. Electric railway journal . carried. Had it been possible to giveall the car-mileage desired, the travel would have beenstill better. Preliminary to introducing the lAd. Mr. Moffet madegraphical studies such as those shown in Figs. 1 and 2,which are reproduced merely to suggest his gen-eral plan without goinginto details. In theselie determined (1) the ef-fect of converting a givennumber of penny passen-gers to 2d. passengers ifthe penny stage wereshortened in the proportionshown; (2) the effect ofconverting a given numberof penny passengers intolid. passengers as com-pared with the number of
. Electric railway journal . carried. Had it been possible to giveall the car-mileage desired, the travel would have beenstill better. Preliminary to introducing the lAd. Mr. Moffet madegraphical studies such as those shown in Figs. 1 and 2,which are reproduced merely to suggest his gen-eral plan without goinginto details. In theselie determined (1) the ef-fect of converting a givennumber of penny passen-gers to 2d. passengers ifthe penny stage wereshortened in the proportionshown; (2) the effect ofconverting a given numberof penny passengers intolid. passengers as com-pared with the number ofthe 2d. passengers thatwould be lost thereby; (3)the portion of Id. and converted to 2d. passengers if the Id. stage were still further shortenedand the lid. fare abolished, and (4) the portion of from which extra revenue might be derivedcompared with the portion of 2d. passengers from whichrevenue would be lost if a Hd. stage were general, Fig. 1 was made to prove that people will. Heavy Lines not pay more for a ride—when it is not a necessity but aconvenience—if they think it is cheaper to walk. shows the dangerous condition that might arise ifthe losses exceeded the gains. As in the case of theAmerican passenger, psychology must be reckoned long rider who is asked to pay 4d. instead of less disturbed than the short rider who is asked topay 2d. instead of Id., because the latter sees riding asa convenience or even a luxury (to use Mr. Moffetsterm) with which he candispense if he so Mr. Moffet, whendealing with the second re-vision of fares, gave a de-tailed list of stages andtheir lengths, he also pre-pared a diagram to showany inequalities. This dia-gram, as reproduced in , calls for no lengthy ex-planation. Along the topline are set out distancesup to 5i miles, with thei-mile points also the left-hand mar-gin of the diagram the vari-ous routes are tabulatedtogether with the
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