The morning journal-courier., 1908-11-23
Police, Trolley and Steam Road Facilities Tested to Limit and Found Equal to
 Emergency,
TRAFFIC WELL CONTROLLED
Police Keep Streets in Good Condition, Despite Throng of Vehicles Trolley Service Best Ever
 Same True of Trains.

the entire year for besides attending to the many duties for which the de- partmcnt Is used on the other 364 days of the year there Is the huge increment of work that the advent of some 30,OO0 persons to town in all sorts of veh- oles and all bound for ono spot at one time brings about The New Haven police did well last Saturday in their handling of the crowd. It Is probably true as one Yale man said Saturday that the police arrangements this year were the best they have ever been.
 Chapel street was admirably cleared from vehicular traffic which left 1t free for the passage of pedestrians and for the more rapid movement of trolley cars which was taken full advantage of by tho trolley company While there was steady line Of autos with some carriages passing out Elm street for hours there was nothing doing in the auto line in Chapel street except the passage of the cars and the march of thousands of those who thought it best to walk After the game was over the police also had fine control Of the situ- ation and instead of autos making it d dangerous thing to move about the street there was nothing on wheels ex- Cept the cars in the street again dur ing the time the mayor had the street closed The order was a splendid i'm provement on conditions of other years Teams and autos that attempt ed to get into Chapel street through side streets were held up hv the police and compelled either to turn back or cross and the police held the traffic in fine control an the time saving pedes- trlans from being endangered hy cross ing between teams and autos When the people were crossing the teams were held up and when the officer mo- tioned for auto or team to cross then only did they get across
 The police were somewhat late in getting onto their jobs for the after noon as the parting instructions about traffic regulations that were read to them held them overtime. This did not prevent them from grasping the situa- ton at once when they arrived on the spot There were no auto accidents delays were well avoided and every thing went off as smoothly as could be hoped for
 In the evening there were police de tails at all the thcaters but while tho crowds were noisy they gave the police little trouble and there were no out breaks of serious nature At the field the 62 officers took care of theii work in fine shape.
 The trolley arrangements were about as Ideal as could he. The Connecticut company through the able management of General Manager Punderford anf Superintendent Judge in person copet with the throngs in fine style and kep' their cars moving excellently Fully 10000 people were carried to and iron the game without accident and In nn' time. In fact the time made hy th' cars out to the Held carrying the bull of the traffic in one last hour was S, fine that no one allowing even scan time was forced 10 miss part of th, game because of any trolley troubles Even at the biggest crush the car were moving steadily forward and tn fact that they did not have to paus for traffic In Chapel street helpe, greatly
 There were l5O cars doing service t the field and back or these of cours the main supply was open cars but tn beautiful weather made these more ac ceptable than the closed cars Car were run direct from many dlfferen points in the city to the field so tha it was not necessary on coming iron populous sections to change in tn crowd at the center and possibly los cars. Besides the local lines cars there were eight long cars from Wa terhury eight from Bridgeport and sl from Derby.
 After the game too the cars did fin service There was a seemingly end less string of cars waiting for tn crowd and despite the mass that pour ed out of the field the car service wa not swamped While many peopl walked in from the field, the cars wer kept moving and sh close together tha physical conditions would have allow ed no more efficient service The trol ley company had emergency men an apparatus for repairs in case of sud den breaks which SD unexpectedl cripple the most carefully planned SGT vice and they were kept on duty unt the crush was over.
 The poorest arrangements of the da were those made for entering Va field Naturally the mass of tickr holders arrived in the last half hot before play began and the two CT frances to the field were so completel choked with the crowds that the speC tators trying to get in were held Il in discomfort and almost in actual daf ger of injury through crushing fC about quarter of an hour while iu, making the few yards from the outst of the stands to the inside. More el frances are an imperative necesslt and as 1t was hundreds of spectator missed the first part of the game h. cause although they arrived at Il field In ample time to get seated b. fore play began they could not get until after a long walt at the mout of the field
 At the railroad station fine arrang' ments were made and the 36 extl trains that were dispatched were gel off in fine style. Every car of eac train had three signs displayed pron inently in the windows stating wheI the train was going and where it Wou stop and the trains were sent off a most on the dot of the time advertise, Although there were huge crowds ; the station they were handled in zoe shape and there was no trouble her
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