The evening world., 1919-01-07

a. bc receiver for H." he said. NY
trimming as Secretary OF War inured
me TO hardship and peril
Al the subway station Mr.. Garrison
actually dug down for genuine
'h,rcy." just Ike the ordinary hum
bic rider on BrOOklyn's cars and
iralns He explained that he had not
vet had time 10 give himself n pass,
and besideg. the u n. r. needs uha
money. else a receiver would not have
been necessary.
Entering the station. Mr. Garrison
and the reporter turned to the left
and descended q hight of stairs. The
station was crowded and the receiver
sighed Al that hour Of the night
there usually IN crowd going To-.
ward Coney Island but the travel to-
ward Manhattan ig light and conse-
.quontly comfortable.
when one man on the station dug
Mr. Garrison IN the ribs with a care.
less elbow and another passenger was
cHr, loss abpu, where he put his frot,
The receiver made no complaint. II
was a,l In the game OF being rc-
cyivcr and of riding on the u. II. r.
Coon tram rolled 90 the Platform
II carried West End" sign.
I'VE must be on the wrong plat
form" said Nj Garrison.
"Oh. think not.' the reporter an
swored. The Manhattan train viii
come In on the other side Of the pat.
form"
So Nj Garrison, satisfied that rc-
purters know more about the y. u. r.
than q receiver can be expected 20
know. waited for the train "on the
other side"
when an express bound in the
same direction az the West End"
train whizzod past on the opposite
Side. he changed his mind about the
wisdom OF reporters, and Rrimly led
tno way upstairs and across to the
rrht hand stairway
Al tho head Ot the stairs arc two
largo signs designating the right
hand stairway for Manhattan trains
and the lclt hand FOR those In the
other direction.
we were talking instead Of look
irg at th, gus" Mr. Garrison said
THAT shows some of the troubles Of
the publiC and the traction managers
too could he avoided II the public
would AVOID doing what we have just
done"
Tho Manhattan bound train was
less crowded than the others had
been. but there were enough on
board. so IN" receiver had 10 crowd
his way on through strap hangers.
There ought To he seats at this
hour" said MI Garrison. and glanced
around the car. There are two down
nj the end now. Let's go ret them"
Going through the tunnel and
nCross the bridge Mr. Garrison talked
about the Brooklyn subway equip
meni and the relief that will b.
brought 10 tho industry by the re-
turn Of the army from France.
THE soldiers will make n superior
type OF workers" he said. "They have
learned the value of team work and
mass movement They know that IL
the cook forRets to put on potatoes to
boil the whole company goes hungry.
They viii apply such lessons In their
work II will help solve tho traction
ds well as other Industrial problems"
Mr.. Garrison pointed out that the
new Brooklyn subway cars have seats
for eighty eight passengers and
ample aisle space. This. he said. liz n
and predicted that when the other
Brooklyn subways are completed
there win he less cause for complaint
10y the passengers.
A. the Municipal Building Mr.. Car
rison left the train. crossed Park Row
and entered the Interborough for
Lexington avenue express. The train
came into Brooklyn Bridge station
packed like sardinc cans.
Mr. Garrison smiled.
Manhattan has soem traction
problems too" he remarked.