New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-09-03
RUSH TO CITY BEGINS
With Coming Of Labor Day
Summer Season Ends.
RAILROADS KEPT BUSY
Many Special Trains Needed to
Handle Crowds from the
Country.

Inru-ne-abie rocking chairs on INC N'-
-srds- 81 summer hotels, boarding houses
and cams sway dismslly IN the breeze
thi. morning. for the people who held
them down throughout the summer have
returned 10 their homes in the city and ~
suburbs Perhaps there arc few visit
ors Ice a. the mountain, lake and shore
resorts not too far distant from New York,
but Judging from the number Of suitcase
laden yacationists who poured into the
CITY from every railroad terminal and
steamboat landing yesterday they arc z
snsn minority.
As early a. 10 o'clock I'm tho morning
-hs coucourses Of the New York Central
and Pennsylvania railroads began 70 hum
with activity as train after train. many 81
them specials OF the existence Of which
the time tables gave 10 hint, discharged
loads o. humanity. the majority o. y sun
burned Those VINO went away merely
TO- tie triple holiday came back a. white
skinned as they went. Tor tle rainy spell
from which New York has suffered since
Saturday covered vide area.
The weather was also responsible for a
! falling or In the usual labor Day rush
70 return 20 the citr. Fathers and reis-
tives 1ro usually swell the tide Of travel
STAYED home SATURDAY wren the lowering
skies threatened e dOwnpour and con
tented themselves Win meeting their fam
lilies al the stations here yesterday after
noon and evening
"It was the lightest Labor Day crowd
/ I've known in years" an employo AZ the
Grand Central station said yesterday,
and 81 is all on account OF the weather.
/ The last week has been pretty cool. and
when II started 10 rain Fridsy. with pros
poets Of steady spell Of bad weather.
people STAYED home"
in spite OF the contrary clements the
number o. persons travelling was anything
| hut small. and at the Grand Central sta
| ton IL Is estimated that one hundred and
rfty thousand persons passed through the
Temporal portals. Fifty-eight special
trains were run most OF them from points
North and West, into the city. and then
! there were the regularly scheduled trains.
most OF which were vel filled The
| Pennsylvania die not run any o-cslled
Specials" but nearly al tho regular
trains came In sections
| The trar'c on the Pennsylvania AMI
| JERSEY Central roads was heavier from
points al along the Jersey coast The
ordinary popular water route from these
places was summed YESTERDAY because
OF the driEzle. and travel by rail vas IN
usually large. The Lackawanna Railroad
took care OF the extra traffic over its line
with ;hirty-two extra trains IN which y
! is figured seventeen thousand FIVE hun
dreo persons returned 10 the city. on the
| Erie all the trains from the West were
| relsyed in sections and from Deposit,
\. T., in the neighb orhod OF which are
several OF the most popular summer re-
| sorts on the Erie, a number OF extra
trains were run.
The handling OF baggage was a big
problem, though years OF experience have
! enabled those in charge OF that end OF the
transportation business 20 dispose Of
a mountain OF trunks in short order Ez-
ira baggage handlers hustled all DAY yes
terday aud night as well. and II will he
tomorrow before the season OF heavy
| travel on all the roads running into New
York is over One trunk for every ten
persons on Labor Day Is about the WAY
train and boat men figure, and unless
they become overwhelmed baggage men
must keep. things moving