. Electric railway journal . ich was provided withhuge signs as shown in the accompanying illustration,was operated daily over the companys tracks in the RED CROSS CAR OPERATED BY SAN FRANCISCO-OAKLANDTERMINAL RAILROAD downtown district of Oakland, and, as was to be ex-pected from the publicity thus given to the campaign, theresults were immediate. One of Oaklands businessmen, after seeing the car pass his office, telephoned toRed Cross headquarters to ask how large a subscrip-tion would be accepted and, when told that there was nolimit, sent in $300. He said that he had never given seri-ous t
. Electric railway journal . ich was provided withhuge signs as shown in the accompanying illustration,was operated daily over the companys tracks in the RED CROSS CAR OPERATED BY SAN FRANCISCO-OAKLANDTERMINAL RAILROAD downtown district of Oakland, and, as was to be ex-pected from the publicity thus given to the campaign, theresults were immediate. One of Oaklands businessmen, after seeing the car pass his office, telephoned toRed Cross headquarters to ask how large a subscrip-tion would be accepted and, when told that there was nolimit, sent in $300. He said that he had never given seri-ous thought to the matter of the activities of the RedCross organization until this car attracted his attention. In the lower of the illustrations there is reproduceda Red Cross car that was operated by the Puget SoundTraction, Light & Power Company, Seattle, Wash., overits lines in that city during the week of June 18-25, inthe interest of the campaign to obtain $300,000 for the Red Cross. It may be interesting to. RED CROSS CAR DONATED BY PUGET SOUND TRACTION, LIGHT &POWER COMPANY note that Seattle exceeded its apportionment of $300,000by more than $200,000. The car is a work car withopen sides and a cab at each end. It is 34 ft. long and8 ft. 8 in. wide. The signs on the car were devised bythe Red Cross organization without regard for thefeelings of those subject to the forthcoming draft. j - : < •« 1 ■ - f^^ L L2r^H I IF i 1 1 \^rtf\MSI IB1 Mm COMPLIMENTS CO. WT + EVERY DOLLARMAY SAVE « UB-BP- SUBSCRIBE TODAYlHilB ML TO THE RED CROSS ■
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