New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1915-11-16
new HAVEN HANDLES
BIG ARMY OF FANS
Nearly 10000 Taken Into and Out
Of Elm City Saturday

In less than four hours on Saturday
! the New York, New Haven and Hart
! ford Railroad company unloaded at
c-ew Haven 2O,232 passengers, a rec
| ord performance for Yale-Prince-
| ton football game. In 1913, the year
| Of the previous Yale-Princeton game
at New Haven, 5000 passengers were
| unloaded at New Haven, or 1000 less
than on Saturday.
OF the total OF 2O,232 passengers
transported on Saturday to New Ha-
ven, 1927 were carried in special
and regular trains from New York
and 6,955 went from Boston and other
points on the New Haven Railroad
1t required the use of 23 special
trains and % regular trains to trans
port these passengers. On the spe-
cial trains there were carried 1892
! passengers in total of 244 cars, or
an average Of SIT per train, and 55
per car On the regular trains 500
! passengers were carried in 22 trains
having total of $50 passenger car
rylng cars, or an average of 317 pas
senSers to a train and 46 passengers
| to q car.
Leaving New Haven after the game,
~ special and % regular trains car
| rled 1858 passengers, most of whom
were on special trains leaving between
p. M and p. m. The special trains
carried 13.307 passengers, 1902 of
Whom were bound for New York
city. The specials and regulars for
New York city totaled 1880. To
Boston, Springfield and other points
total of 5,29S passengers were car
ried Of whom 1905 were transport
ed on special trains.
The total number of passengers car
ried to and from New Haven in con-
nection with the e-Princeton game
was 3a,91O, which compares with a
total for the previous Yale-Prfnceton
game at New Haven Of 32,S5S, an in
crease for this years travel Of 1852.
OF this total, 1850 were carried in
special trains, an increase over the |
traffic in special trains in 1913 Of |
1888; while the traffic in regular |
trains this year amounted to 1884, |
decrease Of 1891 over the figures !
for 1913
There were no mishaps of any kind
to mar the record made by the COM
pany in the transportation of this
huge extra traffic, and the entire sys-
tenn ran as smoothly as clock work.
OF the As trains, regular and special,
|
but a few minutes late. Fourteen
trains arrived in New Haven ahead
Of the schedule. The total number |
Of minutes late Of all trains arriving
in New Haven during the morning Of
the game was 113, or an average of
about IA minutes per train. Con-
sidering the unusual congestion of
traffic resulting from the large num-
Der of special trains this record is
a remarkable one.
All traffic from New York city
was moved by-electric current The
first train to leave New York was
at 1885 a. m. and the last train at
1925 a. m. The first to arrive in
New Haven was at 9:5S and the last
was 1:04 p. M, Or in ample time to I
go from the station to the Yale Bowl |
without hurry or fear Of missing the (
kickoff
Some idea Of the problem involved {
in moving this enormous crowd to and {
from New Haven, and to do it
safely, and to operate the system
without interfering with regular time
schedules may be gained from the /
fact that the operating and traffic de- {
partments Of the company have been t
1T work for weeks perfecting the 1
plans and devising safeguards against t
A twenty page pamphlet s
was issued as a guide for the en- i
oloyees Of the company; special tele- '
oh zones were installed at various points
n yards and terminals to facilitate
he movement of trains; officers of the
;raffic, operating, engineering and
departm ents were sta
toned at different points on the route
Is look after matters pertaining to
heir respective departments in case
heir help was needed: and other de- n
allied arrangements were perfected to Y
make the transportation Of these q
thousands Of passengers as safe and Il
Efficient as it possibly could be. II
The crowd was extremely we'll or h
Tered, which helped to make the work a
# the company considerably easier t.
md more pleasant. There appeared
o be a well-founded confidence that a
he New Haven would get them to the n
,ame and take them back home with Il
tut crowding~ or delay. and this con- O
ldence had much to do with the n
make up of the trains which came p
nto and went out Of New Haven
ither underloaded or with sufficient
passengers to fill the seats and no
nore.
President Elliott has congratulated
he offices and employees through
operating Vice President A. r. Wha-
~ and General Manager G. L. Bardo -
n the good work performed.
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