. Electric railway journal . great a seating capacity as pos-sible in the car body and the city ordinances limiting cardimensions to 43 ft. over all. In considering the use ofplatform collection cars for Providence it was borne inmind that a relatively long platform would have to beprovided, on account of the need of supplying adequateloading capacity while passengers are receiving change. was selected for Providence service largely because it wasoriginally developed to suit conditions identical with thoseon this system, viz., narrow streets and sharp curves. Itwas also favored for the reason
. Electric railway journal . great a seating capacity as pos-sible in the car body and the city ordinances limiting cardimensions to 43 ft. over all. In considering the use ofplatform collection cars for Providence it was borne inmind that a relatively long platform would have to beprovided, on account of the need of supplying adequateloading capacity while passengers are receiving change. was selected for Providence service largely because it wasoriginally developed to suit conditions identical with thoseon this system, viz., narrow streets and sharp curves. Itwas also favored for the reason that it is best suited to theRooke fare-collecting system, which has been in successfuluse on the lines of the Rhode Island Company for the pastfive years. This system was described in the ElectricRailway Journal for Dec. 30, 1911, as applied in Provi-dence, and consists essentially of a portable register car-ried by each conductor, each fare being passed through theregister as it is presented to the passenger. A register is. Mr. Arnold emphasized this point particularly in discussingthe advantages of platform collection car service with thepublic authorities, stating that persons unfamiliar with theadvance payment principle are apt to criticise it severelyon the score of slow loading, whereas an essential featureof prepayment car operation is the separation of passen-gers entering and leaving, thereby avoiding the interfer-ence which is the source of so great delay in the single-entrance type of car. Tests showed that with the presentnarrow platform the average time of loading per passen- assigned to a conductor in the morning and turned in eachnight or during the middle of the day in case the lay-offexceeds three hours. The carhouse receiving office issuesand reads the registers and checks them against the con-ductors cash receipts. The car used allows much morespace on the platform for incoming passengers than doesthe standard type. Stationed just at the entrance to the carb
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