New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-08-31
VACATION SEEKERS
SWAMP RAILROADS
Advance Guard Of Tan and
FreckIes Appears at c'ty's
Terminals.
SPECIAL TRAINS ADDED
Labor Day Will Mark the Be-
ginning Of the Vast Tide Of
Returning Travel That
Will Tax Facilities.

The advance guard Of the army Of re-
turning vacation seekers, tanned aud
treckied By the wind ard sun Of tho
mountains and seashore reached the city
yesterday All day long the concourses
Of the two great railroads that discharge
their passengers in the heart Of the city
rang with the tramp OF feet and creak
of suitcase handles Of those who had lest
behind the clear air o. the country for
the dust-laden atmosphere Of Little Old
New York
The real rlSh o. tbs homeward bound.
however. which railroad officials expect
-. prepare for weeks - advance. has
il, e set in. Skirmislhnp parties will
60 ruc 20 Cry tho mettle OF tho train
Inei. ,rG baggage handlers to-dav, aud 1t
vii. Eo tomorrow creuing before pha-
,lanx after rhalerX. OF travellers will en-
'gete With the transportation men.
On the ether hand, the fact that more
ar. going our than are coming in Is in
dicated By the direction in which IN"
,s-ecial trains oh the New York Central
and othsr reads yesterday were headed.
The New York Central alone ran twenty
eight specials. and he greater part ot
them carried rasscrgers who VII spend
.to.day. tomorrow AID Labor Day III the
icountrv
These trains were made Up OF total
ios 90 cars. and the Number Of passengers
carried. the greater pact Of them TO points
in. the Adirouaarks. the Thonsard Islands
and Niega~a Fails. Is es,imsted at 1850.
Last yea Ito vacation rush vas the
largest handled by reads running into
,Hew York IN yeas. and railroad officials
estimate that tt'a .e&r's totel VIII be
about the came. The Pennsylvania and
the New York Cen+rs, lines Transported
I,I1sCo0 passengers between them IN fou"
dsvE,.
Te-tr.:hrea extra rains viii entey o'
lea.e the New York shrds O. tie New
York central to-day. making total ~
sss cars n which Il Is estimated thc So
on passengers will be carried. IS to o.
rection In which they viii t-gve', ,hey arc
abou! equally divided. for i II ilglred
from experience of former "ears that
there will still be rs MANY recyle soinF
away ss rsturning Tomorrow VII not
be a day a. unuspallv h.avy travel II T.
figured, and only nineteen spa''a'S VIII %
run over New York Contra tracks. six
ty thousand persons wifi ~ carried j"
those trains. however.
Monday will be tho biggest day ~ the
year for all railroads n and around New
YORK. The Pennsylvania Railroad has gu
nounced tha. very few, If any, SPECIAL
trains will be dispatched, bat extra cars
will be added 70 ali the regular trains,
ard nany Of them viii be run In two ana
syen three sections. Additional trains
will be run on Monday by the Lackawsn'
ma, the Erie, the Central Railroad OF New
jersey and other roads. The Ne" hork
Central hiss made arrangements TO carry
10000 passengers IN f,fty-eight extra trains
IN addition to the number that VIII raVel
on those noted on the timetables.
The handling OF trunks and bags Is
another big item for which special ar
,rangements have been made. Extra
forces OF men have been employed at the
IYailroed terminals as we'll as on the piers
Iof the steamship lines that carry coast
wise passengers. II is estimated that the
travel on the boats will be lighter this
Iyee- then last, owing TO the GOODNESS OF
che weather, but they will doubtless re-
ssive their full quota OF traffic,