. The street railway review . Transit lines. Utah. Ogdex, Utah.—C. E. Mavne is reported to have gained control oftlie Henderson-Brinker Street Railway franchise in the interests ofeastern capital. The Ogden Power Dam Company is to be reorganizedby this company and consolidated with llie railway. Capital placed at^250,000. Malt Lake City, Utah.—The stockholders of the Salt Lake CityStreet Railroad Company re-elects old officers. A, W. McCune, presi-dent; W. P. Read, superintendent. Washington. Seattle, Wash.—Front street line and tlic North Seattle organiia-ion elect D. T. Denny, president; Joh
. The street railway review . Transit lines. Utah. Ogdex, Utah.—C. E. Mavne is reported to have gained control oftlie Henderson-Brinker Street Railway franchise in the interests ofeastern capital. The Ogden Power Dam Company is to be reorganizedby this company and consolidated with llie railway. Capital placed at^250,000. Malt Lake City, Utah.—The stockholders of the Salt Lake CityStreet Railroad Company re-elects old officers. A, W. McCune, presi-dent; W. P. Read, superintendent. Washington. Seattle, Wash.—Front street line and tlic North Seattle organiia-ion elect D. T. Denny, president; John 15. Denny, vice; D. T. Denny,superintendent; A. Dunn, secretary. 320 (^licctl^yailM^li^Vicu^ A FEW SAMPLE TRANSFERS. THE transfer ticket seems to be one of those thingswhich no amount of study and planning on thepart of the manager can so perfect as to abso-lutely protect the company. The local conditions of onecitv often render impracticable a plan well suited to theneeds of another town. While there are places where. 126 rATERSON, N. J. TRANSFER. the transfer cannot be used with safety, in the majority ofcases it is found profitable to the company and a greatconvenience to the public, despite its many bad featuresThe one golden rule which applies to all places and conditions, however, is to make the time limit just as shortas possible and thus prevent scalping. The ticket used at Paterson, N. J., is the invention ofF. R. Greene, of the Chicago CityRailway, and is proving very satisfac-tory there and elsewhere. In this par-ticular case the conductor indicates bya pencil mark or punch to which ofthe several lines named at the right,the transfer is made and by means ofa brass clip tears the ticket to indicatethe hour and quarter hour at which itsusefulness as a legal fare tender ceasesto exist. The issuing conductor writes hisbadge number in the space indicatedand the bold figure i is changedeach day, to correspond with the day of the month orotherwise as ordered from th
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