The subway cars cost $38,000 each. "They are of steel, large, comfortable and roomy." They measure 60 feet, 6 inches long, 10 feet wide, and 12 feet high. Each car has eight double-doors with each doorway measuring 3 feet 10 inches wide.
           The exterior of the cars are painted an olive-green color.
           Some seats were situated lengthwise, while others were arranged at a right angle. They were covered with "heavy rattan." The cars have a capacity of accommodating 282 passengers. There are 60 seats per train. The hand straps are of white enamel.
           The motormen control the heat with switches and the electric heaters are located under the seats at the sides of the cars. "The movement of the trains will be relied on to create a current, while the stairways at stations and vents at and between them will be expected to supply fresh and get rid of stale air."
           "Even the reading habits of the subway passengers have been taken into consideration. Soft and steady light is provided by powerful lamps, so frosted as to make them restful to the eyes. They are placed to shed their light at the proper angle.
           There are four emergency lights in each car, which have left-handed threads to prevent theft, for they are useless in ordinary light sockets.
           Cars are labeled A, or AA indicated express or local trains.
           "All stations are furnished with turnstiles so silent that all to be heard is the clinking of the coin in the slot."
            An estimated 1,500 men comprise the Eighth Avenue line work force.
           Employees are on an eighth-hour day, six-day work week.
           Each train car has one motorman and two guards

            Iron light poles are standing at the sidewalk entrances. They have white globe fixtures with the word 'subway' written in green lettering.
           Estimated cost of the Eighth Avenue Line, including structure, yards, equipment and real estate is $191,200,000.

September 12, 1932
           14th st first day receipts: $492.