. Electric railway journal . g the solution of the trac-tion problem. Every day of delay makes the solutionmore difficult. I think the American public is convinced,especially in view of recent experience with federaloperation of railroads and telephone and telegraph lines,that greater efficiency is to be secured under privateoperation. Exceedingly few of our municipalities arein a position to finance the purchase of their electricrailway systems, and, as a prominent municipal officialof New York City has recently put it, it would be badpolicy to buy a losing business. If private operation isth
. Electric railway journal . g the solution of the trac-tion problem. Every day of delay makes the solutionmore difficult. I think the American public is convinced,especially in view of recent experience with federaloperation of railroads and telephone and telegraph lines,that greater efficiency is to be secured under privateoperation. Exceedingly few of our municipalities arein a position to finance the purchase of their electricrailway systems, and, as a prominent municipal officialof New York City has recently put it, it would be badpolicy to buy a losing business. If private operation isthe most satisfactory, and the municipalities are not ina position to purchase their electric railways and leasethem to private operators (the advantages of which arevery debatable), then the only course which remains isto make it possible for the present owners to give goodservice and to meet the demands of the community,which entails a just and reasonable increase in revenuesufficient to offset the increased cost of There is no more important question before the munic-ipal officials of the State of New York than the solutionof the electric railway problem. It is to be hoped thatthe question will be dealt with in a broad-gaged spiritby both sides, for the electric railway is a necessity ofcity life, and as such deserves unbiased and enlightenedtreatment on the part of those who have it in theirpower to grant such relief as may be necessary underthe circumstances of each case. Vacation Days Among the Pines NOT many electric railways in the United Statesare able to provide such a vacation camp for em-ployees as the Pacific Electric Railway has done inCalifornia, but this companys example may encourageothers to do the best they can with the natural meansat their disposal. The Pacific Electric Railway Vacation Home, whichlast year entertained more than 800 employees and theirfamilies for varying periods, is on a wooded 15-acretract in the San Bernardino Mountains, 22 miles
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