The sun., 1916-11-30
MORE USE SUBWAY;
NO EXTRA TRAINS ON
Despite Congestion IN Rush
Hours, No Relief Is
Given.
SLOW EXPRESS SERVICE
Run From 10th Street to
Grand Central Took 20
Minutes =.
SLOW EXPRESS SERVICE

wen the SUBWAY was oicne" ''
slogan was: From the Battery to Har-
lem In fifteen minutes" Yesterday
morning a run from 10th street to
Grand Central III an express train wal
made In twenty-six minutes. This time
Record takes It's place beside the record
ssbf an hour and fifteen minutes trip In
. broadway surface car between City
Hall and Twenty-th!rd street-an OBJ
sosrvat'on made by a reporter for
THE SUN last Monday. Tosethcr they
soaord an index to the congestion that is
stripping every branch OF Manhattan
Sravei.
: Here are salient facts cleaned yester-
Gay from reports made by the INTERIOR
sbush and It's subsidiary. the New York
Railways Company:
The subway and IL" service OF the
marlborough are carrying this year APP
5roximateiy 100000 more persons
Man they carried at this time last year.
Dor the accommodation Of half this 81
Mantle puruen the subway has lone prac-
ideally nothing toward increasing Its
Strain service. A third track system on
HE IL has been installed. but there are
Insufficient cars to carry the remaining
oa!f Of the passenger surplus.
In the surface cars the number OF pas
osngers In Manhattan has fallen of more
han co. 00. 900 In comparison with this
month last year. Despite this easing
~ traffic the service never wal In worse
3hape. There are more delays, fewer
ears and a reduced measure Of safety.
Reason for Gain.
Many factors enter into the account
obility for these conditions.
The subway system a at present op-
GRATED canno take any more trains In
Che rush hours. For instance. thirty
yhree trains pass Grand Central Station
2very hour.
During the non-rush hours the Inter-
4orough has fought persistently against
yhe efforts OF the Public Service Com
mission to compel II to put on more
frains or more cars. The case in contest
this point now Is In the Court of APP
1eals.
The street car strike. although osten-
D9bly dead. still leaves its daily mark on
3urface traffic. There are fewer cars in
Operation than last year At this season.
II was admitted by anne l.. Quack-
1nbush.. counsel for the 1nterborough
ond New York Railways. Company. yes
ysrday that its working force TO- surface
vnes although greater in number is far
behind normal efficiency.
This following on the passing Of divi-
vsnds by the Third Avenue system dem
8nstrates the decrease IN service on those
ones.
Street conditions have added much n
De difficulties NJ operation. Torn up
Broadway has sadly damaged running
ehedules.
Omcials In conference.
2 While this situation has reached the
POINT where It gives dis 'Jmfort to every
Ganhattani'c. Mayor Mitchell and Travis
j. whitney. Public Service Commits
eiener. are embro,'ed in a controversy
h to offcial responsibility.
z When the second car strike was called
on September d the desertion OF the
street car men crippled the city. Many
u the surface line passengers p~erforcs
had to take TO the subways and l. trains
The ebbing of the street ear tide has
tsoueht no back food in that direction.
Reports OF passenger traffic Of all sys'
TENS Med with the Public Service Com
hission prove that numerically the han
ding OF human freight should bring lesl
difficulty now than two years ago. Tit
total number OF passengers carried on al
lines In September, 1914. for example
wa las, l9s. 352.
In the same month for the year fol
lowing there were few complaints gains
the utility corporations. yet l5l.sl0,s5'
persons were carried in 1918. The ng
ures for September, 1916. show 13s,469,
Sal, nearly 10000. 900 less than tw,
ysars ago and more than 10000 900 les
than last year.
Despite this decrease in the genera
transportation the subway this year Dor
5000. 900 more than last year in Sep;em
Der. The IL" lines took a like increase.
. Surface Lines Hard HIT.
Following are figures that show hoy
he surface lines have fallen of tn
Total OF street car trafic In Manhattal
for Observation-Disclosures 36.533.s0t
This year in the same month the show
ing was l6,4s2.s29. In this the New
York Railways Company suffered a los
Of more than ~. 00o, 900 messengers tn
Third avenue. which in 1915 had for tn
month 4.6Sb.ls7. this year shove l.sl0.
Dts as it's total trafic in this borough.
In The Bronx there was a loss Q
5000, 900 passengers for September. IN
biggest share OF which was borne by tn
Union, W~estchester and Yonkers rail
reads.
The reports demonstrate that In tn
subway In September this year 1000
more passengers were carried on tn
Lsnox avenue branch. or the Broad
way line 100000 more were Transported
The ticket sales al the Grand Centrl
station in 1915 showed l,554,A65 wer
sold. and l,Ssl,ia7 IN the month tn
year, Al Brooklyn Bridge the 1915 fp
ure~ were 2,39s,33s, against 2.63i,5al IL
September, 1916.
Mr.. Quackenbush in speaking Of T.
difficulties In getting proper men for |,
New York Railways service said that
big percentage OF the AIS employed b
that system are inexperienced, He sal
that In the period since the strike wa
declared by the ~Amalgamatcd Associa
ton the railways company has employe
$3.50 conductors ana mOtOrmen, most {
whom since have been discharged Il
dishonesty or incompe;ency.
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