The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-07-02
CAR CRUSH NOT so BAD NOW.
STATE RAILROAD BOARD FINDS
AN IMPROVEMENT HERE.
More Cars and More Trains ON Elevated
Roads, and Stlll More to BE Ordered
Soon--Better Facilities In brooklyn.
Too 81 ,aSsD u2e More Passengers,

More Cars and More Trains ON Elevated
Roads, and Stlll More to BE Ordered
SoOn--Bctter Facilities I'm brooklyn,
Too 81 $50. l2H More Passengers.
| The State Railroad Commission, which
last winter, In response to numerous COM
plants OF the car crush in Manhattan and
! Brooklyn. made an investigation Of the
transportation problem in both boroughs,
gave out an exhaustive report yesterday
covering the subject and the results at
tanned in the way of better service.
Tho Commissions report Covers, not only
the elevated and surface roads in Man
haitian and Brooklyn, which were made
the subject Of the hearings held at that
time on the complaint Of the Merchants
Association and the Manufacturers Asso-
! citation OF Brooklyn, but also street railway
lines In The Bronx, Queens and Richmond,
the whole being summed up in n table
| showing that the surface and elevated
railroads of the whole city carried total
Of 40, ala ,Os4 passengers in the year just
ended, which was an increase Of 81 $3.50, 128
over the number carried in tho year pre-
ceding.
The board says that since the car-crush
investigation recommendations have been
made to the several companies and steps
taken to see that these were carried out
while the result" says the board has
to some extent been gratifying, we believe
that further improvement can be made
and are determined TO continue our efforts
to bring it about"
The board says that from the reports
Of operations of the different companies
1t is evident that In most cases provision
for additional power should be made at
once and that companies whose power will
be plainly Inadequate in a year from now
have been urged to make such provision.
Concerning the operation Of the various
lines the report says:
There has been an Improvement on all ~
the lines More cars arc being moved. and
there is now greater regularity in operating
them When the new schedule ordered by the
board was pu. into effect on the Manhattan
elevated, there was more or less friction and
irregulnrity. but as the employees became
more familiar with the service better results
were obtained, and from reports made by
our inspectors, who have for the past month
been investigating the operations. we learn
! that trains are now run more nearly on sched-
ule time
The matter of increased service during
rush hours ia still under investigate A
soon as it can be demonstrated that it Is
practical and that more trains can BE- operated
with safety, orders will be issued to increase
the number
As TO the surface roads. study of the tables
herewith submitted will show an improve
ment. and as subway, construction progresses
and conditions in the streets become more
normal we believe n marked change for the
better will be shown.
to Cen Greene. Capt. Piper and Commits
sioner Woodbury. for their hearty coopera-
tion in trying to better the condition under
which surface cars run As q result OF their
en- orts more cars are run on the lnierborough
lines. and our reports show "A decrease OF
causes OF detention OF cars
The 300 new cars which the board or
dered the elevated roads to obtain are now
in service. The new closed cars ordered
used by the lnterurban are to have style
of ventilation similar to that of steam cars,
with the result that they can be ventilated
in extreme cold weather without having a
direct draueht on any Of the passengers.
Regarding the subject en- transfers the
report says:
The board has investigated the subject
Important lines It believes that they should
| be established. and hns so advised the COM
panies. Plans for new transfer points are
| to have them established at an early date
A count of the cars operated on the ele-
waited roads on June showed that all trains
scheduled were actually in service and that
| 222 cars over the number operated in 1902
| were run.
The Metropolitan lines had 3i3 more
| electric cars in service in May than a year
| ago and sixty-five fewer horse cars.
On the Brooklyn Rapid Transit lines
| ninet y-five new cars have been added this
| year and twenty five more will be added
| this month In response to orders Of the
| board the company has destroyed 100 old
cars and has painted 1888 cars. Much de-
ponds in Brooklyn, the report says. on the
procuring Of more power. On this point
! the board says:
We have examined the contracts for the
| erection Of power-housc and supply equip
meDt, and believe that 1t tho company is
usn every possible effort to secure all early
| completion OF plants Strikes and other
causes have caused serious and expensive
delays
On the Coney Island and Brooklyn Rail
| roads lines seventy-f1ve new cars have
| been ordered and a new power house be-
gun all of which will be secured by winter.