New-York tribune., 1922-09-05
Rair, Hats All
Outdoor. Sport
On the Holiday
4housantis Start for Resorts
Before Downpour Begins
ard Tax Train Serv-
ices by Sudden Return
qheaiers Reap Benefit
a;g Amusement Places Like
Coney Island the Worst
sufferers Through Storm


s.;, played havoc yesterday with
4. e;ty's observance OF Labor Day.
ys;. most selfish of natural phenom-
j. aisported itself in solitary 10y
.sieh brought pleasure to no one unless
!, the weather man, who is said TO
..sai IN such practical Jokes. Nearly
= inch Of rain fell in the course %
sks day. ..a aown.
..ar WAS withheld until many thous-
S "a. AZ vacationists ha reached noun
sssr s'ir ard shore resorts and until otners
al started on early morning trains
rven those who had decided that New
yoyk was as good place as any e
spsnd the day and had renamed y y
homes of seeing the Davis Cup n'assnss
81 Forest Hills, the bali games ~ sas
Polo Grounds or one OF tae a;sa. l;,..o-
sncrting events, were doome - ulsap .
nointment and forced to contehl sheIil-
xe,ves with the radio ana graphophoile'
No parade was scheduled.
As result of inactivity at the re-
.nrts the rush of the incoming holl-
ssv traffic over the several railroads
..,.r;nv into New York began hours
ss,i;sr than had been anticipated and
!. .sas Il such volume as TO necessitate
/. re .dd;fiau OF extra cars and sections
- .rsny trains as early as noon. Off
s;.ls - . at Grand Central and Pennsyl-
s... n;s Ser,uinaIs declared that the in
!. ,an,,d passenger traffic throughout last
\ s;sbt and 4 greater part of this morn
Z sss would be Of record-breaking pro-
|. aasst;ans 40 and would tax their facili-
|. ties to the utmost.
|. Many Special Trains Needed
|. /, ..der to handle this excessive in
|. rysass IN passenger travel extra cars
|, r.rs concentrated at the resort points
/ s,sm which the heaviest travel was
srosctsd In addition an abnormal
sanher OF special trains and extra
ssssiOns were added to the regular
sshedpIs.
sbstically denied that the shopmen's
Trks would in any way affect their
,syise over the holiday period, they
{ Tsrs quite frank in the admission of
Is nrobability of delays, which, they
nid. would be due wholly to the diff
.ulties encountered in moving long
4 tsips, extra trains and the additional
I ..ctsoNs.
With one or two exceptions the
rains arriving at the two principal
erninals Yesterday were reported to
il close to on time. A few of them
3 runing Into the Grand Central sta
don we're as much as 80 minutes late
sad one section of the Twentieth Cen
4 tury Limited was even later, but on
tie whole the service was good.
10 the Coney Island concessionaires
yesterday was simply the last straw.
Throughout the summer they have
been bemoaning the fact that on every
holiday Of Importance their arch
enemy, the rain, has carried away
their profits in Its flood. On Labor
Day, the last holiday of the summer
Hsaon, they had expected to recoup
i mEae measure their previous losses
1 bG Il was not to be, and all they
Z hNs to look forward to is another and
hisias season next year.
Rain Helps the Theaters
However, It's an i'll wind that doesn't
fsk up little dust, and from all re-
4 prs the theaters reaped the harvest
f yesterday. The statistical genius who
= his off moments acts as press agent
4 ia the Hippodrome, announced that
ssIs persons witnessed the matinee
H Y that playhouse and that more than
Iseo we're turned away because of
atk Of seating space. All other thea
Yrs announced that the weather had
'orksd greatly to their advantage.
Although officials of the state re-
lsEmstory In Bedford had announced
als the women there were to have no
a0ssasy yesterday, the rainstorm gave
hsny q the prisoners day off.
Ihs thirty "farmerettes" and several
Mass prisoners who do outdoor work
y 70 sas reformatory grounds discarded
4 asss WY, uniform brown boomers, in
sss ssi.a tney work, for their blue and
saA check dress gowns and had
sal y leisure. 1t rained so hard that
W vsusdoor work was done.
aas rsformatory schools and voca-
Ssaal sissses were in session as usual.
i,ss e. ,.usasnlatcry is one of the few pub
u. ~ ilsututions that did not observe
sac day as holiday.