The New York herald., 1922-05-31
.L.R. T.SUBWAYS ADD
246 TRAINS TO-DAY
OUT OF RUSH Hours
All Parts of City Benefit by
Cutting Interval Be
tween Runs.
MORE GUARDS NEEDED
Service at Busiest Times
Unaffected as 1t Now
Is at Capacity.
MORE GUARDS NEEDED
ADDITIONS IN SEPTEMBER
Trunk Line Passengers Then
Will Need to Wait Only 8
Minutes at Most.

The first installment of the In
creased service in the Interborough
subways is to go into effect this morn
ing. The second increase, completing
the whole additional service ordered
by the Transit Commission. will be-
come effective September 1S.
Beginning this morning the I. r. T.
purposes operating 246 additional
trains in each twenty-four hours. BY
adding new trains and increasing the
length OF all trains. the company will
be operating 2.o14 moro cars.
AS set forth yesterday by the T. r. T.
in a statement. the Transit Commits
sions orders. will be carried out along
these lines:
ITO operate the May schedule (new)
will require the employment of the full
force of reserve crews now in the SER
vice of the company, numbering 800
men. The September schedule will re-
quire another increase of 300, who are
to be employed and trained for the SER
vice during the summer months.
THE increases, which go into effect
tomorrow, affect nearly all lines ard
branches, except the Greensboro SUBJ
way. where it Is expected the institution
OF shuttle service shortly by the B. r.
T. will provide for any need which may
then exist for additional service. The
commission is now holding hearings
with a view to providing Increased SER
vice upon the 1nterborough elevated
lines.
Service upon the In.erborough's main
trunk lines will be put on a three and
a half minute interval, upon both the
local and express tracks during the non
rush hours. When the September order
goes into effect the company must again
reduce this interval to three minutes
! While some increases during rush hours
are provided for in the order 1t does not
materially affect service in these hours,
as the trunk lines are already being used
to capacity in the peak hour periods.
Washington Heights to Gain.
The Washington Heights section will
gain by to-morrow's order to the extent
of 13 per cent. in the non-rush service
The Lenox avenue branch will also ben
eft by ~ per cent increase in ex-
press service and 20 per cent. increase
in local service. More cars will be
added to the non-rush hour local SER
vice IL the occasion requires it. There
will also be more increases upon this
branch in September.
The Bronx is heavy gamer by The
commissions order. On the West
Farms branch there Will be a % per
cent. increase in service. In September
this aaryice will again he ipcraaead ,,n
til The Bronx possesses service that
is just as frequent as that operated on
the East and West Side subways in
the heart OF Manhattan.
mo change has been directed In the
service to Pelham Bay Park from Hunts
Point road. which is mainly covered by
shuttle. Two local trains In the morn
ing and four In the evening are oper-
ated through to Pelham Bay Park on
week days. and there is also a through
service on Sundays. AS traffic increases
additional through week day service
will be provided. and additional cars
will be attached to the through local
trains on Sundays during the summer.
jerome Service Doubled.
"on the Jerome avenue branch the
changes mean 81 per cent increase
in seating capacity. Another increase
will be made in September
THE Borough Hall section of Brook
lyn will benefit by the service increases
Trains of both the Interborough's East
Side and West Side subways operate
through this section. During the nom
rush hours all trains will be OF ten cars
each, when the traffic demands the
East Side express service interval being
reduced from eight to seven minutes.
a nH Of ha 10
from four to three and half minutes,
making combined service past Bor-
ough Hall OF two and a quarter minute
headway. More service will be added
in September.
"a 10 per cent. increase will be made
in the service operated beyond Atlantic
avenue. Brooklyn. to Franklin avenue
Here the intervals will be reduced to
seven minutes from eight Additional
service will be provided In September
Additions to the rush hour service are
contemplated when more cars are
available.
THE service thus provided viii be
again augmented when second portion
OF the commissions order goes into effect
on September 1s at the close of the sum
mer vacation season. At this time O
further increase Of ia trains per day
will be made. making a total OF ESQ
trains more than in the present opera
tion. and increasing the total tral-,s
operated from 2.773 TO 3.133.
Under the commissions order, in
Guiding the increases TO be made in Sep
tember. the service will represent vast
increase over that operated few years
ago. In 1916. before the opening of he
new lines. in one subway ten car express
trains were operated during non-rusf
hours on n two and one-half minute In
terval.. a total of 240 cars per hour in
one direction. Under the provisions OF
the commissions order after September
is. 200 cars will be operated in each
non-rush hour in the Interborough East
side and West Side stibways respect
lively, or total of 400 cars per hour in
one direction"