. Electric railway journal . trailers).The congestion duringthis period is obviouslyvery great. So much for the condi-tions at the vital question to the company and to the tran-sit commissioner, Hon. William L. Sause, is how to re-lieve the congestion. Some things have been done; othersare in process or in contemplation. One plan is to min-imize the time required for loading in the loop. On theYoungstown-Warren interurban line, where Peter Witt nil HUH 11Hins ii nil 11H nn-i ?? ??!! NORTH SECTION OP CENTRAL SQUARE OR DIAMOND, YOUNGSTOWN, OHIO 970 Electric Railway Journal Vol. 53, N
. Electric railway journal . trailers).The congestion duringthis period is obviouslyvery great. So much for the condi-tions at the vital question to the company and to the tran-sit commissioner, Hon. William L. Sause, is how to re-lieve the congestion. Some things have been done; othersare in process or in contemplation. One plan is to min-imize the time required for loading in the loop. On theYoungstown-Warren interurban line, where Peter Witt nil HUH 11Hins ii nil 11H nn-i ?? ??!! NORTH SECTION OP CENTRAL SQUARE OR DIAMOND, YOUNGSTOWN, OHIO 970 Electric Railway Journal Vol. 53, No. 20 front-entrance, center-exit cars are used, this is accom-plished by opening both entrance and exit doors inthe loop and not attempting to collect fares in the citylimits as tne passengers pass the conductor. On under the direction of Mr. Sause the Park and Fallsline, which reaches the loop by way of Market Street,was removed from the loop proper and arrangementswere made to wye the cars at point C, Fig. 1, in the. \ J w FIG. ANDPROPOSEDTRACKAROUND THE •DIAMOND,YOUNGSTOWN FIG. , THEPARK ANDFALLS LINECARS,YOUNGSTOWN manner shown in Fig. 2. The cars proceed northboundto point x, Fig. 2, unload their pasesngers, back to pointy without reversing the trolley poles, load at point yand proceed southbound. The main objection to thisplan is that cars must back against street traffic in asection where traffic is congested, particularly duringthe rush hours. To prevent accident the city maintainsextra traffic officers at this point. Mr. Sause proposes to locate a double crossover atpoint z, Fig. 2, to permit northbound cars to proceeddirectly to point b, where they would unload, then back-ing to point x (with traffic) for loading. This cross-over involves a cost of about $7,500 and it may beinstalled when finances permit. In the meantime noserious accidents have occurred at the wye. For ultimate solution of the Diamond problem, Stewart, Jr., superintende
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