. Electric railway journal . for which we were re- REPRODUCTION OP THE CHECK FOR SEPTEMBER, 1918 ceiving 40 per cent of the gross receipts for the trans-portation of express. The results of the operation of theAmerican Railway Express Company are so striking thatI think attention should be called to them. Below, intabulated form, is a comparison of amounts paid to thiscompany by each of the two companies: For same privilege Adams Express While the American Railway Express Company paid for: Company paid the following: January, 1918 $ July, 1918 $ February, 1918 August. 1918 13
. Electric railway journal . for which we were re- REPRODUCTION OP THE CHECK FOR SEPTEMBER, 1918 ceiving 40 per cent of the gross receipts for the trans-portation of express. The results of the operation of theAmerican Railway Express Company are so striking thatI think attention should be called to them. Below, intabulated form, is a comparison of amounts paid to thiscompany by each of the two companies: For same privilege Adams Express While the American Railway Express Company paid for: Company paid the following: January, 1918 $ July, 1918 $ February, 1918 August. 1918 March, 1918 September, 1918 .04 April, 1918 October. 1918 May, 1918 November, 1918 December, 1918 Total for 5 months $1, Total for 6 months $ I also inclose a photograph of the draft sent us for 4cents for our 40 per cent of the business for the monthof September, 1918. This surely is a good illustration of the benefits ofgovernment control. Charles L. Henry, News of the Eledxic Railways FINANCIAL AND CORPORATE . TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORTATIONPERSONAL MENTION Transit Work AlmostCompleted New York Citys $300,000,000 Munic-ipally-Owned, but Privately-Managed, System Ready The opening recently of the newClark Street tunnel between Manhat-tan and Brooklyn leaves few importantparts of the dual rapid transit systemfor New York City yet to be placed inoperation. There are still three moreEast River tunnels to be completed andplaced in service, but they are parts ofthe system operated by the New YorkConsolidated Railroad Company (Brook-lyn Rapid Transit System). More River Tunnels Soon The first to be opened will be theWhitehall Street-Montague Street tun-nel, which will connect the Fourth Ave-nue subway system in Brooklyn withthe new Broadway subway in Manhat-tan. Another is the tunnel from Sixti-eth Street, Manhattan, to Long IslandCity in Queens, which will connect thenorthern part of the Broadway subwayin Manhattan with
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