New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-04-30
SIX MONTHS OF SUBWAY
Many Use Tunnel = 56,SO0.O0O
NickeIs Collected.

The subway has been in operation six months.
In that time II is unnecessary TO say II mas
proved its value as a means OF actual rapio
transit. very satisfactorily to the minds Of most
az the burrvina, masses who daily rely upon It,
II has been besieged daily by throng OF be-
tween 100000 and 100000 These have poured
into the Golfers OF the InterbOrough Rapid
Transit Company something like o6'5OO'OOO
nickels or S2.S15,0OO.
So rapidly is the population growing now
ever this great multitude of travellers is scarce
Iy missed by the elevated roads WhiIe the
subway has decreased the number Of elevated
nseseneers nv a few thousands, they still num-
her between 100000 and 100000 daily. The Of
6ciaIs of the marlborough are thoroughly alive
TO the growth of the population and are pre-
pairing plans to meet the gradually increased
demands In regard to what has been done
and what is to be done, General Manager Hedley
said yesterday
We are increasing the number Of cars and the
speed on both the elevated lines and IN the
subway. a year ago you could not squeeze on
the platforms of the IL cars in the rush hours
half the time Through changes we have made
comparatively comfortable riding is possible.
We hope to increase the speed on an cur mes -
We are now running Il" trains at the rate or
fifteen miles an hour. where before the rate
was thirteen and half. That Is Tor locals OH
all lines. The express trains are moved at the
ures include the stops.
Since the subway has been operating, pulloIns
has doomed III the suburbs. This IS eSpeClaIIy
apparent along the Westchester line. south OF
21Sth-st. AS these houses are occupied, we must
expect a large increase in traffic. We are pre-
pared and have cars ready for use. We now
have 800 operating and can put 300 more on the
tracks. The local trains are composed or nEe
cars and the express of seven and eight on the
elevated lines the locals and the express trains
are both made up Of seven cars. We cannot IN
crease the size of the trains in the subway much'
as the stations only made for eight cars.
We will ultimately increase the speed OF the
trains South Of 96th-st in the subway, both
the local and express trains run on minute
Roadway The Il" trains run about the same
distance apart We now run subway express
Station in seven and eight minutes They go 70
S6th-st. in sixteen minutes. On the elevated
the express trains run to 93d-st on the 6th-aVe'
line in twenty three minutes from Park Place
On the 3d-ave, line the cars go from City Han
to the Grand Central Station in seventeen MIN
utes.
We are running trains here about as quickly
as in any other city. We meeting with very
few accidents. On the subway we have had only
al the 23d-st. station at the time Of the strike
OF course employees are occasionally killed but
that sort of thing can never be done away with
The men are in places where one false step VIII
cause their death.
mission plan Of the marlborough Rapid Tran
sit Company to put four tracks on 2d-ave. was
discussed 1t was laid temporarily. With
the plan in operation train could go from
Harlem to City Hall in ten or twelve minutes.