. The street railway review . ! and its steeliest grade willbe 25 per cent. 778 STREET RAILWAY REVIEW. [Vol. XI, No. 10. TRANSFERS IN BOSTON. The Boston Elevated Railway Co. has a system of free trans-fers between a large number of its intersecting lines, and in thecase of lines between which free transfers are not issued an eight-cent transfer check is sold by conductors which is good for pas-sage on a connecting line to any point where the fare is not overfive cents. With two exceptions, free transfer checks are issued to passen-gers applying for them at the transfer stations which
. The street railway review . ! and its steeliest grade willbe 25 per cent. 778 STREET RAILWAY REVIEW. [Vol. XI, No. 10. TRANSFERS IN BOSTON. The Boston Elevated Railway Co. has a system of free trans-fers between a large number of its intersecting lines, and in thecase of lines between which free transfers are not issued an eight-cent transfer check is sold by conductors which is good for pas-sage on a connecting line to any point where the fare is not overfive cents. With two exceptions, free transfer checks are issued to passen-gers applying for them at the transfer stations which are estab-lished at various points where the lines diverge, and are in chargeof agents who issue the checks. Transfers are made from inwardcars to other lines of inward cars and from outward cars to otherlines of outward cars by general inward and outward checks. 419083 Boston Elevated Ry Co. 16 prge 0«i ftooSUSLET ST. Tnisftt Station n uj f 7 Transfer 1|2 3K roolylfuaed within Ud date of the FOEll 1 fS o^iSooMmf^^&i^^. m3 m3 EU-WiM @J UM Hi rm/H i^»°i^i ;r^l:^|!a|3;|45f30| Where a transfer is allowed from an inward to an outward car, aspecial check is used, the destination being cancelled by the transferagent according to application. Fig. I shows the style of transfer check used between two inwardcars and a similar check with the -word outward substituted forinward is used to transfer between cars going outward. The trans-fer between an inward and an outward car is made by means ofa special check on which the destinations of the cars are check is illustrated in Fig. 2. Checks are cancelled as to hour, day and month by the agent,and the transfer from one car to another is required to be madeat the station. One of the two exceptions mentioned is on theEast Boston division, known as the Island Ward, and where thelines terminate at the ferry, making no direct connection with carsof other divisions. Free transfer tickets are issued on either side c ! ■*■ 1^ [
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