. Electric railway journal . should beclearly marked by street signs. A man who has alreadywalked ten to twenty minutes is generally sore enoughto continue walking, because he feels that he would behanding the railway something by paying full fare forpart ride. We hope that renewed attention will be given to thissubject wherever zone fares are installed. Every zoneboundary ought to be an information point as regardsheadways and, possibly, as regards places reached. Itwould be poor business policy to let people cut off a zoneor two from their fares when a little information wouldtend to keep th
. Electric railway journal . should beclearly marked by street signs. A man who has alreadywalked ten to twenty minutes is generally sore enoughto continue walking, because he feels that he would behanding the railway something by paying full fare forpart ride. We hope that renewed attention will be given to thissubject wherever zone fares are installed. Every zoneboundary ought to be an information point as regardsheadways and, possibly, as regards places reached. Itwould be poor business policy to let people cut off a zoneor two from their fares when a little information wouldtend to keep them waiting for the car. Always sell thecustomer the largest piece of transportation he reallyought to have! 372 Electric Railway Journal Vol. 54, No. The Street Inspector as He Was and Is to Be He Once Occupied a Most Responsible Position—Then Changesin Practice Rendered Him Less Important — Now Condi-tions Are Reinstating Him as an Essential Railway Official By EDWARD DANA Acting General Manager Boston Elevated Railway. IN EARLY DAYS,the street railwayconsisted of a fewtracks on mainthoroughfares, e x -tending a relativelyshort distance fromthe central businesssection, and in manycases the routes op-erated on these tracksall started from asingle carhouse. Herewas located the of-ficial usually knownas foreman, stationmaster or starter,who was responsiblefor the dispatchingof the cars on the sev-eral lines on scheduletime and who alsorecorded the hours ofwork of the men whooperated the cars. It was necessary to provide a responsible official atthe central business terminus to supervise car opera-tion, and as the system extended over larger and largerareas this official developed into the street aide,traffic aide or street inspector, so-called. In thosedays when the tracks were laid but a short distancefrom the center of the city this official was almostalways located in one spot and knew the patrons as wellas the car crews individually. As the systems developedand consolidat
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