. Electric railway journal . American-Built Double Deckers Are in Service—The Others Are on the Way THE Toronto Transportation Commission has es-tablished a motor bus route along HumbersideAvenue from Dundas Street west to Quebec Avenue,then along Annette Street to Runnymede Road, inWest Toronto, a distance of miles. This routeprovides a means of transport to a thickly populated sec-tion, north of Bloor Street, hitherto without any systemof transit, connecting with existing trolley lines. Thefare for a ride is 7 cents, with free transfers to and fromconnecting cars, and to date the servic
. Electric railway journal . American-Built Double Deckers Are in Service—The Others Are on the Way THE Toronto Transportation Commission has es-tablished a motor bus route along HumbersideAvenue from Dundas Street west to Quebec Avenue,then along Annette Street to Runnymede Road, inWest Toronto, a distance of miles. This routeprovides a means of transport to a thickly populated sec-tion, north of Bloor Street, hitherto without any systemof transit, connecting with existing trolley lines. Thefare for a ride is 7 cents, with free transfers to and fromconnecting cars, and to date the service has met withgeneral popular approval. The average number of pas-sengers carried now approximates 6,000 per day, ofwhich about 550 are local riders, who do not transferto the trolleys. Standees are not permitted. The service maintained calls for a five-minute head-way during the morning rush hours, a ten-minute head-way from 9 to 4:30 and a five-minute headwayagain during the evening rush hour, tapering off to a. Four Fifty-one-Seat Double-Deckers, Built by the FifthAvenue CoAcrf Company, Are Already in Service ten-minute headway later in the evening. On Saturday,the five-minute headway commences at 1 Already real estate values in the territory served haveincreased 10 per cent and the storekeepers at the junc-tion with the trolley cars report an increase in dailyreceipts of 15 per cent or more. Two even go so far asto say they have had a 20 per cent gain. The scheduled time for a one-way trip is ten permits a one-minute layover at the end of eachhalf trip and allows nine minutes to make the run miles. The average schedule speed works out The runs are based on eight hours per day andthe men are paid the same sliding scale of hourly ratesas the platform men on the trolley cars. Time and aquarter is paid for overtime on weekdays and time anda half for work on Sundays and holidays. It took but four days to break in the drivers becaus
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