. Electric railway journal . em. In addition tothe ace flag the company uses anhonor flag which is given to thedriver with the second best recordeach week. The ace flag is a greentriangular pennant in the center ofwhich is a gold colored diamondcarrying the word Ace in greenbtters. The honor flag is a trian-puel economy ace gular pennant half blue and halfand honor gold. When the ace system was started last July the buses averaged 6 miles per gallon of fuel. In less than two weeks afterthe system was inaugurated the fuel average was in-creased to miles per gallon. Many drivers are nowfar
. Electric railway journal . em. In addition tothe ace flag the company uses anhonor flag which is given to thedriver with the second best recordeach week. The ace flag is a greentriangular pennant in the center ofwhich is a gold colored diamondcarrying the word Ace in greenbtters. The honor flag is a trian-puel economy ace gular pennant half blue and halfand honor gold. When the ace system was started last July the buses averaged 6 miles per gallon of fuel. In less than two weeks afterthe system was inaugurated the fuel average was in-creased to miles per gallon. Many drivers are nowfar above this figure. One driver now has a reputationof miles per gallon of gasoline. The buses are all of double-deck type, using four-cylinder engines with 4-in. x 6-in. cylinders. Each busloaded weights 16 000 lb., and the average service con-sists of ten stops per mile. Nearly all of the driving ison hard asphalt pavement. Under this economy systemeach bus has actually saved on an average about 4 galof gasoline per week. News of the Ele&ric Railways FINANCIAL AND CORPORATE . TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORTATION PERSONAL MENTION Seattle Votes for M. O. Immediate Steps to Be Taken to BuyPuget Sound Lines for Sumof $15,000,000 The city of Seattle on Nov. 5 votednearly 3£ to 1 in favor of buying thestreet car lines of the Puget SoundTraction, Light & Power Company for$15,000,000. A preliminary note in re-gard to this was published last week. The City Council and Mayor Hansonwill take immediate steps to close thedeal for the purchase. While no definitedate has been set, it is believed thenegotiations will be completed by The Department of Public Utilitieshas gathered much of the data re-quired by the corporation counsel. Thecity and the company have agreedupon a division of the real estate andthe placing of some of the property inescrow or the provision of title insur-ance to protect the city. The purchase of the property of theSeattle & Rainier Valley Railway linesis part of the
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