New-York tribune., 1909-06-07
SUBWAY'S HEAVY GAIN
DECREASE ON ELETATED.
Combined System Yields INTERIOR
ough SI,124,339 M0re ReUenue.

The number Of tickets sold in the subway in 1908
was 22O9s12l2. against 1s2.559.9eo in 1907. or an
increase for the year ot 3S.i3l222. according 20
the figures prepared by the statisticians Of the
Public Service Commission The figures for the Gle
waited lines. however, show falling off in 1913 as
compared with 1907 on the L" the total tickets
sold in 1903 were 272. S55,f36 against 90
the year before. This was falling of Of 15'-
s444s
The total number Of ticket sales both the
sr5.,vav and the elevated lines for 1903 was ava
sAeszS as compared with 4a235s.566 in ISu'.
Thus there was an actual increase Of 22.4S6tS-
fares pafd on the elevated and subway lines ids'
,-aa- a. cor1rared with the year before As both
the Il" and the subway are controlled by the IN
serborough Rapid Transit Company, the large gam
on the subway was much more than enough 10
Offset the decrease passengers carried on me i
lines with the result that the gross income ol Ile
,crnnarv last year increased $112i@S9 from fares
The reason for the falling off in ticket safes Oh"
the elevated lines last year is not altogether pla''
but Il was doubtless in large part due 10 le ioSs
of Messengers 10 the subway more of the 1uhneI
.-vs-e7, of the Interborough opened up Tor
traffic The mileage of the elevated lines on me
other hand remained stationary Il does not seem
probable that the financial depression OF lFVS wa
felt more severely by patrons OF the L than pS
those Of the subway 80 there IS hafulH /" i'1'
70 be found here
Some Interesting sideiElts on the SITUATION are
shown by a glance at the tables giving 'he LoAe'
sales for each station. For instance, IN lSV' 'Ie
T2r00l
tickets while in 1908 the sales at the same stal""
feIl OF 70 IS ee244 The explanation of TINS drop
IS the opering Of the tube 10 Brooklyn "h'ch
made a difference OF more than e.@o" 90 tickets At
the BROOKLYN Bridge station. IN both years now
ever the heaviest sales Of tickets in the subway
were scored this station
The next largest sales were shown al the 6rahu
Central and 14th street stations, Manhattan ana
Borough Hall Brooklyn The sales at the Granu
Central station increased from u.o4LSS in 1871 |"
u 75z as4 in 1908 There even larger increase
at 18th street where the sales jumped from 9i74'-
.n 1907 to i 54 in 1905 The Borough Hall station
,n Rroolvn was not opened in 1881. but in 1905 II
scored the sale Of 10 "a. So tickets
The smallest sales shown by any station on tIle
subway for the year 1905 credited 10 that at
215th street. or. the Broadway branch. where the
fetal for the year was l03-.i2-
The largest sales IN total well as the largest
sales for a single station on the elevated system
are shown hz the Third avenue line. which is creG-
tied with I295leOz5 in l@17 and 122o5e3S in 1905 The
largest station sales this line were made At the
CITY Hsu which sold l2.l52355 tickets in 1907 and
i 2ss e74 in 1eoS. The smallest sales the Third
avenue line were AT the Willis avenue station,
which scored @5l.57S for the wear 1908
The total sales for 1907 and 1F1S on the subway and
elevated systems were follows.