. The street railway review . DEI,.\T TO REPAIR BROKEN HARNKSS. convenience to the traveling public, as may be gathered from theview> which show the limited size of the cars and the diminutivehorses, whose speed is necessarily slow. The cars are sadly in needof repair; much lime is lost in transit by the breaking of somepart of the equipment; the car axles squeak, the bearings being wornto such an extent; the footboards are dangerous to step or standupon, being narrow and in some places bent or warped out of shape;there are no grip handles at the ends of the seats, and the harnesses.
. The street railway review . DEI,.\T TO REPAIR BROKEN HARNKSS. convenience to the traveling public, as may be gathered from theview> which show the limited size of the cars and the diminutivehorses, whose speed is necessarily slow. The cars are sadly in needof repair; much lime is lost in transit by the breaking of somepart of the equipment; the car axles squeak, the bearings being wornto such an extent; the footboards are dangerous to step or standupon, being narrow and in some places bent or warped out of shape;there are no grip handles at the ends of the seats, and the harnesses. ; Till-; KH<.-l)I,TA arc rotted so that delay; arc frequent while the drivers mend thebreaks with wire and cord. Not only arc the cars hauled slowly, but they arc run on suchlong headway that the traveling public prefers when it can to ridein native vehicles, the cheapest charge for which is 10 cents in UnitedStates money for a ride of two miles in what arc called chickenciyypt—small vehicles which arc utilized exclusively by natives andChinese. The next best type of vehicle is the quilcz, for which thecharge is ao cents per hour. Then there are carameltas and two- horso vehicles which may be hired for from 50 cents to $ perhour. It is always difficult to obtain a \ehicle. the demand is sogreat. In fact, there is so much traffic in the principal streets thatone has to be wary to avoid being run over. The new street railway, which will be the first electric road inthe Philippine Islands, will be a boon to all classes of citizens,
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