. Electric railway journal . siness yielding agross revenue of about $5,000,000 per year. In general,the system radiates from Providence in all directions, in-cluding interurban lines running to points in Massachusettsand Connecticut, and providing rapid and frequent trans-portation between Providence, Fall River, Narragansett ment of the smaller and relatively inefficient rolling stockin use upon the city lines. The company concurred in thisview, and thirty-five cars of this type have been placed inservice. The business center of Providence is located in a flatbasin whose outlets are narrow a
. Electric railway journal . siness yielding agross revenue of about $5,000,000 per year. In general,the system radiates from Providence in all directions, in-cluding interurban lines running to points in Massachusettsand Connecticut, and providing rapid and frequent trans-portation between Providence, Fall River, Narragansett ment of the smaller and relatively inefficient rolling stockin use upon the city lines. The company concurred in thisview, and thirty-five cars of this type have been placed inservice. The business center of Providence is located in a flatbasin whose outlets are narrow and handicapped by heavygrades. Large carrying capacity per unit of rolling stockis dictated by the traffic density and the restrictions uponschedule speed imposed by the absence of broad and levelthoroughfares over which high-speed operation can safelybe permitted. Providence is essentially a short-haul city,but the population of 286,000 within the 5-cent fare zonerenders the use of large cars essential in the most efficient. Providence Improvements—Exchange Place Loop Pier, Danielson, New Bedford, Worcester, Brockton andother populous centers. The operating headquarters of thecompany and the most pressing problems of the manage-ment center at Providence, and in the following paragraphsare given the details of some recent improvements asso-ciated with the urban lines, including the introduction ofplatform collection cars, improved methods of handlingtraffic, the enlargement of the power plant facilities and theconduct of a large express and freight business. The traffic problems of Providence are greatly compli-cated by the geography of the city, the narrowness of thestreets and the rapid growth of the great manufacturing,mercantile and residential district of which the city is thecenter. For this reason the relation of car design to thetransportation needs of the system is recognized by the com-pany to be a matter of fundamental importance. An ex-haustive investigation of th
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