New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-03-10
TRAFFIC NEARLY NORMAL.
Strikers Predictions UnfulfLed-
Sub1cays Fine Shooting.

In spite of the predictions Of the strikers, traf
nc conditions yesterday were decidedly i'm
proved over those of the previous days of the
strike. The subway was running almost az its
normal schedule, both as 20 express trains and
local. and the marlborough turned its attention
TO getting the elevated lines in condition The
service on the 9th and 3d-ave. lines was greatly
improved. The n:otormen showed that they had
learned the road. while the guards-nost of
them-had a fair acquaintance with the desti-
nation Of the trains and the names OF the sta
TONS
Last evening, in the rush hours special eff
forts werc made to preserve regularity in the
running Of trains. The company had enough
men at It's disposal to be able to pick efficient
motormen and capable guards, and that condi-
ton vas evident in the way in which the
trains were handled and the number of people
transported. Trouble from blocks which had
practically disabled the elevated roads the pre-
Vlous night was absent. and the strikers ap-
parehtiy were too busy with their own trou-
Dies to try TO annoy the strike breakers
The subway ran its expresses practically on a
three minute Roadway from 4 D. m to 40 D. M
and had been maintaining with regularity a four
minute Roadway all day. The local trains ran
at from two to two and one-half minutes head
way In the rush hours. Just before .. m. there
was slight delay at the bridge caused by the
railing OF bundle of newspapers between two
cars. tanning the motive apparatus While
there was no real rush hour crowd" the Har-
lemites thronged to the subway In a steady
stream yesterday afternoon, feeling surer Of
getting home by that line than by any other
Next to the subway, the 6th-ave elevated was
the banner route. In the rush hours 1t av-
eraged train once in five minutes and usually
the trains were run at less interval They
were put through at the regular speed The
notormen seemed to have learned the bad spots
on the line. for the curves between Blocker
and 9Th SITS. and at 110th-st. were taken care
luLiy- The trains ran well in the morning and
sood service was maintained in the non-rusn
hours All day they were thronged
The 0d-ave. line not so near the normal
conditions From D. m. to p. M the trains
ran, on an average. although there was one
block. at ten-ninute intervals from soon after
to 5:3O
The 9th-ave. line and the 2d-ave line were
decidedly better than on Wednesday. although
the service was irregular. Trains ran at inter
walls OF from five to fifteen or in some cases
twenty minutes. They were used by throngs
as was every other means of transportation.
Streetcar travel fell off trile yesterday, al
though the difference noticeable only in the
middle of the day. In the early morning all the
lines were carrying their utmost capacity. So
eager were people to be sure to get downtown
that they went to the car barns at ffth-st and
5d-ave., and waited there in cars which, they
were told, would not be run for an hour or two.
The 2d-ave.. Lexington-ave. and Madison-ave.
lines were almost swamped. On the West Side
the surface cars did less business. for the people
seemed content to trust the elevated and the
subway. BY last night the Columbus Amster-
dam. 9th and Sth ave and Broadway cars
were as full Apparently people who
had been staying at home began TO go out
yesterday. for in no other way could the traffic
experts explain the overcrowded surface cars
and the increased number of passengers handled
by the elevated lines and the subway