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XQ 16 DAILY NEWS Tuesday, March 4, 1986. 3 i gineering, the corporation that runs the tram. Jordan said he was out to welcome back the riders. During the shut-down, none of the 30 employes were laid off. They overhauled equipment, which they usually do in the summer.

"I think Gov. Cuomo got himself a few extra votes right here," Jordan said. "This was all part of the insurance crisis that is sweeping the nation, both in medical and liability." The tram carries more than 5,000 fares a day, between 6 a.m. and 2 a.m. weekdays and to 3:30 a.m.

on weekends. School kids ride free; the elderly, at half fare. Jordan is pleased that the state stepped in to end the problem. Being unemployed is no fun, he reflected. TRAM EMPLOYEE: Mike Kolba, a tram operator and a resident of the island, said the first trip to Manhattan at 6 a.m.

yesterday carried "about four reporters and two commuters." "Of course, I'm really an actor," he said with a twinkle of his blue eyes. "I've worked at the Roundabout, I've done Shakespeare in Baltimore, but I'm really glad to be back working here. You know, the view is never the same. It's the light that keeps changing as the sun shifts." "The mayor, governor, commissioners, and the operating corporation that runs the tram should have been addressing the prol lem," Lublin said. "It never should have closed down." "The tram is not the same as a ski lift.

A ski lift is a luxury. The tram is a vital, essential service." THE HANDICAPPED: Raymond Purvy, who has. lived on the island for four years, is a slender study in bravery as walks with his cane. He was born with cerebral palsy and works as a printer at United Cerebral Palsy at 122 E. 23rd St.

"No traffic, no trains," he said with a smile of a satisfied man. "This is a pleasure," he said, as he watched the East River from his vantage point 246 feet up in the tram. "It saves me from a half-hour to 45 minutes." As he left the tram and made his way past a handmade sign written with a purple marker proclaiming, "Thank You, Gov. Cuomo, for Reopening Our Tram!" THE BOSS: A neatly printed message inside the tram read, "Welcome back, Roosevelt residents. We missed you.

Thanks for your support" Just as neat was Paul Jordan, 40, the president and manager of Ropeway En By THOMAS RAFTERY Daily Newt Staff Writer The Roosevelt Island tram is running again, and it does make a difference, especially for those whose lives were turned upside down when it was shut for 16 days by an insurance flap. Here are some of their stories. THE LOVELORN: Julie Davidson, 16, says that her love life was put on hold. "It really strained my relationship with my boy friend," the short-haired brunette said with a smile. "I usually live with my mother on the island and visit my father on weekends in Manhattan." When the tram closed Feb.

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