| Show c C HEA IT FAILED TO 10 WORK i New S stem of Switches on Long Island Railroad 1 4 J GREAT BLOCKADE OF TRAI TRAINS S SI I 4 THOUSANDS ND or OF PASSENGERS FAiLED TO GET HOME HOMEN HOMEI I N Nw w York NOv great blockade of if ngor trains at the Long Island City termInal ot of the Long liong Island rail ralI railroad road duo to the installation of a new system or oC switches began to give wa early today Trains ot of minor import Importance anco ance were dIsregarded however in an effort to get thIngs running on the main mainlines Un lines lS ThOU f commuters reached V Long I CIty by ferry after acter their das In Manhattan only to tin rind gettIng of home borne by rail raU Some of them Organized Into trot Icy EY and finally reached home after two or three e hours ride by cir clr routes ironi the tho east continued to ar aI arrivo rivo rho regularly as long as the roiling stock held holdout out but they got no further than the th yard lImits The officials had V quite lulle as 58 much trouble getting trains into the yards over the gr great t net ork of tracks as they did In getting them put so that a shortage of cars soon re suited A big crowd of on ont t the e way to tG Aqueduct gathered soon V after the morning rush had been dis disposed posed of Running of the regular ra rade e track traIn specials was out of the V question A string twenty V pf cars were coupled into one train and got away at atthe the hour for tor the departure Q ghe the reg regular regular V ular last ll t train Trolley were quick to recognize recognize V nize their opportunity and the eats carson on V their lines moved past the terminal in ina ina V a procession for hours hour greatly relieving the situation In the scramble for seats on the trolley cars during the rush hours many women V Vand and children were knocked down and V severely injured or of the Long Island declare there Is nothing wrong with the new V switching devIce but say the trouble is due clue entirely to lack or of experience by th tho men The Tho plant which has just bli cn installed Is one of the largest In Inthe L the world operating more switches blocks and sIgnals than any before con constructed constructed A switch tower contains 1117 levels operate aU all the thc switches signals In the yard at attached lud to termInal tracks V Formerly it required men inca to handle these on the ground while with the new system but thirteen are employed |
