New-York tribune., 1907-09-27

service made in the investigation by the Public
Service Commission. the InterbOrough Rapid
Transit Company yesterday threw up the sponge
and agreed to big increases in the number OF
trains run in the subway and on all the elevated
lines These increases at certain periods WIZ
amount 10 90. 40 and in one instance to SIS 2-3
per cent of the present service
Although the percentage calculations of in
creases which the officials Of the traction COM
pany had worked out are made on the service IN
aeect in August and September, when fewer
trains are run than IN thsa winter, President p
p. BRYAN testified that they would without much
doubt take care of all the standing passengers
save in the height of the rush hours That
meant. he said. that these increases were aimed
~ meet the conditions shown in schedules OF
standing passengers compiled by Glr. Turner, OF
the commissions engineering department Those
schedules showed that there was an average Oh
fifty thousand standing passengers day
The increases agreed 10. Mr. Bryan and Mr
HedIey thought, could be made within month.
most of them without waiting for the two hum
dred new cars which the road has ordered for
its elevated lines While the additlonal trans
and extra cars will not increase the present ser
,,fca at the most congested period-that half
hour which the traction men call the peak OF
the load" because. they say, no additional trains
can he run then on account of the roads physical
Iiuftations-they will ease up the pressure dur
ing the half hour-and In some cases full hour
on each side of the most congested period
BOWS To P. 5. C AT LAST
Traction men say that more than half Of ths
Messenger traffic here is carried in the rush hours
hut the Significance of the relief to oe afforded
v these increases will lie in the fact that about
90 nor cent of the other half of the traffic is In
toafor and after the height
of the rush hours
Notice of this significant change IN the spirit
of the traction officials contained in a for
midable tabulated document handed 10 hero'II
d Mason. William Nj. Nins's partner in the IN
vestigation. immediately before the hearing be-
gan No particular qualification was SHOWN Oy
Chairman WILCOX or Commissioner Eust1s wnen
Mr.. BRYAN began to tell about the increases IN
train service. but at heart each member or the
commission is much gratified
In voluntarily agreeing TO such Increases the
railroads for the first time sigually recognized
The mower and authority Of the commission The
officials showed that thought OF resistance TO the
commissions desire TO improve transit condi-
tions in this city-such thought as inspired the
threat of carrying orders TO the highest court .
had vanished
II was more striking testimonial 70 the ef-
fectfveness of the commission and the prestigs
1t Is ODtdlNlHS Jldl Woo N' N@0NA-%
render the books of the Interboroush- -Metropoh-
tan and the Metropolitan SecurlIleS CoiupdhS
without a struggle
Chairman Wilcox called the hearing to order
YESTERDAY. Commissioner Eustis sitting Win
him. With them was F. E Barker. chairman OF
the Massachusetts Car and Electric Light Com
mission ciassmate of Commissioner EustlS
at college. MIR. Ivins Immediately turned over
the examination to Mr.. Mason. who has made
he
Interborough lines President Bryan was called
and told of the schedules of increases which ne
had submitted
BETTER SERVICE AT ONCE
Most of the increases scheduled could be put
into effect Immediately declared Mr. Bryan.
though some part might have 10 wait on the
new equipment. Two hundred new cars had
been ordered for the elevated lines. he said. but
these would not be ready for service Immediately
aftar delivery since the trucks and bodies came
seDarateIv and the cars had TO be assembled
and enuipped with the electrical devices at the
comnanv's shops Thirty already had been re-
ceived and were being equipped Mr. HedleS
,boupht that fifteen ought to be ready this
month and twenty-five more by November l.
improvements on the East Side. where they
were most needed could be made Immediately.
Mr. Rrvan said. The West Side improvements
could be completed by the end OF October
Then under Interrogation by Mr.. Mason. Pres
ident Bryan took UP details of the increases.
which later explained fully by Mr.. Hediey-
Mr. Bryan declared that he did not undertake. 10
saw that these improvements would rid the
lines of ~standees" in the rush hours. but they
were designed to take care of all the standing
passengers during the periods for which in
.creases were scheduled. From 7:30 TO m
the subway operating all the express trains
possible southbound. and from $50 to s so D n.
northbound- This largely was because OF como