. The Street railway journal . operated for about October 4, 1902.] STREET RAILWAY JOURNAL. 47i 54 per cent of the gross receipts. The gross receipts on thecity lines averaged $ per passenger, so that operatingexpenses, exclusive of fixed charges and sinking fund, toretire the bonds at the expiration of franchises, were$ per passenger. It does not require elaborate argu-ment to demonstrate that with a fare avei aging $0,036 onthe low-fare lines, and operating- expenses $ per pas-senger, the remaining $ will not begin to pay intereston the investment and sinking fund, wh
. The Street railway journal . operated for about October 4, 1902.] STREET RAILWAY JOURNAL. 47i 54 per cent of the gross receipts. The gross receipts on thecity lines averaged $ per passenger, so that operatingexpenses, exclusive of fixed charges and sinking fund, toretire the bonds at the expiration of franchises, were$ per passenger. It does not require elaborate argu-ment to demonstrate that with a fare avei aging $0,036 onthe low-fare lines, and operating- expenses $ per pas-senger, the remaining $ will not begin to pay intereston the investment and sinking fund, which sums, on the The General Passenger Department of the DetroitUnited Railway System Before discussing the work of the general passenger de-partment of the Detroit United Railway, it will be in orderto explain the conditions which make necessary the estab-lishment of such a department on the part of this company owns, not only all the city lines of Detroitbut owns or controls 301 miles of interurban lines. < )n. THE YOLANDE PARLOR CAR majority of large street railway systems of to-day, amountto from $0,015 to $0,025 per passenger. In this connectionit should be borne in mind that the average receipts perpassenger on the low-fare line would be lower than $0,036but for the fact that in order to obtain transfers to 5-centlines a 5-cent fare is often paid on the low-fare line. How-ever, it is not within the province of this article to speculateon what would be the case if the conditions were purpose is rather to set forth a few facts and figures onexperiences with low fares in the city of Detroit. From the foregoing the following conclusions can bereached.: 1. The greater part of the street car-riding public caresvery little for saving fares, as is shown by the small per-centage taking advantage of the privilege. 2. The slight difference in directness of the routes andthe necessity of purchasing tickets to obtain low fares, aresufficient to counteract
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