New-York tribune., 1880-03-01
LOCAL MISCELLANY.
CROWDS AND CONFUSION ATA STATION.

CROWDS AND CONFUSION AT A STATION
roo SMALL DEPOT AND NOT ENOUGH TRAINS Al
TIIE WEST SIDE TERMINUS UPTOWN.
Much indignation has been expressed by persons
who travel on the Metropolitan Elevated Railway
NJ tbe inaaeouate arrangements for travellers at the
upper terminus of the route at the One-hundred-
apd-ffty-ffth Street Depot. This station is only
about 800 yards from the Central Bridge and the
hotels clustering there which. especially on sun
days and holidays. attract large numbers OF people;
while il is also the nearest outlet to High Bridge
In consequence, crowds of persons waiting Tor tue
down trains, particularly during the commission
hours throng the solitary platform. the small walt
ing-rooms and board the trains which leave at long
and irregular intervals to the exclusion OF many
p.ople at stations below who have been unable
sometimes for an hour at timc-even as lngh up
town as One-hundIed and-twenty- y-hfth-st-to gel
on the crowded cars As the season has advanced
the difficulty has increased. All along the hne there
are stations on both sides of tie street bnt at t1e
terminus there is only one depot, OF comparatively
small dimensions with ttng-rOOus capaOle Ol Ie-
ceiying only a limited number Of passengers.
On Sunday, February %, the waiting crowd was
so great and between the hours of 3 and p IL.
Increased fast, that It packed te PLATFORM hI.tu
the waitiugTOOuIs, aud Ovcriiowed back npon the
stairs leading tO the station. As each tra arrived
the crowd plesscd forward, taking possession ol eF
cry available space for sitting aud standing "ltInh
tb. cars 1,d ~ tlrve were no officers TO preserve
order or keep back the turbulent part 0 thc crGWu
many persons were somewhat roughly hanGcG.
This state OF affairs continued throughout the Wnoe
"commission" time, and passengers at stations
down to SlXty-Gfh-St. were compelled, on account
of the few trans and the crowded state OF those
that arrived, to wait long time before they c0uId
get passage down-toWn
Tie gateman at the upper station IN speaking OF
tie matter to TRIBUNE reporter saturday, s'id
that the crowd which gathered there last SUNDAY
was almost nconir0lablc. He thought that the
company should build another depot on the oinef
side of the track, enlarge the one already buiit
1t was bad plan 10 have the paSsC1GciS VINO eItcI
and leave the cars bOth occupy the same paicm
Great confusion resulted. There should be deiaH
of pOlce officers uniform aS some tnlbUcht men
were IN the habit of going TO High Bridge ana aqua
cent localities, especially on Sundays lie aiHci-
uated that as the weather shoul grow warmer much
greater difficulty would be encountered. lie "ld
that on Sunday, February 22, between ana !
D. m, the ticket-agcnt took in over / 600 tickets.
Police Captaiu steers. he added usually had an
officer stationed at he foot of the stairs Leading to
the station but that was insufficient TO prevent
crCwding aud crushing on the platform;
"The fac. Uf the matter Is" he concluded, Inc
number of people who use thc road on sundays ana
who leave this depot Ia much greater than the COM
nany anticipated or has made provision tn accom-
lnodatc and unless some Of the 'IOUghs are con-
troled III their eagerncss to board the cars, an acct
dent Will surely happen Until more trains shdIl Dc
rrn, or additional accommodations Siaii De lut-
nshed for passengers there should be detailed here
Two three pocemeu,t keep order ana protect the
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