. The street railway review . very likely have an adverse effect uponthe circulation of the daily newspapers. When all carswere moved by horses or mules, as the city covers con-siderable territory, it took a long time to go from onepart of the city to another. In order to pass the timehabitual travelers bought two or three newspapers, andmade themselves as comfortable as possible. With bet-ter facilities the distance is covered in so short a timethat passengers are compelled to read rapidly in orderto finish one paper, which is naturally the favorite. Theresult is the others are not bought. Th
. The street railway review . very likely have an adverse effect uponthe circulation of the daily newspapers. When all carswere moved by horses or mules, as the city covers con-siderable territory, it took a long time to go from onepart of the city to another. In order to pass the timehabitual travelers bought two or three newspapers, andmade themselves as comfortable as possible. With bet-ter facilities the distance is covered in so short a timethat passengers are compelled to read rapidly in orderto finish one paper, which is naturally the favorite. Theresult is the others are not bought. There may be something in this yarn, as it soundsplausible. The chief reason why Sunday papers are sovoluminous is that people have more time to read on Sun-day than on other days, and it is this trait that is themagnet that draws the advertiser, who knows that hisannouncement will be read. The chief value of thestory, however, is that it is an incident in connectionwith the development of rapid transit 174 (j«mcctj\aiWa^li^^. WILL SEAT SEVENTY PASSENGERS. CABLE ROAD EXTENSIONS AT SYDNEY,NEW SOUTH WALES. Sydney, New South Wales, has a new double trackcable road, 12,000 feet long, operated by the KingsStreet Cable Tramway Company, connecting the heartof the city with the eastern suburbs. Fares are gradedaccording to distance, being two cents, four cents and sixcents; tickets are sold by conductors. In some sectionstrains stop only at indicated streets to receive and dis-charge passengers, but in the city stop anywhere. Onthe down town lines they run under three and four min-utes headway, at the rate of eight miles an hour, while inthe suburbs they are run at six minute intervals to 6:33p. m., and after that eight minutes, at the rate of ninemiles an hour. Most of the distance the tracks are parallel, but for aportion of the way, on account of narrow streets, a singletrack is laid on each of two streets, one being used foroutbound and the other for return traffic. The gage is4 fee
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