New-York tribune., 1910-11-27


of tho general arrangements for handling
the crowd.
pusb Of Trains Through Tubes.
r,o rresent schedule calls for 116
.roins through the tubes, 81 Of
.tar, outward bound and 80 bringing
,osseneers into the city. But this is by
No means the total train service of the
h,o station. as these 116 trains are in
addition to the 173 that have been run
ming daily since September Z. when the
service under the East River to and
from Long Island began Both tunnels.
to begin with. will accommodate 2S9
trains a day.
An important feature of the new
schedule will be twenty-four express
trains between the Pennsylvania sta
ton here and the Broad street station
at Philadelphia. A corresponding ser
vice will be established between Phila-
delpIia and New York Some OF these
trains are to run to and from Southern
and Western points. Most or tneHi'
however, constitute the regular express
trains between New York and Phiiadei-
phia, which. beginning to-day. Will ar
rive and depart from both Philadelphia
and New York every hour. on the even
hour with one or two exceptions, and IN
addition there will be ten New YORK
and Philadelphia expresses at odd times
during the day
Through train service from Brooklyn
to the new station will be established to-
day by so-called shuttle trains running
to and from Flatbush avenue. This new
service does away with the Annex ferry
from the foot of Fulton street, Brooklyn.
This small ferryboat sailed around the
battery on its last regular trip last night
The ferry to 23d street from Jersey CITY
will also be discontinued with the be-
ginning of the service under the river.
Brooklyn Party on Special Trip.
Five hundred members of the ->Took-
Iyn League made the trip from Flatbush
avenue through the East River tupes 10
the Pennsylvania station yesterday
afternoon as the guests of the Long
Island Railroad. The purpose OF the
trip was to familiarize the members OF
the league with the new shuttle service
established to-day. A special tram was
provided for the party, and several Long
Island officials accompanied them ana
explained how the service works Inc
Brooklynites were permitted TO inspect
the big station, and as they followed
II hn p0ncONrSe
and under the high ceiling of the main
waiting room, 150 feet above, their ooio'
little band looked small and inconsplcu-
Gus in the vastness Of the place.
A special train to the Army-Navy
football game was sent through the
North River tubes yesterday forenoon
but il carried only a small party. the
e,uests of Colonel Thompson, an army
officer. who was the first man to engage
a special to Philadelphia by the new
route.
Although the first train did not leave
until midnight. the new station was
opened to the public at $50 o'clock last
night. The office for sleeping car res
ervations was opened at 10 o'clock. A
ton from $50 o'clock until long after
the first train had gone. Many persons
hung around the main entrance. In Sew
enth avenue, during the afternoon. but
we're refused admittance. The Perth
Amboy local. at 1902 o'clock. was COM
tortably filled with passengers.
Everybody Busy Along Coneourse.
Porters, train dspatchers, ticket
agents, parcel room boys, walters and
all the several hundred Pennsylvania
employees whose duties are essentially
confined to the interior of the big sta
ton we're on hand early in the day ar
ranging everything in order for the
crowds which came later. An army OF
concessionaries who had secured the
stands and booths along the concourse
were busily arranging their stocks with
a. view to reaping a harvest with the
opening of the new tubes.
The restaurant dining room and buffet
were made ready to accommodate the
thousands Of travellers who are to come.