. Electric railway journal . conductors from charging for atransfer on a transfer. Six-cent Fares in Effect in Birming-ham.^—A 6-cent car fare went intoforce in Birmingham, Ala., on under the agreement with the CityCommission referred to in the issue ofthis paper for Aug. 30, page 454. Theincreased rate of fare was approvedby the State Public Service Commis-sion and by Judge William I. Grubb September 13, 1919 Electric Railway Journal 549 ^of the United States District 6-cent fare applies on all of thelines of the Birmingham Railway,Light & Power Company within theold 5-cent l
. Electric railway journal . conductors from charging for atransfer on a transfer. Six-cent Fares in Effect in Birming-ham.^—A 6-cent car fare went intoforce in Birmingham, Ala., on under the agreement with the CityCommission referred to in the issue ofthis paper for Aug. 30, page 454. Theincreased rate of fare was approvedby the State Public Service Commis-sion and by Judge William I. Grubb September 13, 1919 Electric Railway Journal 549 ^of the United States District 6-cent fare applies on all of thelines of the Birmingham Railway,Light & Power Company within theold 5-cent limits. The same transferprivileges are retained with the 6-centfare. Injunction proceedings whichwere filed to restrain the collection ofthe 6-cent fares, were called beforeJudge Hugh A. Locke, of the ChanceryDi\asion of the Circuit Court on , but the hearing was pUt over toSept. 15. The increased fare met withlittle or no protest on the part of thepublic during the first day of its col-lection. Personal Mention. Making and Maintaining a Lawn Department Circular No. 49 of the UnitedStates Department of Agriculture, Wash-ington, D. C. Free. This circular will be useful to elec-tric railway men in providing materialto place in the hands of shop men, sub-station attendants and others who areresponsible for maintaining a credita-ble appearance of company grounds. Effective Business Letters By Edward Hall Gardner. Ronald PressCompany, New York, N. Y. 411 $2. The wide ramifications of industrialand social life owe their binding forcein no small degree to the use of themails and the universal variety oftransactions executed thereby. Notonly the comparatively small numberof unusually important letters writtenby the few men at the head of a busi-ness, or the form letters that are care-fully composed for certain situations,but also the routine letters written bysubordinates, are all alike representa-tives of the concern from which theyissue and are capable all of beco
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