. Electric railway journal . d industryto change its fundamental habits. In endeav-oring to meet the economic pressure of recentyears, however, the electric railways have notmerely changed their habits—they have revo-lutionized them, and they have done this with a rapidity that is truly astonishing. Looking back over the past few years twodevelopments in transportation stand outwhich affected the electric railways pro-foundly and created new ideas regardingtransportation of passengers. The first was the automobile. The develop-ment of this machine established a rival forthe electric railways,
. Electric railway journal . d industryto change its fundamental habits. In endeav-oring to meet the economic pressure of recentyears, however, the electric railways have notmerely changed their habits—they have revo-lutionized them, and they have done this with a rapidity that is truly astonishing. Looking back over the past few years twodevelopments in transportation stand outwhich affected the electric railways pro-foundly and created new ideas regardingtransportation of passengers. The first was the automobile. The develop-ment of this machine established a rival forthe electric railways, and this rival was in theunique position of competing with the railwaysas to quality of service without being obligedto compete in price. Naturally it soon tookfrom the railways a large part of those cus-tomers to whom price was no object. Adding insult to injury, how-ever, the jitney then appeared, adding new standards of speed andconvenience for short-haul passengers. There was a distinct element (Continued on next page). .* „ DOUBLE-TRUCK, ONE-MAX CAR
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