. Electric railway journal . e notrunning lines to amuse the public, but to make money. The trolley company hascertain charter responsibilities which donot circumscribe the jitney operator. Thisessential difference is something for theserious consideration of those who thinkwe should all be assured of unlimitedhappiness in the event of killing off thetrolley with the jitney. Legion Number of The Railwayan Having some 1,500 ex-service men inits employ, the Kansas City (Mo.) Rail-ways has published a special issue ofthe Railwayan devoted to them and inhonor of the occasion of the third an-nual c
. Electric railway journal . e notrunning lines to amuse the public, but to make money. The trolley company hascertain charter responsibilities which donot circumscribe the jitney operator. Thisessential difference is something for theserious consideration of those who thinkwe should all be assured of unlimitedhappiness in the event of killing off thetrolley with the jitney. Legion Number of The Railwayan Having some 1,500 ex-service men inits employ, the Kansas City (Mo.) Rail-ways has published a special issue ofthe Railwayan devoted to them and inhonor of the occasion of the third an-nual convention of the AmericanLegion held in Kansas City last issue contains eighty-six pages ofpictures of the employees who servedin the great war, various scenes takenduring the struggle, numerous storiescovering the incidents of service ofvarious employees and stories of someof the outstanding engagements. Themagazine forms a souvenir which willbe of immense interest to the ex-soldiers now engaged in the street rail-. Cover op Contribution of Railway toLegion Convention Publicity way service, and it is a great credit tothose who are responsible for its com-pilation and publication. Approximately 100,000 visitors wereexpected to be in Kansas City duringthe convention, which, added to theregular business handled by the streetrailways, meant a considerable under-taking to provide adequate transporta-tion. In addition, at the end of theSunset Hill car line, there was one ofthe greatest flying machine contestsever held, which again multiplied thetask of the company. More thanseventy airplanes of different makeswere entered and a crowd of sixty toseventy-five thousand people attended. Curtailment Policy Under Way— Railway Still Reports Deficits General business depression and a 25per cent reduction in traffic have beenthe reasons for the monthly deficits re-ported by the Wilmington & Philadel-phia Traction Company, Wilmington,Del. This opinion was recently ex-pressed by T.
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