New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-12-12
SANTA CLAUS IN SUBWAY
marlborough Provides Seat for
Every Passenger.
HEDLEY ANSWERS EUSTIS
Says Company Aims to Please,
and Is Satisfied That 1t Is
Doing Everything Possible.

Tie spirit of Santa Claus radiated
through the subway yesterday. The man
agement of the marlborough gave with
lavish hand what it may have withheld on
previous sundays. and there was a seat IN
fits subway trains for every passenger VINO
knocked at the door and-deposited his
nickel. The company added fifty thousand
seats TO the number OF those which had
been provided by the schedule for Sunday,
November .. the day that caused the COM
pany's trouble with the Public Service Com
mission.
And that the public may know that this
IS not gift which may be withdrawn next
Sunday, and that it is only a small part
os what the marlborough purposes 10 do
for those who travel in the subway. Frank
fIedlev. president and general man
eyer, invited the newspapers to a heart 10
heart talk yesterday and told them all
shout il.
For an hour. . little more. Mr.. HeGley
sloke about the great and difficult problem
that confronted him in handling the ever
growing crowds Especially did he resent
the statement made by Commissioner F1ustis
that tho marlborough ran its subway for
ihe almighty dollar alone
Ne have made the subway pay and en-
= ale1 the city to withdraw its bonds, so
that ii noN has money for new subways,
he said This would not have happened
81 We had run many empty trains No man
can tell what the traffic will ice next SUM-
dav aud If there il any one who can esti-
mate II accurately T Will pay him a bigger
salary than he is getting now, no matter
What he is getting now. even if he is a COM
missioner.
The SUNDAY business in the subway is
difficult one TO arrange for, but it Is our
aim and desire 10 furnish d seat for every
passenger The increase of traffic Sun
dav. November -. 1910. over Sunday. No
1ernber * 1890. was only 14,og7, whereas
the increase in car mileage operated was
.Se5, showing that the company had made
an effort to meet a possible emergency-
The company carefully observes the
frafal. and prepares its train schedules so
that At I'll times seat for every passen-
ger VIII be provided up the limit of track
capacity. Nevertheless, II is difficult TO
make an estimate beforehand whether You
ere going TO carry five hundred thousand
or six hundred thousand persons, more or
les but we do use all reasonable effort
70 provide sufficient service
They say the PETERBOROUGH runs this sub
vav for the sake of the dollar alone" he
continued with 4 flash We are in it for
The profit. but we also know that If We
rleaee the public We will make more money
! would like TO more trains, because
the company would earn more. but 1t would
be very poor business 10 run empty trains
70 have our profits eaten up.
NJ Hediey ascrihed the complaints over
the iueJequscv Of tie service the
Broadway- brancl, TO tho influence OF real
estate owners aud spectators. as he had
heard that from - to 81 per cent Of the
apartments in that section were empty. He
said that this branch already received a
larger percentage OF service than was its
due Il believe n-e will he iold by The Pub
lie Service Commission 10 discriminate still
more against The East Side people. who
have Just as much right as those of the
West Side he added.
Nr Hedley then turned To his faVorite
theme the handling Of crowds during rush
hours. There is reason for complaint
With sUcn tremendous numbers Of passen-
L,rs and these reasons win continue until
tie indecent overlooking of subway cars is
OH lated he Cunfe 5Sed- The company Is
GoinC everything possible t. get the great
81 number Of trains and cars over the road
.lr1nc the rush hour periods and respect
1ully invites the aid of the Public Service
Commission and asks the public 10 refr4 IN
from orowIing INTO already overloaded
Trims. which il 1h': cause for considerable
.riay is the movement of trains"
Nj Iiedlev said that within the last
1,.re1een months the company has ordered
So, Row steel cars with side doors and re-
Constructed 100 of the old cars we have
l,r. Yet received all Of our new cars but
1ley are coming IN rapidly now. and by
1no cill Of This; month all express trains
vii hr fully equBoped with the side door
tslt. - car
The iii SIDE door express had been prom
80 hy Mr. Iedey ten months ago. II
Nss on the occasion of his first heart 10
bert talk with the public March IS
Iast short time after he had told the
Tr.lli.. Service CommiSSion that in regard
T. subway service we do we please -
1lc animated then hat this unlucky phrase
should he forgotten. il had been sadly
misunderstood any way, and promised
I4anN improvements.
20 said Yesterday he hoped 10 operate
s"ile ten-car express trains in the latter
part Of January.