. Electric railway journal . 00 of 7 per cent preferred stock at at this rate have been paid since July 1,1914. Nearly 100 of the most substantial residents now have a paying stake in their local public better proof than this could be offered of thesound character of the changeover. Mr. Livers himself wrote all the advertisementsin connection with the sale of stock. Some of theseare reproduced as examples of his horse-sense styleand ability to make use of questions of current in-terest, such as the railroad strike then threatening. Why the Railway Business Improved The
. Electric railway journal . 00 of 7 per cent preferred stock at at this rate have been paid since July 1,1914. Nearly 100 of the most substantial residents now have a paying stake in their local public better proof than this could be offered of thesound character of the changeover. Mr. Livers himself wrote all the advertisementsin connection with the sale of stock. Some of theseare reproduced as examples of his horse-sense styleand ability to make use of questions of current in-terest, such as the railroad strike then threatening. Why the Railway Business Improved The old trackage of 3 miles included a short spuron which a needless shuttle service had been oper-ated. One of the first things that Mr. Livers did onbecoming manager was to take up this track anduse it for an extension toward the Universitygrounds north. This encouraged the developmentof the University end of the town and so developedmore riding. At the lower end of the town thecompany had to use a makeshift turntable for its. Charlottesville—View Showing Operators End ofNew Light-Weight Car Charlottesville—The Rides Are Short, but the Cross-seats Help the Riding Habit Immensely 486| ELECTRIC RAILWAY JOURNAL [VOL. 50, No. 12
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