New-York tribune., 1907-07-14
TOO FEW TUBE TRAINS.
CITY CLUB INVESTIGATES.
Says if Subray We're Operated
Right CrO7cding Would Decrease.

Rlght CrO1cding Would Decrease.
by an investigation by experts extending over
three months the City Club has verified the oft
repeated charge that the Manhattan subway is
not being used to its fun capacity during rush
hours The result is that every day thousands
OF passengers are compelled TO stand in denseIv
crowded cars instead Of being able to enio,. tho
seats they pay for
The train schedules approved by the RAND
Transit Commission call for service Of twenty
eight express and twenty-seven local traipe ~
eight cars each every hour during the dav ,yba,,
traffic is heavy.
Actual observation has shown that the Inter
borough Rapid Transit Company is able to run
only nineteen express and twenty-six local trains
10 The hour during the heaviest rush hour traf-
nc This is due. it is said. to the unnecessarily
long stops made at stations. especially bv ex
press trains because of the unsuita bilitv of the
cars used for rapidly handling heavy traffic
The reduction in the number of trains at the
very time when they are most needed makes il
necessary for several thousand. more than half
the number of passengers carried, to stand in
overcrowded cars instead Of having comfortable
seats
During the hours Of heavy traffic on Sunday
southbound express trains have only five cars.
and instead Of twenty-eight being run to the
hour there are only thirteen. The northbound
express trains have six cars, but there are only
nineteen to the hour instead Of ty.ent,.ei,b, y..
observation shows that raesaer 1 ~, -,
and eo,,b hc,,,d IT - ,
heavy Sunday traec are c,r,,,,aIIad 20 star1 -
crowded care
Grand c,ap,raI c+a,io, ,... .,oo.,s 80 49,
roirt Of obeer,,a,io, he,a,,ea +hra +t ,t,.
,,-ero-,,,,ai.r 3, -, -. -'I'i -
trae5c -, botb ,ortL a,,1 .o,,.h -
togt r,odo -, ,riI a It ,I, -
method and sbo,, ,ba rae,,I, -ha ,',rth
hound eyrreee trail, eer.ice nc under obs,,,-.
49, - ~ a. ulie, ""S'-I Va
MOI, ,,-ora a,,,rl,,-ad 70 o,,,,. ~ - -
.,,ro - ,i.l- - =, - - 49, -,
80 - - - -. - 'i'
-, .-t ~, ' - 49, - - 49, ~ - ISL -
20 - .. t+lr ~, 1.Iaa, ~ 80,
,ai,,
40.725 STRAP HANGERS AN HOUR
II ,,,as found that betD,aen 4. "a and : o.cocL,
thirteen trains passed. carrying 5336 passen-
seI7' u mIi"IH = "eit "I'iiou' 9''''. he'Weeu In
yasea,eare NJ ,.boro 21i mad 70 stand Dnr
- ~ -. b'f ta,,,. niai,, t.i,,r asa, a
i'6 1 49,. - -ali ii 80 80
t .Sll,e , 10 T,otaa, an, g On .a,e ,i
a, .irc, !, o2o ,,aseenoers of ,.born
cc4- b,d no ,Iaca to stt and small enacc to
80, T,-t,,s' .I,o ,.., boIr borr of,aor traire
~SI'i'I ~ 'ullI5 W q ooe eanaar 80 ,rt,,,
p"1c7n' ,cse, g., tto ajslas Al Tho trai,s
aa,, a,ab a,l ,ta Iongth If the stons
&c irdfca+ed b,, the variation in the number Of
- iliIi'"teu - ,,I ~ 'aaa, ~ ~ troe,
rains wii'h S''"'"'
i"TI Ie5'.l - ,,, ,,oa,, ohio 70 shorten IN the
+.ai1 etons at stations during this period of
80 .r ,,a . baIf b,, handling the crowds
more expeditiousy il would have been possible,
80 - &c hc1d to RIM the regular scheduled num-
50 II - Ii,li - di III tIat rarod Instead Of
nFt,-aiebt trains passing the Grand Central
0'a'ID" uu' '.-e -, md instead of there b.inp
orI, II COS