The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1907-08-30
ORDERS FOR BETTER TRANSIT
SERVICE BOARD MAKES THEN.
SOON TO BE IN EFFECT.


The Pubic Service Commissioners yes
terday adopted a series Of orders for i'm
provements In the railroad service OF tbs
Inter-Met and the b. r. 7. systems which.
when enforced, will increase the travelling
facilities Of all the roads In this borough and
in Brooklyn. These orders will compel the
running OF more cars In psriods Of the day
and night which are not included intbs tarns
known n tho rush hours.
Twenty-Five per oent- OF the Broadway
cars which now are turned back ct Houston
street., compelling passengers 10 take the
oar ahead, arc to b run through to Murray
strsst; the service On tho elevated and sub
way lines il to be increased o and . hak
hours before and after the rush pa5od, and =
the carrying OF sshes and garbage ovsr ths
lines Of the Brooklyn Rapid Transit systsm
Is to DO stopped except 1t night. Tho oom.
mission also will insist on the running Of the
and Third avenue elevatsd teseao
over the subway spur from i4sth stres&-
Tho commissioners believe that from "
the evidence which already has hssn takes
In the oourss OF their Investigation they
would be justified in making thsss orders
at once. The law creating the oommission
provides, however, that before such orders
may be issued public hearings must b held
and ten days notice Of the calling Of such
hearings be served on the corporations
involved. The dates Of these hearings wsrs
nxed yesterday. 1t can be stated that the
meetings will be merely formal proceed.
ings to comply with the letter Of the lac.
The commission is satisfied, from tho tesd.
mony heard at the investigation, that ths
officials Of the companies will not be abs
to show any good reasons why the orders
should not be issued.
In fact 10 Is on the actual testimony given
by these officials that the commissioners
are preparing to act. IL waS brought out
in the inquiry that the surface line on Madi-
son avenue was not operated, even In tho
rush hours, to anywhere near its fullest
capacity, and acting on that admission tho
board yesterday called upon the New York
City Railway Company to show cause at q
hearing to be held on September 10 why
these improvements on the Madison avenue
line should not be put into effect
To increase the present service on the
Maoisop aho routtn avenue ine from iioth
street to Astor place and Broadway by run
ming thirty additional cars south from iisth
..ree' y As.or pisce shu D,oee.sy oe.~seh
~ nouIs . oelooA ~"o "'"o@ ~ WI
"s n sAoep" ounu@ss.
To increase che present service on the
Madison and Fourth avenue line from issth
street to Aston place and Broadway by run
n.ns '"en.y a'u,erohel III y = Iso'n
re honr. ~ . $1,000 md q o.cIosL A nj
daily except SUNDAYS
To increase the present service on the
Madison and Fourth avenue line from the
Brooklyn Bridge by running twenty additional
cars north from the Brooklyn Bridge between
the hours OF . O'Clock ana D O'CLOCK A. NJ
Ts sAeep. 1uhays
sop and Fourth avenue line from Astor MACE
and Rro.dw.v nv rupninv forty add,tion.i
cars north from Astor place and Brosdvay
between The hours of half mast 4 and 7 O'Clock
p NJ. dailv exoept sundavs
Tn increase the pressnt servtce an IN.
Madison ana Fourth .yepue linz from A.,cr
nIsce and Droadwsv nv running thirty a.
ditiopaI car. north from A.,or riac. .,d
Broadwav betx,eep the hours NJ , o'clock
and n, o'cIock D NJ d.iiv excert Surd.vs
To increase the present SUNDAY service nm
the Msdison and Fourth avenue lins nv
running FORTY additional cars Ear said trs
during the dav
To reouIrs that destination .ivns .how,n,
the route and ali noin,s ~ destinstion 81 ths
cars should be provided and conspi~rou.Iv
di.nls vad unop aach chr run over ,he M.d,..,
and Fourth avenue line.
To require that signs giving the run num-
Der OF the cars should be provided and con-
spNSousiy displsyed upon eacn car un over
'"o Ao'son Y TOUT" "'enue "ne'
"hen rresioent ohon's Oh tne inOer-saes
was oh ene seanu hs asserteo tnat the COM
pahy was uhaoie 10 Operate more cara
tnah !" no" runs In lower ns-
Cause oi .he cohges.'on OF tne Venicuisr
tranc' Inc oroers the commissioners IN
Oenu 10 ISSUE ie'atihg 10 the lower proao-
way SERVICE however are
To increase the service upon the Broadway
line ana the lines run m connection therswtth
o ~ ona Ta. ' ao,u"iDus
: sxins,on avenue in The horo,,sh ~ NJ
haitian. city OF New YORK. and 20 determine
the reasonable extent OF such increase and the
distribution Of the increased service over said
lines.
To increase the service on Broadway be-