. Electric railway journal . recent issue of the Ele-vated News calls attention to the fact that during thenine years mentioned the Elevated Railroads have car-ried a number of passengers almost equal to the popula-tion of the world. The safety work of the Elevated Rail-roads is highly organized and the record mentionedabove is being used to stimulate further interest on thepart of employees. The Chicago, Ottawa & Peoria Railway, Ottawa, 111.,on April 15 dedicated a flag and a new 50-ft. steel flag-pole at the Ottawa shops to three of the company shopemployees who are members of the local mili
. Electric railway journal . recent issue of the Ele-vated News calls attention to the fact that during thenine years mentioned the Elevated Railroads have car-ried a number of passengers almost equal to the popula-tion of the world. The safety work of the Elevated Rail-roads is highly organized and the record mentionedabove is being used to stimulate further interest on thepart of employees. The Chicago, Ottawa & Peoria Railway, Ottawa, 111.,on April 15 dedicated a flag and a new 50-ft. steel flag-pole at the Ottawa shops to three of the company shopemployees who are members of the local military com-pany. At the time these boys were called to the Mexicanfrontier the company could not show its appreciationof them, and has taken advantage of the occasion of theirnew call to service to acknowledge its esteem for local military company and the high school cadetsgave an exhibition drill. The cadet band furnished themusic. The public was invited to attend. 734 ELECTRIC RAILWAY JOURNAL [Vol. XLIX, No. 16. CHANGE BOOTHS AND TURNSTILES AT ENTRANCE TO PUBLICSERVICE TERMINAL ELEVATED TRAIN FLOOR STAIRCASES New System of Fare Collection inPublic Service Terminal Traffic in Newark, N. J., Terminal Has Doubled inFew Months Necessitating Use of Turnstilesand Change Booths BEGINNING April 1, the Public Service Railway,Newark, N. J., has been using in the terminal onPark Place a new system of fare collection and transferissuing. Referring to the articles describing this ter-minal which appeared in several issues of the Electric-Railway JOURNAL during 1914, 1915 and 1916, it willbe noted that passengers enter the concourse floor fromthe street, passing from this floor to the elevated trainfloor and the subway floor by a number of stairways,each leading to the appropriate loading platform. Upto April 1 passengers boarding cars in the terminalpaid their fares to conductors and received their trans-fers on entering the cars exactly as when they boardedfrom the street. The sp
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