. The street railway review . t a lar^e number of passen-gers delivered a( its .St. station fthis is not shown on theni»p, but it lies jnsi west of the river) between 6:30 and 8:30 a. to start hnnie lietween 5:30 and 6:15 p. m., thus greatly in-creasing the density of traffic in the evening. A count showed thatonly two-thirds as many persons were carried from this station aswere delivered there and it was decided to try and regain the losttraffic by putting on additional shuttle trains. The main line has four tracks and extends from tlie loop toMarslifield; one of the two plat
. The street railway review . t a lar^e number of passen-gers delivered a( its .St. station fthis is not shown on theni»p, but it lies jnsi west of the river) between 6:30 and 8:30 a. to start hnnie lietween 5:30 and 6:15 p. m., thus greatly in-creasing the density of traffic in the evening. A count showed thatonly two-thirds as many persons were carried from this station aswere delivered there and it was decided to try and regain the losttraffic by putting on additional shuttle trains. The main line has four tracks and extends from tlie loop toMarslifield; one of the two platforms at Canal St. was extended anda stub track laid between the regular tracks, with switches to eachof llieiii. Ten extra trains of three cars each have been put inservice during rush hours and two of these make two trips, giving12 extra trains. They are run on the Humboldt Park and LoganSquare branches with no stops on the main line between Marshfielfl.■Xve. and TIalsted and an put in belwccn lh< reindnr The nuthod is to switch one of the shuttle trains onto the stubtrack at Canal St. where it is loaded and then let it follow one ofthe regular trains out. These 12 trains arrive at Canal St. betweenthe hours of 6:25 and 8:15 a. m. and leave this station between 5:15and 6:20 p. m. Since the additional .service was put in the eveningtraffic has increased to the normal. Many of the persons working in the manufacturing districts nearthe Canal St. and the Halstead St. stations live near the northwest-ern terminals of the Metropolitan and the shuttle trains also relievethe regular trains of the large transfer at ^^arshfieId .^ve. from thesouth to the north branches. The Metropolitan has recently issued a i6-pagc pamphlet de-scriptive of the line and pointing out the advantages of the WestSide as a residence district. The company is making every efTortto accommodate patrons, as the following paragraph will show: .Ml stations on the system have free wheel racks fo
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