. The Street railway journal . tin Germany. During the thirty-six years of its existenceup to 1901 the average dividend has been per cent,and the aggregate dividend payment has been 14,406,468marks. During this time the city has received a percent-age on the gross receipts, on a basis of 1 pfennig per ticket senbahn (omitting its auxiliary lines) had expended up tothe close of 1900 for street cleaning and improvements, suchas pavements, etc., a total of 75,000,000 marks, a very hand-some sum, which explains why the fare has not beenlowered. The custom, inaugurated centuries ago, that the
. The Street railway journal . tin Germany. During the thirty-six years of its existenceup to 1901 the average dividend has been per cent,and the aggregate dividend payment has been 14,406,468marks. During this time the city has received a percent-age on the gross receipts, on a basis of 1 pfennig per ticket senbahn (omitting its auxiliary lines) had expended up tothe close of 1900 for street cleaning and improvements, suchas pavements, etc., a total of 75,000,000 marks, a very hand-some sum, which explains why the fare has not beenlowered. The custom, inaugurated centuries ago, that the businessman should reside in close proximity to his place of busi- 676 STREET RAILWAY JOURNAL. [Vol. XIX. No. 23. ness, and, if possible, in the sarne house, is still in vogue inmost large continental cities with but few exceptions. Thisfact probably explains the slower traffic development in modeled horse cars. New trailers have been built only incomparatively few cases. And now as to the second point, namely, the lower wages. SPALENTHOR, BASEL ACCUMULATOR CAR OF THE BELGIUM STATE RAILWAYS TRUNK LINE SERVICE Germany as compared with England and the United German city which most closely resembles cities inthese countries is Hamburg, where the business center isdistinctly separated from the residence portion. This hasthe advantage of increasing traffic, but the disadvantage ofconcentrating traffic during rush hours in one direction,crowded cars going one way and empty cars in the other. As a road which has to cater to short-distance ridersmust run cars under short headway, a very small car has
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