The New York herald., 1922-07-15
B. R. I. TO INCREASE
SERVICE 100 TRAINS
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terval between Manhattan aid the busi-
ness section of Brooklyn. The shortest
headway required under the INTERIOR
ough service order during the same
period of the day is three and hait
minutes. In this respect. in a sense, the
element of competition in service Is In
troduced between the Brooklyn trains
of the two systems.
THE West End and Sea Beach line.
operating by way of the Manhattan
Bridge on the express tracks OF the
y oadway- Fourth avenue subway. VIII
reduce the time between trains from
seven and a half minutes 10 six min
utes up TO 1O:30 A. NJ. and after p. M.
from Times square. In the fall the SIX
minute interval will be required
throughout the middle of the day ana
throughout the evening. This will pro-
vide, incidentally, three minute inter-
val on the express tracks between Ihir-
ty-sixth street. Brooklyn. and Times
square. via the Manhattan Bridge.
THE lines serving the Eastern Districf.
or those operated via the Broadway
elevated tracks, are limited by the num-
ber of trains that can be operated over
the .single rail on the Williamsburg
Bridge and the tracks of the Centr-
street loop The present number or
trains scheduled through Is forty-two
during the maximum morning rusn
hours. and forty-eight during the maxi
mum evening rush hours. This is the
most intensive rapid transit service in
the city. and the specifications of the
commissions order naturally do not ex-
ceed these figures.
.It Is the intention OF the commission
to establish an all day express service
on the Broadway elevated line via the
third track While the order does not
require this at the present time the
railroad company understands that this
service must be inaugurated In the near
future.
The order requires the immediate ex-
tension OF the present express service
from Jamaica. past Broadway and Myr-
tie avenue to Chambers street up to III
in the morning and from Chambers
street to Jamaica after o'clock In the
afternoon. Additional express service
from Rockaway Parkway on the Canar-
sic line will also be operated via the third
track on Broadway. Brooklyn. Ihe
present short line service from Cham
bers street after the evening rush hours
will be extended for two hours. or up
to $50 p. NJ.
THE lines serving the southern por-
ton of Brooklyn and those operating
between Flatbush. Fourth avenue and
De Kalb avenue stations are limited by
the total number Of trains that can be
operated through the Montague street
tunnel and over the Manhattan Bridge.
The number of trains now operating
past these controlling points during the
rush hours Is not the maximum that
should be operated according either to
theoretical or practical standards. The
proposed order specifies increases, with
the provision that maximum loads to
be carried be limited to 200 per cent. on
steel cars, that Is. double the seating
capacity. and $50 per cent. on the
sheathed cars.
Relief mt Canal street.
When the Fourteenth street-Eastern
line Is completed and In operation the
entire service will be changed radically.
A large part of the Center street loop
traffic will be diverted to Fourteenth
street and Canal street will be restored
to Its proper function as a way station.
instead Of serving, as 1t does at present
under conditions OF gross congestion. as
a great interchange center.
THE existing schedules require 403
trains on the Broadway (Brooklyn) SER
vice operating into the Centre street
loop. OF these. approximately $50 are
wooden cars. the rest are steel. 1t has
been impossible to substitute all steel
| equipment. Under the order Of the
commission all entirely wooden cars are
| ordered out Of the loop. Temporarily
100 cars OF the 1900 series will be con-
tinued In this service. These cars are
metal sheathed and are far stronger ard
better protected type than the wooden
equipment heretofore used. The new
! steel cars in use on the b. r. T. have a
carrying capacity almost double that OF
the old type
THE company is therefore required
Immediately to purchase fifty new steel
cars for 1929 operation. and on their
receipt they will be placed in the Cen
ire street loop operation and the 100
sheathed cars withdrawn. This will
mark the final withdrawal of any other
than complete steel cars from subway
operation.
| I'm the study OF B. r. T. operation.
made after the conclusion of the hear
/ ings, the commission was faced with two
alternatives. One was to require the
| withdrawal from the Centre street loop
4 operation Of all but the new steel equip
ment. To do this meant serious curtail-
ment Of the service-instead OF giving
improved service to the public 1t would
be giving a substantially lessened SER
vice. The other alternative was to use
temporarily the 100 steel sheathed cars
| of the 1900 type. BY doing this the
! commission would be In a position to
better the service and reduce any risk
involved. and through the purchase of
the fifty new cars provide complete all
! steel equipment in the very near future.
The commission decided, considering
all the circumstances. to accept the lat
ter alternative and give the utmost in
| increased service.
! THE commission desired to order at
this time sufficient cars to cover needs
which 1t Is foreseen will arise in the
near future. The financial entangle-
ments of the company due to its being
in the hands Of a receiver, however,
absolutely preclude the financing at this
time of large capital outlay.
There are already outstanding $14,-
100000 Of receivers certificates and no
means could be found for issuing and
financing another. and possibly subordi-
| nate, issue of receivers certificates. Fur
thermore. the delay in the construction
of the Fourteenth street line has deferred
the time when otherwise at least one
hundred additional cars would be re-
quired.
II. n. r. COoperating.
THE most that could be done. there
fore, was to require the immediate pur7
chase of fifty cars. to be financed