New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-09-20
STRAIN on STREET RAIL WAYS
WILL, HAVE A GIGANTIC TASK TO CARRY
DEWEY CROWDS.
so>,r or THE SURFACE LINES WILL BE BLOCKED
BY THE PARADE-THE METRoPoLlIAN ms
ABOUT ALL IT CAN DO NOW

Tho rr,b,,ra has already called attention TO the
strain the city VIII be under in housing ana iee'-
ing the coming Dewey reception crowds anu .,lo
difficulty Of Transporting them to ana rom '"e
city but another problem that Is serious Is ina, Va
moving them about within the limits Oh INC D'
ough OF Manhattan when once they are "'i
The WAYS and means open to people 10 ee' iioA'
ora rlace n another in this city are 10 loo' IT,
n 60 bv cab or automobile; the elevated rai'roau
and the surface railroad lines. OF all these inc
surface lines offer the quickest. cheapest an" ,"o'
convenient means and are therefore most ''"e's ~
no generally ratronized. Practically al 'he S"il"O.
l,~os If the city are in the hands OF TWO b''"'
ora,,ors the Metropolitan Street Halfway
cornnany and the Third Avenue OF theSe '"e
NotroooIifan controls the larger part. WIN INC
h,oct ~ ascertaining the preparations pehs 'nauo
~ handle the people Tribune reporter SeS''I0''
called on the officials Of both surface coInP"'''eS
p~Nsidsr, II H. Vreeland OF the Metropohta"
TractionNCompany said. -o.,ors
we shall Of course make all the prepara ''o .
WA rossfhlv can 70 facilitate the handling OF inc
rovev reception crowds. but II IS hard 10 see N"''
We can add much to our present equipment We"
asked the question last week win reea'u ~ ~.
Nra,ronolitan Traction When are you gong 10 Pu'
on ,our extra cars?' and my answer was We nav
never taken them off But persisted my i'',.
,oo,tor tho elevated runs fewer trains Oh "s
GUNNER schedule 7 know that rephe"' D
,bo Nfatropoltan Traction has never reduced us
service IN summer by so much as one car. !" 'o
sequence Of this state az affairs II Is nara 10 "s
on, where we can add extra cars. but Wherever We
ord We can you may rest assured that there W.
VIII add them II will not be either on our brodu-
way or Fourth-ave line, there we run PdC-
.f,slry as many cars now as It IS possible 20 90
without hampering the service. We carry ." W.,
lines now million and more passengers oaiS, am
the current business Of the city taxes us nearly ~
~ f,,u lroi, Of our carrying capacity. In cohse-
nil nrOh
delay IN Transporting within the city the enormous
crowds Of outside people who are coming 10 40
honor 10 Admiral Dewey 49, .
During the naval parade and other ieSuNi"o
will not perhaps be SO bad. for We VIII then I've ""-'
RIM all our lines 10 their fullest capacity nut on
- ,,. ~ tho land parade Il will be different on
oco,.-t NJ the zlgzag route laid out for the pro
cession. practically all our crosstown INES VIII w
forced 10 suspend operations ana me ohH 'o"s'
,udf0s, lines We will he able 10 Keep open anu iu"
ming contiguous 10 the line OF iHar'n' VIII 49,,
,-o,,r,h-ave line throughout its length and the
c,v.bave line below Fifty-ninth-st. All longituoi-
nal lines west Of the line Of parade VIII ne aoso-
ln.ai, cur of I don't make this statement ID
complaining spirit bur merely to explain in advance
tbe reasons for the unavoiaahe delays that must
ensue o ,e l9i Iohn + Robertson Of the Third
Avenue Surface Railway COMPANY SAFE ne ran
~ -r31 nut on every possible extra car We can
h..-o srd In every way give the best service OF
yhch our line IS capable Al present We are stin1dd
dfth-st line with electric service ana IN
iess we are greatly disappointed. shdH 90 - ~
1r1eeSav The six hundred horses we shali take Oh
mis- line by this means will utilize III me IC"SA
osrt ~ Amsterdam-aNe and IN seventy Sc
w. viz have 10 transfer east and weSl al IN ~.
ave and Forty-second-st. and north ana SCUM GUN a.
: e,.o-.,.seoord-st and the Boulevard. but other
1,isa do not think the procession VIII lnterlele
win our service as all our other lines lie ellneI a.
or north of the line Of march cannot say III &C.
.snca that we will be able 10 handle the Groves,
hut we will do all we TO that END, ana VIII Eile
~ hest service II is in power TO furnish nhuel
The circumstances and WITH the equipment we
have" a 4o- tho ole
v.fsd RAILWAYS during the Dewey celeDrauoh II
- MANNED 10 operate tho trains under not more
49,, ono rrinilte hcadwav on Friday and SATURDAY
senfen1ber % and 3d. and to continue them as far
mo the night as may he necessary. IL Is cal
cuiated that on each % those days one mlloh pas
sengers or more will be carried