. Electric railway journal . Mexico City Tramways—A First-Class Funeral Train, Consisting of aMotor Hearse and Two Trailers pays careful attention to the wants and personal appear-ance of its men. It gives them free baths, barber service,amusements and instruction besides furnishing without cost 820 ELECTRIC RAILWAY JOURNAL. LVol. XXXIII. No. 18. commutation tickets are issued on all suburban lines. Theseentitle the holder to an average of three or four round tripsa day. On one line where the one-way first-class fare is. Mexico City Tramways—First-Class Funeral Car,Coffin Compartment 10 cents
. Electric railway journal . Mexico City Tramways—A First-Class Funeral Train, Consisting of aMotor Hearse and Two Trailers pays careful attention to the wants and personal appear-ance of its men. It gives them free baths, barber service,amusements and instruction besides furnishing without cost 820 ELECTRIC RAILWAY JOURNAL. LVol. XXXIII. No. 18. commutation tickets are issued on all suburban lines. Theseentitle the holder to an average of three or four round tripsa day. On one line where the one-way first-class fare is. Mexico City Tramways—First-Class Funeral Car,Coffin Compartment 10 cents (Mexican money) a monthly com-mutation ticket costs $575. This representsan enormous reduction from the regularfare, as four round trips a day would cost80 cents, or $24 a month. This proportion,however, is subject to variations in accord-ance with the franchise conditions. Thecompany prints all classes of tickets issued,and varies the colors every day to avoidcounterfeits. The lottery system is not nowused by the company, but when it was inuse, some time ago, it was customary to offerprizes in connection with the tickets ex-changed for fares. Fare registers have not been found prac-ticable. The conductor is therefore obligedto use the European system of fare receipts,which are vised by inspectors, who tear theticket, thus cancelling its value for furtheruse. The inspectors are virtually uniformedtraveling auditors, who examine all receiptsand tickets on both city and interurban linesto see that the proper fare
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