The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-01-11

folk came over by means of the stead
lily plugging Bay Ridge-St. George ferry,
which kept two boats going. This was
n roundabout time wasting journey, but
II was better than none at all. still
others took the longer way around by
using launches and the single ferry OPP
Grating to Elizabethport so az to reach
the Jersey Central Railroad. and then
they were up against the mob rush
made for the tubes under the North
River Others went from Tottenville TO
Perth Amboy by ferry, long and te-
dious trip. and still others got TO New
ark and used the Pennsylvania service
to Manhattan, to Cortlandt street and
the Pennsylvania Station.
New Jersey situation.
The Jersey shore presented the next
most interesting situation, and Jersey
too showed that the bad conditions have
been relieved slightly. The congestion
In the Hudson tube stations In Jersey
city was much less yesterday than on
the day before, due principally to the
fact that large number OF extra trains
were put into. service by the company.
During the rush hours morning and
evening they departed from the EX-
change Place station in Jersey City and
from the Hudson Terminal Building on
an average OF n second apart.
Every bit OF rolling stock the company
owned and that could stand up was put
into operation. There was compare
lively little jamming at the Summit
avenue and Grove street stations. The
worst crowding was Mt the Erie termi-
nal, but even there the situation i'm
proved as the day went on and there
were no accidents.
Tremendous crowds flowed into the
Hudson Terminal building in Manhattan
morning and evening. but as compared
with Thursdays Incidents the day was
mild and uneventful Adjustments in
the way OF increased service by the COM
pany and an understanding by travellers
or what they were up against operated
FOR greater smoothness and tranquility.
An increased force OF special officers as
sisted the public and in addition there
were twenty-five policemen on hand
Station Master Robert r. Mitchell said
that conditions had become practically
normal. The Hudson and Manhattan
Railroad Company was forced to work
its men hard to accomplish the demands.
and both day and night shifts were kept
on duty.
Another great help so far as travel
cerned. was the tubes to the Pennsyl-
vania Station. at Seventh avenue and
Ihirty-third street. Thousands OF Jer-
seyites made their way to the Manhattan
Transfer and boarded trains which
speedily landed them in town. The
Pennsylvania Railroad arose to the
emergency by putting on a number OF
extra local trains to handle this traffic
Ferries virtually Out.
The ferries were generally speakina
out OF business. as has been indicated
The only ferryboats running were the
Manhattan. manned by the police TO
Staten Island the Lackawanna boats to
Hoboken, the Bay Ridge boats to st
George and a boat from Fast Twenty
third street 10 Greenpoint. The East
Thirty-:ourth street ferry went out OF
business yesterday morning. having been
closed since y. NJ. on Thursday.
Early yesterday morning there was a
long line OF persons waiting at East
Thirty fourth street. and these were ad-
vised by the police to trolley over the
greensboro Bridge or to take the Stein
way tube. The East Twenty-third street
ferry was running normally with its
regular patronage The Lackawanna
boats. heavily crowded. kept moving be-
tween Barclay street and Hoboken. and
this was line very necessary TO the
Last night the strikers determined 10
call out the crews OF the departmental
boats operating between Manhattan and
the institutional islands--Ward Ran
dalVs and South Brother Hitherto these
boats like hospital ships for wounded
soldiers. lad been especially exempted
from the operations Of the strike but as
the stuat on frightened last night the
order was sued. However II the crews
quit. and hey were expected 10 quit
this morning. the boats will be operated
by members of the police force. Just as
the municipal ferryboat Manhattan is
being run.
Hard Times for Brooklyn.
Brooklyn is having n pretty hard time
OF Il commercially and industrially
though not SO much affected as regards
passenger transportation az Staten ISL
and or Jersey. The invaluable bridges
as well as the East River tubes prevent
isolation for Brooklyn. There was
trouble on the Brooklyn Bridge morning
and evening because congestion OF horse
drawn trucks at the peak OF the rush
hours tied up trolley car traffic from
time TO time in hard knots.
There was series OF eXasperating
delays and thousands that ordinarily use
the Brooklyn Bridge piled into the sub
ways or upon the elevated lines. The
natural result OF this migration was that
the subway and elevated cars were
packed almost to sufocatlon. Every
station platform in Brooklyn in the rush
hour was damned and long delays were
! caused by the inability OF the platform
guards TO shut car doors.
b. r. T. inspectors complained that
the truck drivers were causing this con-
gestion They overloaded their trucks.
| stalled from time 20 time upon the bridge
| and forced other trucks 10 go upon the
trolley racks, thus blocking traffic. All
| Brooklyn bound horse drawn trucks are
compelled to use the Brooklyn Bridge,
while the Manhattan bound stream of
| automobile traffic must Use the Man
haitian bridge. Thus eastbound cars on
the Brooklyn Bridge were tied up fire.
quently. almost entirely preventing west
| bound cars from being sent across and
| necessitating the inauguration of n shut
| tie system OF Ave cars from the Brook
| Ign end OF the bridge to Park Row.
There was n heavy increase OF traffic
| over all three bridges the Queensb oro
| getting an overload partly because of
the tleup OF the four ferryboats OF the
East Thirty-fourth street line.
Industrially. however Brooklyn was
| badly crippled. a rumor that the strik-
ers had forced longshoremen to quit at
the Bush Terminal and at other docks
| proved so be untrue. but the inability OF
the longshoremen to work when related
activities were dead killed about all
| business along the water front Inabil-
| ity to get tugs prevented the removal OF
| the United States cruiser Albany from
| the dry dock OF the Morse concern at
the foot OF F'ifty-seventh street. Naval
tugs were busy on emergency work and