New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-06-13

Tie Four., az. subway. which -
ss,tsls6 70 omen next Saturday. will be
,,,r,.sd by the New York Consolidated
Railroad Comrsny. the operating com
,,,y u the New York Municipal Rail
uv Corporation. which entered into
%, DIAL system cortrac: with the city.
Complete operation Will not be in ef-
isc 8, once. T. viii he possible at
,,san, 10 operate a. least two tracks
ron The Chambers ST. station Of the
Centre 81. loop subway. N the Munich
pol Building, Manhattan, TO 65th St.
Brooklyn. and thence by the recon
r,l,;sd Sea Beach line 10 Coney ISL
ui
temporary operation will be over the
zeal tracks from the Municipal Build
rg 10 56th So. and Fourth az, Brook
lyr and from that point 10 b5tn 81. on
he express tracks From 65th ST. the
,ptrstion Will be over the local tracks
q the Sea Beach railroad. Starting
ron Chamber &c.. Manhattan, there
.'le. the station stops lu Brooklyn VIII
Be as follow: Gold 81, DeKalD Az"
hcse 81. Union ST., 9th ST.. Prospect
r, 9jih e.. 36.n ST., 59th St; and, on
be Sea Beach line. Eighth avr Fort
Hamilton ar. New Utrecht av- Eigh-
tenth ay.. Twentieth ay.. Twenty
end av- Kings Highway Az. L, s6th ST.
end Surf ay
Operation wi. begin with cight-car
uns made up Of the new all-steeI
,sr purchased hv the New York Mu-
rcai Rsl.way Corporation for dual
Vsitn use. These cars are 10 ieet
vi'e. ore foot wider than the cars used
% be existing subway. They are o.
ZEE. long. or xteen feet longer than
ne existing subway cars. They VIII
seat Is passengers IN the rush hours
iie IS persons N uOn-rush hours,
'gilnst ~ and as. respectively, IN the
Fese1i subway cars. The reason few
e passenger VII. be carried In the
t'E cars 10 the rush hours than III
li'h'rush hours is that IN the rush
tolr the centre doors Will be operat-
q and therefore the seats along them
wv be raised. and consequently cannot
u used a. tha. time. The company
taits that The rush hour load IN the
el''ing subway IS approximately l,2oO
Passengers per train Of ten cars or
=" Passengers seated and $50 stand
~ An elc1t-car train Of the new
biiook.yn cars viii carry the same load
q loo passengers. but VIII accommo-
cate e2i seated passengers and 90
sanding L is aso claimed that the
anong passengers IN the new cars
. vi have floor space averaging ABOUT
I'VE square feet person, as against
- average % about two and NAH
'2sare feet on the old subway cars.
. fcr the present the tracks OF the
Fourth sv. subway VIII enter Manhat-
al over the Manhattan Bridge. two
'atks connecting with the Centre ST.
e'p subway and two extending un-
ssanea'h that subway and through
ana r. 90 p connection with the new
broadway subway On Manhattan. tlrSt
Fra.icn VIII be over the two easterly
itess in the Centre 81. loop subway
,rsanlng from Chambers 81. north under
entire e. 90 Canal 81. and through
ana 81 and the bridge approach TO
~ two Southerly tracks on the lower
.'fk Of the Manhattan Bridge, thence
e'oss tho bridge and into the subway
y ne BroosIyn side in Flathush aV'
tiehsion.
me Fourth av. subway trunk line VIII
four-frack underground railroad
ssan'ng from the Brooklyn side OF the
.shhattsn Bridge through Flatbush av.
/. 1''ension, Fulton ST., Ashland Place.
..eioash az. and Fourth av. 20 about
IN ST., Brooklyn. Here the four tracks
''oe. TWO connecting with the sea
'eseh Railroad running 20 Coney Isl
lQ ana Two continuing down Fourth
10 seth -. npRr Fort Hamilton.
tfowsion ras ceen made for the con-
:. 4enon Of two additional tracks from
eIn 70 s6th So when traffic demands
iansiers from the 66th 81. station Of
p subway TO and from the Brooklyn
ePa Transit surface cars running 70
Svri Hamilton will be exchanged. In
.etoush av. extension there viii be six
teks In places.
n addition 20 the Sea Beach connec-
on ne Fourth ay. subway when COM
.tied will have three other cOnnec-
oas with Coney Island Two Of these
= ne New Utrecht av. and Gravesend
!. elevated railroads. now under con-
,aeton, which will connect with the
-o"ay through 3sth ST. The other
w Dc . connection with the Brighton
eeeh line % The Brooklyn Rapid Tran
y system, which will be made By an
'thSiOn Of the subway from Fulton