New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-09-03
CRUSH AT ALL STATIONS
RAILROADS SWANPED WITH A PFrop,
TIDE OF TRAVELLERS.
HOMECOMING TOURISTS RETURN Hor7s
LATE AND FUME IN THE HUMID
Try OVER BAGGAGE

Every channel leading into New-York was
corgested yesterday by the throngs of persons
returning 70 the city From mountain, saashora
and summer re-suT- came vast armies OF return
ing tourists The crush was aggravated by
those Who taking advantage Of Labor Day went
out of the city over Saturday. Sunday and Mon
day The trains from the Adirondacks came
in crowded and in numerous sections The trains
from along the Jersey coast far behind time
and were also crowded and split into sections
The ba ggage facilities OF the various roads were
taxed to the utmost early in the day, and BY
nighttime chaos was the order Of things
This crush interfered greatly with through
traffic. Trains from Chicago and the West over
the New-York Central dragged into the Grand
Central station hours behind time. They were
ir,Deded by the innumerable sections run in
from the various summer resorts This con-
gestion delayed outgoing trains. and many OF
the fine fast trains were hours late in getting
out OF the city.
Down the Jersey coast the congestion was ex-
ceptfnnaly bad AT Long Branch many per-
sons closed their cottages FIR the summer, and
started for the city yesterday morning. The
West End Hotel one Of the biggest hotels at
Long Branch, closed for the season, and The
Casino also closed Many Of the branch Of
fees of the New-York brokerage firms located
along the jersey CCdSL N4OS-N lo~-~ ----S +4-7-4
and this took away the facilities Of many TO
watch the market and they decided to come
back 10 town. The Sandy Hook boats and The
all rail trains from the Jersey coast we're
hacked. run in numerous sections and all far
behind time.
The entire Adirondacks seemed % be empty
ing The trains that came in from the noun
tains were packed. II is the usual rule for
trains from the Adirondacks 10 be made up BY
cars taken from various places, such as Loon
Lake Lake Clear. Paul Smiths. the Arnpersand.
Raquette Lake and so on. II was found yesJer-
day that the pressure for transportation from
each individual locality, instead Of being salts
fed by one car. required train. and. as
result, section after section rolled in The
whole lire was tied UP by the pressure on the
schedule. and trains due at 9 o'clock yesterday
morning did not yet in until far after noon
The same was the case from Connecticut and
New-England points. The railroad officials were
almost distracted and as the day wore on the
congestion became worse AS for baggage, thefe
was no certainty that baggage offered would oe
delivered under Iorty-eisht hoG' - - -2Cs
express companies were sVanped- Trunks were
piled mountain high in all railway stations, ana
the efforts Of the transfer companies 10 sort
them out and deliver them were puny n com
parison 10 The needs Of the occasion.
Those who returned 70 the city found taat
they had selected rather bad time for their ar
turning tourists were not in the confidence Of
the weather prophet, for they found hot, Inuggy
citv with the humidity something almost IN
bearable. These travellers were obliged 70 stand
around after reaching the city hours at7.
searching for baggage and pleading FOR Us De
livery. This search for baggage was Ike Iooh-
ing Tor a needle in the proverbial Eaystack- The
baggage men, worn out by the crush were Tar
from courteous, and the anxious ones lEqUlrlng
for baggage received little or no comfort and III
many Instances we're pushed aside with no
answer.
The disorder occasioned by the co1gestad trat-
fc from mountain and seashore spread 20 Iocat
franc and suburban trains were away behind
time Trains were from one 10 three hours
late coming in from local points. Many persons
found themselves held for long per-oGa n ~
Park-ave. tunnel yesterday, ana we neat 80
humidity made IL almost unoearaoLe- p --o-1S
fall the congestion was even worse IMAM go.
in the day and the railroad managers "e.S =
their wtts' end to devise means for sa---.-7
trains through c--.r -b.
What was true Of the Nevr-Tork Certra~ tn-
Naw-Hayer and the New-Jersey Central vas
also true Of the Pennsylvania, the Lors LsLa-9
and other roads although in NOT so aSsraNal5t
> sense The Pennsylvania trains from ne
We ws-= far behind time.
" vas said last night that u the rush TO-DAY
continued ar anything approxtmatlns the rlsn
of Yesterday baggage deliveries ulSnt DC tEro"L
from three TO four days behind