New-York tribune., 1918-01-20
Will Operate at 80 Per Cent
"or Better" of Usual
Service
To Meet Emergencies
Precautions Taken for In
crcasing Accommodations if
Travel Demands II

New York's transit lines will be op-
Grated tomorrow, the first of DR.. Gar
fleld's "workless Mondays" at so per
cnt of their ordinary weekday capac-
ity cor better" The "better" service
will be maintained if, in the estimation
OF the Public Service Commission, it is
required to prevent dangerous congcs-
ton.
Operating officials of subway, ele
waited and surface lines, following con-
ferences with the commission ycster-
day, were ordered to begin operations
tomorrow on an 80 per cent basis, but
to hold themselves in readiness to in
crease their schedules in the event that
travel assumed such proportions as to
make the reduced service a source Of
danger to passengers.
The commissions order was issued
following announcement that Fuel Ad-
mlnistrator Garfield had authorized
state regulatory bodies throughout the
sections of the country affected by the
"workless Mon, ay" order to direct the
furnishing OF additional transportation
service as it deems necessary for the
transportation of workcrA to and from
excepted industries and establishments
or for the avoidance of conditions Of
actual danger on such railroads"
To Garry All Passengers
lnasmuch as there is no means Of
knowing if w0uldbe travellers are
workers in excepted industries or not,
the transit lines will be required to
carry all who board their cars.
The lnterborough Rapid Transit, op-
Grating subways, Manhattan and The
Bronx LIS and the "greea car" surface
lines, announces Irregular Sunday ser
vice on an so per cert basis" Mo :
lt'ed rush hour facilities will be inaug-
urated and the service cut dow in the
middle of the day.
The Brooklyn Rapid Transit lines
VIII operate considerably above their
Sunday schedules, which provide for
only 5S per cent of the weekday mile
age. The Third Avenue surface lines
also will operate at least sc per cent
more cars than are required to take
care of the normal Sunday traffic.
inspectors of the Public Service Com
mission will observe the working of
the reduced schedules and will keep
careful counts of the conditions of
travel in order that the service on
subsequent Mondays may be more ac-
curately adjusted. The commission
will keep its Offices open throughout
the day SO that orders necessary to
regulation Of transportation may be
issued without delay.
Commuters To BE Cared For
Modified schedules, for the most part
slightly more liberal than the usual
Sunday timetables. have been an
nounced by the railroads that bring
commuters to the city. AS in the case
of subway, elevated and surface lines.
the railroads will be prepared to put
on additional equipment to handle
rush hour" travel in case it proves
too heavy for the reduced service to
Of the lines have provided for heavy
early morning trains inbound on all
suburban lines. There will be curtai-
ment of service in the middle of the
day.
The New York Central announced
the discontinuancc for the day of
twenty-ono trains on the Croton Divi-
sion, twelve on the Putnam Division.
thirty-six on the Yonkers Branch and
thirty-ninc on the Harlem and electric
divisions
The West Shore will eliminate thir-
teen trains between Weehawkcn and
West Haverstraw, N. Y.
The New Haven will reduced subur-
ban traffic to practically the same ex-
tent as on Sundays by operation of
the usual holiday schedule Each
superintendent" the announcement
says. 'will endeavor TO make such
notifications in the schedule as NAV
be necessary TO protect the movement
of milk, workmen for industries that
are in operation, schools that may not
be closed and attendance at courts and
legislatures"
Jersey Central's Schedule
The Central Railroad Of New Jersey
Will operate on a modified holiday
schedule. withdrawing six trains east
bound ana slightly larger number
wcstbound.
The Pennsylvania Railroad, in an
nouncing a suburban schedule for to-
morrow, explained that further consid-
Grafton will be given next week to
reductions for the ensuing nine Mon
days. The following trains out of Jer-
sey City will be withdrawn tomorrow:
SiX-thirty a. ~. for Perth Amboy, 1929
a. m. for Trenton, 2.34 p. m. for East
Milestone, 4:4S p. m. for Perth AM
boy, $3.50 p. m. for Milestone juno
tion. The six corresponding trains
terminating at Jersey City will be
eliminated, as we'll as six others.
The Lackawanna has provided special
suburban service which is modifica-
tion of holiday schedules. The Long
Island will discontinue sixty-two trains
marked on time tables as not running