New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-11-27
OPEN vIADUCT SECTION
SPLITTING IN THE SUBW az
Advertising Vandals Can Hdr0'y
Vat for Their Prey.

.o.,,r If the Rapid Trahs''
,.-is.son. or THURSDAY il Is imp ,,,s and
s+se VII be taken against the ao' r1cb IN the
- slot machines the presence - -rotest In
$50, he's aroused such slot "a a CIV aided
~ Cat defiance by MATu ." -, IN.
sp.'s - - hy the operating con'pAI9' - -,
hl1 -. commission. the iesai ~Sf
FesoAUe4ons -,e.'s case has not oeen cI" Is,
the sove. ,s-+sr has no punitive power save
ton n may bring in the cou iss
hcLo" - ,iv IN touch with the case -,
AWE g.. commission meets, "nIiAIn a..
"heh -. cb,sf engineer will have Tea0! t.e
FH1S'As' ,,v the placing Of signs winch H''
-. -.eoiution called for, accofhp@IioO
ssr-.-, Of each station. on when VIA DC -
-..+Iv the SPACE where signs "outo O0 -,
r-h, commission Will then pass Ior1lai
=. '-tr, che advertising concern and the operaulis
o-,,anv that all signs not in compliance win NV
-. "a the diagrams must come down lTnnedl-
80, ~ these are not taken down, the commas
- ,~fIl b. forced to appeal 10 the courts tor an
,rtrnctiop compelling their removal "heh A1'0"
Legal warfare VIII probably begin
II ~. mean time the advertising men are losing
m oDportunity to display their posters In almost
,xs-v station n the West Side branch the Signs
e,e nailed to the walls Many Of the stations IN
N, Ienox-ave branch are yet unfinished SO li"'
che walls present little place for poster decor
III. advertising men however. are watching TIE
progrsss OF the work keenly, and as Iast as
tor It. The advertisements already deface the
walls al OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES ana are
standing around the OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
81 station waiting be nailed fast Al Inc One-
hlrdred-snd-sixteenth-st station the ceiling IS SO
low that there is hardly space for them on the
walls so they wired fast TO the ral4hss winch
fence Of the station platform
The slot machines are everywhere in both
branches. Though there IS not the slightest men
ZION OF them IN the contract. as there IS IN the
negative clause through which the operating COM
many claims the right to have advertising ana inc
Rand Transit Commission ordered that they De re-
moved there has been no indication OF any re-
roovaL On the contrary. more have been put INTO
various stations.
a protest against splitting in the subway was
voiced yesterday By The Medical Journal" which
said. II al editorial:
The general scare concerning the atmosphere OF
the subway TO have blown away out q nlstl-
ace to health remains that eugTaelts VIII Lho
-essirE DAYS We refer the nasty habit OF spit
~ re disgusting evidences Of which are becoTn-
tng more manifest as travel increases. At present
= is apparently confined 10 the darker portions OF
The subway passages and stairways, but as me
more extended area If there is any place IN the
c,Ss epttiTg needs to Be rigdly enforced It is in
the lnclosod subway. and we hope the police ana
sb7s Offenders We are surprised not 10 have seen
notice II any part OF the subway foroloolhs spit
ting
The bTo-1x FlaoacI seCl4On OI '"o sNS"A!
thrown open yesterday IN connection with the
Third and Second ave elevated lines, The nrst
train left One-hundred- Observation-Disclosures. at AZ
Z n The trains run TO One-hundred- end-forty-
rinth-st, where they switched TO the Third-ave
elevated road At Observation-Disclosures NTH
St they are transferred TO the second-sve. line,
down which they run to the Battery The time
about fifty minutes, In the rush hours the trains
are 20 be run on e four-rainuts Roadway. They
seemed be well pat7onised-
Since the opening OF the Lenoz-ave branch the
express service OF the subway has been somewhat
cerno7alized The increase in the number OF trains
has produced blocks. which have lasted anywhere
from one 10 Eve or six minutes.
For the first twenty-nne days OF its operation
tie subway carried 6sSs,235 passengers Il said
yesterday. This does not include The traffic over
The LenoX-ave. line. The daily average since the
first Gay Of operation has been 2ol2ls passengers.
making Il income Of 81, 055 80.