. The street railway review . be run under headwaj of fiveminutes. 780 (p{iu&ij{aAh\^i^ OVERCROWDING CARS. Every street railway manager and superintendent,probably, hears more complaints about overcrowdedcars, than concerning any other branch of the spite of the discomfort of standing it seems to be a traitof humanity to crowd into the first car that comes along,regardless of the fact that within a minute or two anothercar will arrive with empty seats. People rather enjoystanding and hanging on the straps, when they have be-come accustomed to it,, for it does not take them long toge
. The street railway review . be run under headwaj of fiveminutes. 780 (p{iu&ij{aAh\^i^ OVERCROWDING CARS. Every street railway manager and superintendent,probably, hears more complaints about overcrowdedcars, than concerning any other branch of the spite of the discomfort of standing it seems to be a traitof humanity to crowd into the first car that comes along,regardless of the fact that within a minute or two anothercar will arrive with empty seats. People rather enjoystanding and hanging on the straps, when they have be-come accustomed to it,, for it does not take them long toget in that condition where they would just as leavestand as be seated. Still managers had rather seetheir patrons comfortable than discommoded. Until human nature is changed there will probably bcrowded cars in the larsre cities. The ]5roadway and Thirdavenue cable lines. New York, show this trait of humannature. During the rush hours cars follow each otherso closely that in many cases there are two in each block. « J II. Often the first car will be crowded, while the second willbe practically empt}*, yet the conductor of the first carcannot keep people from hanging on. Last month the Montreal Street Railway Company,Montreal, was fined $i and costs in each of two cases,for violating an ordinance a penalty for receivingmore passengers than cars would comfortabl} hold. Theordinance is a relic of horse car da3s, when the numberof passengers each car could hold was posted. Thiswas made necessary on account of the grades. Nowthat electricity has been adopted, there is no reason forsuch a law, and it should have been repealed. At anyrate it is not being enforced, for a day or so after the finewas imposed, the official whose duty it was to preventovercrowding was directed by his superiors to desist. T. B. Warren, editor of the Patriot, heard com-plaints of overcrowding, so he informed the ofiicer whoseduty it was to enforce the ordinance, that it was beingdisregarded. The latt
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