New-York tribune., 1922-07-01
July Fourth
Exodus Packs
Resort Trains
Thousands Quit City for a.
Day Holiday as Rail and
Boat Lines Prepare for
Greatest Crowds i'm History
Long Trips Gain Favor
Every Available Coach h
and Craft Pressed Into
Service as Demand Grows

All lines Of transportation out Of
New York City are being taxed to the
limit to take care of what bids fair to
be the greatest Fourth Of July exodus
in history. The general movement be
gan yesterday when many thousands
Of vacationists passed through the va
rious terminals on their way to sea-
shore and other resorts.
Early applications for Pullman seats
and river-b boat cabins have been pour
ing in for weeks and in some cases
have been arriving for the last two
months. The advance sale has been
unprecedented and transportation Of
fcials declare that they have never
known the demand for reservations to
be so great.
Nor are these reservations confined
to places near New York. A great
number have come in for points 800
miles or more distant, and an increase
has been noted in the number for
places as far west as Chicago and as
far north as Maine, while the Adiron-
dacks, the Catsklls and Niagara Falls
remain popular
At the Offices Of tho New York Cen
tral lines it was said yesterday that
the traffic last year had been the
greatest up to that time, but that this
year it would be much greater Prac-
tically all the roads trains are run
ming in extra sections, and last night
those going to the Adirondacks re-
quired four and five sections. While
last year at this time only 105 Pull
man cars were necessary. $50 were
sold out for yesterday, and it was ex-
pected that us would be used by mid
night.
10000 Above Normal
In normal times the daily average
of passengers passing through the
Grand Central Terminal is 10000.
Yesterday there were more than 130.-
900, and of these there were more than
10000 above the average of long dis
tance passengers, which means those
travelling further than Buffalo.
The New York, New Haven & Hart
ford Lines yesterday added twenty
extra sections to their regular equip
ment and expect TO use twenty-one ad-
dtional sections to-day. The road
points in Maine. On Tuesday it will
add twenty-four extra returning 'cc-
tons besides a special train from New
London.
At the Pennsylvania Station it was
announced that traffic during the four
day holiday period would be at least
25 per cent greater than last year.
Yesterday all the Asbury Park, Long
Branch and Atlantic City trains were
running in at least two sections and
the same conditions will obtain to-day
Last night the Bar Harbor express had
to run in four sections and it was
said that all Pullman reservations for
points on the scashore had been sold
f,1yn
coach and Pullman car obtainable Is
being pressed into service.
Boat Reservations Heavy
The Hudson Navigation Company an
! nounced last night and tonight it will
handle more than $4,000 passengers and
that for the two days it would use
three boats instead of the usual two
on the night run to Albany. All reser-
vations for the two nights have been
sold out for more than three weeks
and it was said at the Office yesterday
that six boats could have been used.
The Fall River Line. which added
another ship to it's feet on June %,
said it was sold out for virtually the
entire duration of the holidays. The
Hudson River Day Line. for which
there are no reservations, announced
that it was expecting to take care of
more than 107 900 passengers during
the vacation period.
The Central Railroad of New Jersey
and the Lackawanna are both expect
ing record breaking crowds and could
use more Pullman cars than are avail
able. Almost all these began running
extra sections yesterday and will con-
tinue until after the holidays The
Central Railroad will put on extra
boats the night Of the Fourth to bring
vacationists back from the North New
Jersey coast resorts.
The Long Island Railroad yesterday
put extra sections on all trains going
to the Rockaways and Long Beach and
is prepared to handle the largest crowds
in it's history. Last year it took care
of 100000 passengers on the day of
the Fourth This year it expects to
have more than 100000