New-York tribune., 1907-08-08
WILL Run MORE LOCALS
lNGE At 96TH STREET.
Rig Improvement an Subecay Serrice,
7Fr. HedIeg Says.

,s the ~esc-. % testimony given by Frank He'd
~ general leanager Of the Thorough Rapid
--a,si- Company. yesterday during the fourth
sang C.. The merger inquiry. and that Of Prest-
- Sncnts Of the lnterburough- Metropolitan
C,-arv II seems probable that IN the near future
.-+r5r5 more local trains viii be il operation in
- subway during non-rush hours Mr. Hedley
"a Oh 1na witness stand yesterday that II the
.c-,ss o-tr" al the e5th street subway station,
re 1he Lanox avenue and Broadway lines con-
--re was obviated and proper engineering i'm
,r7re--=rts were made he believed a third more
i,~sl subway trains could he with safety, and
+-sr tna subway equipment was sufficient TO per
-ir this increase
rshin u Chairman WILCOX: Y ii Immediately take
steps 70 the work done the S6th street sta
lion M WILCOX ascerTained in the morning that
& form of contract Tor the work al that point had
been prep lred by the cid board Of Rapid Transit
Co1E-lsslcuers and sent ro the Corporation Coun-
s. Tor his approval Accordingly Secretary " hit
rer was instructed 10 see the Corporation Counsel
snd md what had become of il Mr. Whit
rev did So, with the result that he soon returned
70 the temporary Offices Of the commission with
The news that the form OF contract had received
the approval q tn" CorpoTation Counsel.
Cha.rrlaH WiIicC- Viii endeavOr to have q sPe-
cfgl meeting Of Ihy Board Of Estimate called i'm
-0eGartly and VIII submit The contract for its ap-
provsf. II approved by the board and the prop
cry owners adjacent the $6th street stauon work
VII pc begun ~ once When completed the com
mission VIII require The company 70 put on me
ADDITIONAL locals thus affording prompt and needed
ssT 20 The congestion in The subway. The con-
+rsct involves the expenditure of about sSnUA
ONLY ONE HEARING NEXT WEEK
sf-e- the hearing yesterday Commissioner VIII
,ox sad he felt much pleased with the progress Of
.hA Inquiry I feel that are quickly getting
,--o 3 7osition where we can give the public ma
-4-isl results. he said The strain Of the immense
s-,eurr work made necessary by the Inquiry is
tsr5nning 70 Jel on Air- WILCOX and. realizing
80 physical breakdown would seriously retard
- work q the commission. he has decided 10
- an interim Of at least five days next week
c1fE Tlz~s owl Fa hna-
e-s-v oar his week and next Monday. but after
fbsr he Ko-Id suspend them for a few days =
er6" said ~. that absolutely need the rest;
tsri5ss NJ WINS viii need . little breathing space
Tie exa-l.na1ion Of NJ Hedley took up al the
ss-r-roan. I was remarked al sides that the
v5-rsss made 70 more answers of the character
+bs1 NJ. WINS termed Tuesday very
e---l Tine and again the Inyerborouch official
ers5e6 cuesrions. This LED 10 several heated and
sgrcss-ic remarks by M. IvtIs. i was remarked
generally that he hesitared before answering the
sirrlest question.
Ps-l \ C-avsth, counsel for the Interborough-
Ne-opcl-z-. once OF twice interrupted to help the
Vf-rass OFT Or 10 explain what Mr.. Hedley really
-resn-F On OF these occasions Ny Wins heat
e6v refined i want the witness TO be as intelu
gent as know he is. and 7 DO not hesitate 70 say
T1gt instead = being that, he IS simply wasting
oU- tine here" 7 an answering your questions
frteLiEs-t-y IS I can reTOrted the witness On
arothe- occasion. when AIr. Cravatb attempted 10
fate-p-e- ore NJ Iviass questions for Ny He'd
~. counsel remarked. with great sarcasm: II
Elr Ee5ley Is competent 10 this system, 10
hold ire position that he does, he is competent 10
understand ny questions; on that point stand
Tas hearing yesterday was devoted entirely 10
Jhs physical problems confronting the merger, 10
rro5le-ls q transportation Subway schedules
were goze into length and the witness was
asked 70 suggest remedies for congestion M
WINS created much amusement by telling OF some
q his experiences on both the elevated and subway
lines
SCHEDULES on ELEVATED LINES
Ther NJ HedIey went the stand yesterday
NJ Ir-as a. once took up the question OF sched-
ues Or t1e elevated lines. After much question
ing h got the witness admit that elevated
--ai1s were often unable TO according 10 tho
schedule tine. The witness said that when the new
cars now under construction for the elevated lines
were pzL n operation Re did not think they would
materially affect the trains running on schedule
mileage of different elevated and subway lines. ana
ne scheduled time for local trains TO make round
t-tp over The lines entered OF the record: