. The Street railway journal . four,and they are run on a four and five minute are mostly one horse, fare box cars. White menonly are employed as drivers, and their cars are run onlyuntil eleven oclock at night, except on one line, where arecent ordinance requires that the cars run until 12:30oclock. The fare is five cents, and twenty-five tickets aresold for $1. The tickets are printed in different ways; somein coupon books, and others are simply card ticketsTransfers are given to connecting lines. The colored peo-ple ride quite as much as the white people in proportion totheir
. The Street railway journal . four,and they are run on a four and five minute are mostly one horse, fare box cars. White menonly are employed as drivers, and their cars are run onlyuntil eleven oclock at night, except on one line, where arecent ordinance requires that the cars run until 12:30oclock. The fare is five cents, and twenty-five tickets aresold for $1. The tickets are printed in different ways; somein coupon books, and others are simply card ticketsTransfers are given to connecting lines. The colored peo-ple ride quite as much as the white people in proportion totheir numbers, and are always liberal patrons of the streetcars when they can get a nickel to ride with. The original track construction of the line consistedof the old Crescent rail, fastened to stringers by means ofscrews and countersunk holes. About ten years ago aforty pound, center bearing rail was substituted. Thesoil in and about Charleston is low, level and very sandy;but little trouble, however, is experienced in keeping up. JOHN S. RIGGS, PRESIDENT CHARLESTON CITY RAILWAY COMPANY. the rail joints. The principal streets upon which the streetcars run are paved with granite rocks or cobble, but uponothers, in the suburbs, theanimals wade through the sand,and as this is constantly accumulating upon the rails, thetraction is exceedingly hard at times. The horses em-ployed upon the Charleston line are among the finest wehave ever seen driven to street cars, and are generallykept in excellent condition. The horses weigh from 1,100to 1,200 lbs., and cost $140 to $160 a head. A few mulesare employed, and these cost about $40 a head more thanthe horses; but horses are preferred for street car service,as they are generally quicker, and do not require so muchpersuasion from the driver, giving him more time to seethat the fares are paid. The stables at which the 150 animals of the companyare housed consist of low, one story buildings, with ampleventilation, but little protection from th
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