. The new New York : a commentary on the place and the people . he tunnels already pushed through, equipped, and work-ing are the very best proofs of its possibility. The subway was the first accomplished fact in was opened and operated from the City Hall to OneHundred and Forty-Fifth Street in 1904. The nextyear it was extended under the Harlem River, into theBronx, and down town as far as the Battery. Its suc-cess was immediate — the demand for it being demon-strated by its use. It has carried as high as nineteenmillion passengers in a single month, or an average of633,000 each da
. The new New York : a commentary on the place and the people . he tunnels already pushed through, equipped, and work-ing are the very best proofs of its possibility. The subway was the first accomplished fact in was opened and operated from the City Hall to OneHundred and Forty-Fifth Street in 1904. The nextyear it was extended under the Harlem River, into theBronx, and down town as far as the Battery. Its suc-cess was immediate — the demand for it being demon-strated by its use. It has carried as high as nineteenmillion passengers in a single month, or an average of633,000 each day. The mere fact that it is so crowded(the trains follow each other almost like the buckets in agrain elevator) is something of an argument for its speedand its comfort, as well as its necessity. The expresstrains average thirty miles an hour, the local trains some- ^ Legislative restrictions in the granting of public franchises to privateparties seemed to check new tunnel enterprises during 190S, and thereafter;but there has recently been renewed ;5 w THE LARGER CITY 411 what less. The roadbed is excellent and the steel carsare commodious, notwithstanding they are often over-crowded by standing people. The air of the tunnel ishardly the free breath of heaven, but it is not discom-forting, and, apparently, not unhealthful. Nor are thestrident hum of the electric power and the moving-pictureflickering of lights along the walls as the train rushes bymore than minor annoyances. The passenger soon be-comes so accustomed to such sights and sounds that heneither sees nor hears them. Of course the subwaylights were never designed as an improvement upon sun-shine, nor its electric fans put in to rival ocean road is a substitute for an open-air road, and itis a very good substitute, especially in wet or coldweather. Whenever an extension or connection of the subwayis added, passengers immediately pour through it likesome suddenly loosed head of water. The Brookl
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