. The street railway review . ter & Blackstone Valley. These roads aggregate 157 miles of track and for the last fiscalyear earned $992,966. It is intended to incorporate these properties as the Massachu-setts Electrical Co. Apr. is, hkki STREET RAILWAY REVIEW. 199 Hauling Freight and Express Matter on Electric Railways, Some Theory and Prafctice. SUutiiig with the |jijim llic fiiiuliiiiKiilal and essential dutyof a street railway is to furnish belter transportation facilities to aconsiderable majority of the community tributary to the road, andthat franchises arc granted, or at least sh
. The street railway review . ter & Blackstone Valley. These roads aggregate 157 miles of track and for the last fiscalyear earned $992,966. It is intended to incorporate these properties as the Massachu-setts Electrical Co. Apr. is, hkki STREET RAILWAY REVIEW. 199 Hauling Freight and Express Matter on Electric Railways, Some Theory and Prafctice. SUutiiig with the |jijim llic fiiiuliiiiKiilal and essential dutyof a street railway is to furnish belter transportation facilities to aconsiderable majority of the community tributary to the road, andthat franchises arc granted, or at least should be granted, oidy afterit has been proven that the best good of the community requnesthe extra means of travel that the new road is toing to provide,it has been ar>!;ucd in times past, and the statement is still occasion-ally heard, that electric railway companies operating on rights ofway through the public streets or highways, should confine them-selves strictly to the transportation of passengers, and should not. FIG. ].—STANDARD EXIKKSS CAK, be permitted to use their tracks for the carrying of baggage, freightor express packages. This premise may or may not lie true, but admitting for the mo-ment that it is, the conclusion should by no means be accepted asnecessarily following, for it can easily be demonstrated that thebest interests of the public will as surely be furthered by a combina-tion passenger and goods service, as by a passenger service exchi-sivcly. It will of course be granted that the freight or expresstraffic must be kept under proper restrictions, and must never be erally supposed. The carrying of goods is in fact a natural devel-opment of passenger transportation. In the early days of electricrailroading passengers were permitted to take into the car onlysuch bundles, .satchels or packages as could be held in the lap orplaced under the scat without causing inconvenience to fellow pas-sengers. It was not long before this accommodation was
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