. Electric railway journal . $634 39 March 586 88 April 191 18 May 4,062 69 June 1,680 44 2 67 July t2, August 1,611 01 September 1,003 50 1 62 October + November JI 1,668. 14* J22 50 December I 32 1919 January* 17, 35 21 February (I to 17, inclusive)... 12, 49 24 * New system of fares effective Jan. 1, Indicates decrease. 1 Decrease due to influenza epidemic. 2 Decrease due to seven days strike; no cars operated. system proposed at St. Louis. No attempt will bemade to abstract those parts of reports here except togi
. Electric railway journal . $634 39 March 586 88 April 191 18 May 4,062 69 June 1,680 44 2 67 July t2, August 1,611 01 September 1,003 50 1 62 October + November JI 1,668. 14* J22 50 December I 32 1919 January* 17, 35 21 February (I to 17, inclusive)... 12, 49 24 * New system of fares effective Jan. 1, Indicates decrease. 1 Decrease due to influenza epidemic. 2 Decrease due to seven days strike; no cars operated. system proposed at St. Louis. No attempt will bemade to abstract those parts of reports here except togive the accompanying tables relating to Springfieldand Holyoke. Central Zone Not Practical in New Jersey The study of the traffic count conducted by the com-mittee showed that for the conditions existing in manyparts of the property a central zone was not practical. MAP SHOWING POPULATION DENSITY. HUDSON ANDBERGEN DIVISION, PUBLIC SERVICE RAILWAY and that it would bear with especial severity uponfactory workers in Newark, Jersey City and some of theother communities served by the company. With a central zone, whose radius was determinedby the average distance which the company could affordto haul passengers traveling therein for a 5-cent fare,the greater proportion of the manufacturing establish-ments would lie in the outlying zones. The consequencewould be that those journeying from these manufac-turing establishments, or other traffic centers situatedin the outlying zones, to residential sections just withinthe limits of the central zone would pay a fare con-siderably higher than other classes of riders within thesame community. The individuals to whom such asystem would appeal are those employed at or near thetraffic center of the city; or, in other words, thoseemployed or conducting business in office buildings andretail establishments or in
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