New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-11-17
HEIvY PAssEyGER TRAFFIC.


RECENT RAILWAY IMPROVEMENTS.
LOW RATES AND TIE EEsULT-NEw STATIONS. MORE
FREQUENT TRAINS AND FINER CARS.
The extent of passenger traffic during the last
year is regarded by railroad officers as unprece-
denied and despite low rate, the receipts have
been greater than ever before.
The public is travelling more and more" said an
officer recently to TRIBUNE reporter, aud we are
endeavoring to meet the demand Rates have been
lowered. especially for those living near the city
the package tickets have been introduced and
excursion tickets have been increased. Upon this
ha, followed the demand for better accommoda-
tons, better ears better stations, and smoother
tracks. Sleeping and dr3wIng-ioom cars nave
become little palaces on wheels. and new DepOtS,
especially in larg' cities, are noaeo III the way OF
Attending comfort and convenience.
On the Ere road the tralIc has lcen very great.
We have been obliged to make great eXertiOns IN
order 10 carry the great number OF passengers, one
OF Its officers declared. We have been Obliged to
station euEInes along the road at various points IN
orIcr that they might bring back empty passenger
cars which It once attached To trans ana sent
dying OUT again. Despite the cutting "I rates roo,
tine receipt, much exceed those OF the preceding
year. Il IN, been great year Tor travel
4 similar state of things has existed along the
New-lUTS Central aud is branches. The railroad
year closes October /. The passenger report !, gen
orally NOT romplrte until two or three months
later. An O.rcrr of the Central road said: The
report Will undoubtedly: show % great Increase IN
the .mJUt Oi travel. The receipts, too, VIII he
oi rates. People are travelling more than ever pc
fore. and we hare taken various mean, 10 meet the
demand. On different parts the road We nave put
ON more trains, especially between large elites, "a
between Hudson aud Albany, and stations lying
ont from this city. We have placed more frequent
I,.,I trains ON tho western division near Buffalo.
We have IN fac. for the last year and hall been
We ug,t BEGAN ON the Hudson River division hy
issues of pacoate tickets that j., We maze a re,
ducJ.on m fare to anyone buying package CT
twenty tickets. these have become very generally
used pn the Hudson River division. Families travel
much more. In consequence, ana having packages
oi tickets they invite their friends % 90 with them
% their homes.
A.ain. It was the custom mp to last year to al;
vance rates ut the clos of uIyIZIt on tins W. dd
not do m orr last winters rates. Then We made "A
sweeping reduction OF fares on tho Harlem klVer
division l. had been the custom IN selins com il,.
100. IL was represented To rs that tailoring men
could not buy so many, and We accordingly reduced
thu number It. MY. linen We pui on an excursion
ticket allowing the holder To come one day 70 the
city and go back the next. Tor considerable re-
ductloU. over sunday the ticket wa, good Tor
three DAYS, TIN, largely increased the travel and
gave also am increase IN earnings. Then there was
20 general reduction OF tauu ON the Harlem RIVER
division outside the city limit, to ~ cents mHe
anI within the limit, To about cent
" hat have YOU done concerning passenger car
a-hcd the reporter.
Within % little over year we have almost
entirely renewed this aud we are still building
passenger cars Some oI the Old ears were sod To
other rpgd-. When the great immigration began
turned the ult cars Over 10 tuNt NtlN"t' l l'
number OF WAGNER cars has been very largely
added 90, and many new sleeping aud draw
clrs nave been put IN srr'lrr-pr9bany they are
the haud-omc-t car. in the world. We have further
increased our iuur-trIrk line by Two additional
tracks between Rochester and Buffalo. This gives
~, 500 mile, of continuous tour-tTack road. For
the further accommodation of the travelling publc
we have built magnificent passenger depot ut
Buffalo. Aside from the Grand Central depot there
Is not finer one in the country.
We have also put on the road large number OF
very tine passenger engines, capable OF drawing
large trans ana of making fine time. To speak
further of dcpOtS, have Oeen constructing new
and comundious ones ut various points ny the |
line. At Batavia particularly we have butt a hne
nm. Ne ara getting ready 10 build one AT Cold |
Springs We find that the more facilities we give |
{ he public the greater the amount OF traVel. III at
least two large cities we found That they had |
,1ry in order to save the public the inconvenience
of having many trains running across the streets,
To build extra freight tracks; rnoW run around |
Syracuse. and have undertaken other measures Tor
Rochester. Several years ago the freight tracks |
were run around Syracuse. This could not br done
AT Rochester For some two three years the |
company has been rutrcated To make arrangements
there and II finally made the contract through the
Commissioners appointed by the Governor for that |
purpose t. run an elevated road of six tracks |
through Rochester some two and half miles III |
length Property has been purchased, engineers |
are at work pcrtectlng plans and some ot the work
ha, been begun. We shall bu III % ROAD or an en- |
bankInent in some places twenty feet above the |
level of the streets. magnificent depot Will be |
erected short distance from the of the present
one. As much of the work as can be completed |
this fall will be begun. We hope to have the con- |
struction well under way next year
OF the cmI grant traffic this officer said:
We have been managing this business little |
differently than formerly, by establishing agencies |
abroad. by locating our ewlOrk EmIgrant Office |
nearer Castle Garden and the steamship offices and |
by the employment of "a steamboat to take emf |
grants fran Castle Garden directly to the depot. |
We have also introduced moro extended system |
of tcketing furnishing them to smaller points IN |
the West than heretofore. We have had more than |
double the number OF emgrants this year over pre-
vIOuS years
The increase Of passenger traffic bhe Central in
1850 over the year before was 5000 900. For the |
year ISL the estimate is placed at about S35O,OO0 |
over the previous year.
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