Word: haven
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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This, on the basis of actual events, was what could have happened to a commuter on the New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad last week: After scurrying through Manhattan's Grand Central Terminal to catch the New Haven's 5:29 train for Greenwich, Conn., the commuter settled in his seat just as the train pulled out. He did not get far: halfway through the tunnel, the train lurched to a stop, stood there for nearly an hour because its engine had broken down. Next morning the commuter, along with 15,000 others on 24 New Haven trains...
...getting to and from work is at best a fretful one. But nowhere is it more irritating than in New York City, into which about 370,000 commuters pour each weekday by train, bus and car. And nowhere is it more downright infuriating than on the New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad, serving the nation's wealthiest commuter area, only a few years ago one of the best of all commuter lines-and now one of the very worst...
...Haven's steep decline began in 1954, when a syndicate headed by Financier Patrick B. McGinnis won control of the line. McGinnis promptly cut service and maintenance, issued truculent public statements to commuters, who protested (TIME, Jan. 30, 1956). McGinnis was finally forced out after a bitter commuters' revolt, and into his place stepped quiet, fiddle-playing Lawyer George Alpert -who differs from McGinnis in being more polite...
Last week, citing a survey prepared by the Railway Labor Executives' Association, H. E. Gilbert, president of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen, indicated just how far the New Haven has come under Alpert's presidency. Charging railroad lines in the New York area with deliberately providing bad service to drive commuters away and thereby end a money-losing operation, Gilbert delivered a devastating bill of particulars. Notably excepted was the Long Island Railroad, which has come from a commuter's nightmare to something close to a commuter's dream (TIME...
...Haven-reported one New Haven trainman to the R.L.E.A.: "[On one train] the water was almost over the laces on my shoes, leaking all over the coach, all running down through the coaches." Reported another: "Cars are allowed to go into service dirty, without water for the public. Passenger trains are normally operated ten to 30 minutes late." Reported a New Haven station agent: "We find now that we board up station windows rather than replace glass. We disregard broken planks in platforms, as there are no planks available for repairs...