New-York tribune., 1905-06-12

One hundred men were set to work tampins
down ballast in the subway and in the 4th-ave.
tunnel by way of repairs, so that trains could
begin to again
It said by employees of the Water Depart
ment that the closing of this big main would
not IN any way affect the supply for fire fighting
purposes. either in that district or downtown, as
1t was only main of several equally large
which supplied the several districts.
$4,000 PEOPLE TURN FROM SUBWAY
The crippling of the subway by the accident
turned away from it more than fifty thousand
people After the power was cut off from the
section between 14th-st. and 72d-st- the Inter
borough officials caused warnings to be dis
played at all the subway stations Some trains
were run at irregular intervals between Fulton
| st and 14th-st. and there was similar service
north of 72d-st- the Broadway and Lenox-
ave. branches, but the warnings at the stations
were sufficient to keep out all except few
venturesome persons, and the patronage of the
| road amounted to nothing.
A larger burden than usual was thrown on
the surface cars in Broadway, which were over
crowded all last evening. The crowds of people
arriving at the Brooklyn Bridge from Coney
Island found the subway stations displaying the
warning sign: mo trains running north of
l4th-st" The result was a larger rush than
usual to the elevated and surface cars
During part Of the evening the overcrowding
on the surface cars going uptown was as pro-
nounced as at the time of the recent strike on
the lines of the 1nterborough system. Some
subway trains were run all through the strike,
but last night the subway was abandoned al
most completely by the travelling public and
although the elevated trains took care of part
Of the people the rush seemed to be mainly to
the open the surface. People crowded
sbaca
room left between seats
Some of the nterborough men seemed to fear
last night that the accident might divert thou
sands of the regular patrons of the subway to
the surface cars-at least during the summer.
With all the talk Of bad air in the subway they
said the fear of delay from another such acci-
dent might prove serious loss to the road.
HoODOO ON PARK-AvE SECTION
The Park-ave, section Of the subway has been
particularly unfortunate, While it was being
constructed the explosion OF dynamite in front
OF the Murray Hill Hotel caused a frightful
loss of life and injury to many persons. Later
layers of rock slid into the tunnel, undermining
the foundations Of several houses In Park-ave.
A fragment of falling rock fell on Mr.. ShaIer,
the contractor for that section Of the subway,
and injured him seriously that he died
The accident at S6th-st. and Broadway some
months ago in front Of the Breton Hall apart
ment hotel was almost exactly similar to the
accident Of yesterday, water from broken
street main being allowed to pour into the sub
way for hours before anybody connected with
the Water Department could be found 70 shut
off the deluge. The trains had to be stopped
until the water could be pumped out On that
occasion the Fire Department was called out to
aid in the pumping.
Commissioner Oakleys secretary Mr. Clark
explained last night that break to a water
main would be promptly repaired if telephone
message were sent to the repair shop of the
Water Department, in West 37th-St., but tele-
phone message sent there during the evening
was responded to by boy, who explained that
he was the only ono in the office, and that he did
not know when any of the men would be around
or where he could reach them. Foreman Ryan,
of the West 37th-st. station, reached the scene
about the time McCIuskey had found the right