. Electric railway journal . opmentsin motor transportation and compared the conditionsunder which motor vehicles and electric cars latter, he said, have to pay out annually about 30per cent of their gross receipts for taxes, interest onthe cost of their roadbed construction and maintenancefor track and pavements, whereas the motor vehicles inCalifornia do not pay over 2 per cent of their receiptsfor these items, because the roads are maintained bythe public. Mr. Titcomb then mentioned several improve-ments which the Pacific Electric Railway would make ifit could prove that it was
. Electric railway journal . opmentsin motor transportation and compared the conditionsunder which motor vehicles and electric cars latter, he said, have to pay out annually about 30per cent of their gross receipts for taxes, interest onthe cost of their roadbed construction and maintenancefor track and pavements, whereas the motor vehicles inCalifornia do not pay over 2 per cent of their receiptsfor these items, because the roads are maintained bythe public. Mr. Titcomb then mentioned several improve-ments which the Pacific Electric Railway would make ifit could prove that it was a profitable venture, but untilcompeting means of transportation are taxed equallywith the railways further electric railway developmentin Southern California seems doubtful. June 26, 1920 Electric Railway Journal 1305 Operating a 14-Mile Suburban Line on aThirty-second Headway Special Safety Record Has Been Established by the P. R. T. on a Line Whose NaturalCharacteristics Impose Several Service Operating Difficulties x^ -:. AUTOMATIC SIGNAL PROTECTING GRADE AND CURVE, BRANCHTOWN HILI. THE lines of the Philadelphia Rapid Transit Com-pany operating on Old York Road and servingWillow Grove Park carry on many days duringthe park season what is probably the largest volume ofpassenger traffic handled on any similar suburban linein the entire country. The route, from the center ofPhiladelphia to Willow Grove Park, is about 14 miles,and on heavy days cars are scheduled on thirty-secondheadway over the entire route, which means that withany lag in the line cars very frequently are running attwo or three-second intervals. York Road is double-tracked throughout, the tracksfor most of the distance being on the side of the high-way, but in some of the towns and at other locations thetracks cross to and are laid in the center. In addition to the heavy street car traffic York Roadis Philadelphias principal vehicular outlet to the north,it being a direct continuation of Broad Street. Thehigh
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