New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-08-11
A BUSY DAY At TIE STATION.
THE USUAL SUNDAY STIFFNESS DISTURBED.
TRAINS GO OUT WITH REASONABLE PROMPT
MSS. But INCOMING ONES CONSIDERABLY
prLAYrp GRAND ARMY NnsN on
TIE WAY TO BOSTON GREATLY
INCONVENIENCE.

Sunday is generally an extremely quiet day NJ
,bc Grand Central Station The rooms where
clio officials make their headquarters are usually
clos.l and except for the telegraph office and ue
,i.kct offices not Il door is opened from Saturday
pi,,lt nntil Monday morning. This WIS not the
c,sc Yesterday The rooms Of the general man
,.,,, and tine third vice.prcsIdcnt were open all
,,ov and those inside are seldom buster than they
wore from early morning until late at nght. II.
Walter Webb. the third vicc-prcSdent leo'ore
voorhces the general superintendent, ana otI"r
,oici,ls were there receiving frequent reports
,ror, poiuts along the line of the railroad ana
i.s,,inc orders 10 clerks and messengers. corps
of stcnosraphcrs and typcwritcrs were on h'h"'
and everything bore an air of extreme ous'le an"
confusion. ~,
In thc bic wniring-room down stairs there
,y,s also much more excitement than Is
.,.,olI,. soon there on Sunday. Generally tr'Fel-
,,.s ,,alL in ouictly a few minutes before tram
tno nurchas, their tickets and so TO their TRAINS
...;,hort making anv fuss about it. They did not
.,l,,ro % This time custom Yesterday by any
r,oors The uncertainty rs TO when trains would
rn,, and bow far they would get after they had
naao .,art.d from the station brought hundreds
,r ncople 10 the station at an early hSur' an"
,ho,. lnoked around anNiously for some annaunce-
:. trains Large additions 10 the
crowd were made by Grand Army Posts "ni'n
oone in from tue South during the day an"
vrrc anxious to get tram 10Y D'H''"'
All ~ those managed 10 be carried, although !"
sor,e cases there was a considerable delay Inc
,roublc ON the New-York and New-l!aVen k"ad
doos not cxtcnd further than Mott Haven. ana up
to that point the Boston trains moved sloW"'
The mporant movement of the day on 'hc part
of the cornpany was the result OF meeting ol
,be officials of the road when il was decided 10
heoin this morning to move the freight Trains
,ybicb have been accommodating in the ward S.nce
,bo strike beoan The officials felt that they
bove hcen 50 successful thus far in moving the
MESSENGER trains that they would be Justified IN
sending ont the freight cars. ms VIII he uohe
n, an carly hour this morning. lt is expected
that this stem on the part of the company may
cous. trouble in the yards. but an ample police
e,rce has been provided to protect the employees
and rho property. Inspector Williams will be on
hand there when the first freight train Is made up
vi,h q force of 500 men and every precauton will
lao taken 10 prevent injury to men and properly.
This meeting of the officials was held IN MIR.
Webb's room at 80 p. m Ii lasted for nearly
an hour and the condition of affairs along the
cntirc route was carefully discussed with the re-
sult as given. At the meeting were H. Walter
Webb. third vice e-presdent; Theodore Voorhees,,
General superintendent; Mr.. Toucey, general man
acer; Charles II. Haskell general agent: j. j.
Lotus, yardmaster at the Thirtieth-st yards