. Electric railway journal . ight degree the ease andrapidity of loading and unloading. The platform dimensionsof the new Washington cars, however, were not restrictedin any way, and the design may be said to represent thebest possible arrangement and proportions for the serviceto be given and the amount and character of the traffic 011the line over which the cars are operated. As will be seen from the floor plan of the cars, the when travel is heavy, additional trippers are put out until a3-minute service is maintained. The new pay-within carsare used on the through runs, and 13-bench, double
. Electric railway journal . ight degree the ease andrapidity of loading and unloading. The platform dimensionsof the new Washington cars, however, were not restrictedin any way, and the design may be said to represent thebest possible arrangement and proportions for the serviceto be given and the amount and character of the traffic 011the line over which the cars are operated. As will be seen from the floor plan of the cars, the when travel is heavy, additional trippers are put out until a3-minute service is maintained. The new pay-within carsare used on the through runs, and 13-bench, double-truckopen cars are used for the tripper runs during the summermonths. Two 5-cent fares are charged for the through trip toChevy Chase Lake. The dividing point between fare zonesis at the Maryland-District line, about 3 miles beyond theRock Creek loop. It will be seen from this general description of the trafficto be handled that the conditions in Washington are quitedifferent from those in Philadelphia, where the pay-within. Washington Pay-Within Cars—Exterior View platforms are divided transversely by a partition railing,which provides a hand hold for passengers who may bestanding on the platform. This railing also serves to pro-tect the motorman on the front platform from the crowd-ing of passengers. From the Treasury Building to the suburban loop ter-minal at Rock Creek, in the northwestern part of the city,the cars run over the Fourteenth and U Street line, whichcarries very heavy traffic and is operated with the under-ground conduit system. From Rock Creek to Chevy Chase car was first developed. Comparatively long-distance sum-mer pleasure travel and winter travel alike must be madecomfortable; a second fare must be collected while the caris passing through the neutral zone; large numbers of pas-sengers must be loaded and unloaded at the outlying termi-nal, and also at the stub-end terminal down-town; and allthe usual problems of handling heavy local city travel, aswell
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