New-York tribune., 1922-03-08

1874 per cent loads, with 1853 per cent
loads IN 1916. and here sgain, said Mr..
Turner, additional trains could be run
without mechanical difficulty.
The B. L. rs broadway line, Mr.
turner said, showed 23S per cent rush
hour loads now, with 231 per cent in
1915. TIC said RELIEF would be availa-
line could be completed to take care
OF part Of the crowds. The present De
lay, Mr.. Turner said, was due TO the
failure of the Board OF Estimate GO
approve contracts for minor but essen
tial features to equip the line for oper-
alton. The line is built into Brooklyn
as far as Malbone Street but finishing
contracts have been held I'D by the
city authorities. Construction Of three
additional miles has not been con-
tracted for, Mr. Turner said, because
Estimate over the point whether the
extension should be a subway or ele
vated. The new line would tap the big
Brownsville district, according to Com
missioner Hardness, and probably draw
Of great part OF the traffic which at
present congests at Canal Street and
Broadway. Summarizing his survey in
all the boroughs during certain COM
parable test periods, Mr.. Turner said
that the commissions inspectors had
covered l03 lines and 206 service hours.
"lf there shall be applied the prin-
c:ples cnuHciated yesterday concerning
standard of service and recommends
lions about traffic tho result would DE
approximately that there would be
ninety increases during the ninety cor
responding service hours out OF total
Of 206 service hours,' said Mr.. Turner.
Discussing surface line conditions,
Mr.. Turner noted the falling OF on the
Sixth Avenue line since the completion
Of the subway, with only thirteen strap
hangers at the peak Of business and
with but 81 per cent loading at mid
day The Madison Avenue line rueh
hour loading vas 141 per cent, which
meant ten more straphangcrs than III
1916.
Tlatbush Line Praised
The Tlatbush Avenue line in Brook
lyn got good word from the engineer
30 q line meeting its traffic require
ments, with rush hour loadings OF but
103 per cent.
The Transit Commission yesterday
Notified the Interborough Rapid Transit
Company and the New York Consoli-
dated Railroad Company and the New
York Municipal Railway Corporation,
the two latter the companies which
operate the rapid transit lines OF the
8. +. 7. system, to appear before the
commission at 1880 next Wednesday.
IT which time the commission will in
stitute proceedings to determine
whether the "rcgulations, practices,
equipment, appliances or service" Of
these companies are unjust, unreason-
able, unsafe. improper or inadequate"
Receiver Garrison is also named In the
hearing order directed to the Brooklyn
companies.
Chairman McArcny announced that
the commission would attend the leg!s-
lative hearing on proposed amendments
70 the transit law in Albany to-day.
Commissioners Hardness made public
yesterday letter to Benjamin Horwitz,
president OF the Smith Street Mer-
chants Association, il Brooklyn, rela-
tive to the tentative rc-routing plan for
Brooklyn surface lines. The tentative
plan proposes the abandonment Of the
old Smith Street line in Brooklyn, and
to this the merchants object. Commits
siorer Harkncss says that the tentative
plan has not forecloscd the case and
that the commission will be glad to re-
ce.ve criticisms from the Smith Street
merchants.