STATE OF NEW YORK

PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION FOR THE FIRST DISTRICT

NEW YORK, January 12, 1920.

Honorable Harry C. Walker, President of the Senate:
Honorable THADDEUS C. SWEET, Speaker of the Assembly:

SIRS: The Public Service Commission for the First District of the State of New York herewith transmits to the Legislature its report for the year ended December 31, 1919.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

PART I. COMPARATIVE SUMMARIES

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I. GENERAL:

TABLE 1. GROWTH OF CITY TRANSIT IN NEW YORK CITY SINCE 1860 BY KIND OF ROAD

OR CONVEYANCE:

A. As indicated by number of revenue passengers..

B. As indicated by passenger receipts.

C. As indicated by miles of track...

D. As indica ted by number of passenger cars owned or leased.

II. COMMON CARRIERS OTHER THAN STREET RAILWAYS:

TABLE 2. NEW YORK CITY FERRY PASSENGER TRAFFIC, 1908-1919..

TABLE 3. COMMUTATION TRAVEL TO NEW YORK CITY, 1900-1917.

TABLE 4. SUBURBAN TRAVEL ON LONG ISLAND AND STATEN ISLAND:

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A. Passenger traffic and passenger-car miles in passenger trains of the Long Island

Railroad, 1912-1919..

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B. Car and passenger movement data for steam-road passenger service on Staten

Island, 1908-1919..

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TABLE 5. MOTOR OMNIBUS OPERATIONS, 1909-1919:

A. Traffic of Fifth Avenue Coach Company..

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B. Accidents; employees a nd wages, Fifth Avenue Coach Company.

C. Operating revenues and expenses of Fifth Avenue Coach Company..

D. Income of Fifth Avenue Coach Company.

E. Capital of Fifth Avenue Coach Company.

F. Data for City Island Motor Bus Company (1917, 1918 and 1919).

III. STREET AND ELECTRIC RAILWAYS OF NEW YORK CITY:

TABLE 6. GENERAL STREET RAILWAY SUMMARY, YEARS ENDED JUNE 30, 1909-1919....

TABLE 7. ROAD AND TRACK MILEAGE, JUNE 30, 1908-1919:

A. Length of road and track.

B. Increase in road and track.

C. Length of road or line divided between surface and rapid-transit companies...

D. Length of all track divided between surface and rapid-transit companies.

E. Distribution by mode of operation..

F. Geographical location o f surface and rapid-transit railway track.

TABLE 8. STREET RAILWAY POWER PLANTS:

A. Capacity and output, 1908-1919. .

B. Quantity and cost of coal used in power plants, 1915-1919.

TABLE 9. PASSENGER CARS, JUNE 30, 1908-1919:

B. Rapid-transit cars, by road...........

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A. Number owned or leased, by type of car.

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C. Surface cars classified with refere nce to protection of motormen.

D. Seating capacity...

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TABLE 10. NEW YORK CITY STREET RAILWAY TRAFFIC, 1908-1919:

A. Transfer passengers...

B. Revenue car-miles.

C. Passenger-car miles.

D. Car-seat miles (active).

E. Passenger-car hours...

F. Average number of passenger cars used per day (1910-1919).