The New York herald., 1922-09-05
HOLIDAY JAM TESTS
CAPACITY OF ROADS
DOwnpOur Sends Record Labor
Day Crowds Home on
Early Trains.
FEW DELAYS REPORTED
But Heavy Travel, Not Strike,
Is Blamed for Those Off
Schedule.

Because OF the storm, homeward
bound holiday crowds began to return
to the city yesterday several hours ahead
OF schedule. with the result that passen-
gers on the early afternoon trains ar
rived at the Grand Central and Penn
sylvania stations packed in like strap
hangers on rush hour Bronx express.
Extra cars were added on all the
early trains, but station officials said
the peak Of the load did not come until
o'clock. From then until midnight
a continuous stream flowed into the
railroad and ferry terminals. The totals
will not be known until tomorrow. II
is believed that all former records have
been shattered
TO handle excess traffic every avail
able passenger coach and Pullman was
pressed into service. In spite of the
shop strike hundreds of additional cars
were provided and trains from seashore
and mountain resorts ran two and three
extra sections.
Delays, occurred but officials did not
DidIIlt lfltIU OH tilC sumo 81 hAa~f ,~S
on the abnormal travel and the diff
Guilty of moving extra trains. Regular
trains were not delayed except in scat
tered instances, they said.
At the Pennsylvania Station it was
announced that from six to eight extra
sections were ADDED to the evening
trains from Long Beach. Rockaway
Park and other Long Island points.
al m cananitv From
o'clock on trains were arriving about
half an hour late because of the rush.
AS soon as a train arrived and unloaded
Its passcngcrs IL was sent back empty
for another load.
Labor Day is the end of the camping
season and the return Of thousands of
campers added 10 the holiday jam. The
Long Island Railroad was able to re-
lease fifteen special trains because of
the postponement of the Davis cup ten
mis- match at Forest Hills. These were
added to the Isockaway and Long Beach
service.
Taxicabs serving the Grand Central.
Pennsylvania. 125th street. Hudson
Terminal and ferries also did a record
business and were unable to take care
of the demand. Trains on the New
Haven averaged less than half an hour
late.
4 ne Lenlgn CnlcaEO-IOrOntO Tx
press. due to arrive at 1856 yesterday
morning. was 81 hours late because of
delay in waiting for sleeping car con-
nections from other lines at Buffalo. and
also to the breaking of a connecting rod
of the locomotive shortly after leaving
Buffalo.
Lehigh Valley officials said last night
that the Lehigh Limited due here at
S.26 o'clock came in hour and 2
wait at Buffalo for sleeping car, connec-
tions. The heavy rain was responsible
for minor delays on the New York Cen
trail and New Haven Roads.
minutes late last night because OF a
For two miles between Claremcnt
Park and Fordham railroad tracks were
flooded. the deep culvert in which they
run forming a canal
New York Central and New Haven
trains using the four lines in this
culvert were delayed for over an holr
in some cases. and steam locomotives
were rushed to the rescue OF electric
ones wehn third RATS were submerged
in several spots. Local trains were
switched to center tracks. and though
they stopped with regularity at stations
no passengers ventured to wade through
the intervening stretch Of water, foot
deep in places. to board or leave the
cars.