. The Street railway journal . operation of the carsit is proposed to limit the number of passengers to a carto eighty. The Chicago press in general has made favorable com-ments bothedit oriallyand in thenews col-umns. The U n i onLeader, theofficial jour-nal of theChicago carm en, de-clares itselfas favorableto the cars,and com-mends theclosed vesti-bule featureand the heat-ers for thebenefit of the motorman and the conductor. President Mitten reports increased returns from theCottage Grove Avenue line since the carswere put into operation, but at present heis unable to determine to what the
. The Street railway journal . operation of the carsit is proposed to limit the number of passengers to a carto eighty. The Chicago press in general has made favorable com-ments bothedit oriallyand in thenews col-umns. The U n i onLeader, theofficial jour-nal of theChicago carm en, de-clares itselfas favorableto the cars,and com-mends theclosed vesti-bule featureand the heat-ers for thebenefit of the motorman and the conductor. President Mitten reports increased returns from theCottage Grove Avenue line since the carswere put into operation, but at present heis unable to determine to what the increaseis due. It may be due, to some extent, atleast, to curiosity. On the Wabash Avenueline the new cars are sandwiched in withthose of the older type, but seem to loadand unload at least as rapidly as the latter,if not more so. Within the next sixty days the IndianaAvenue line, which parallels the CottageGrove line, will be supplied with will then be a total of 300 pay-as-you-enter cars in operation in PAY-AS-YOU-ENTER CAR LOADING AT ATRANSFER POINT. PAY-AS-YOU-ENTER CAR LOADING AT SIXTY-THIRD STREET AND COTTAGEGROVE AVENUE ON FIRST DAY OF OPERATION. panys patrons, contained on the first page a picture of acomplete car, on the second and third pages pictures ofthe rear platform empty, except for the conductor, andthe rear platform with conductor effectually blocking theentrance and requesting passengers on the street to takethe next car. On the fourth page was a floor diagram ofthe car showing, by. means of arrows, the movement ofpassengers when entering or leaving cars, with the placedistinctly marked on the front platform that is intended forsmokers. There is also no dearth of signs on the cars, this The Illinois Traction Company has an-nounced a number of changes in its person-nel. The office of assistant general superin-tendent, which has been filled by A. , has been abolished, and Mr. Murrayhas been appointed assistant to GeneralManager L.
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