The daily morning journal and courier., 1895-08-26
CONsOLIDArEp ROAD.
A Handsome Increase of Passengers De-
 spite the Trolley Cars.

bpito tiie ifOlley Nhrs'
 Reports from the Consolidated road show, says the Evening Post, that the number of passengers carried between Harlem River and stations up to and including New Rochelle the first year that this branch was established was about 5OO,OOO.
 At this time the electric lines which now carry passengers to most of the stations on the branch were not con templated. But, notwithstanding the competition of these lines, the suburban trains have continued to hold their own, as may be seen from the following otti- cial statement for the fiscal year end ing June 30, 1895: Port Morris S,1S3, Casanova 36.679. Hunts Point 1S,s62, West Farms 5,25S, Van Nest 67,7S3, West Chester 7S,775, Bay Chester 3O,544, Bar tow 135,067, Pelham Manor S7,750, Wood side 26,490, New Rochelle 179, ASA; total, 664,S25
 The management has not yet felt the necessity of increasing, the service be- | tween One Hundred and Twenty ninth street and the terminus.
 l On the main line the average num- Der of passengers carried between New | York and stations up to and including Port Chester each year for the three l years previous to the last fiscal year have been about 2,0O0,0O0. During the fiscal year ending June 30 the number of passengers carried, according to off, cial statistics, are as follows: Mount Vernon SS3, 199, Pelhamville S1,1S9, New Rochelle 591,723, Larchmont 150,65S
 Mamaroneck 22S723, Harrison S7,23S, Rye 99,531, Port Chester 2S3, ,945; total 2,40O,720,
 1 Both passenger and freight receipts for the whole system of the Consolidat- ed for July will show a large increase over those of July of last year.
 The purchase of thirty heavy engines last spring was very opportune, and without them the Consolidated road would hardly have been able to handle the increased freight tonnage. | In two years more the great four track system between this city and New York will have been completed. One of the biggest jobs yet to be tackled is the line through the city Of Bridgeport. The cost of this work | including land damages-is estimated at between $1, 800, ,0G0 and $2,000,000. An other big improvement, now under way, is the building of another track from Boston west on the Providence division, thus affording four tracks at that point and doing away with the grade cross ings.
 TO BLOCK ISLAND OR WATCH l HILL.
 1 Tomorrow a special excursion to Block Island or Watch Hill will be giv- en by the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad company by special train from New Britain, Berlin, Meri- den, Yalesville, Wallingford, North Ha- ven and New Haven to New London, and thence by steamer Block Island on Thursday, August 29, at the extremely | low rate of fare of $1.25 from New Ha- ven and $1. 50 from other stations.
 MANY SUNDAY EXCURSIONIsTs The regular morning train from | Springfield yesterday brought large load of excursionists from Springfield and intermediate points, who got off at 1 New Haven to spend the day at the various resorts in this vicinity. There were twelve coaches on the train, all filled. Many went back on earlier trains, but about 800 on the evening train last night, four extra coaches be- l ing requird to carry them.
 Both the Sunday expresses to Boston yesterday afternoon were so crowded 1 that two sections of each train were run, one going by the Air Line and the other by the Shore Line.