. Electric railway journal . oard should be final and bind-ing upon both parties. It is intolerable that the trans-portation service of a city should be subject to occa-sional paralysis, whether by strikes or by lockouts. it requires facilities whichotherwise could be used forthe profitable part of theirbusiness, long-distance pas-senger and freight the other hand, theinterurban electric linescan conduct this businessat a profit. Steam rail-roads which now have acommuter business may notbe prepared to abandon it,but further investment,particularly in propertylike terminals, which ca
. Electric railway journal . oard should be final and bind-ing upon both parties. It is intolerable that the trans-portation service of a city should be subject to occa-sional paralysis, whether by strikes or by lockouts. it requires facilities whichotherwise could be used forthe profitable part of theirbusiness, long-distance pas-senger and freight the other hand, theinterurban electric linescan conduct this businessat a profit. Steam rail-roads which now have acommuter business may notbe prepared to abandon it,but further investment,particularly in propertylike terminals, which cannotbe used elsewhere, shouldbe considered askance. 434 Electric Railway journal Vol. 57, No. 10 Better Transportation for Camden A New Organization Takes Hold of the Southern Division of the PublicService Railway of New Jersey — An Active Effort Being Made toPromote a Spirit of Co-operation in Personnel of the Division—Formation of a Company Section of American Associa-tion Considered Highly Desirable in This Connection. THK SEIIVICE COMMITTEE IN FRONT OF ITS MOVABLE MEETING QUAiiTERSLeft to right, T. E. Babcock, F. B. Summers, H, C. Stevenson, Martin Schreilier. Cliairman ; R. A. McArthur. J. Walter Wright,J Hanf, J. N. Waters, C. V. Wallace, G. A. Rothery, Secretary, and William H. Wright THE Southern Division of the Public Service Rail-way, which centers in Camden, N. J., is in manyways like a detached property because it is sepa-rated by a considerable distance from the divisions whichcomprise the main mileage of the property. During thewar the shipbuilding and other abnormally augmentedindustries brought unusual prosperity to the district,which, however, did not extend to the railway company,but it is now suffering somewhat of a post-war , there are many substantial manufacturingproperties within the Southern Division territory, suchas that of the Victor Talking Machine Company, andthere is heavy traffic to and from Philadelphia, a part ofthe suburbs of w
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