. Electric railway journal . PBUILDERS Iron Works. At this writing only one track has beencompleted, but the cars are fed to the loading districtin such a way that this track can be devoted exclusivelyto handling all rush traffic bound in one direction. Theempties are sent back by routes which are more round-about. The works are located on the bay in South San Fran-cisco, and most of the men live in Daly City, the Mis-sion District and other southwestern sections. Throughthe Army Street line the great mass of riders enjoydirect service and a saving in time of twenty minuteseach way. Shortly be
. Electric railway journal . PBUILDERS Iron Works. At this writing only one track has beencompleted, but the cars are fed to the loading districtin such a way that this track can be devoted exclusivelyto handling all rush traffic bound in one direction. Theempties are sent back by routes which are more round-about. The works are located on the bay in South San Fran-cisco, and most of the men live in Daly City, the Mis-sion District and other southwestern sections. Throughthe Army Street line the great mass of riders enjoydirect service and a saving in time of twenty minuteseach way. Shortly before the main closing time, , aboutseventy-five cars are in line on both tracks at TwentiethStreet and moving toward Third Street, which, curiouslyenough, is at right angles to Twentieth Street. At thisintersection from twelve to fifteen front-end fare col-lectors are spread along to assist in speeding up theloading. As these men are experienced conductors (whohave already completed their daily platform stint), they. THE FLOOD GATES ARE OPENED AND SAN FRANCISCOS SHIPBUILDERS POUR FORTH 58 Electric Railway Journal Vol 52, No. 2 are very helpful in directing the traffic. The cars areloaded with such amazing speed that from seventy-fiveto ninety cars are disposed of in from fifteen to twentyminutes. As at so many shipyards, a rough element is includedamong the workers. Some of them try to jump throughthe car windows, and plenty of them endeavor to rideon the fenders, simply to escape paying a 5-cent , too, the platforms are packed, with scarcely astandee inside. This is particularly true on warm eve-nings in the case of the California-type car in whichthere is a closed section with bulkheads, doors and longi-tudinal seats, in the center. In short, the service isample, but it is not used by the passengers to full ad-vantage. Jitney competition is not a factor in the case,as the jitney fare is 10 cents. Negotiations are now under way with the EmergencyFleet Corpor
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