The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-03-08

Twenty-third street the service was again got under way and the last home-goers were able to proceed in fairly comfortable trains. During the interim the police at all the stations where the larger crowds take their trains had absolutely no time limit.
 Crowds finding that the subway trains were not running, pushed to the elevated stations only to suffer further disappoint- ment as the company, being unable to handle or control the rush of traffic, re- fused to take passengers for time.
 A pitiful phase of the Eastside crowds was that many of the boys and girls had not planned ahead for the extra fare re- quired to change from the platform to the surface cars, and being too proud to admit 1t. fingered for an hour or more on the stations. In some cases the police men on duty realized the situation and took turns in providing extra fares.
 Terrible Scramble for Seats.
 As the crowds learned that the eleva- ted trains were not running, the tide turned towards the surface cars and then followed a scramble for seats or standing room. such as has seldom if ever been witnessed in the streets of New York. The Grand Central station was the scene of the most serious crush of the day, thousands of far uptown residents going there to take trains which the company ran at short intervales. From to [ o'clock the waiting room, trainshed and the space between the waiting room and outgoing train shed were packed with crowds anxious to reach their homes.
 The crush got beyond the control of the railway officials and police, and re- serves had to be called out. Trains were dispatched as rapidly as they could be switched and unloaded, but late in the evening little impression was made, the places of those fortunate or strong enough to reach the cars being quickly taken by new arrivals. Men and women climbed over high ralings to reach the trains, and while many received slight injuries and dozens of women fainted. there were no serious accidents. staff of surgeons and nurses was kept busy reviving those thus overcome.
 In the Bronx the only means of trans portation were the surface cars, and al- though over a hundred extra cars had been pressed into service, there were not nearly enough to carry those wishing to ride.
 During tn evening rush hours. hardly a train was running on the Third ave nue elevated or the Westchester branch < the subway and 1t was late in the evening before the residents of the Bronx reached their homes.
 No Effort to Control People.
 The same scenes were enacted as in other sections of the city. On the Sixth avenue elevated trains run very slowly during the rush hours. and there were long delays at stations. The new guards made no attempt to control the people. and the crowd simply fought their way into the cars. climbing over the gates. It was harvest day for the surface lines and the cab and hack drivers. Along in the afternoon a snow squall struck the city, followed by rain and carriages that had not been in use for years were dragged from storage and sent out by the transportation companies with drivers eager to earn the big fees which were be- ing paid by people down town for means of reaching home.
 Nothing has been seen in New York for years equalling the appearance of Broadway cars on their uptown trips from clock this morning until tonight. They were run from the Battery to