. Electric railway review . Pay-As-You-Enter Cars in Buffalo—Car Taking on Load in Shelton Square. cars is 30, all of which have been received and were at thedisposal of the company for use during rush hours on thefollowing day. From an operating standpoint the cars wereentirely successful from the start. The first days use demon-strated that it would be possible to reduce the running time system, and after having operated the new cars since Novem-ber 24 expresses surprise that the plan was not tried earlier. Special Preparations for the to the day set for opening the new service
. Electric railway review . Pay-As-You-Enter Cars in Buffalo—Car Taking on Load in Shelton Square. cars is 30, all of which have been received and were at thedisposal of the company for use during rush hours on thefollowing day. From an operating standpoint the cars wereentirely successful from the start. The first days use demon-strated that it would be possible to reduce the running time system, and after having operated the new cars since Novem-ber 24 expresses surprise that the plan was not tried earlier. Special Preparations for the to the day set for opening the new service the Inter-. Pay-As-You-Enter Cars in Buffalo—Side View of Car While Loading and Unloading. on the Niagara-ONeill line, six miles long, by five the following day, when the traffic was heavier than onSunday, the facility of the system in handling rush-hourcrowds was fully demonstrated. T. E. Mitten, president of the Chicago City Railway, the national Railway Company had made careful preparations,similar to those made by the Chicago City Railway, for thepurpose of insuring a favorable reception by the public. Themotormen and conductors were carefully coached in theirduties at the car houses before being allowed to take out 38 ELECTRIC RAILWAY REVIEW Vol. XIX, No. 2. the new cars and were given a booklet ot instructions verymuch like that prepared by the Chicago company, which wasdescribed in the Electric Railway Review of November 16,1907, page 795. A small folder, illustrated by three photo-graphs of the cars and briefly describing the points of ad-vantage and the methods of operation
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