New-York tribune., 1910-09-06
iIFtN'ILION GET HOME
Holiday Railroad Traffic Hits
New High Tide Mark.
TRAINS EXTRA AND SPECIAL
Some Loaded with Baggage Put
Goods and Chattels Into Town
as Soon as Owners Arrive.

Hundreds Of thousands Of vacationists
returning from mountain and seaside
Yesterday taxed the capacity Of the rail
roads entering this city Estimates by
station masters and train masters Of the
various roads brought the total number
ND to half a million The heavy traffic
is not expected TO diminish before a
CAV OF TWO. Foresight on the part Of
rhe r71anaCeneut Of the railroads pre-
vented congestion TO any great degree
and the running Of extras" and ''spe-
-ials" kept the regular trains in the ma
5or1rv Of instances Vel up 10 schedule
time
To handle the expected Labor Day
1fr0rgs returning from summer outings,
trains were run IN double sections. and
frequently IN as many as six sections
one train. which VIII arrive in the Grand
Central station at 100 this morning
from the Adirondacks and the Thousand
Islands VIII be in fourteen sections, and
yvill carry 1900 persons This same train
g year ago had thirteen sections, and the
year before twelve sections. This year
there VIII be six sections Of twelve cars
Of PuIlElans and day coaches.
Anticipating the increased traffic, the
railroads had also made special provision
for handling baggage, and solid trains
carrylng nothing but the baggage Of
persons on the regular and extra trains
we're the order OF the day. In addition.
the New York Central ran two extra
trains from Albany, arriving in this city
AT noon and midnight Of ten cars each.
carrying nothing but baggage. These ex-
rras viii be run to-day and Tomorrow.
SC that all the baggage along the line
VIII be swept into its destination with
cut delay.
On the New York New Haven & Hart
ford road a ffteen-car train which ar
rived In New York at midnight per-
formed the same service for the vaca-
-{o-.srs returning from the resorts tapped
bv that line and its branches. Similar
facilities for the handling Of baggage
Were Put in operation by the other roads
Although there was an avalanche Of
trunks ard suitcases. the precautions
taken 70 avoid congestion saved delay IN
transferring them TO the express COM
ua7ies. and the floors Of the baggage
rooms at midnight presented an orderly
a0rearance that, considering the facts.
was remarkable
The situation was described by Mr
smith. the passenger train master Of the
New Haven road. who said:
IT an glad TO say that the travelling
public has not disappointed Us IN its
re-uratlon for regularity. Past expert
erce had taught Us what TO expect at
this season Of the year, just as 1t has
Taught US what 70 expect at different
hours Of the cay in arranging our time
schedules and making UP trains We
knew Just where the extra sections
would be needed If normal conditions
--zvailed and the public did not change
Us regular travelling habits. The result
tas been that everything has run
smoothly. and On this road the trains
have been practically on time
The s-o-v was substantially the same
with the other roads Il was estimated
nv officials Of the New Haven and the
New york Central lines that about 80
COO persons. passed through the Grand
Central station during the day.
on the New Haven road forty-tv-o
extra. trains or sections. and on the New
York Ce-1raLs Hudson River division
alone --ir-r-tive extra trains or sections
were necessary 70 handle the days
traffic
chief Train Dispatcher Wilson est
mated eight hundred movements Of
trains of which Cos were passenger
trains. IN the Grand Central yards dur
--z --- r7gerrz-fo1r hours Of Labor Day.
Between q and 10 o'clock this morning
r-zr- win be one hundred and tt-y move
r--r-s az trains on The Two tracks al The
throat Of the varfl-5eth street and Park
.-Hrl.e-5r at the rate OF less Lhan one
minute 70 movement
The Central EalIroad Of New Jersey
handled between fifty and sixty Jhou-
--- --e=erze-s dlrlnZ the day. running
z-zc.aI= and extras 10 aCComnlo-
=--- The ado ---oua- traffic and cars we're
a. a premium ali day On the Benlsyl-
r--4 Railroad an Official al the Jersey
r--- terminal estimated that one nun
--a. thousand passengers had been car
--a. e--.r- The day hftg extra trains
s-.-- pressed INTO service
--- Enc road. the regular trains
r..- ~ TWO. sLIlr-e and four sec
and =7y extra through trains were
r-.-=.e fr-a service from Green
Tax. and Lake HCpaLCong. The
g.. rae estimated passed the fifty
mark The Lar--a .' anna road
-u.rr- thousand persons during
.-aaIrI1- more than a score Of
- a-- Tie Long Island Rail
BAGGAGE and passenger facilities
e.. ..- -r= strain f~0r the thousands
-..ar.-El-rs reJs~ni- ~ from resorts