Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1915-11-16
NEW RECORDS FOR ~
YALE-PRINcEToN GAME,
New Haven Road Carried 3e,e1o Pas
seneers Without Mishap and in Re-
nnarkahIe Time.

In, less than four hours on Satur-
day the New York, New Haven and
Hartford Railroad company unloaded
at New Haven 20,232 passengers, a
record performance for Yale-Prince-
ton football game. In 1913. the year
of the previous Yale-Prtnceton. game
at New Haven. 1900 passengers were
,unloaded at New Haven. or 1000 less
than on Saturday.
transported on Saturday to New Ha-
yen, 1927 were carried in special and
regular trains from New York, and g.
955 went from Boston and other points
on the New Haven railroad. 1t re-
quired the use of % special trains
and % regular trains to transport
these passengers. On the special
trains there were carried 1922 pas
sengers in a total of 244 cars, or an
average of 577 per train, and 55 per
car. On the regular trains e,97O pas
sengers were carried in % trains hav-
ing a total of $50 passenger carrying
cars, or an average of 81 passengers
to a train and 46 passengers. to car.
Leaving New Haven after the game
20 special and % regular trains car
ried 1858 passengers, most. of whom
were on special trains leaving between
5 p. m. and 7 p. m. The special trains
carried 1897 passengers, 1862 of
whom were bound for New York city.
The specials and regulars for New
Ork. CITY COCdleQ IL, ooU. 10 bOSlOn,
Springfield and other points a total
of 5.29S passengers were carried, Of
whom 1905 were transported on
special trains.
/ The total number of passengers car
ried to and from New Haven in con-
was 1920, which compares with a to-
tai for the previous Yale-Princeton
game at New Haven of 32,S58, an in
crease for this years travel of 1852.
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 IS trains, regular and special,
30 were on time and the others were
but 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 tha
game was 113. or an average of about
2 1-2 minutes per train. Considering
the unusual congestion of traffic Sc.
sulting from the large number of
special trains this record is a remark
able one.-z IS 1.ses 'i---f-s 4eG
Some idea of the problem involved
sRsno2fng this enormous crowd to and
from New HAVEN and to dojit safely
and to operate the system without In
,terfering with regular time schedules,
may be gained from the fact that the
operating and traffic departments of
the company have been at work for
weeks perfectfng the plans and devils
ing safeguards against ntshaps.
The crowd was extremely well Or
dered. which helped to make the work
of the company. considerably easier
and more pleasant. There appeared
to be a well-founded confidence that
the New Haven would get them to
the game and take them home without
crowding or delays. and this conf
dence had much to do with the make
up of the trains which came into and
went out of New Haven either unoer-
loaded or with sufficient passengers
to fill the seats and no more.
President Elliott has Congratulated
the officers and employees through
Operating Vice President A R.
Whaley and General Ma:1ager C. L.
Bardo on the good work performed.