New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-09-19
INTER- MET. SCORES.
FIGURES FATORABLE.
p S. inspectors Report Good Ser
,.;cc IN Non-Rush Hours.

.-,,,-,,. ---et-opolitsn Company scored
=. ,-.s-arsa- at the hearing before the
t-,r1fc Service Commission when fauI Il. NIa
9Th counsel for the merger. troag4il GU Iiisl
-. taken X inspectors o. me COMMISSION
,oz-a6 that thu service Of the SUBWAY anu e'e-
- ,t,as VAS adequate during n"n-rush hours
r. y--e,-.-h then tried TO push MS advantage
..,.- and get Mr.. WINS, speciai couhsei 1or 'Ile
III - :, asr7it that the data taken by the
.-.plovees OF tie commission uis' '-''~
r,,, club. Mr. Wins declined to make such
an admission saElHe ''0' '
-;ssi-7iiar necessarilT-
r. bearing Yesterday. which vas held IN the
.-issior's new hearing room or the thlTu
coo- Of the Tribune Building. was given up al
,os- entirely to entering on the record ara us
,useine che fluctuations made by both the con-
rsssior and the company and purportins TO s-lo"
+ra movement OF traffic over subway ana eiS-
,s+ed lines in relation to the facilities fur'silt
.- handling it Daniel I. Turner. an enlploye
Of the commission. who had charge o. the "oI =
~ gathering statistics. testified as 70 the Nay IN
which II was done and the number OF men ne
had employed. the points from which ohseT'a-
tlnns were made and generally in relation TO
.rs-v phase OF statistic gathering He then don-
,ised Ia bles summarizing his work which were
han entered on the record.
Edward ?. Bryan. president or the Interoo7-
ough Rapid Transit Company. was then called
n The stand MI Bryan said that he believes the
statistics were correct and that they agreed win
the observations made by his force as closely as
could Re naturally expected
NJ WINS asked the witness il the observations
made by the commissions employees We're not
more favorable TO the lines than those made by
their own NJ. Bryan took that view OF the
tables.
r-srl, HALEY testified as 10 the change OF
schedules made necessary by the changing sea
sons Mr. WINS went into this subject thor
ourhlv and spent come time finding out 1ust
how officials Of the roads made arrangements 10
meet the varying conditions Of passenger ralllC'
Asked why as many trains should not ne opef-
ared between 6 and O'Clock as there were De
tween = and S-one Of the hours the commas
sion's data showed that there was lack Of aae-
erla-e seating capacity-Nr. Bryan said he sup
rosed il was because Of lack OF equipment The
witness said that three hundred new cars had
been ordered for she Manhattan line. OF which
thirty had been delivered. and that since the
tine Of the merging Of that line only about
half-dozen cars mad been put out Of commits
sion.
A technical explanation Of the percentage OF
increase in the winter schedule over the sum-
-1er schedule was given by Mr.. Hedley-
THAT * a bout as ineligible to Arabic,
replied Nj Wins
What is the matter with your understand
i,g7., irlteriected Nj Nicoll, OF counsel for the
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
The witness is the matter" retorted Mt
1vins.
Mr.. HedIey said that he was trying to make
himself clear that he knew what he was talk
ing about
wei. wish you would make me understand
ST. too" said Ny WINS
You are not railroad man" exclaimed Nj
Hedley.
NJ. Wins retorted that he had been rail-
road director for fifteen years and knew some
thing about tie business
Directors don't make VI train schedules" re-
torted the witness.
No" said Mr.. Twins and under present
conditions don't know what they do do except
70 do as they are told
BY whom" asked Ny Cravath.
b lie boss" replied Mt. WINS.
Were you the boss OF your bOard7'
No was rot but was permitted 70 make
suggestions once in a while
TIE repartee had apparently been enjoyed by
rhe auditors Il caused much amusement
After so-re further questions by Commits
sioner Wilcox 10 find out just what really
meant by the testimony. Mr.. wins said that he
was through for the day.
Mr. Cravath then asked what the fluctuations
seailv meant. thereby leading the way TO bring
olIt his point about adequate facilities during
non-rush hours The hearing was then ad-
iourned until this afternoon at o'clock
The usual number Of officials and counsel for
Tho Interl,o-ousil- Metropolitan present
once or twice during the hearing Mr.. Cravath
drew MI Nicoli aside and had short conferences
rith him Abe E Blackrnar counsel for the
commission sat by Chairman Wilcox through
out the hearing