Daily News from New York, New York • 194

99 DAILY NEWS, TUESDAY, MARCH 21, 1972 SysSem Moody's Sulgmg 71 77 If A It She WHS JKJ'rXj I By FRANK MAZZA Although New York's subways earr ied nearly twice as many passengers in 1947 a- they do today, the system cannot take on any more rush-hour riders, Daniel T. Scan-nell. senior executive officer of the Transit Authority, admitted to THE NEWS. SUBWAYS THE CRUSH HOUR i t5 St-anneil. who has been with the authority since its inception, said that if motorists who drive to Manhattan were to switch to thf stibways.

the already ovcr-ii-owl-d rush-hour trains which arry 'r of the four million laiiy iiiers might come to a standstill. Scannell's assertion contes at a blue-collar jobs in Brooklyn and Although today's subway sys-Qneens at the time, which re- tem cannot withstand more rush-lieved some of the present-day patronage, few attempts rush-hour surge into Manhattan. More persons, he continued, used have been to off" the subways 25 years ago to get Pak travel, despite suggestions to stores and theaters because of from subway observers. time when some city experts are attempting to lure the motorist a lack of private cars. I Myron Cohen, chairman of the ijt his car through radio and A swing in New York toward Mayor's Subway Watchdog Com-tcl'-vision commercials, increased a near total white-collar town mission, feels that taxis have be-li ilsre and tunnel tolls and pro- has increased the 9 to 5 ridership come a necessary alternative to posed taxes on off-street parking, on the subways and reduced the late-night subway riding because St-anm-ll explained that sub- number of passengers in off-peak 1 of reduced and erratic train per- were able to handle more times.

Increased night crime leauimig in long gaps between trains. over the years further decreased non-rush hour riders and turned in 1947 because the sh hour was spread over a lonirer period and a six-day work this once "all night city into a "If a schedule were posted at each station, riders would be able to arrive to avoid long and possibly dangerous waits on lonely platforms," Cohen said. 10 o'clock town," Scannell com- w-vk was more prevalent. He added that there were more mented. NEWS photo bv Ed Giorandino Daniel T.

Scannell discussing subway rush-hour problems. Goldwat er Takes a Liberal View Eleady to Roll Criticized Cars By OWEN FITZGERALD Despite continued criticism by a City Council panel about passenger safety on the new R-44 subway car, the Transit Authority said yesterday it will put the first train of the new cars into service early next month Daniel T. Scannell, TA execu tive officer, defended the car as one "subjected to more severe testing than any other car in service-" He made this statement I after testifying before the Coun-t cil's special Committee on Public Transportation. "The R-44 will be a joy to the been corrected. At least one train of eight R-44 cars will be in service in about two weeks, he said.

The first suns will be on the IND's and lines. Scannell said the TA's goal is to place one train of K-44s into service each week. The authority has 42 of the cars in its yards now, the first of a 352-car order. Councilman Bertram L. Gel- questioned Scannell and Transit Authority aides over the locked end doors of the cars.

They said they feared passengers would be trapped and at the mercy of criminals. The authority has said the longer (75 foot) cars required locked doors but that safety devices allow quick opening in case of emergency. Gelfand said he wants a private engineering study of the R-44 car and that he would ask City Transportation Administrator Constantine Sidamon-Ei traveling public," said Scannell. Calls Problems Cured A Transit Authority sp6kesman said later that braking and air fand (D-Bronx), subcommittee conditioning problems found dur- I chairman, and Councilwoman ing test runs in December have 'Carol Greitzer (D-Manhattan) PC Ends Ran, Strmds Aiders By PRESTON LAYTON With stunning swiftness the Penn Central yesterday terminated all commuter service between Dover Plains and Chatham, N.Y., on the Upper Harlem Division. i i The action eliminating service 40-mile stretch between I Conductor Koy Blass, who like on Dutchess and Columbia Counties came so suddenly that one con many of the crew on Train 935 make their home in Chatham.

Riders in Dark Blass and his fellow conductors said that they didn't know what to tell the passengers who crowded around them on the platform asking how they were going to travel from Dover Plains to their homes in Chatham. The signal for grounding the line was an appeals court decision handed down without fanfare Fri- ductor arriving for the usual 4:25 p.m. train from Track 13 at Grand Central Station to Chatham learned from a News photographer that the run would terminate at Dover Plains, 85 miles from the city. Then he noticed hand lettered signs to that effect on either side of the track entrance. "It's a damn outrage," said Associated Press Wirephoto Rep.

Barry Goldwater Jr. (R-Calif.) has eyes only for bride-to-be Susan Gherman at HoIIvwood Emm? Awards. Susan is student at UCLA. Wedding's set for March 30. if ate Unit Kejeds Trooper Pension Plan day in, Philadelphia, headquarters of the Penn Central Transportation Co.

The move came to light when Mrs. Gerald Carson of the Harlem Valley Transportation Association called The News with first word. News questioning of Penn Central officials in New York City confirmed Mrs. Carson's information. The last southbound train from Chatham was the 9:22 a.m.

There was no last northbound to memorialize. Conductors Uninformed Most of the conductors said they weren't informed that service north of Dover Plains would be discontinued until they reported at 3:15 p.m. One conductor said that when he" asked the chief crew dispatcher and trainmaster how passengers were to get home, they told him: "We don't care how they get home." "I've never seen anything like this before, said Donald Ploss who has been a conductor for 33 years. "Whenever service was discountinued in the past there was always a last run to get people home." The Harlem Valley Transportation Association fired off immediate appeals to Gov. General Louis Lefkowitz to step in and save the line.

By THOMAS POSTER Staff Correspondent of The News Albany, March 20 The State Pension Commission rejected today Gov. proposal for improving retirement benefits of state troopers. The commission issued memos port of Assemblywoman Mary Ann Krupsak's pension reform program. Miss Krupsak-, (D-Am-sterdam) has obtained no support for her bills because they would curtail the lucrative retirement fund payments of the legislators themselves. rejected a bill that would exempt Rochester from having to come up with $677,000 in its current budget for public employe pension improvements.

The commission felt that if Rochester was granted the exemption then other critics would try to do the same, erantine pen been given a year's time to choose a 20-year half-pay plan instead of their present 25-year half-pay program. The pension commission also rejected five other pension bills, part of the more than 450 measures pending before the Legisla to the legislative leaders Senate Joseph Metz, executive di-Majority Leader Earl Brydges rector of the five-man panel, and Assembly Speaker Perry 'j The troopers had sought high-Duryea saying that the new er ceiling on 30-year retirement lud cost about' benefits. Their pensions would the first year. A have been raised from two thirds The bill was before the Senate of their fina, to tKree today for a vote and had been oarths In addition sry expected to be approved until it wonW have permitted to in-was "laid aside by Brydges. cIude up to 165 davs of iecmed "We are following or own sick leave in the calculation of ture.

In the meanwhile, angry taxpayers from several upstate counties called on State Sens. guidelines not to. approve the final year's compensation for additional benefits jgf -egricfcTPftnl IpensionpBrposcc sion Deneuts witnout navuig tne money to pay for them in pension systems at this time," Tho troopers would also have I Flynn (R-Yonkers) to urge sup.