. The Street railway journal . SUGGESTED DESIGN FORORNAMENTAL SIDE POLEFOR SUPPORTING TROL-WIRES SUGGESTED ATTACHMENT TO BUILDINGSTO SUPPORT TROLLEY WIRES tion of commissions, etc., taken into account, would amountto $650,000 annually, to which should be added, say, $200,000for taxes and other fixed charges, giving a total annual chargeof about $850,000. Assuming a rate for operating expenses of60 per cent, there would be required $2,125,000 as gross re-ceipts to pay the operating expenses and meet the fixed chargeswithout allowing any profit from operation. At a fare of 5cents this would mean
. The Street railway journal . SUGGESTED DESIGN FORORNAMENTAL SIDE POLEFOR SUPPORTING TROL-WIRES SUGGESTED ATTACHMENT TO BUILDINGSTO SUPPORT TROLLEY WIRES tion of commissions, etc., taken into account, would amountto $650,000 annually, to which should be added, say, $200,000for taxes and other fixed charges, giving a total annual chargeof about $850,000. Assuming a rate for operating expenses of60 per cent, there would be required $2,125,000 as gross re-ceipts to pay the operating expenses and meet the fixed chargeswithout allowing any profit from operation. At a fare of 5cents this would mean a passenger travel of 42,250,000 perannum. In other words, one-fourth of the total travel on thewhole of the San Francisco system of street railroads wouldhave to be combined on the territory tributary to one street tomake a subway pay. Even if a subway were built, all thetraffic along the route would not be taken by it, because a largeportion of the travel is purely local, moving for a short dis-tance only, to which a subway
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