. Electric railway journal . re is agitation for change, it is directed towardsthe outright purchase of these properties. But evenif we should be forced into public ownership as the onlyway out of our present street railway difficulties, itmust be borne in mind that no change in ownershipof the properties will materially affect the cost of theservice, and that under any form of operation, thepublic can obtain in the way of service just as muchas it is willing to pay for, and no more. Safety-Car Experience in Virg^inia Fifty Safety Cars Are Now In Operation On theLines of the Virginia Railway &
. Electric railway journal . re is agitation for change, it is directed towardsthe outright purchase of these properties. But evenif we should be forced into public ownership as the onlyway out of our present street railway difficulties, itmust be borne in mind that no change in ownershipof the properties will materially affect the cost of theservice, and that under any form of operation, thepublic can obtain in the way of service just as muchas it is willing to pay for, and no more. Safety-Car Experience in Virg^inia Fifty Safety Cars Are Now In Operation On theLines of the Virginia Railway &Power Company By H. N. Callard, Jr. Coniinoi-i ial EiiKim-vr ^\l-stillyilous(■ Electric & :\ n.\ CERTAIN franchise matters delayed the inaugura-tion of safety-car service on the various lines ofthe Virginia Railway & Power Company on its Virginiaproperties, but these have now been ironed out andto-day twenty cars are in operation in Petersburg, Va.,twelve in Norfolk and eighteen in THE FAMILIAR SAFETY CAR IN A NEWENVIRONMENT IN VIRGINIA In Norfolk the cars operate on the Atlantic City,East Main and Brableton line which passes throughthe narrow, congested streets of this city, includingGranby Street, the principal thoroughfare. Formerlythis line was operated with seven cars on a ten-minuteheadway. Now a seven-minute service with ten carsis given. Car mileage has been increased 38 per centand the number of revenue passengers approximately20 per cent. In Petersburg the cars are used to replace old single-truck, longitudinal-seat cars, with a seating capacityof twenty-four passengers. With the decreasing soldiertraffic from Camp Lee, the density of travel did not warrant an increase in service, and a car-for-car re-placement was made. The new cars are so convenientand comfortable, however, that a slight increase intravel has resulted. The cars are used on the Syca-more Avenue, Grove Avenue-Cemetery line, and theWashington Street and Fe
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