New-York tribune., 1922-12-21
Inspectors Are Sent TO
Patrol Tracks Following
the Tie-Ups of East and
W est Side Train 5
Deterioration Laid
To Hylan Tactics
lnlerbOrOugh Says Money
Is Not Provided for
Proper Repair Yards

The Transit Commission started yes.
torday an Investigation or numerous
recent delays in the Interborough sub.
ways following q half-hour tic-up on
the West Side line and three short de-
lays on the East Side line, affecting al
together it Il, estimated. about 100000
persons. Inspectors Of tho commission
we're sent into the tubes TO patrol the
tracks and be on the lookout for fur
thcr trouble.
Dcteriorating equipment Is said to
be responsible for most OF the Inter
borough's subway delays. and for this
officers Of tho company hold the Hylan
administration responsible. Although
equipment is said TO be maintained at
a point above the danger mark, the
Board Of Estimate is' accused Of fail
ing to provide money for the installa-
tion Of proper terminals and yards nee
essary for storage and repairs.
Cars on Tracks all Night
II was pointed out that tho lines
we're now bearing the heaviest traffic
in their history. particularly during
the rush OF Christmas shoppers, and
that IL was impossible 20 keep up y IN
the extended service schedules and get
the cars into the shops for repairs as
/ Jften as should be. The present Yards
are based on one-thlrd Of tho traffic
as - now exists, according 10 the
company officials. Cars arc forced 70
stand on the tracks In the open over
night and unfayorable weather eondi-
lions contr butte 70 the deterioration
VI equipment.
The Transit Commission issued an
order last June materially increasing
the service on the subway lines. The
company put the new schedule in op-
Grafton as far as possible by utilizing
all its equipment to the last degree.
/ Extra trains were added, but the adj
ditional cars called for in the order
have never reached the required number
per train. The company is still short
/ Of ears. Last July one hundred new
subway cars were ordered BIZ the Inter
| borough, but they have not yet been
delivered. The company recently re-
ceiyed word from the Pullman com
| strikes and other labor troubles the
cars probably could not be delivered
| before next March. They were eX-
pcctcd during Christmas week.
The tie-up in the West Side subway
yesterday occurred shortly after a. m,
causing n twenty-hve-minute delay 10
Thousands OF persons on their way
I downtown. A train was stelled az
Seventy-ninth street when q short cir
cult occurred in brake shoe. II was
/ necessary 20 shut OF the power and
remove the shoe before service was re-
stored. a long line Of trains piled up
behind the stalled train.
Delays on East Side
Motor trouble developed on an Eas.
Side train at Mott Haven in the morn
ing rush hour, causing a delay Of seven
minutes. Brake trouble developed or
another East Side train at the Grand
/ Central az $3.50 O'Clock. causing a de-
lay Of ak and a half minutes A
grounded train line, the circuit which
carries the electricity through the
train, was short-eircuited on another
East Side train, causing a similar de-
lay. II was necessary 20 cut out the
motor on the first car and use the ono
on the second car. Signal trouble alsc
developed on the East Side line, NORTH
81 Eighty-sixth Street, Il was said
which held up the service for a con
siderable time.
There was a fiftcen-minute tie-up or
I the Fourth Avenue y. X. I. line, IN
Brooklyn, occasioncd by the loekinl
Of the brakes on a Manhattan-bounc
train at Court Street at 9;25 yester'
/ day morning.