. Electric railway journal . Cincinnati Car Company. Each car has seats forforty-eight passengers and standing room for twenty-seven more. COST OF CONSTRUCTION The cost of construction of the Seattle line, as offi-cially reported, is as follows: Track * Main line $169,658 Carhouse tracks 7,798 Northern Pacific connection 319 $177,775 Overhead : Pole line $9,522 Trolley and feeder system 51,022 Substation (including ground, building and apparatus) 43,943 Carhouse (including ground, building and grinder) 22,092 Cars 76,138 Line car (estimated cost) • 4,000 Division B 1,942 Estimated additional e
. Electric railway journal . Cincinnati Car Company. Each car has seats forforty-eight passengers and standing room for twenty-seven more. COST OF CONSTRUCTION The cost of construction of the Seattle line, as offi-cially reported, is as follows: Track * Main line $169,658 Carhouse tracks 7,798 Northern Pacific connection 319 $177,775 Overhead : Pole line $9,522 Trolley and feeder system 51,022 Substation (including ground, building and apparatus) 43,943 Carhouse (including ground, building and grinder) 22,092 Cars 76,138 Line car (estimated cost) • 4,000 Division B 1,942 Estimated additional engineering expense 2,500 $379,414 OPERATION, FARES AND TRANSFERS The operation of the municipal line is under thesupervision of the public utilities department and di-rectly in charge of A. L. Valentine, superintendent ofpublic utilities. A round trip on the line is made inforty-eight minutes. With eight of the new cars inuse during the rush hours of the evening, this will give June 20, 1914.] ELECTRIC RAILWAY JOURNAL 1375. Seattle Municipal Railway—Substation for Delivery ofPower to City Railway a six-minute schedule. There is no provision for trans-fer privileges with the lines of the Seattle ElectricCompany. This question has been brought to the at-tention of the State Public Service Commission, whichis expected to make a decision in the matter some timeduring the year. The following ordinance regarding fares and trans-fers has been considered and approved by the publicutilities committee: Sec. 1. The rate of fare on the municipal street rail-way lines within the city of Seattle shall be as set forthin this ordinance. Sec. 2. The rate of fare when paid in cash shall be5 cents. Sec. 3. Commutation tickets, not entitling holder toa transfer, shall be sold by the conductors on the carsat the rate of six for 25 cents, twelve for 50 cents, ortwenty-five for $1. They shall also be kept on sale atthe office of the superintendent of public utilities. Sec. 4. School children goin
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