The New York herald., 1922-04-13
Hedley's Traffic Charts
Cause Confusion at His
Last Call as Witness.
ROTATING STANDEEs NOW
New Interborough Phrase
Covers Crowds That Change
at Express Stations.

tne lnJerDOrOugn RAPID transit Som-
pany will be made public within few
days by the Transit Commission.
These orders are likely to include
Instructions for the material shorten
Ing of intervals between trains during
certain non-rush periods of the day,
the running of additional cars on
many trains which now carry fewer
than the maximum number of ten, and
the purchase of considerable number
Of new steel cars, the operation of
which, by spreading the peak of the
morning and afternoon rush hour over
longer periods. offers means of miti-
ton.
The Transit Commission last night,
after an all day session. closed Its In
vestigation into Inadequate service in
the Interborough subways. Beginning
next Monday the subway lines of the
B. r. T. are to come before the COM
mission for similar inquiry.
.notating sfandees.'
With Frank Hedley. president OF the
Intarborough, and then his assistant,
George Keegan, holding the witness
stand the feature of the closing day was
the presentation by them Of series of
tricolor charts. Mr.. Hedley said the red
areas indicated the volume Of the seated
passengers, the yellow streaks designa-
ted the proportion OF vacant seats In each
OF the successive twenty minute periods
observed by the Interborough's inspec-
tors. while the jagged pinnacles of green
piercing the picture in all dimensions.
erald skyscrapers. represented the vary
ing aggregate of straphangers the num-
ber OF the standees reaching its twin
xenths in the rush hour peaks OF the
morning and evening jam.
'These charts were made" said Mr..
Hedley. ito give the company and the
commission information on which to base
the Issuance of reasonable service or
ders. And after those orders are Is
sued we've got to buy some more cars :
there's no doubt about that
While explaining the charts. Mr.. Kee-
gan added another phrase to the Inter-
horough's growing transit glossary. He
started "the rotating standees' on their
way to classic fame along with Mr..
Hedley's preferential standees." Mr..
Keegan explained that by the term "ro-
tating standees'' traffic men designate
that ever shifting army which changes
from train to train at express stations.
Hundreds alight. but other hundreds ell
bow their way In and the patient straps
get no holiday.
II suppose the rotation refers to
the mass and not to the dizzy indi-
vidual.' commented Clarence J. Shearn,
chief counsel to the commission.
After Theater Crowds.
Mr.. Keegan, in extenuation OF some
OF the green patches as big as dairy
farms. observed that overloads of 100
per cent.--which means as many pas
scngers standing as sitting-are not
very serious matter. THAT has been
recognized as reasonable by the New
York State Public Service Commission
OF the Second District" he said.
well. predict 1t won't be by this
commission" was Judge Shearn's
pointed comment.
what form did this recognition
take?" asked Gen. O'Ryan. The wit
ness replied that he thought the COM
mission had recognized It in Rochester,
Buffalo and other upstate cities.
THAT Is why lot OF people want
these public service commissions abol-
ished." interjec.ed Corporation Counsel
John r. O'Brien. who ha d been attentive
but docile. And that's what is going
to come pretty soon" he added.
Mr. Kcegan figured that IL would cost
the company $40 a night TO run an extra
car on after theater trains so that a
few persons who now ara compelled to
rtand could have seats
o'Brien's Attack.
Presently another color symposium
disclosed the available number OF seats
in certain twenty minute period as
overtakng the aggregate OF standees---
rotating and preferential combined.
80 the green disappears and the
orange comes into view Just above the
red Is that correct?' asked the Cor
poration Counsel. Mr.. Keegan said Il
was.
..Do I interpret that TO mean Mr..
CRrjen persisted that from 800 TO
$40 A. M. at the Times Square station
there were more seats than there were
passengers?" When the witness replie !
In the affirmative Mr.. O'Brien declared
that alone was enough to discredit the
whole art display as spurious.
"Tsithcr the commissions tabulations.
made here with great care, are erro-
neous" he Insisted, "or else these
charts are all wrong. In some of the
twenty minute periods the two obser-
vations show difference of 5000 pas
Rengers, the commissions experts noting
1850 passengers while the chart says
only 1900 What Is the use Of having
that kind OF bunk In this record7"
Commissioner Organ. who was pre-
siding. overruled the Corporation Coun-
sells motion for the exclusion OF the
colorful pastels. There is much IN
these charts that sustains many of
your own contentious" said Cen.
O'Ryan.
Before Mr.. Quackenbush rested his
case for the Interborough he placed IN
evidence twenty-one recent photoRra phs
showing the slight progress made In de-
.saloplng the storage and inspection
yards and sheds which are part OF
the city's obligation 10 the operating
company under the terms OF the dual
contracts. The Board OF Estimate has
refused for months to vote funds 20
meet the cost.
Mr.. Hedley thought that III the con-
tracts for finishing the yards were
started on their way they could be ad-
vanced sufficiently within six Of eight
monts TO enable the company to store
there q considerable number OF new
cars.