The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-03-09
ELEVATED STILL IN TROUBLE,
~ Est SIDE LINES ALMOST OFT
~ THE RI SH nor ms.
strikers Tamper with the Brakes, the
COMPANY Says-Third Avenue Carries
It's ~ enlnE Rush Fairly Nell-2d
Avenue Road Almost Seless or TrAN ell

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it, ~ enlnE Rush Fairly Nell-2d
Avenue Road Almost SeleSs Tor TraN el.
Tie train service on the elevated lines
showed little Improvement Yesterday The
best showing was made on the Third avenue
line in the evening rush hours and on the
Vest side lines in the morning. Outside
OF this 4 train every hall hour was the
rule
The company had made q schedule pro-
vldiug for a train every eight minutes on
the Ninth avenue line, and for train every
TX minutes ON the Sixth avenue road. and
thie was followed fairly well up to > o'clock
in the afternoon. Then the activity Of
strikers pickets combined with the clum-
.ne.- Of green motormen TO produce
blockadas which rendered the road prao-
/ ucaly useless for the res, Of the day.
On the Sixth avenue line the section be
tween the stations at Fiftieth street and
Fffty-thGd street and Eighth avenue was
the principal point Of confusion. There al
2,lj the brakes became set on an uptown
train. When the defect was remedied
1t was discovered that a similar accident
had crippled two trains stalled behind.
The motornen said the brakes IN the rear
cars had been tempered with.
About the same time similar tactics
laid up trains near the station at Sixty
sixth street and Columbus avenue. On
one train fl@e blew out. on another there
WAS trouble with the brakes and on still
another the motornau reported that he
had lost his controller Most Of these
happenings weps brought about by the
strikers pcket4 After This no pretence
OF handling traffic was made in the rush
hours and there were only spasmodic
periods when the trains ran on anything
like measured sche dule.
From 40 to clock the uptown plat
forms on both the Sixth and Ninth avenue
roads from South Ferry 20 Eighteenth
street were filed, though agents -old tickets.
-emarking. You'll have 10 take your
chances in getting trains.
There was only one uptown train on each
road between and ! Z. Va After TINT
four Sixth avenue and two Ninth avenue
trains were sent out from South Ferry
within twenty minutes. Thess cleared
the platforms as far uptown NJ Eighth
street Then the platforms filed up gain
until around O'Clock WREN four more
Sixth avenue trains came along These
were filed before they got 10 Park paoe
Then tfssre was but a train on either road
Tor an hour.
which stopped at Park place az 80 o'clock
didn' seem 70 have d full complement OF
guards aboard The platforms were crowded
and the gates we're opeu when the tram
pulled into the station The whiting crowd
tried to shove aboard and while they were
struggling 20 get Oh the train j started.
An old man and two girs Terp flung down
the two steps 10 the platform proper and
bruised A. the tram sped around the curve
the gates ON every car were open
A., f,afr tth loft
AT q o'clock WAS completely filed by the
crowds ~ Battery place ana Rector street
II continued uptown. stopping only al
Park Place and Grand street before
Eighteenth street The stations II passed
were black with passengers.
on he Third avenue 4 fairly regular
schedule vas maintained IN the rush hours
las, evening On Tuesday no trains at all
wera run during these hours. The trains
last night ran under an average Roadway
OF ten minutes. They wem all crowded
Up TO nearly > O'Clock there was no trou-
Die The trairi AZ that hour were getting
awey from the City Hall station under an
average six ayinute Roadway There was
10 rush. hut eVeIY train. was comfortably
filed Just after O'Clock trouble be gan.
The CITY Hal station was policnc. by
Cart. Hoigins of the Oak street station.
two -ergasDtS. 2 round-man ana nearly
twenty patrolmen For the first twenty
minutes after o'clock no trains came into
u
filed 10 overfowing and Capt. Hodglns
ordered that no more tickets be sold. and
that the chains across the ticket boxes be
put up
were let down Then there was a grand
rush for seats The policemen drew their
chb. and threatened 10 use them This
had the desired effect but several women
we're roughly handled and there were any
number OF torn overcoats lost hat. and
Tvx. fIiaVa- triad
their fine work. hut the police hustled them
away There were no arrests Hall a
dozen detective sergeantS were on the plat
form 10 watch out for pickpockets
After this Capt. Hodgins kept the crowds
on the stairs until train was actually IN
the station and then admitted passengers
in single file.
what they thought were fool questions
livery few minutes they were asked
Which side will get an express train
You'll he mighty lucky II you get
horse car. was the usual answer
4 train fuse blow out inst as the train
entered the station az 40 o'clock. That
caused a delay 81 several minutes Then
tho guards mixed up the signals and the
motorrAn was afraid 70 go ahead until
he knew that he was right
When the worst crush occurred NJ o clock
Detective Howe telephoned TO the Madison
street station for the reserves hui when
they arrived there was nothing for them
10 do.
just before q o'clock half dozen strikers
got on the station platform and refused
10 get on a waiting train. They were
hustled down the stairs unceremoniousiy
by the police.
The rush was not nearly 80 heavy as
usual BY O'Clock Il was all over. Every
passenger had been taken care Of lhere
were no express trains.
The second avenue line ran train oc-
casionally all day. This line practically
didn't count in moving folks north and
south
SCARLET FEVER CASE. VA BIZ,