The New York herald., 1922-05-03
300 Reserve Employees Will
Be Called: 300 More to
Be Drilled.
AGREEMENT is PROBABLE
Intcrborough Board Will Meet
To-day to Act on Radi-
cal Orders.

The Transit Commission issued
yesterday against the Interborough
Rapid Transit Company the most
radical and comprehensive order for
subway service betterment ever
formulated by that body or any OF
it's predecessors.
1t will involve an almost immedi
ate expenditure by the Interborough
of approximately s9,OOo.00O. OF that
sum the purchase of $50 new steei
cars will cost s7,000,000. The esti-
mated cost of improved train service
in additional cars and trains is from
$4,000 to $2,000,000 year. These
train schedule improvements are 70
be made effective before the new cars
can be delivered.
There will be held to-day special
meeting of the board of directors of
the Interborough to take action on
the commissions orders. 1t is ex
pected the boards action will be
favorable, as the service orders were
perfected while Frank Hedley, presi
dent and general manager of the l.
r. T., and James l.. Quackenbush, its
general counsel, were in conference
with the members Of the Transit Com
mission.
To meet the prospective cost OF the
reforms II is believed the s7,0o0,00c
of new money which was to have
been raised through the holders Of the
Interborough- Metropolitan AZ Pc
cent. bonds under the plan for re-
vision OF the Manhattan IL" leasc
terms suggested by Federal Judge
julius NJ. Mayer recently will be in
creased TO $40, 500, 600 OF new capital
what New Orders Contain.
George HMcAneny, chairman of the
Transit Commission, authorized las
night the following summary of the
scope and import of the new orders:
81. The investigation preceding the
issuance OF the Interborough service
orders has been the most thorough
ever made since the opening OF the
first subway in 1904.
"2. The commission at a session held
late this afternoon adopted two sep
arate orders one providing for an inn
mediate increase in both train and car
facilities. TO be effective on May 81.
and a materially greater increase, 10
be effective September IS; the other
directing the placing of orders for $50
new steel cars.
"3. Under the May schedule 246 ad-
ditional trains will be operated during
each twenty-four hours. while through
the lengthening of many trains there
will be an increase OF the number OF
cars in service OF 2,014 per day.
"a. The September schedule will
add further increase OF ia trains
a day. making total increase of. $50
over the present operation and in
creasing the total trains operated from
2,7T3 TO 3.I33.
Increase In Cars and sents.
-. The estimates OF the engineer.
of the commission show that under
the May schedule alone there will be
an increase OF approximately 5000 00o
car miles--or 400 600 900 car seat miles
per annum. The increase per day 81
car miles will be 20.935. and In car
seat miles 1.O16,75o.
"e. TO operate the May schedule will
require tho employment of the full
force OF reserve crews now in the ser
vice OF the company, numbering 300
men The September schedule will re
qure further increase OF 800. who
are TO be- employed and trained for
service during the summer months.
81 The equipment order directs the
company TO proceed with the order for
the first 100 OF the total OF $50 cars
Immediately, and their delivery as soon
as Il is possible for the manufacturers
10 turn them out. On August I the
company is directed to place u further
order for fifty cars to be delivered es
soon thereafter az possible. and tho
final order for 200 must be placed
within six months after the contracts
for the construction work remaining
10 be done on 'fffc rerame avenue and
the 1s0th street yards and the fisth
street yard and shops have been finally
approved and arc ready for delivery
no. S details increases In service as
shown at top of adjoining column
80. Under the sequence the orders arr
10 take the company will be require
practically TO exhaust its present mar
force on May 81. and In September 20
extend further toward a maximum the
use OF its present equipment. When the
new cars have been provided a third
stage will be reached. when still create
improvement including material exteu
sion Of the rush hour service, will BE-
brought about.
During the summer months trafic OF
tho marlborough lines always falls on
TIE A.C~oascd comfort and convenience
In travel under the May schedules will