The sun., 1916-09-16
SURFACE LINES RUN
MORE STREET CARS
Subway and 81" Stations Are
Congested Worse Than
Ever Before.

All the surface lines in Manhattan
n The Bronx were able yesterday to
add to their gains Of the last few days.
Both the subway and the elevated sys-
TENS slackened their pace In conse-
quence. with the result that the scenes
on the more important stations Of the
underground and overhead lines last
night were worse than at any time since
the strike began.
The police were hard put to handle
the crowds, particularly on the Ninth
avenue elevated station at Thirty-fourth
street. when the ~northbound tide set in.
Another point where unusual trouble was
reported was at I+sth street and Third
avenue. the Junction OF elevated and sub
way lines in The Bronx. Rain added to
the general discomfort throughout the
city.
For the last I've days the INTERIOR
ough Rapid Transit has been unable. or
has refused. to keep the subway and
a. service going at top notch and at
the same time extend the traflc OF the
New York Railways Company. New
Workers are not profting much ny the
progress made on h surface lines II
conditions last night were any guide.
At I A. VI. yesterday the Interborough
had the same number Of trains going In
the subway as on Thursday. Two hours
later there were not 20 many as on Thurs
day. Al II a. NJ there were four fewer
trains. At I r. NJ. there were two fewer.
At 3 p. ". there were six fewer trains.
At 8 p. NJ. the crucial hour Of the day,
there were seven fewer-ll5. as against
1872 on Thursday.
stPaphangers Are Disquieted.
The figures for the elevated lines we're
even less comforting to the st~raphanger.
Al I A. NJ. there were l<7. as against
1877 on Thursday. q loss Of ten trains.
Thu service was braced up a little after
that. but not enough to reach the Thurs
day figures. which in turn are lower than
those of Wednesday.
At 3 p. NJ, the Interboroueh had l23
trains going. or the same as o N Thurs
day. At 8 r. NJ. there were 20s. a. COM
pared with ELS on the day before-a loss
Of nine trains In the busiest part of the
evening.
At one time yesterday M Third ave-
nue. ran 100 cars IN this city. That
meant 25 per cent. OF the usual service,
which II better than the company has
managed since the strike started. A,
. A, NJ there were l03 cars going. AZ
compared with eighty-one on Thursday
The service was increased gradually
until the l20 car mark was reached
at s p. NJ.
The Second avenue has not been able
to add more than one or two cars a
twenty-seven at . A. NJ. The FRS
avenue cars have not been operated.
The New York Railways Compan,
is sticking to its plan Of adding a score
OF ears every day TO It's string. At
A.. NJ. yesterday there were 32t greer
cars out. as against 296 on Thursday
At 10 A. NJ. there were 33+. as com
pared with 292, At noon there wer,
.55. as against ESQ. At 9 p. NJ. ther,
were 27?. as against 2+o. and at I r. N
332. as against 3l4.
Along Lexington avenue thirty-thre.
cars were operated late in the after
noon. On Fourth and Madison avenues
there were thirty-hve at the same time
broadway and Columbus avenues has
hfty-six in the morning, but not 3,
many in the afternoon. On Eighth ave
rue were forty-n!ne cars,
Rest service On Crosstown Lines.
I'll, crosstown routes had the bes
service OF the week, but weather condi
lions were such that each car wa
TANNED with passengers In the evening
This was true particularly OF tn
Thirty-fourth street line, which hs'
seventeen cars going Mt I y. NJ. bu
could have used scores more. TIL
T~wenty-third street line had twenty
Ave in the morning n twenty-one i
the afternoon,
Quite a few Of the lines on the Unio
Hallway system in The Bronx are work
ing back to their normal daylight sci
vice. The Bronx and Van Cortland
ogden avenue. lS0th street, 2O7th stree
!, University avenue. West Mount Vernon
! Jerome avenue, Fordham and Wood
lawn. Morris avenue, Fort Schuyler
iG1th street and Sedgwick avenue route
are being provided with as many ears a
they had before the strike. but the mos
: important llnes--the Boston road, Yves
chester avenue, fremont avenue. vii
iamsbridgc. Southern Boulevard, Wei
ster ven and a couple OF the eros.
7 town lincs-are shy OF cars.
Nevertheless the Union Railway sy,
TEN had 49, ears out yesterday. or n
teen more than on Thursday. Not moi
than 100 cars were kept - the barr
= yesterday.