The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1911-09-02
RUSH HOME STARTS EARLY
DISMAL END or AUGUST SENDS
FOLKS CTTlWARD.
Al the Grand Central They've Had Busy
nay and They Expect Busier Ones
Many Extra Trains to he Run Mon.
daylabor nay to See Many Leave.

Day and They Expect Busler Ones
Many Extra Trains to he Run Mon.
day-Labor Day to See Many Leave.
Mr.. and Mrs. Pip and the four Pippins.
| who divided the summer between Mos
quito Mount and Pejepscot and came home
by way Of Saua Pan. all in the State O.
Maine. a little earlier than usual because
they wanted TO get ahead Of tho Labor
Day rush OF the homing vacationists. were
quite willing to let il be known AT the
Grand Central Stat: sn yesterday that they
had been fooled They discovered that
apparently others had decided to come
back to the fiat.
The railroad folks usually count on the
sprint from the country beginning about
| September l. They sav that this season
the cold and rain OF late August have made
the exodus from mount ain and farm begin
earlier. All week the trains Of the New
! York Central and the New Haven roads
have been packed with extra baggage
and its sunburned owners. 1t was esti-
mated that 5000 persons passed through
the Grand Central Station yesterday.
whereas the normal for q Friday Is about
81, 900
On any other Saturday the two roads
mi cht handle from 10 600 to 73. 900 travel
lers: to-day they are prepared for $1,000
or more. But the climax OF the rush will
no, be reached until Tuesday morning,
when the overnight trains from Canada.
the ST Lawrence and the Adirondack
and from Maine and way stations Of New
England come caravsning in. On that
day there will be forty special trains. in
chiding extra sections Of regular trains,
and twenty five Of these will have to be
taken care Of at the Grand Central be-
tween $40 and II o'clock in the morning
With the regulars, there will be eighty
trains sliding into or out Of the station,
For the length Of city block between
Fiftieth and Fifty-fret streets there are
only two tracks for all this trafac to be
handled on. because the space that even
tually will be given to six other tracks il
now a mess Of blasted rock.
G.. H. Wilson. the assistant superin-
tendent who has charge OF all this extra
bother. is a placid man. He was chief
train dispatcher for the New Haven road
| for ten years and says he learned long ago
/ the futiiity Of getting ratified. He remem-
bered that in last years rush not train
was more than ten minutes late and he
was confident that this year would be
no worse.
And in one way We re better fixed than
we were a year ago" he said. We have
more sleeping care-l2O extra ones have
been conscripted for the holiday crowd
We have more day coaches too; had them
hauled TO the main lines from up-country
branches that didn't need so many
ITO expedite baggage transportation
we shall have two trains a day on Mon-
day, Tuesday and Wednesday Of nothing
hut baggage cars. Two tracks in the
ward have been set aside for them in
place where the trunks can be shot
right from the trains up elevators to the
baggage room or course therell he
baggage cars on the passenger train e
too. but by having the two specials we
figure on saving lot Of time for the pas
sencer trains that want to move from the
station but are delayed by bagg cars
that have to stand on the main tracks TO
be emptied-
Yesterdays sunshine assured heavy
travel away from the city for Labor Day.
All the railroads had extra outgoing trains
Yesterday and will have even more to-
day. Last night the Franz Schubert
Singing Society departed in a special
train for Alexander Bay and the Williams
burg Sangerbund took a special for Bald
win. y. Y.
Terminal Manager whaley figured last
night that between 10 900 and is, 100 pieces
of baggage would he handled at the sta
tion on next Tuesday.