New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-09-06
RAILWAYS TELL OF RUSH
Figures on Homecoming Crowds
Indicate Prosperity.
TWO LINES BRING 1.118.000
Pennsylvania New Station
Handles $4,000 Passengers,
with Baggage, in Four Days.

Some folks say that business in this coun-
/ try is slack and that the people generally
have less money than they once had. The
/ figures produced yesterday by traffic man
ayers Of the railroads coming into New
York City would make the most modest
prophet OF hard times blush for shame.
| Without an exception the railroads brought
more vacationists back 10 New York from
nearly all points Of The compass this time
/ than ever before
/ From last Friday until Yesterday noon
according to official estimates. the New
York central furnished passage for iooco
persons and handled 10000 pieces OF bag
( gage Compared with last year. for in
stance. these figures showed an increase
/ OF 1890 passengers and $3.50 pieces Of bag
gage. Thirty-fve incoming trains during
Monday night and yesterday morning
brought in 5000 passengers and l5.0oo pieces
Of baggage. Nearly every train was run in
two sections. with extra cars on each sec
ton.
From September I 10 4. inclusive. the
Pennsylvania Railroad brought 10000 pas
sengers into Manhattan through the new
station IN Seventh avenue About 5000
pieces Of baggage were transferred as gent
ly as the rush would allow This was east
bound traffic The Long Island Railroad
did a pretty stroke OF business during that
time. having $4,000 passengers and 25.oo'
pieces Of baggage TO its credit. This was,
OF course. divided between the Manhattan
terminal and the Long Island City and
Flatbush avenue terminals in Brooklyn. OF
this westbound rush from Long Island the
Pennsylvania station handled 1000 passen-
gers.
The Jersey City terminal Of the Pennsyi-
vauia poured out 1lsOo0 passengers during
the three days. some 10 cross the ferries
70 Manhattan and others to- connecting
roads and 10 suburban towns. So the Penn
s, lvania, including the Long Island lines
brought in total Of 7ls.OOo passengers.
The oldest traffic managers on the New
York Central lines declared they could not
remember when so many persons Lad come
fiocking back at one time from the Adj
rondaclls and other northern points. And
the homecoming isn't all over hy any
means For the next three weeks vaca-
ti0nlsts will be exchanging the pure noun
tain air for the dust and racke; OF the city
/ PENNSYLVANIA Railroad officials said their
western traffic never was heavier the lines
/ between Pittsburgh and New ork show
ing a remarkable increase in business. Ow-
/ Ing 10 the fact that the station In Manhat-
tan was not open last fall the traffc man
ayers could not figure ont just what the
increase was over last year.
/ Some idea OF the business done ny th"
Central Railroad Of New Jersey was given
by the traffic managers. who said that
Iabout 5000 passengers had been ferried
over 10 Manhattan in the last tWcnty-four
hours Last Friday and Saturday the road
carried 10000 persons out OF New York.
( The Ienigh Valley Railroad reported q
Lig holiday rush 10 Niagara Falls. II was
estimated that 5000 more persons We're
carried over the lines than ever before ar
this time Of year. Everywhere passengers
seemed 20 be well supplied with money. and
stinted not a whit in getting all the COM
forts the road afforded.
The Erie Railroad and tho Larkawanua
reported extra heavy trafic
/ II was impossible 10 learn the amount ~
business done hv the steamboat lines. The
officials said they didn't have The figures
ready but announced IN tones that denoted
q mixture of WEAKNESS and satisfaction
that business never was better" The
Hudson River boats. by dav and by night.
End the Long Island Sound boats were as
crowded rs the trains.