these lines, it is estimated that the traffic would average 2,240,000 passen¬
gers a day.
These passengers, at five cents each, would pay $112,000 a day or $40,880,000
a year.
The fixed charges, including interest, depreciation and liability insurance,
would amount to $9,089,000.
The administration and maintenance cost would be $4,400,000.
Making the total fixed charges $13,489,000.
The operating cost for an average of 3,200 buses in service would be
$23,360,000, making the total cost—fixed charges plus operation—$36,849,000.
Leaving a net revenue to the City amounting to $4,031,000.
i herefore, 1 trust that your Honorable Board will approve this recommenda¬
tion whether viewing this proposition as a duty to the people who require
transportation, or as an economic proposition attractive to the taxpayers who
require reduction of taxation.
Although the initial appropriation made for this purpose by your Honorable
Board on March 12, 1920, is not available for the service of the people owing
to the injunction obtained by a traction bondholder, it is not to be seriously
believed that this impediment will remain indefinitely. Whether by reversal
of the court ruling or by legislation, the City will no doubt come into the
enjoyment of its fundamental right to serve the transportation needs of its people.
it seems, therefore, that in scheduling the Corporate .Stock funds to be
set apart for public purposes, it would be wise to make definite provision for
meeting this greatest of all civic needs—the need for adequate, safe and depend¬
able passenger transportation.
While the present obstruction is being dissolved in the crucible, the time
may be well spent in perfecting plans, routing, organizing and preparing for
the prompt installation of motor bus service on the 200 routes which will be
required to provide proper surface transportation to supplement and feed the City's
vast underground system of rapid transit and to afford communication in the
outlying sections of the City where vacant lots and fields await the home-builder
while the home-seeker is forced to remain in congested areas for lack of such
transportation.
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It has been demonstrated by this Department—
Bns f»cts
demonstrated.
That the motor bus is the vehicle best adapted for crosstown passenger traffic,
and for feeder lines leading to and from stations of the City's rapid transit systems,
and for limited north and southbound routes.
That the City can operate such lines to the convenience and satisfaction of the
public.
That the City can operate such lines at a five cent fare.
That such operation at a five cent fare will not only cover the cost of main¬
tenance and operation and interest charges and amortization, but will yield sub¬
stantial profits to the City.
That such operation is necessary not only for the proper service of the public,
but to prevent the mulcting of the people by traction companies insistently seeking
higher trolley fares.
This Department, in its supervision of the private operation of buses not Advantagf»
of the desired type, has demonstrated that the motor bus line— °
Reduces the time between given points from 20 to 50 per cent.
Is not delayed by traffic blocks.
Is not tied up by a breakdown, as the buses following a crippled vehicle can
go around it.
Is not put out of service by the closing of a street, a fire, or other cause,
but can detour around the block or the obstruction.
This Department has established that motor bus lines will aid materially in Rcmedj for
solving the serious problem of traffic congestion on the streets, for these reason,s—
Being a flexible operation it accommodates itself to the traffic, while the street
car requires the traffic to accommodate itself to the car.
Requires no tracks. The bus system would enable the City to keep its streets
in better order, at less cost, reducing the wear and tear on other vehicles and
diminishing the number of accidents.
The bus loading and unloading at the curb would remove one serious cause
of congestion, viz.. constant stopping of the stream of traffic caused by the loading
and unloading of the surface car in mid street.
The bus loading and unloading at curb would eliminate many accidents caused
by persons going to the middle of the street to board surface cars.
The motor bus would eliminate the safety zones in streets, thus leaving in
the roadway additional space for traffic.
Very truly yours,
Commissioner.
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PUBLIC HEARING ORDERED.
Oll the submission of the above report, the Board of Estimate and Appor¬
tionment directed that a public hearing on the Bus Plan be held at the meeting
of the Board on Januar}' 27, 1922, and issued the following notice ;
eubac''hLine BOARD OF E.STIMATE AND APPORTIONMENT
Public Hearing Upon a Comprehensive Programme for Motor Bus Opera¬
tion in the City of New York.
Notice is hereb}- given that the Board of Estimate and Apportionment at a
meeting to be held on FTiday, January 27, 1922, at 10.30 o'clock a. m., in Room
16, City Hall, Borough of Manhattan, will give a public hearing upon a compre¬
hensive programme for motor bus operation in the City of New York, submitted
to said Board by the Commissioner of Plant and Structures under date of Janu¬
ary 13, 1922, which provides for the entire elimination in the Borough of Man¬
hattan of the surface car tracks and the substitution therefor of a bus system,
and also for a bus system in the Boroughs of Brooklyn, The Bronx and Queens, to
augment the trolley car system now in operation ; and requesting an appropriation
of $25,000,000 for the construction, equipment and housing of 3,500 motor buses
to be constructed according to plans perfected by the Department.
JOSEPH HAAG, Secretary,
Board of Estimate and Apportionment.
Dated New York, January 16, 1922.
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SUPPLEMENTAL REPORT
on
The Necessity of Replacing the Trolley Lines With Motor
Buses Municipally Owned and Operated.
CITY OF NEW YORK
üi•:^^^rtment of Plant and Structurf.s
Municipal Building
January 26, 1922.
To Honorable John F. Hylan, Chairman,
Board of Estimate and Apportionment,
City of Nezu York.
Sirs :—
Supplementing my report to your Honorable Board under date of January 13,
1922, recommending the setting apart of Corporate Stock to the amount of twenty-
five million dollars for the establishment of a Municipally owned and operated
Motor Bus System, I beg to present certain facts for your consideration, together
with maps showing 201 proposed bus routes in the Boroughs of Manhattan, The
Bronx, Brooklyn and Queens, reserving the problem of transportation for Rich¬
mond Borough for a separate report.
This proposition is based upon the ruling consideration that the City of i'i>e ruiine
. consideratioi*
New York requires the best that can be had in the way of transportation on and
through the public streets.
The engineering, traffic and financial studies made by this Department lead
inescapably to these conclusions, namely ;
That the surface railway systems in this City cannot be reorganized
so as to render adequate service.
That the discontinuance of trolley car operation has become abso¬
lutely necessary.
That the substitution of modern, stable, safe and sanitary motor
buses, Municipally owned and operated, will give the City the best that
can be had in surface transportation, serve the convenience and save the
time of the public, increase the capacity of the streets, relieve congestion
and bring revenues into the City Treasury.
It must be recognized that the trolley system of transportation in this City
has broken down. It is a total failure, both economically and with respect to
operation. It cannot be rehabilitated financially. It cannot be made to serve the
necessities of the public. It can only be discarded as an obstruction, having
ceased to function as a public utility, 'i'he public interest demands that it be
wiped out.
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£forgiiDÍzation
plan» fatally
df.fectïvc.
The trolley
car a futility,
not a utility.
Cost of
purchase of
trolley lines
prohibitive.
Municipal
buses the only
solution.
Three plans
contrasted.
There are only two plans seriously advanced for the reorganization of the
trolley service.
The plan of an adjustable fare, the " barometer " scheme, would merely be
giving oxygen to a comatose system, stimulating tbe market in traction issues,
enabling insiders to unload, doubling fares and postponing for years any real
solution of the City's traction problem.
The plan to sell the surface lines to the City masquerades as Municipal
Ownership, but it would merely convert worthless traction issues into Corporate
Stock of the City of New York. Hitched to this is the scheme of Private Opera¬
tion of these lines, which would mean that the traction companies would have
their hands in the taxpayers' pockets all the time.
The City can agree to neither scheme. Nor should it endeavor to save a
system of transportation that is more of a public nuisance than a public utility.
It is necessary to face the fact that the trolley lines have outlived their usefulness
and must go the way of the horse car and the cable car. They cannot give the
public the transportation required. The trolley car is a futility, not a utility. It
delays, lingers and waits because of its fixed position on a track. It wastes the
time of its own passengers and of persons in other vehicles. It congests the
streets, hinders commerce, increases the cost of living by doubling the cost of
trucking. The increasing demands for new north and south thoroughfares, the
cost of which would be prohibitive, are due to the possession of most of the
present thoroughfares by trolley lines.
Even if the trolley systems were something worth acquiring and maintaining,
the cost of acquiring them would he prohibitive. The Transit Commission seems
to estimate these lines as worth $200,000,000. Their owners put it at $500,000,000.
This means that their purchase by the City would require an investment of from
four to ten times the amount required to install a motor bus system of twice the
capacity of the lines provided for in the plans submitted herewith.
Even if these trolley systems were purchased by the City, an immediate outlay
exceeding the entire capital cost of the motor bus system would he necessary to
put these lines in reasonably good working condition.
The result of such investment on the part of the City would he to continue,
for a time, an inefficient, cumbersome, obstructive trolley operation, whereas the
investment of a tithe of the sum required for municipal trolley operation would
give to the people of this City a Municipal Bus System that would give real
accommodations to the public, at a five cent fare, solve the problem of the conges¬
tion of the streets, facilitate automobile and commercial traffic and earn for the
taxpayers 16 per cent, on their investment.
Under the " barometer " system of re-organization of the trolley lines,
every nickel would have to be a dime. Under the Public Ownership and Private
Operation straddle, every nickel paid by a passenger would have to be matched
by another nickel taken from the taxpayers. With the Municipal Bus System
every nickel paid in fares would yield a dividend of half a cent to the taxpayers.
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The studies made by this Department show steadily increasing decrepitude
of the trolley cars and the tracks and power lines, the cutting down of service in
the face of necessity for increased facilities, long intervals between cars even on
main lines where traffic is heavy, serious aggravation of the overcrowding of
trolley cars, and the practical killing of the short-haul business by making it more
convenient for people to walk than to ride. This is in line with the policy of
abandonment evidenced in the cessation of service on ten trolley lines in Man¬
hattan alone. The Transit Commission proposes the abandonment of 35 lines in
Manhattan.
Not only is transportation along many of these lines necessary for public
convenience, but changes in sections of the City, and the development of new
residence and business districts require new lines to provide for the needs of the
people. No recognition whatever of these conditions has been shown by the
traction companies, which have not made any effort to meet these public needs.
The City needs more surface transportation, not less, and it needs a flexible
system that can accommodate itself to public needs. No new trolley lines will be
built. The only hope of adequate transportation is in motor buses. No satis¬
factory augmentation of surface transportation facilities can be had by temporary
bus lines put in where injunctions do not lie. The only solution possible and
satisfactory to the public will be by a complete and comprehensive system of
motor buses, owned and operated by the City.
It must be remembered that the motor bus system will provide not only
adequate service in all sections of the City, but quicker service, increasing the
capacity of the streets, reducing the accident hazard and earning profits for the
City.
The details of the plans worked out by this Department are pictured in the
four maps submitted herewith, showing—
Manhattan Routes 1 to 57
Manhattan and The Bronx Routes 58 to 70
The Bronx Routes 71 to 96
Brooklyn Routes 97 to 159
Brooklyn and Queens Routes 160 to 171
Queens Routes 172 to 201
Total 201 Routes
These routes are described in a supplemental statement filed herewith.
It will be seeti from examination of these routes that careful consideration
has been given to the habits and needs of the public and that transportation has
been planned along such lines as will best convenience the people, providing for the
first time a comprehensive scheme of cross-town traffic, direct communication
between sections hitherto dependent on roundabout routes and facilitating access
from all sections to the City's rapid transit trunk lines.
The 3,500 buses provided for in the plan will serve the public better than the
3,000 trolley cars now in operation. Owing to the quicker and less interrupted
Abandonm«Dt
the policy of
the trolley
interests.
No effort to
meet needs of
the public.
Flexible
system
required.
201 routes.
The first
adequate
plan.
More seats
than in
trolley cars.
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lacrease in
transportation
facilities.
Bus designed
by Department.
First trolley
lines to be
replaced.
Additional
crosstowo
bus line».
movement of the motor bus it will make a round trip in from two-thirds to one-
half the time consumed by a trolley car in covering the same route and therefore
will make from one and one-half times to two times as many round trips in a day,
thus providing in a given period from 50 per cent, to 100 per cent, more seats than
a trolley car having the same number of seats.
The 3,000 trolley cars now in operation vary in capacity from 31 to 52 seats.
Allowing an average of 50 per car, the total capacity is 150,000. The 3,500 motor
buses will have 122,500 seats, but the quicker movement of the buses will make
these equivalent to from 183,750 to 245,000 trolley seats.
The bus system proposed by this Department involves such an increase over
present surface line facilities, such extensive opening of new routes, that the
average daily traffic is likely to increase far beyond the present two and a third
million total and additional lines will be required in outlying sections as they
develop, so that doubling of the number of buses within a few years will be the
consequence of providng these needed new facilities.
It should be noted that the motor bus proposed and designed by this Depart¬
ment is not similar to the " borrowed buses " now in operation under the super¬
vision of this Department, but will be superior to any bus yet operated in any city
in this country.
As the first step in the City's program for the replacement of trolley cars by
buses, it is proposed to eliminate 15 car routes in the Borough of Manhattan as
follows :
Broadway-Seventh .\venue
9th Avenue
8th Avenue
6th Avenue
Madison and Fourth .\veiuie
2nd Avenue
Avenue B
86th Street—(Cros.stown)
59th Street—(Crosstown)
42nd Street—(Crosstown)
.34th Street—(Crosstown)
23rd Street—(Crosstown)
14th Street—(Crosstown)
8th Street—(Crosstown)
Grand Street—(Crosstown)
This will mean the elimination of about 120 miles of single track and 750
trolley cars.
As well as taking care of the service furnished by the above mentioned
trolley lines it is proposed to operate four additional crosstown bus lines, viz;
65th Street
79th Street
96lh Street
110th Street
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By the removal of the abo\ e named trolley lines the traffic congestion that Tra«ic
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exists at various important intersections m the City will be eliminated ; for rfiifvrd.
instance :
8th Street at Astor Place, Lafayette Street and 4th Avenue.
14th Street at 3rd Avenue, 4th Avenue, Broadway, 5th and 6th Avenues.
23rd Street at 4th Avenue, Broadway, 5th and 6th Avenues.
34th Street at 4th Avenue, 5th Avenue, Broadway and 7th Avenue.
42nd Street at Grand Central Station, Madison Avenue, 5th Avenue, 6th Avenue,
Broadway, 7th Avenue, 8th Avenue.
59th Street at 3rd Avenue, Lexington Avenue, Park Avenue, 5th Avenue, Broadway
and 8th Avenue (Columbus Circle).
Broadway, between 42nd and 46th Street (Times Square).
Broadway and 6th Avenue, between 33rd and 35th Streets (Herald Square).
I respectfully urge that your honorable Board adopt the programme sub¬
mitted for the solution of the vexed traction problem by elimination of the trolley
.systems and the substitution therefor of Municipally Owned and Operated Motor
Buses.
After a public hearing held January 27, 1922, the Board of Estimate and
Apportionment unanimously approved of the comprehensive municipal bus plan
presented by the Commissioner of Plant and Structures and formally decided
to endeavor to secure the legislation necessary to put the plan in operation.
The Comptroller offered a resolution that the Corporation Counsel be in¬
structed to prepare forthwith a bill authorizing the City of New York to own
and operate bus lines and to take any steps necessary to that end whether for
appropriation of money or purchase of equipment and to see that the bill is in¬
troduced in the Legislature next Monday night.
This was adopted unanimously.
The reports of the Commissioner of Plant and Structures were referred to the
Committee of the Whole.
Respectfully submitted,
Commissioner.
ACTION BY THE CITY.
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PROPOSED BUS ROUTES.
The Department has laid out 201 Motor Bus Routes as follows:
Number. Boroughs. Miles.
57 Manhattan 202.2
13 Manhattan-Bronx 61.4
26 The Bronx 93.8
63 Brooklyn 286.7
12 Brooklyn-Queens 74.1
30 Queens 131.0
201 Total 849.2
The descriptions of the routes and the maps showingf these routes are as
follows :
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MANHATTAN LINES.
No. 1. South Ferry-City Hall Line
1.6 miles—^Beginning at South Ferry—South St., Burling Slip, William St., Spruce St,
Park Row, around Municipal Building. Return by way of Park Row, Nassau St.,
Btoad St., South St. to South Ferry.
No. 2. South Feriy-West Street Line
1.7 miles—Beginning at South Ferry—Whitehall St., Battery Pl., West St. to Des-
brosses Street Ferry. Return by same route.
No. 3. South Ferry-Williamsburg Bridge Line
2.4 miles—Beginning at South Ferry—South St., Clinton St., to Delancey St. Return
by way of Essex St., Rutgers St., South St. to South Ferry.
No. 4. Wall Street-Desbrosses Street Ferry Line
1.7 miles—Beginning at South St.—Wall St., William St., Liberty St., West St. to
Desbrosses Street Ferry. Return by way of West St., Cedar St., Church St.,
Rector St., Broadway, Wall St., East River.
No. S. City Hall-Courtlandt Street Ferry Line
0.6 miles—Beginning at Brooklyn Bridge Entrance, Park Row, Fulton St., West St.
to Courtlandt Street and Liberty Street Ferries. Return by same route.
No. 6. Madison Street-Chambers Street Ferry Line
2.5 miles—Beginning at Delancey and East Streets—East St., Grand St., Madison St.,
Chambers St. to Chambers Street Ferry. Return by same route.
No. 7. Grand Street-Desbrosses Street Ferry Line
2.0 miles—Beginning at Grand Street Ferry—Grand St., East Broadway, Canal St.,
Watts SL to Desbrosses Street Ferry. Return by same route.
No. 8. Grand Street Ferry—Varick Street Line
2.0 miles—Beginning at Grand Street Ferry—Grand St., Sullivan St., Canal St., Varick
St., 7th Ave. to 14th St. Return by same route.
No. 9. Spring-Delancey Street Line
2.2 miles—Beginning at East and Delancey Sts.—Delancey St., Bowery, Spring St. to
West Broadway, Watts St., West St. to Desbrosses Street Ferry. Return by same
route.
No. 10. East Broadway-West 23d Street Ferry Line
3.5 miles—Beginning at Canal St. and East Broadway—East Broadway, Clinton St.,
Houston St., Avenue A, 9th St., 6th Ave., 23d St. to West 23d Street Ferry.
Return by the same route except Essex St. in place of Clinton St.
No. 11. Williamsburg Bridge-P. R. R. Station Line
3.0 miles—Beginning at Delancey and Clinton Sts.—Clinton St., Rivington St., Forsythe
St., Houston St., 2d Ave., 14th St. to Union Sq., E. 17th St., Broadway, 33d St.,
7th Ave. to P. R. R. Station. Return by way of 32d St., Broadway, 18th St.,
Union Sq., E. 14th St., 2d Ave., Chrystie St., Delancey St. to Clinton St.
No. 12. City Hall-West 23d Street Ferry Line
2.7 miles—Beginning at BYoadway and Warren St.—Warren St., W. Broadway, Hudson
St., 14th St., Marginal St. to W. 23d Street Ferry. Return by same route.
No. 13. Avenue C, West 23d Street, Desbrosses Street Ferry Line
3.0 miles—Beginning at East 23d Street Ferry—Marginal Way, Avenue C, 4th St., 1st
Ave., Houston St., Washington St., Watt St. to Desbrosses Street Ferry. Return
by way of West St., Watt St., Greenwich St., Charlton St., Prince St., Bowery,
Stanton St., Pitt St., Avenue C, Marginal Way to 23d Street Ferry.
No. 14. City Hall-Avenue D Line
2.0 miles—Beginning at 14th St. and Avenue D—Avenue D, Houston St., Sheriff St.,
Fast Broadway, Park Row to City Hall. Return by same route.
No. IS. Liberty Street Ferry-East 23d Street Ferry Line
4.0 miles—Beginning at Liberty Street Ferry—West St., Chambers St., W. Broadway,
Varick St., 7th Ave., 23d St. to E. 23d Street Ferry with branch to Pennsylvania
Station. Return by same route.
No. 16. 17th Street-18th Street Crosstown Line
2.5 miles—Beginning at W. 23d Street Ferry—Marginal St., 18th St., Avenue A, 23d
St. to E. 23d Street Ferry. Return by way of E. 23d St., Avenue A, 17th St,
Marginal St. to W, 23d St. Ferry.
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No. 17. 23d Street Crosstown Line
2.2 miles—From East Kiver to North River. Return by the same route.
No. 18. 28th Street-29th Street Line
2.6 miles—Beginning at E. 23d Street Ferry—E. 23d St., 1st Ave., 29th St., 12th Ave.
to W. 23d St. Ferry. Return by 12th Ave., 28th St., 1st Ave., 23d St. to 23d Street
Ferry.
No. 19. City Hall-W. 23d Street Ferry
3.5 miles—Beginnnig at City Hall—Centre St., Lafayette St., 4th Ave., 23d St. to W.
23d Street Ferry. Return by the same route.
No. 20. Park Avenue Line
3.0 miles—Beginning at Park Avenue and 96th St.—Park Ave., 45th St., elevated road¬
way around Grand Central Station, 4th Ave., Union Sq. Return by same route.
No. 21. Park Avenue-Times Square Line
3.5 miles—Beginning at Park Ave. and 96th St.—Park Ave., 47th St. to Times Square.
Return by way of 7th Ave., 48th St., Park Ave.
No. 22. W. 42d Street Ferry-E. 34th Street Ferry Line
2.0 miles—Beginning at E. 34th Street Ferry—34th St., 11th Ave., 42d St. to 42d
Street Ferry. Return by the same route.
No. 23. 42d Street Crosstown Line
1.9 miles—Beginning at W. 42d Street Ferry—42d St. to 1st Ave. Return by the same
route.
No. 24. Grand Central Station-P. R. R. Station Line
1.0 miles—Beginning at 42d St. and Park Ave.—42d St., 7th Ave. to 32d St. Return
by 7th Ave., 40th St., Park Ave. to 42d St.
No. 25. Queensboro Bridge-VV. 42d Street Ferry
2.9 miles—B'eginning at Queensboro Bridge Plaza—2d Ave., 57th St., 1st Ave., 51st
St., 11th Ave., 42d St. to Ferry. Return by way of 42d St., 11th Ave., 5()th St.,
1st Ave., 60th St. to 2d Ave.
No. 26. 57th Street Crosstown Line
2.0 miles—Beginning at 57th St. and North River, to East River. Return by the
same route.
No. 27. 59th Street-Broadway Line
5.0 miles—Beginning at Queensboro Bridge Plaza—2d Ave., óOth St., 5th Ave., 59th
St., Broadway, Amsterdam Ave., Manhattan St. to Fort Lee Ferry. Return by same
route except 59th St. from 5th Ave. to 2d Ave. instead of 60th St.
No. 28. 65th Street Crosstown Line
1.9 miles—Beginning at 65th St. and Avenue A—65th St., Transverse Road, No. 1
Central Park West, 66 St. to West End Ave. Return by way of 67th St., Central
Park West, Transverse Road No 1, 65th St. to Avenue A.
No. 29. 79th Street Crosstown Line
2.0 miles—Beginning at 79th St. and East River—79th St., Transverse Road No. 2,
81st St., Columbus Ave., 79th St., Broadway, 80th St., West End Ave. to 79th St.
Return by way of 79th St., Columbus Ave., 81st St., Transverse Road No. 2, 79th
St. to East River.
No. 30. 86th Street Crosstown Line
2.2 miles—Beginning at the Astoria Ferry—Avenue A, 86th St., 5th Ave., Transverse
Road No. 3, 86th St., Broadway, 87th St., West End Ave. to 86th St. Return by
86th St., Transverse Road No. 3, 5th Ave., 86th St., Avenue .''i to Astoria Ferry.
No. 31. 96th Street Crosstown Line
2.3 miles—Beginning at the Astoria Ferry—92d St., 1st Ave., 96th St., 5th Ave., Trans¬
verse Road No. 4, Central Park West, 96th St., Broadway, 97th St., West End Ave.
to 96th St. Return by 96th St., Central Park West, Transverse Road No. 4, 5th Ave.,
96th St., 1st Ave., 92d St. to Astoria Ferry.
No. 32. Astoria-Fort Lee Ferries Line
3.0 miles—Beginning at the Astoria Ferry—92d St., 2d Ave., 106th St., 5th Ave., 110th St.,
St. Nicholas .^ve.. Hancock Pl., 125th St. to Fort Lee Ferry. Return by the same
route.
No. 33. 110th Street Crosstown Line
2.0 miles—Beginning at 110th St. and Riverside Drive—110th St., 1st Ave. to 115th St.
Return by the same route.
No. 34. Grand Central Station-Fort Lee Ferry Line
4.9 miles—Beginning at Grand Central Station—42d St., Broadway, 72d St., West End
Ave., Broadway, Manhattan St. to Fort Lee Ferry. Return by the same route.
No. 35. Fort Lee Ferry-Times Square Line
5.0 miles—Beginning at Broadway and 42d St.—42d St., 8th Ave., Broadway, Amsterdam
Ave., Manhattan St. to Fort Lee Ferry. Return by the same route.
No. 36. Harlem-Washington Heights Line
6.7 miles—Beginning at 125th St. and 1st .\ve.—125th St., Morningside Ave., Convent
Ave., St. Nicholas Ave. and Broadway to 225th St. Return by same route.
No. 37. Columbus-7th Avenue Line
4.7 miles—Beginning at 57th St. and 9th Ave.—9th Ave., Columbus Ave., 110th St.,
Lenox Ave.. 145th St. Return by same route.
No. 38. 8th Avenue Line
8.4 miles—Beginning at Canal St. and Broadway—Canal St., Hudson St., 8th Ave. to
150th St., Macombs Dam Lane to 155th St. Return by same route.
No. 39. 10th Avenue Line
3.8 miles—Beginning at 4th Ave. and 7th St.—4th Ave., 8th St., 5th Ave., 14th St., 10th
Ave. to 59th St. Return by same route.
No. 40. 116th St.-Fort Lee Ferry Line
2.7 miles—Beginning at East River and 116th St.—116th St., Morningside Park E., Man¬
hattan St., to Fort Lee Ferry. Return by same route.
No. 41. Central Park Line (East Drive)
2.5 miles—Beginning at 59th St. and 5th Ave., using East Drive to 110th St. and 7th
Ave. Return by same route.
No. 42. Central Park Line (West Drive)
2.5 miles—Beginning at 59th St. and 8th Ave., using West Drive to 110th St. to 7th
Ave. Return by same route.
No. 43. Broadway-South Ferry Line
5.0 miles—Beginning at 59th St. and 7th Ave.—7th Ave., Broadway, State St., White¬
hall St., South Ferry Returning by way of Whitehall St., Broadway, 7th Ave. to
59th St.
No. 44. Lexington Avenue-Times Square Line
3.1 miles—Beginning at Lexington Ave, and 96th St.—Lexington Ave., 47th St., Long-
acre Square. Return by way of 7th Ave., 48th St. and Lexington .^ve.
No. 45. Lexington Avenue-Madison Square Line
3.8 miles—Beginning at Lexington Ave. and 96th St.—Lexington Ave.. 39th St., Madison
Ave. to Madison Square. Return by way of Madison Ave., 40th St., Lexington Ave.
No. 46. Third Avenue Line
8.0 miles—Beginning at 3d Ave. and 130th St.—3d Ave., Bowery, Park Row to Broad¬
way. Return by same route.
No. 47. Madison and Fourth Avenue Line
8.0 miles—Beginning at 135th St. and Madison Ave.—Madison .\ve., 23d St., 4th Ave.,
Bowery, Park Row to Broadway. Return by same route.
No. 48. Broadway-Fort Lee Ferry Line
5.0 miles—Beginning at Fort Lee Ferry (125th St.)—Manhattan St., Broadway. 7th Ave.
to Pennsylvania R. R. Station. Return by same route.
No. 49. Sixth and Columbus Avenue Line
5.8 miles—Beginning at 6th Ave. and 4th St.—6th Ave., 57th St.. Broadway. Columbus
Ave., 110th St. to Riverside Drive. Return by the same route.
No. SO. Broadway-125th Street Line
5.0 miles—Beginning at Northern Ave. and 181st St—181st St., St, Nicholas Ave.. Broad¬
way, Manhattan St., 125th St. to 1st Ave.
No. 51. 10th Street Line (Manhattan)
2.3 miles—Beginning at 10th St. and East River—10th St. to West St. to Christopher
Street Ferry. Return by same route.
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No. 52. Fifth Avenue-Riverside Drive Line
10,0 miles—Beginning at 7th St. and 4lh Ave.—4th Ave., 10th St., 5th Ave., 57th St.,
Broadway, 72d St., Riverside Drive, 1.15th St.. Broadway, St. Nicholas Ave. to 181st
St. Return by same route.
No. 53. Fifth .^venue-llOth Street Line
9.5 miles—Beginning at 7th St. and 4th Ave.—4th Ave., 10th St., 5th Ave.. 110th St.,
Riverside Drive, ISóth St.. Broadway to 168th st. Return by .same route.
No. 54. 72d Street-St. Nicholas Avenue Line
6.2 miles—Beginning at 72d St. and Avenue —72d St., 5th .'Vve., 110th St., St. Nicholas
Ave., lS6th St., Broadway to 168th St. Return by same route.
No. 55. Upper Riverside Drive Line
.1.1 miles—Beginning at lS7th St. and Broadway—157th St., Broadway, Riverside Drive,
Dyckman St. to Dyckman Street Ferry. Return by same route.
No. 56. 14th .Street Crosstown Line (Manhattan)
2.3 miles—Beginning at 14th St.—East River to North River. Return by same route.
No. 57. Ninth Avenue Line
3.5 miles—Beginning at 59th St. and 9th .\ve.—^9th .\ve.. 14th St.. 8th .\ve., Greenwich
■Ave., 8th St. to 4th Ave. Return by same route.
Routes 1 to 57—202.2 miles.
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MANHATTAN-BRONX LINES.
No. 58. Mott Avenue. I-'ort Lee Ferry Line
2.1 miles—Beginning at Fort Lee Ferry—1.50th St., Broadway, Hamilton Place, Amster¬
dam Ave., 145th St.. 145th St. Bridge, 149th St. to Mott Ave. Return by the same
route.
No. 59—110th Street-Grand Concourse Line
7.3 miles—110th St. and 5th .'\\e., 5th Ave., 120th St., Mt. Morris Park West, 124th St.,
5th Ave., 136th St., Madison .\ve., Madison .\ve. Bridge, 138th St., Mott Ave.,
Grand Concourse to Mosholu Parkway. Return by same route.
No. 60—155th Street-Dyckman Street Ferry Lines
3.9 miles—Beginning at 162nd St. and Jerome .\ve.—Jerome .Ave., Macombs Dam
Bridge, 155th St. Viaduct, 155th St., Edgecomb Ave., 167th St., .\udubon Ave.,
182d St., Broadway, Dyckman St. to Dyckman Street Ferry. Return by same route.
No. 61—155th Street-Jerome .Avenue Line
7.5 mile.s—Beginning at Broadway and 157th St.—Broadway. 155th St., 155th St.
\ iaduct. Macombs Dam Bridge, Jerome .Ave., 233rd St., Katonah Ave. Return by
same route.
No. 62. 161st Street Line
4 6 miles—Beginning at Broadway and 157th St.—Broadway, 15Sth St., 155th Street
Viaduct, Macombs Dam Bridge, 161st St., Elton Ave., 163d St., Stebbins ,Ave.,
Dongan St., Hunts Point Road to Hunts Point. Return by same route.
No. 63. Fordham Square-Dyckman Street Ferry Line
3.2 miles—Beginning at Fordham Road and Southern Boulevard—F'ordham Road, 207th
Street Bridge, 207th St., Amsterdam Ave., Nagle .Ave.. Dyckman St. to Dyckman
Street Ferry. Return by same route.
No. 64. Washington Heights—Bronx Line
4.6 miles. Beginning at 155th St. and 8th Ave.—155th St., Broadway, Ft. Washington
•Ave., 181st St., Washington Bridge. Boscobel .Ave., 167th St., Webster Ave., 168th
St . Franklin .Ave., McKinley Square to Boston Road. Return by same route.
No. 65. Washington Heights-Tremont Line
3.6 miles—Beginning at Broadway and 181st St.—Washington Bridge, University Ave.,
Tremont .Ave. to West F'arms. Return by same route.
No. 66. 125th Street-Southern Boulevard Line
3.0 miles—Beginning at 125th St. and 3rd Ave.—3d ,Ave., 3d .Avenue Bridge, 143d St.,
Southern Boule\-ard to Hunts Point Station. Return by same route.
No. 67. Fort Morris-135th Street Line
2.5 miles—Beginning at 8th Ave. and 135th St.— 135th St., Madison .Ave., Madison Ave.
Bridge, 138th St., to East River. Return by same route.
No. 68. Southern Boulevard-lst .Avenue Line
6.6 miles—Beginning at Southern Boulevard and Pelham .Ave.—Southern Boulevard,
Willis .Avenue Bridge, 1st .Ave. to 100th St. Return by same route.
No. 69. Willis Avenue-125th Street Line
3.3 miles—Beginning at 149th St., and Willis .Ave.—Willis .Ave., Willis .Avenue Bridge,
125th St., Manhattan St. to Fort Lee Ferry. Return by same route.
No. 70. First. Second and Willis .Avenue Lines
9.2 miles—Beginning at 149th St. and Willis .Ave.—Willis Ave., Willis .Avenue Bridge,
1st Ave., 10th St., Astor Pl., Bowery, Park Row to Broadway. Similar service via
2d Ave., same terminals and 125th St. between 1st and 2d Aves.
Routes 58 to 70—61.4 miles.
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BRONX LINES.
No. 71. Sedgwick Ave. Line
4.0 miles—Beginning at lS7th St. and Broadway—Broadway, ISSth St., Macombs Dam
Bridge, Sedgwick Ave., Burnside -Ave., I'niversity Ave. to Fordham Road. Return
by same route.
No. 72. Fordhavi Road-Tliird Avenue Line
1.5 miles—Bainbridge Ave. to Mosholu Parkway to Jerome .Ave. Return by same route.
No. 73. Fordham Square-Van Cortlandt Park Line
2.9 miles—Beginning at Fordham Road and Third Ave.—Fordham Road, Kings Bridge
Road, 225th St., Broadway to 242d St. Return by same route.
No. 74. Fordham Square-Eastern Boulevard Line
3.9 miles—Beginning at Grand Concourse and Fordham Road—Fordham Road, Pelham
Ave., Pelham Parkway to Eastern Boulevard. Return by same route.
No. 75. Boston Road Line
3.5 miles—Beginning at Boston Road and Pelham Parkway—Boston Road to City Line.
Return by same route.
No. 76. Prospect Avenue Line
3.5 miles—Beginning at 149th St. and Prospect Ave.—Prospect .Ave., Crotona Park S.,
Crotona Ave., Crotona Park N., Prospect Ave., 189th St., Southern Boulevard,
Pelham Ave. Return by way of Crotona Ave., 189th St., thence by same route.
No. 77. Clason Point Avenue Line
3.9 miles—Beginning at 3d Ave., 177th St.—177th St., Metcalf Ave., Westchester Ave.,
Clason Point Road to College Point Ferry. Return by same route.
No. 78. Hub Line
1.5 miles—Beginning at 153d St. and Mott Ave.—153d St., Cortlandt Ave., 150th St.,
Melrose Ave., 149th St. to Prospect Ave. Return by same route.
No. 79. Throggs Neck Line
4.2 miles—Beginning at Eastern Boulevard and Westchester Ave.—Eastern Boulevard,
Throggs Neck Road to Eort Schuyler. Return by same route.
No. 80. Eastern Boulevard Line
2.0 miles—Beginning at Eastern Boulevard and Westchester Ave.—Eastern Boulevard
to E. 177th St. Return by same route.
No. 81. 149th Street and Washington Avenue Line
3.5 miles—Beginning at 3d Ave. and 149th St.—3d Ave., Washington .Ave., 3d Ave.
to Fordham Square. Return by same route.
No. 82. Riverdale Avenue Line
3.0 miles—Beginning at 225th St. and Broadway—Broadway to 230th St., Riverdale
Avenue to City Line. Return by same route.
No. 83. Van Cortlandt Park Line
1.9 miles—B'eginning at Broadway and 242d St. through Park Drive pass Van Cort¬
landt Station and Golf Links and into Mosholu Ave. to Broadway. Return by same
route.
No. 84. Jerome Avenue-Broadway Line
1.1 miles—Beginning at Jerome Ave. and Mosholu Parkway—Mosholu Parkway to
Park Road which passes Van Cortlandt Station to Broadway at 242d St. Return
by same route.
No. 85. 177th Street Crosstown Line
7.0 miles—Beginning at 3d Ave. and 177th St.—177th St., Westchester Ave., Throggs
Neck Road and Ft. Schuyler Road to Ft. Schuyler. Return by same route.
No. 86. Woodlawn-East 233d Street Line
4.6 miles—Beginning at Jerome Ave. and Gunhill Road—Jerome Ave., E. 233d St.,
Baychester Ave., Boston Road, Dyre Ave. to City Line. Return by same route.
No. 87. Gunhill Road Line
4.7 miles—Beginning at 242d St. and Broadway—Park Road, Jerome Ave., Gunhill
Road, Pelham Parkway to Eastern B'oulevard. Return by same route.
No. 88. Mott Haven-Bronx Park Line
2.8 miles—Beginning at Boston Rd. and Bronx Park—Boston Rd., 3d Ave. to 149th St.
Return by same route.
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No. 89. Westchester Avenue Line
5.3 miles—Beginning at Westchester Ave. and 3d Ave.—3d Ave., Westchester Ave.,
Throggs Neck Rd. to Eastern Blvd. Return by same route.
No. 90. Randall Avenue-149th Street Line
2.3 miles—Beginning at Spofford Ave. and Hunts Point Ave.—Spofford Ave., Longwood
Ave., Southern Blvd., 149th St., 3d Ave Return by same route.
No. 91. White Plains Avenue Line
5.0 miles—Beginning at West Farms Ave. and 177th St.—West Farms Ave., Morris
Park Ave., White Plains Ave. to City Line. Return by same route.
No. 92. Longfellow and Forest Avenues Line
3.5 miles—B'eginning at 177th St. and West Farms—Boston Rd., Longfellow Ave.,
West Farms Rd., 167th St., Prospect Ave., 166th St., Forest Ave., Westchester
Ave., 3d Ave. to 149th St. Return by same route.
No. 93. Burnside Avenue Line
2.6 miles—Beginning at Sedgwick Ave. and 179th St.—Sedgwick Ave., Burnside Ave.,
Tremont Ave. to West Farms. Return by same route.
No. 94. Webster Avenue Line
7.0 miles—Beginning at 149th St. and 3d Ave., 3d Ave., Melrose Ave., Webster Ave.
to McLean Ave. Return by same route.
No. 95. St. Anns Avenue Line
6.3 miles—Beginning at 125th St. and 8th Ave.—12Sth St. Willis Avenue Bridge, Southern
Blvd., St. Anns Ave., 3d Ave., Tremont Ave. to West Farms. Return by same route.
No. 96. F. 133d Street to Fast River
2.3 miles—Beginning at Mott Ave. and 149th St.—149th St., Brook A\e., Southern Blvd.,
133d St. to Fast River. Return by same route.
Routes 71 to 96—93.8 miles.
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BROOKLYN LINES.
No. 97. Manhattan Avenue Line (Brooklyn)
2.5 miles—Beginning at 4th St. and Jackson Ave., L. I. C., 4th St., Vernon Avenue
Bridge, Manhattan Ave., Driggs Ave., Union .Ave., Roebling St. to Broadway. Return
by same route.
No. 98. Grand Street Line (Brooklyn)
3.8 miles—Beginning at Williamsburg Bridge Plaza—Grand St. to Queens B'lvd. Return
by same route.
No. 99. Hicks Street Line
2.9 miles—Beginning at Navy and Prospect Sts.—Prospect St., Poplar St., Hicks St.,
Carroll St., Van Brunt St. to Beard St. Return by same route.
No. 100. Clinton Street Line
2.8 miles—Beginning at Borough Hall—Montague St., Clinton St., Hamilton Ave., 3d
Ave., 25th St., to Sth Ave. Return by same route.
No. 101. Court Street Line
2.0 miles—Beginning at Fulton and Sands Sts.—Fulton St., Court St., to Hamilton Ave.
Return by same route.
No. 102. Prospect Avenue Line
3.5 miles—Beginning at Erie Basin—Richard St.. Lorraine St., Hamilton Ave., Prospect
Ave., Ocean Parkway, Coney Island Ave. to Chuch Ave. Return by same route.
No. 103. Smith Street Line
4.9 miles—B'eginning at Brooklyn Bridge—Sands St., Washington St., High St., Jay St.,
Smith St., 9th St., Prospect Park W., Coney Island Ave. to Church Ave. Return
by same route.
No. 104. Carroll Street Line
3.2 miles—Beginning at Hamilton Ave.—Carroll St., Prospect Park W., Union St.,
Eastern Parkway to Nostrand Ave. Return by same route.
No. 105. Fourth and Seventh Avenue Line (Brooklyn)
6.0 miles—Beginning at 4th and Atlantic Aves.—4th Ave., Bay Ridge Ave., 7th Ave.
to Dyker Beach Park. Return by same route.
No. 106. Second Avenue Line (Brooklyn)
6.5 miles—Beginning at Hamilton Ferry—Hamilton Ave., 3d Ave., 39th St., 2d Ave.,
86th St., 4th Ave., Sth Ave. to Ft. Hamilton. Return by same ropte.
No. 107. Bay Ridge-Coney Island Line
6.0 miles—Beginning at Shore Rd. and Bay Ridge Ave.—Bay Ridge .Ave., 7th Ave.,
Park Rd., Cropsey Ave., Harway Ave., West 17th St. to Surf Ave. Return by same
route.
No. 108. Borough Hall-Seventh Avenue Line
2.9 miles—Beginning at Borough Hall—P'ulton St., Flatbush Ave., 7th Ave. to 20th St.
Return by same route.
No. 109. Eight Avenue Line (Brooklyn)
4.1 miles—Beginning at Borough Hall—Fulton St., Flatbush Ave.. 8th .Ave., Windsor
Pl., Coney Island .Ave. to Church Ave. Return by same route.
No. 110. Vanderbilt Avenue Line
4,5 miles—Beginning at Sands St. and Washington St.—Washington St., Concord St.,
Navy St., Flushing Ave., Vanderbilt Ave.. Prospect Park West, 9th Ave. to 20th
St. Return by same route.
No. 111. 86th Street Line (Brooklyn)
3.0 miles—Beginning at 86th St. and 4th .Ave.—86th St., 18th Ave., Bath .Ave., 24th Ave.
to Cropsey Ave. Return by same route.
No. 112. Fort Hamilton Avenue Line
4.5 miles—Beginning at Park Circle. Ocean Parkway, Ft. Hamilton Ave. to Ft. Hamilton.
Return by same route.
No. 113. Bath Beach-Church Avenue Line
6.7 miles—Beginning at Ralph Ave.—Church Ave., Ocean Parkway, 22d .Ave. to Cropsey
Ave., Bath Beach. Return by same route.
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No. 114. Bushwick Avenue Line
5.1 miles—Beginning at Myrtle .\ve. and Broadway—Myrtle Ave.. Bushwick Ave.,
Pennsylvania Ave., Sutter Ave.. Montauk Ave., Glenmore Ave. to Elderts Lane.
Return by same route.
No. 115. Washington Avenue Line
4.8 miles—Begirining at Williamsburg Bridge Plaza—Roebling St., Division Ave., Kent
Ave., Washington Ave., Lincoln Rd., Ocean Ave., Parkside .\ve. to Park Circle.
Return by same route.
No. 116. Church Avenue Line
8.3 miles—Beginning at Montauk Ave. and New Lots Rd.—New Lots Rd., Heggeinan
Ave., Hopkinson Ave., Avenue B, Reinsen Ave., Church Ave.. 14th .'\ve., 39th St. to
39th St. Ferry. Return by same route.
No. 117. Flatbusb Avenue Line
8.5 miles—Beginning at Borough Hall—Fulton St., Flatbush .\\e., -Avenue N, Island
Ave., E. 76th St. to Bergen Beach. Return by same route.
No. 118. Clarkson Avenue Line
1.9 miles—Beginning at Park Circle—Parkside Ave., Ocean .^ve.. Woodruff Ave., Clark-
son Ave. to Troy Ave. Return by Clarkson Ave., Rogers Ave., Parkside Ave. to
Park Circle.
No. 119. Seagate-Sheepshead Bay Line
4.0 miles—Beginning at Mermaid Ave. and W. 37th St.—Mermaid Ave., 17th St., Surf
Ave., Ocean Parkway, Neptune Ave., Emmons Ave. to Plum Beach. Return by same
route.
No, 120. Ocean Parkway, Flatbush Avenue Line
7.5 miles—Beginning at Flatbush and Ocean Aves.—Flatbush .\ve. to Parkside Ave.,
Ocean Parkway, Surf Ave. to W. 17th St. Return by same route.
No. 121. Gravesend Avenue-Manhattan Beach Line
4.0 miles—Beginning at Gravesend Avenue and Kings Highway—Kings Highway, Ocean
Parkway, Neck Rd., Sheepshead Bay Rd., Emmons Ave., West End Ave.. Shore
Blvd. Manhattan Beach Point, Oriental Blvd., Ocean .'\ve. Return by same route.
No. 122. Broadway Line (Brooklyn)
4.0 miles—Beginning at Williamsburg Bridge Plaza—Broadway to East New York.
Return by same route.
No. 123. Bergen Street Line
8.2 miles—Beginning at Borough Hall—Court St., Bergen St., Buffalo Ave., Eastern
Parkway, Pitkin Ave., Stone Ave., Sutter .'^ve., Montauk .Ave., Glenmore Ave., Cres¬
cent St., Liberty Ave. to Elderts Lane. Return by same route.
No. 124. Sterling Place Line
5.8 miles—Beginning at Borough Hall—Fulton St., Flatbush Ave., .\tlantic Ave., Wash¬
ington Ave., Sterling Pl., Saratoga Ave., Blake Ave. to Pennsylvania .Ave. Return
by same route.
No. 125. Park .Avenue Line (Brooklyn)
5.0 miles—Beginning at Brooklyn Bridge Plaza—Washington St., Concord St., Navy
St., Park Ave., Beaver St., Bushwick Ave.. Jefferson St., Central .\ve. to Cooper
Ave. Return by same route.
No. 126. De Kalb Avenue Line
5.1 miles—Beginning at Borough Hall—Fulton St.. De Kalb .Ave.. Knickerbocker Ave.
to Copper Ave. Return by same route.
No. 127. Gates .Avenue Line
5.3 miles—Beginning at Brooklyn Bridge Plaza—Washington St., Fulton St., Greene
Ave., Franklin Ave., Gates Ave. to Myrtle Ave.. Ridgewood. Return by same route.
No. 128. Putnam Avenue Line
5.0 miles—Beginning at Borough Hall—Fulton St.. Putnam ."Ave.. Nostrand .Ave.. Halsey
St., Wilson Ave. to Cooper Ave. Return by same route.
No. 129. Union Avenue Line .
5 0 miles—Beginning at 23d Street Ferry—Greenpoint .\ve., Manhattan Ave., Driggs
Ave., Union .\ve., Broadway, Flushing Ave., Irving Ave. to Cooper Ave. Return
by same route.
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No. 130. Kingsland Avenue Line
2.1 miles—Beginning at Kingsland Ave. and Grecnpoint Ave.—Kingsland Ave., Nassau
Ave., Bedford Ave., Union Ave., Roebling St. to Williamsburg Bridge Plaza. Return
by same route.
No. 131. Franklin Avenue Line
5.0 miles—Beginning at Williamsburg Bridge Plaza—South 8th St., Wythe Ave., Franklin
Ave., Empire Blvd., Ocean Ave., Parkside .Ave. to Park Circle. Return by same route.
No. 132. Sixth Avenue Line (Brooklyn)
5.3 miles—Beginning at Borough Hall—Myrtle Ave., Cumberland St., Atlantic Ave.,
6th Ave., 20th St., Sth Ave., 39th St. to 39th Street Ferry. Return by same route.
No. 133. Reid Avenue Line
8.0 miles—Beginning at the Williamsburg Bridge Plaza—Broadway, Reid Ave., Fulton
St., Utica Ave., Church Ave. to Culver Line Station. Return by same route.
No. 134. Nostrand Avenue Line
5.5 miles—Beginning at the Williamsburg Bridge Plaza—Roebling St., Lee Ave,, Nos¬
trand Ave. to Flatbush Ave. Return by same route.
No. 135. 60th Street Line (Brooklyn)
1.9 miles—Beginning at 2d Ave. and S9th St.—59th St., 4th Ave., 60th St., New Utrecht
Ave. to 62d St. Return by same route.
No. 136. Morgan Avenue Line
3.3 miles—Beginning at Greenpoint and Manhattan Aves.—Manhattan Ave., Driggs Ave.,
Morgan Ave., Wilson .\ve., Jefferson St., Broadway to Myrtle Ave. Return by
same route.
No. 137. Bedford Avenue Line
9.3 miles—Beginning at Williamsburg Bridge Plaza—South 4th St., Bedford Ave., Flat-
bush Ave., Foster Ave., Ocean Parkway, 22d Ave,, Cropsey Ave. Return by same
route.
No. 138. Kings Highway-Broadway Line
6.9 miles—Beginning at Kings Highway and Gravesend Ave.—Kings Highway, How¬
ard Ave., McDougal St., Hopkinson .\ve. to Broadway. Return by same route.
No. 139. Wyckoff Avenue Line
4.0 miles—Beginning at the Williamsburg Bridge Plaza—Broadway, McKibbin St.,
Harrison Pl., Porter Ave., Thames St., Flushing Ave., Wyckoff Ave. to Cooper
Ave. Return by same route.
No. 140. Eastern Parkway-Pennsylvania Avenue Line
2.8 miles—Beginning at Utica Avenue and Eastern Parkway—Eastern Parkway, Liberty
Ave., Pennsylvania Ave. to New Lots Rd. Return by same route.
No, 141. New Lots-Cypress Hills Line
3.9 miles—Beginning at Hopkinson Ave. and Hegeman Ave.—Hegeman Ave., New
Lots Rd., Montauk Ave., Atlantic Ave., Norwood Ave., Jamaica Ave. to Elderts
Lane. Return by same route.
No. 142. Hopkinson Avenue Line
2.6 miles—Beginning at Gates Ave. and Broadway—Broadway, Hopkinson Ave. to
Hegeman Ave. Return by same route.
No. 143. Greenpoint-Flatbush Avenue Line
5.7 miles—Beginning at 23d Street Ferry—Greenpoint Ave., Manhattan Ave., Leonard
St., Broadway, Wallabout St., Throop Ave., Fulton St., Albany Ave. to Clarkson
Ave. Return by same route.
No. 144. Third Avenue Line (Brooklyn)
6.8 miles—B'eginning at Borough Hall—Fulton St., Flatbush Ave., 3d Ave. to Fort
Hamilton. Return by same route.
No. 145. Atlantic Avenue Line
5.8 miles—Beginning at Atlantic and Flatbush Aves.—Atlantic Ave., Montauk Ave.,
Fulton St. to Crescent Ave. Return by same route.
No. 146. Bainbridge Street Line
3.7 miles—Beginning at Rockaway Ave. and Broadway—Rockaway Ave., Bainbridge
St., Fulton St., New York Ave., Empire Blvd., to Flatbush .\ve. Return by same
route.
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No. 147. Avenue C Line
3.4 miles—Beginning at Beverly Rd. and Nostrand Ave.—Beverly Rd., Flatbush Ave.,
.\venue C, Coney Island Ave., Avenue F, 17th .^ve., 44th St., 15th Ave. to 65th St.
Return by same route.
No. 148. Coney Island Avenue Line
6.5 miles—B'eginning at Park Circle—Coney Island Ave., Neptune Ave., Ocean Park¬
way, Surf Ave. to W. 17th St. Return by same route.
No. 149. 44th Street Line (Brooklyn)
3.5 miles—Beginning at 39th Street Ferry—39th St., 2d .\ve., 44th St., 15th Ave. to
65th St. Return by same route.
No. 150. 60th Street Line (Brooklyn)
2.0 miles—Beginning at 2d Ave. and 60th St.—60th St., New Utrecht Ave. to 63d St.
Return by same route.
No. 151. 75th Street Line (Brooklyn)
2.8 miles—Beginning at 3d Ave. and 65th St.—3d Ave., Bay Ridge Ave., 4th Ave.,
73d St., Fort Hamilton Ave., 75th St., New Utrecht Ave. to 71st St. Return by
same route.
No. 152. Hoyt Street Line
3.2 miles—Beginning at Fulton and Hoyt Sts.—Hoyt St., 3d St., Prospect Park West,
9th Ave. to 20th St. Return by same route, except Bond St. in place of Hoyt St.
from 3d St. to Fulton St.
No. 153. Gravesend Avenue Line
7.2 miles—Beginning at 19th St. and 9th Ave.—19th St., lOth .»^ve., Gravesend Ave.,
Neck Road, Ocean Parkway, Surf Ave. to W. 17th St. Return by same route.
No. 154. Ocean Parkway-Prospect Park West
6.5 miles—Beginning at 9th St. and Prospect Park West—Prospect Park West, Coney
Island Ave., Ocean Parkway to Surf Ave. Return by same route.
No. 155. Prospect Park Line (East Drive)
1.9 miles—Beginning at Union St. and Prospect Park West—East Drive to Park Circle.
Return by same route.
No. 156. Prospect Park Line (West Drive)
1.7 miles—Beginning at Union St. and Prospect Park West—West Drive to Park
Circle. Return by same route.
No. 157. Tilden Avenue Line (Brooklyn)
1.1 miles—Beginning at Beverly Rd. and E. 15th St.—Beverly Rd., Flatbush Ave.,
Tilden Ave. to Holy Cross Cemetery. Return by same route.
No. 158. Rockaway Avenue Line
5.5 miles—Beginning at Williamsburg Bridge Plaza—Broadway, Ralph .^ve.. East
New York Ave., Rockaway Ave. to Hegeman Ave. Return by same route.
No. 159. Nostrand Avenue Line (South of Flatbush Avenue)
1.5 miles—Beginning at Avenue F and Flatbush .\ve.—Flatbush .\ve., Nostrand Ave.
to Kings Highway. Return by same route.
Routes 97 to 159—286.7 miles.
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BROOKLYN-QUEENS LINES.
No. 160. Kent Avenue-Borough Hall Line
S.l miles—Beginning at 4th St. and Jackson Ave., L. I. C.—4th St., Vernon Avenue
Bridge, Commercial St., Franklin St., Kent Ave. Washington Ave., Myrtle Ave., to
Fulton St. Return by same route.
No. 161. Greenpoint Avenue Line
2.8 miles—Beginning at 93d Street Ferry—Greenpoint Ave., Greenpoint Avenue Bridge,
Vandam St., Queens Blvd., Queens Plaza to Crescent St. Return by same route.
No 162. Meeker Avenue Line
7.0 miles—Beginning at Washington Ave. and Flushing Ave.—Washington Ave., Kent
.\ve.. Division Ave., Bedford Ave., N. 11th St., Bayard St., Meeker .Ave., Meeker
Avenue Bridge, Laurel Hill Blvd., Queens Blvd. to Bliss Avenue Station. Return
by same route.
No. 163. Williamsburg-Queens Plaza Line
3.8 miles—Beginning at Williamsburg Bridge Plaza—Roebling St., Union Ave., Driggs
.Ave., Manhattan Ave., Greenpoint Ave., Vandam St., Queens Blvd., Bridge Plaza
to Crescent St. Return by same route.
No. 164. Flushing Avenue Line
5.3 miles—Beginning at the Brooklyn Bridge Plaza—Sands St., Hudson Ave., Flushing
Ave., Grand St., to Maspeth. Return by same route.
No. 165. Myrtle Avenue Line.
5.4 miles—Beginning at Borough Hall—Myrtle Ave. to Richmond Hill. Return by same
route.
No. 166. Fulton Street Line—Jamaica
16.0 miles—Beginning at Brooklyn Bridge Plaza—Washington St., Fulton St., Jamaica
Ave., to City Line. Return by same route.
No. 167. Graham Avenue Line
5.9 miles—Beginning at 4th St. and Jackson Ave., L. I. City—4th St., Vernon Avenue
Bridge, Manhattan Ave., Driggs Ave., Graham Ave., Flushing .Ave., Navy St.,
Sand St., to Brooklyn Bridge. Return by same route.
No. 168. Lorimer Street Line
8.3 miles—Beginning at Jackson Ave. and 4th St., L. 1. City—4th St., Vernon Avetrue
Bridge, Manhattan Ave., Driggs Ave., Lorimer St., Nostrand Ave., Empire Blvd.,
Flatbush Ave., Lincoln Rd. to Ocean Ave. Return by same route.
No. 169. Metropolitan Ave.
4.5 miles—Beginning at Williamsburg Bridge Plaza—Grand St., Metropolitan Ave., to
' St. Johns Cemetery. Return by same route.
No. 170. Metropolitan Ave.-Jamaica Line
5.0 miles—Beginning at Metropolitan Ave. and Lutheran Cemetery—Metropolitan Ave.,
Fulton St., to Washington St. Return by same route.
No, 171. Meserole Avenue Line
5.0 miles—Beginning at the Williamsburg Bridge Plaza—Broadway, Hewe.s St., S. 4th
St., Meserole Ave., Morgan Ave., Johnson Ave., Flushing Ave., Seneca Ave., to
Myrtle Ave., to Glendale. Return by same route.
Routes 160 to 171—74.1 miles.
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QUEENS LINES.
No. 172. Fresh Pond-North Beach Line
6.7 miles—Beginning at Myrtle Ave. and Fresh Pond Rd.-hVesli Pond Rd., Flushing
Ave., Grand St., Corona Ave., Junction Ave,, Bovvcrv Bay Rd. to North Beach.
Return by same route.
No. 173. Ridgewood-Flushing Line
7.0 miles—Beginning at Fresh Pond Rd. and Myrtle .-Vve.—Fresh Pond Rd., Flushing
Ave., Grand St., Corona Ave., Strongs Causeway, Island Mill Rd., Prospect St.,
Main St. to Broadway. Return by same route.
No. 174. Corona-Whitestone-Flushing Line
6.0 miles—Beginning at Union .Ave. and .Alburtis Ave.—Alburtis .Ave., Polk Ave,, Shore
Rd,, Jackson Ave,, Broadway, Whitestone Ave., 4th Ave., Sth St., 7th Ave., 17th
St., 16th St., 8th .Ave., 17th St., 11th Ave. to Whitestone Landing. Return by same
route.
No. 175. Flushing-College Point Line
3.1 miles—Beginning at Main Street Station L. 1. R. R.—Main St., Broadway, Lawrence
St., Causeway, 13th St., 1st Ave. to Clason Point Ferry. Return by same route.
No. 176. Flushing-Bayside Line
5.8 miles—Beginning at Flushing Bridge—Broadway to City Line, with branch on Bell
Ave. to Crocheron Ave. Return by same route.
No. 177. Flushing-Jamaica Line
5.4 miles—Beginning at Flushing Bridge—Broadway, Main St., Jamaica Ave,, Flushing
Rd., Fulton St., Sutphin Rd. to L. 1. R. R. Station. Return by same route.
No. 178. South Ozone Park-Jamaica Line
3.5 miles—Jamaica and Flushing Aves., Jamaica Ave., Sutphin Rd., Jerome Ave., Van
Wyck Ave., Lincoln Ave., Rockaway Blvd. to Rockaway Rd. Return by same route.
No. 179. 111th Street (Greenwood Avenue) Line
1.5 miles—Beginning at Myrtle Ave. and lllth St. (Greenwood Ave.) to Rockaway Rd.
Return by same route.
No. 180. Woodhaven Line
4.0 miles—Beginning at Woodhaven Ave. and Myrtle .Ave.—Woodhaven .Ave., Old South
Rd., Aqueduct Station, L, I. R. R. to Howard Beach. Return by same route.
No. 181. College Point-Whitestone Line
3.5 miles—Beginning at Ferry Terminal, College Point—1st Ave., 13th St,, 3d Ave., 18th
St., 17th St., 16th St., 11th .Ave. to Whitestone Landing. Return by same route.
No. 182. Crescent Street-Old Mill, Jamaica Bay Line
1.2 miles—Beginning at Crescent St. and Liberty .Ave.—Crescent St. to Old Mill Rd.,
Jamaica Bay. Return by same route.
No. 183. Astoria Ferry-Flushing Line
6.1 miles—Beginning at Astoria Ferry—F'ulton Ave., .Astoria Ave., Jackson .Ave., Broad¬
way, Main St. to Main Street Station, L. I. R, R. Return by same route.
No. 184. Jackson Avenue Line
7.0 miles—Beginning at Queensboro Bridge Plaza—Jackson Ave., Broadway, Main St.,
Jamaica Ave., Sanford Ave. to Murray Lane. Return by same route.
No. 185. Queensboro Plaza-Second Avenue Line (Queens)
3.0 miles—Beginning at Queensboro Plaza—Jackson Ave., 2d .Ave., Astoria .Ave., Fulton
Ave., to Astoria Ferry. Return by same route.
No. 186. Long Island City—Ravenswood Line
2.8 miles—Beginning at 34th Street Ferry—Borden .Ave., Vernon .Ave., Boulevard.
Astoria Ave. to Astoria Ferry. Return by same route.
No. 187. Borden Avenue Line
7.1 miles—Beginning at L. 1. R. R. Ferry—Borden Ave., Bradley .Ave., Greenpoint Ave.,
Borden Ave., Laurel Hill Blvd., Betts Ave., Maurice Ave., Fisk .Ave., Brown Pl.,
Juniper Ave. to Metropolitan Ave. Return by same route.
No. 188. Elmhurst-Corona Line
5.0 miles—Beginning at Queen.-,boro Plaza—Queens Blvd., Shell Rd. to .Alburti» .Ave.
Return by same route.
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No. 189. VVoodhaven Line
2.8 miles—Beginning at Jamaica Ave. and Shaw Ave.—Rockaway Rd., Broadway, Wood-
haven Ave. to Myrtle Ave. Return by same route.
No. 190. Howard Beach Line
2.5 miles—Beginning at Broadway and Woodhaven Ave.—Woodhaven Ave., Old South
Rd., Deer St., Egan St., Elkhorn St., Cramp Pl., Fallert Ave., Howard Beach Sta¬
tion, L. 1. R. R. Return by same route.
No. 191. Hillside Avenue Line to Ozone Park
7.0 miles—Beginning at L. I. R. R. Station, Ozone Park—Broadway, Liberty Ave.,
Rockaway Rd., .'Msop St., Hillside Ave., Queens Rd., to Jamaica .Ave. Return by
same route.
No. 192. Bay side-Queens Line
4.7 miles—Beginning at Bell Ave.—Mill Rd., Rocky Hill Rd., Hillside Ave., Queens
Ave., to Jamaica Ave. Return by same route.
No. 193. St. Albans-Jamaica Line
3.6 miles—Beginning at Union Hall St. and Jamaica Ave.—Union Hall St., South St.,
Merrick Rd., Central Ave., Farmer's Ave., St. Marks Ave., Roosevelt St.. St.
Albans Ave. Return by same route.
No. 194. Far Rockaway Line
1.7 miles—Beginning at Strand and Bayswater Ave.—Mott Ave., James St., Cornaga
Ave., Rockaway Turnpike, Everdale Pl., Greenwood Ave., Rue de St. Felix, Grand-
view Ave., to South St. Return by the same route.
No. 195. Far Rockaway Beach Line
2.0 miles—Beginning at Strand and Bayswater Ave.—Mott ave., Broadway, Jarvis Lane
to Beach. Return by the same route.
No. 196. Rockaway Beach Line
5.3 miles—Beginning at R. R. Station—Mott .Ave., Central Ave., Cornaga Ave., Frank
Ave., Rockaway Beach Blvd., 116th St. to L. I. R. R. Return by same route.
No. 197. Cooper Avenue Line
3.8 miles—Beginning at Rockaway Ave. and Fulton St.—Cooper Ave. to Woodhaven
-Ave. Return by same route.
No. 198. Queens Boulevard Line
9.0 miles—Beginningat Queens Plaza—Queens Blvd., Fulton St. to Union Hall Station,
L. I. R. R. Return by same route.
No. 199. Steinway Avenue Line
3.5 miles—Beginning at Queens Plaza—Jackson Ave., Steinway .Ave. to East River.
Return by same route.
No. 200. Broadway-Woodside Line
2.5 miles—Beginning at Astoria Ferry—.Astoria .Ave., Boulevard, Broadway to Jackson
Ave. Return by same route.
No. 201. Lefferts Bergen Landing
3.9 miles—Beginning at Lefferts Ave. and Fulton St., Lefferts .Ave., Roekaway Blvd.,
Old South Road to Bay Edge. Return by same route.
Routes 172 to 201—131.0 miles.
Routes 1 to 201—849.2 miles.
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The
emergeacf.
HISTORY OF
MUNICIPAL BUS OPERATION.
From the Annual Report of The Commissioner of
Plant and Structures for the Year 1920.
1 he establishment of Municipal Bus Service was the result of an emergency :
In September, 1919, the Receiver of the New York Railways Company
obtained permission from the Federal Court to suspend service on four cross-
town lines traversing populous districts in lower Manhattan, depriving citizens
using these routes of transportation facilities.
The problem of relieving this situation devolved upon the Department of
Plant and .Structures, with just nine days' notice to create a suitable substitute
for the abandoned surface cars.
Immediately arrangements were made with a corporation to furnish motor
bus transportation, but it developed that this concern was unable to fulfill an
agreement with the City, and the franchise was revoked. This transaction re¬
duced the time for action to 48 hours.
Buses were obtained in neighboring cities, and in this effort substantial aid Howitwu
was given by the Mayor of Newark, New Jersey.
These buses were placed in operation. Temporary revocable permits were
issued to owners and operators to run under direction and control of this de¬
partment. Later when New York City residents offered buses that met the
requirements, they were assigned to operation, and the out of town vehicles re¬
leased.
Primarily, in an effort to place the service on a business basis, authority
was sought to require a fee of two dollars a day from each bus to defray cost
of supervision, and also to stipulate that each bus be covered by liability insur¬
ance to the amount of $5,000, but this authority was not obtained.
The first four lines were opened at 6 A. M., September 21st, 1919, and o"he'pu'bUc
the response was an enormous patronage. This departure proved a more effi¬
cient method of transportation. The running time over the abandoned routes
was reduced 20 to 50 per cent, from that maintained by the surface cars. It
was realized that the motor bus " got there," minus the halt, stall, tarry and
lag of the surface car on a rigid line of travel. Ten to twelve minutes sub¬
tracted from a trip that had consumed twenty-five minutes was a valuable gain
to the pu^jlic ; and this without an increased fare I
The foregoing is an outline of the inception of Municipal Bus Operation.
Subsequently other surface car lines were abandoned, and this Department im¬
mediately substituted the bus.
On January 1st, 1920, ten motor bus lines were in operation. On January
19th, 1920, the Midland Trolley Lines on Staten Island discontinued and the
rnotor bus met the transportation needs of thousands of citizens in Richmond
Borough.
In the early part of 1920, during the great blizzard that paralyzed nearly JiirMÍdí'
every surface car line, the motor bus met the test by rendering efficient and and »trikr,
continuous service.
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1 he Richiiiüticl Light and Railroad trolley lines went out of conunission on
Apiil 28, 1920, due to a strike, and again the Department put in motor buses
and met the public need.
On August 30, 1920, a strike stopped the Brooklyn Rapid Transit Trolley
hues, and in this emergency, the Department established twenty bus routes, and,
as an auxiliary to this provision, increased the service on the Thirty-ninth Street
(South Brooklyn) Division of the Municipal Ferries, and instituted temporary
ferry service between 69th Street, South Brooklyn, and Pier "A," North River,
Manhattan.
In the period of motor bus operation considered, September 21st, 1919,—
Dec. 31, 1920, 46 lines were operated for varying lengths of time, and a total
of 75,000,OCX) citizens of Greater New York were carried on a 5c fare—no mat¬
ter what the conditions to be met ; and the motor bus has enabled the City Ad¬
ministration to nullify the attempts of contract-breaking traction interests to
force consent to the extortion of a higher fare.
In creating this satisfactory record the vehicle has been a " borrowed " bus,
inferior in type, privately owned, and operated under such supervision as the
Department of Plant and Structures could provide under the circumstances and
difficulties encountered, and not the superior type of motor bus designed by the
Department, and to be owned and operated by the City.
In an amazing series of court actions planned to hamper public relief, many
of the bus lines were stopped and the purchase of buses by the City was enjoined ;
so the transformation from a miscellaneous collection of private conveyances
to a proper equipment of Municipal buses has been prevented.
From the entire experience it has been conclusively demonstrated that the
solution of the City's surface transportation problem lies in the Municipally
owned and operated motor bus. It has been established that the bus is more
economic than the street car.
1st. The only capital charge is for the bus and garage.
2nd. No overhead for maintenance of way, production of power and trans¬
mission of power.
3rd. It is a one-man operation.
One of the first results of Municipal Operation of borrowed buses was the
realization that a bus must be designed for City Service. This Department,
after an extensive study, developed plans and specifications for a sanitary,
durable, safe and comfortable bus, seating 30 persons.
bus^sTioppcd"' This type was recommended, and the Board of Estimate and Apportion-
by Court. ment approjjriated one million dollars for an equipment of such vehicles. This
was on March 12, 1920. On March 19, 1920, the City was restrained by Judge
Newberger, on the application of a traction bond holder, from carrying through
the project. This preliminary injunction was continued pendente lite by Justice
Gavegan. The City appealed from the decision, .\rgument was had before
the Appellate Division in December, 1920, and the case is still pending before
that tribunal ; the City meanwhile being restrained by injunction from obtaining
this service for the citizens. There was no trial of the action on its merits.
S'HÍícfpj'i'"'' Although the public urgently required the 46 lines established, the trac-
b!."«^' " lion interests resorted to the courts to compel cessation of such service.
Gn December 24, 1919, the Brooklyn City Railroad Company sought to
restrain this Department from operating the Flatbush Avenue and Park Circle
Bus Lines in Brooklyn, and the Greenpoint Line in Brooklyn and Queens. A
temporary injunction granted April 1st, 1920, by the Supreme Court, was af¬
firmed by the Court of .Appeals June 11, 1920, and the lines were discontinued
June 12, 1920.
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On March 17th, 1920, tlie injunction against the purchase of buses above
referred to threatened to stop all bus routes, but it was modified to eliminate
interference with the then existing operation.
On April 8, 1920, the Receiver of the*New York Railways Co., sought to
enjoin operation of the 8th St., and 14th St. bus lines. A temporary injunction
was granted and affirmed by the Appellate Division on June 18, 1920. Leave
to carry case to Court of Appeals was denied, and the lines were discontinued
on June 19, 1920.
On June 18, 1920, the Richmond Light and Railroad Co. sought to end
bus operation on Staten Island by proceedings to have the Commissioner of
Plant and Structures committed for contempt by the Federal Court. In conse¬
quence all the bus lines on Staten Island were discontinued on .August 25, 1920.
On June 23, 1920, the Receiver of the Coney Island and Brooklyn Railroad
Co., and on July 6, 1920, the Receiver of the South Brooklyn Railway Co. ob¬
tained injunctions that wiped out the remaining Brooklyn lines.
The actions to restrain the City from operating bus lines were predicated
upon the lack of specific authorization in the City Charter.
T he City's contention that it has an inherent and inalienable right to meet
and serve the transportation necessities of the public, and use City owned streets
for City owned vehicles, has never been squarely and explicitly passed upon by
the Court.
Pending final and authoritative determination, the City has sought to cut
the knot of litigation by securing the passage of a bill making specific and in¬
dubitable this right of the City.
This bill, authorizing the City to own and operate motor buses, was de¬
feated in the legislature of 1920. Though passed by the Senate it was defeated
in the Assembly.
[This bill was again defeated in 1921.]
.^nd here we are :
Ready, able and willing to meet the transportation needs of the people of
the Citv of New York !
J he City'»
contention not
met squarely.
Legislation
defeated
at Albany.
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New York.
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