Suppose, for instance, the inhabitants of this block decided to pay a visit in force to Mr. Morgan's block. They would probably travel by means of the Second Avenue elevated railroad. Not all of them, of course, could get on to the station at once. They would have to be handled in sections of four or five or more cars apiece. Standing in single file in front of the ticket-seller's window, these people would form a line more than a mile long.
If trains of six cars apiece were used, these people would fill seven of them. With ten minutes headway to allow for the filling of the trains, it would be some three hours after the first train started before the last one would begin its journey. From the elevated station at Thirty-fourth street to Mr. Morgan's block on Thirty-sixth street is about a fifth of a mile. The visitors might form in line four abreast, and when the head of the line reached its destination, the rear of the line would just be descending the elevated stairs.
If now we suppose that the people, in the event of a collision, could not be prevented, the people would be left alone. 