New-York tribune., 1903-02-04
NEW SERVICE IRREGULAR
ELeUated Schedule Not Yet an York
mS Order.

The Manhattan Railway Company Is still having
trouble with Its schedule An official said yesterday
that the road is making every effort TO overcome
the irregularity Of the new programme and tnat
new cars would continue to be added
The trouble at present is not insufficient num-
Der of trains in non-rsh hours. but irresulary IN
handling them This will be made clear by the
observation OF a Tribune reporter at the Park
Place station Of the Sxthave elevated road yester
day, between 1:20 D. m and 1:5O D. m In the nal
hour seventeen trains drew out northbOund. giving
average headway of a trife under two minutes
This is Row it done:
A Harlem six car train: one minute and twenty
seconds later a Fifty-eighth-st three train;
one minute and thirty seconds later, Harlem SIX
car. two minutes and forty-ive seconds later.
Fifty-eghth-st- three car: one minute later Har-
lem six car: two minutes later. Harlem six car
one minute ffty-fve seconds later. Fifty-eighth-
st three car; one minute six seconds later. Har-
lem six car: two minutes thirty seconds later.
Harlem six car, two minutes thirty seconds later
a Fffty-eighth-st- three car: two minutes forty-1Ve
seconds later, a Harlem six car; one minute nifty
seconds later. Harlem six car: one minute thirty
five seconds later. Ffftyeighth-st- three car: one
minute later. Harlem six two minutes thirty
seconds later a Harlem six two minutes forty
seven seconds later. a Harlem six car: one minute
five seconds later. a Fifty -eighth-st- three car
Wherever there delay Of two minutes or
more the cars three-quarters filed with
crowd averaging thirty persons on the Park Piace
station The north trip at this point had practi-
cally only just begun. the increased service in
non-rush hours seemed justify itself The
FifIy-eghth-st. trains averaged little less than
one in three. Southbound trains at the same sta
ton between I55 and 2:15 p. m. drew out with an
equal irreguarity The first train was three car
Rector-st.: four minutes later, q Rector-st six car
one minute seconds later. a South Ferry SIX
car: four minutes twenty-five seconds later, a
Rector-st- six car; one seconds later.
q Rector-st. three one minute forty-ave sec
opIs Iafa Car (zi0 minute etgh-
teen seconds later six car (signless) minute
twenty seconds later, a Rector-st- three car; one
minute thirty-eight seconds later, a South Ferry
six car; minute thirty-seven seconds later, a
Rector-st. six car; minute twenty-three sec
onds later, Rector-st- three car
On the Ninth-ave. line, at the Warren-st- sta
ton, the first northbound train observed went at
2:23 D. m 1t was a three car One-hundred-and-
tIirty-ffth-st. minutes 10 seconds later went
q three express; m1nLLe and % eeconds later
three car One-hunGred- -thirty-hfth-st; min
utes and 90 seconds later. four car One-nunoreo-
and-thiTty- y-ffth-st.
an equal frreguiarity The first 70 come after
delay of five minutes q four South Ferry;
four 10 seconds later a South Ferry
II appears from the above detailed ooseryaflons
ave. service is in bad shape
IN rush hours part Of the responsibility Tor the
trouble lies with the public. On Monday q NINTH
ave train left the Ninetythird-st- station at $50
p m Its last car was NUMBERED - ana tns s9arQ
this station. and there was much trouble IN smut
Ilng tne gates - Al IIe fo-csg their Tay n that
the gates could not be shut Inc guard strus-
trains piled up behind. Finally he rang the bell.
and the train went with an open gate ana Two
nVer me track At Fifty-ninth-sr another similar
delay while three trains piled up The conductor
open gate This lasted down to the Twenty-third-
st station. If thfee men had been willing 70 leave
the car and for the next train the service or
four trains would not have been delayed