, 1872-10-12
STREET GONVEYANCES.

| How the Scattering Of Business by the Fire Re-
| suited in Increase Of Vehicles for Public Use
The Mem Omnibus and" Street-Car Lines~-1SS
n Cars and 203 Omnibuses Engaged In Carrying
:: Pzssensefs at Cents Head.
/: The scattering Of the centre Of business by
the fire. and the consequent increase Of travel,
brought about b material improvement in our
system Of intramura1 transit much to be desired
And it came about in ! somewhat intricate way,
az a great many public blessings do.
" f. Young, an experienced hand
in the management Of public ve~
Iicles, ran 3 line Of omnibuses On
Wabash avenue, in competition with the South
Side City Railroad Company The latter corpo-
ration bought him out, and ran the buses for =
ehort time, and sold out to Mr. Pratt, of the T.
l. P. Ine- ar. Pratt, in turn, sold out to the
Peoples Omnibus and Baggage Company, who
afterward had sole control of South Side omni-
bus travel. Meanwhile Mr. Young opened q line
OF omnlbusses On the North Side, from Clark
street bridge to Lincoln Park, and made it pay
comfortably When the fire came, Mr. Young
brought his buses over to the West Side, with re-
duced ratea at cents, and ran his vehicles
from the west end OF the tunnel to Twenty
second street. This produced 8 reduction Of
fare on the part Of the P O. l. B. Co.. and IN
creased public accommodations from Them. The
South aud Vest Division City Railroad Comps
MES, determined to keep up With the tines de-
termined to increase their facilities, and fifteen
new cara we're put on their joint line, running
from Ashland avenue on Madison street to
Tweuty-second street on State, four section
run By the South Side Company and by
the Vest The conductors are furnished With
two tally cards, and punch one for State street
fares, and the other for Msdison street nicke1s.
This accommodation. which, By the Way, pays
well, was completed tour weeks ago. Compe-
t1tion on the part Of the omnibus lines again
brought their vehicles westward, this time as
far as Halsted street a West slider can thus
ride from Ashland avenue to Twenty-Eecond
street in car, or from Halsted to Twenty ninth
in bus, for the trif1ing Sum Of cents.
This system Will be carried on through the
winter, close cars being substituted for open
ones.
There are 80 ears running on the South Side
lines, exclusive Of the through cara; 63 Oh the
West, and rs on the North, making a.,tota1 Of
1888 cars in the three divisions. There are also
2D2 omnibuses engaged in the same beneficial
have SO omnibuses for railroads and hotels the
P. O. D. B. Co. have 40 buses from the West Side
to Twenty-second and Twenty y-n;nth streets ".
81. Young has IS ON the same route; the West
Side Stage Company run II from Robey to State
street on Madison J. Harrington runs On the
Same route; the Lumberman's Line runs q from
State street to Archer avenue. uia Lake and Hal
sted streets; ". !. Russell runs from
West Twelfth to Sonth Clark; A. p
Ragor runs 12 from Sixteenth street
to North Clark street, b. way Of Canal and Mn
run two omnibnses repeatedly to Eng]ewood,
from the Post Office; j. B. Flagg, with ai1 ON
nlbuses; Eeeps up lively competition with
the, MHWanEee avenue carB: " .. Goodner
runs two stages On West Randolph and Lake
streets. to Western avenue.
There are several independent buses running
on the West and South Sides making total OF
vehicles engaged in carrying street travellers of
$780, And yet more are wanted.