. Electric railway journal . inutes on the White Oak and Pomona lines and twentyminutes on the other two lines. Schedule speeds of 8to 10 are kept up far more easily than they werewith two-men cars. For Saturday afternoons and other special occasions,four extras are available. These are big cars recentlyconverted to one-man service. Travel Sticks Despite Raise in Fare From the satisfaction expressed by the public it isevident that the new cars have made a hit. However, itis not possible to gage their effect in this regard. Thecars were installed in September, 1917, during a periodof inc
. Electric railway journal . inutes on the White Oak and Pomona lines and twentyminutes on the other two lines. Schedule speeds of 8to 10 are kept up far more easily than they werewith two-men cars. For Saturday afternoons and other special occasions,four extras are available. These are big cars recentlyconverted to one-man service. Travel Sticks Despite Raise in Fare From the satisfaction expressed by the public it isevident that the new cars have made a hit. However, itis not possible to gage their effect in this regard. Thecars were installed in September, 1917, during a periodof increasing travel. Until the end of the year alsothere was a distressing variety of cut-rate tickets whichproduced about 50 per cent of the gross revenue, 30per cent in value being six for 25 cents; 10 per centbeing school and college tickets at eight for 25 cents, 5per cent being workmens tickets at eight for 25 centsand 5 per cent being childrens tickets at ten for 25 petition to the North Carolina Corporation Com-. The Safety Car Has Saved Greensboros Street Railway mission these old franchise regulations were abolishedin favor of a straight 5-cent fare. In spite of this in-crease in rates, traffic has held up so well that the grossearnings for June, 1918, were $568 or per cent inexcess of the gross for June, 1917. The simplificationof fare collection is also an advantage to the car oper-ators as now they need handle only cash and transfers,using a non-registering box for the money and Inter-national registers for transfer registration. Over $1,000 a Month on a $50,000 Investment While siding limitations have prevented the NorthCarolina Public Service Corporation from creatingtraffic and so getting more net through shorter head-ways, the company has taken full advantage of theeconomy possibilities of the safety cars. For example,a comparison of March, 1918, with March, 1917, shows: Payroll decreased per cent or $, despitethe fact that men average $12 a
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