The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1894-01-29
THE BIG CROWDS
And the Streetcars That
Carried Them.
The Different Roads Estimate That
Nearly 1905 People Rode
to Golden Gate Park

How did all the people get out to the
fair grounds last Saturday? is question
many persons have pondered over. The
cars on all the roads leading to Golden
Gate Park and Sunset City carried large
loads, but none of them seemed to be over
crowded, except for an hour or so in the
evening when every body wanted to come
home.
To find out how the traffic was divided
CALL reporter made round of the diff
ferent companies yesterday, but as yet no
absolutely accurate figures can be obtained.
and it may be several day before they can
be.
Mr.. Stein of the Market-street system
when asked how the traffic had been
divided said that most of the work had
been done by the McAllister-s road.
He said that was the favorite line and al
ways had been ever since the fair started
because it brought people direct to the fair
grounds gate
The Market-street Company" said Mr..
Stein, "foresaw that such would be the
case and prepared for 1t. The work has
oeen going on for several months. About
a dozen cars were obtained from the
HoWaTd-Street line, which were fitted up
with new trucks and had canvas signs
placed on the sides letting people know
that they went direct to the Midwinter
Fair. Other cars were obtained from
different lines in the city, so that there
were at least sixty cars running out Nc
Allster street last Saturday. As there
were so many cars they did not become
crowded. and people took them in prefer
enCa to Others"
How many people did they carry dur
ing The day?" asked the reporter.
''Snmewhere in the nelenborhOod of
or taf, 4
without any trouble"
'How did the Geary and Haight-street
line do?'
"Tnelr work was very heavy. as there
were not so many cars, aud between them,
with transfers from the other lines, they
carried between $4,000 and 10000 people.
making about 10000 in all for the Market
street and branches.
1.-The Ferry and Cliff House lines, on
Clay street, with transfers from Powell"
Mr.. Stein said. have not yet handed in a
report, owing TO the complications arising
out of the numerous transfers. but the
number will very likely reach about
10000. Many people who travelled on
these lines transferred several times be-
fore reaching their destination, so there is
10 telling just how things stand"
If person started from home on the
Fifth-street cars and transferred to the
Powell at the corner of Market, as many
did, they would have to change twice again
before reaching the fair. 1t is likely that
over 100000 tickets will have TO be counted
before the exact number can be ascer-
tanned La addition to these there are
number of people who failed to pay fare
for several reasons that will almost make
total of thousand"
"How do you think the travel will be in
the future ?" asked the reporter.
"Well, am little disappointed in the
travel today. but the company has got
about five or six more cars ready 10 be put
on as soon as wanted. Yes, the streetcar
companies are prepared to handle all the
people and are ready for them as soon as
they come"
At the office of the California-street Rail-
road Company no report OF the people car
ried out has yet been received because
they we're transferred to the steaHEs line of
the Ferries aud Cliff House road. 1t is
known. though, that over 5000 were carried
back, which is a fair criterion of the num-
Der carried the other way.
The superintendent of the METROPOLITAN
Electric Railroad would not make the
number of passengers his cars carried
public He said there were reasons for
not doing this.
1t is plain from the statements of the
different roads that over 100000 people
went out to Golden Gate PARK last Satur-
day.