The sun., 1883-11-27
TRAINS AND FEKRYBoATs J4MMED.
Half q Million People In tho Elevated Cars-
Enormous Travel from Outside.


Enormous Travel from Outside.
The crush upon the elevated roads was
something tremendous up.to:the beginning Of
the rain. Tho railroad managers had antici-
pnted repetition of the rush attendant upon
the opening OF the bridge. Cars ran upon one
and half minutes headway upon the Third
avenue road from O'Clock in the morning
to n. in tho evening. Through trains ran all
day long to the City Hail. Tho Sixth avenue
road ran trains on two and three minutes
headway in tho morning. and the Second and
Ninth avenue roads ran UP to their full capaci-
ty. Through the 125th street gate Of the Sixth
avenue road 5000 passengers had passed up
to o'clock. and train after train loaded at that
point made no stop above Ffteth street. The
rain drove thousands from the streets early in
the day. and distributed the travel so that trains
going up town were not ovcfcrOwdcd.
As 1t was" said q Third avenue train de-
spatcher, the people got ont for the most part
before the rain began. and we did nearly rs big
= business nss on bridge opening day. although
night there wa? tho biggest crush that ever
saw; New York railroad ,m,en men viii never see
somethin. i ike 5o65o6 tickets To-day's sales
will foot UP nearly as much.
seller on the elevated roads was counting largo
stacis sta I Of sliysr' The Chatham slqSro @ Station
ordinary days, because the downtown clerks
and S and weEs RTsns
surface roads carried the greatest number OF
passengers they have ever carred in any ono
| rain before they could induce u driver to stop.
Trains coming into The Grand Central Depot
Vns rn Ss'o on ts Naw Haven waio s from one
hour 10 two hours and a half behind schedule
time, sYme q lhe CONNECTICUT cSmpanies Who
with barely time to get their places in the pro-
eesslon. Some Of tito trains were SO Ions, that
The delays on the Hudson River and Harlem
Railroads were full vas many and Gslong. All the
was estimated that 5000 extra passengers
We're tr2,ushit ,, to tho city hy The three roads
lower end OF the line, and were attributed in
part to the slow working of tho new automatic
switches: In the afternoon and early evening
Xxi. ior one" said conductor Of tho .,II; Long
Island Kalr9ad to o reporter Of The Sun last
to-day. It's a eonsoiation, however. h to know know
that, we shant have another such day for a
q asHnns ne as sni
| College. Point went to New York to-day, and
se4 fss her %s gay ss sent e % h bnt half
night wet t9 tho skin. and full Of talk, have
| not heard OF A. single accident or delay"
daily traiiic 'S we're carried by i the road. I '
Strangers blocked The corridors Of the up.
no more rooms in the afternoon. and by sunset
| cots spread in the parors were at a premium
| in several hotels. At some Of the down town
| hotels six bods We're spread In single rooms.
and cots in the parors couldn't be secured at
| any price.
have, ever seen" said Depot Master John Il.
smith Of the Central Railroad Of New Jersey
| last evening, We have brought in altogether
| from IL 900 to 1900 passengers one-third
| more than on the day Of the opening OF tho
| bridge and more than We carried on any one
| OF our big days during the Centennial Exhibi-
| tion. Nearly all these passengers went home
| this evening, Most OF them came from Plain
| field, Elizabeth and intermediate points,
| 1t has been great day; said the train
| dispatcher in the Office OF tho Pcnnsylvanla
Railroad. but think We have carried as many
IN one day before. We probably did on the day
| Centennial"
Each one OF our 1879 trains" said the train
dispatcher, at the Office Of the Ontario and
Western. had attached to 1t to-day from three
| 70 eight extra coaches. Over 5000 excursion
| tickets were sold from Paterson alone. Wo
haye haHeo brought in' altogether. to-day about
The depot master OF the Delaware. Lacka-
wanna and Western Railroad said: From
G.OOO to 900 people came in during tho fore
noon, and returned between 2 and 8 +. NJ"
1t Is stated that between forty aud Atty
thousand people crossed the PrnnFylyania
Railroad ferries irom Jersey Cit. to New York