The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1891-01-28
ELECTRIC RAILWAY SERVICE.
The Convenience Of the People to be
Considered.
Equal to Those En-
joyed in Any City in the
Country.

The equipment of the Central Street
Railway with electric apparatus is almost
completed, and it is now authoritatively
stated that the road will be operated by
the new system some time during the
coming week. The value of this change
to the city of Sacramento can hardly be
estimated. 1t will prove very import
ant factor in the Improvement of the city
and will unquestionably greatly advance
the value of property, not only directly
up the thoroughfares traversed by the
cars, but upon the contiguous streets.
AS the people are all anxious to know
what kind of service is to be expected
from the new system, a reporter of the
REcoRD-UNIoN yesterday called upon
Mr.. j. ii. Henry, the proprietor of the
line, and asked him a number of pointed
questions. Mr.. Henry said, in substance:
I'VE propose to give the people of Sac
ramento tirst-classs service in every re-
spect During the summer we thall run
open cars and during wet weather will
use closed cars and combination cars, the
latter being partly open and partly closed,
similar to those used on the cable cars in
San Francisco.
ACCOMMODATE EVERYBODY.
commodate all classes of people, You
know that the best customers of all trans
pOrtatlOn companies are smokers, and
yet they are the most neglected, as rule.
Where only closed cars are used the GEN
tleman who wishes to enjoy his cigar
while on his way to his office must walk.
Even where the combination car is used
Its purpose is not understood by many
ladies. Take the cable cars on Market
street in San Francisco. OF course smok-
ing is allowed on the open part of the car,
but it is often filled with ladies, who pro-
test ii a gentleman smokes there. We
| snail have signs upon every open car,
| stating that smoking is allowed on the
rear four or five seats. If lady does not
object to smoking and wishes to occupy
one of those seats, she is ut liberty to do
so, but she will be constantly reminded
by the sign that the gentleman who is
| enjoying his cigar on the same seat has a
! perfect right to do 50, and that his COM
| fort, rs well as hers, has been considered
by the company. On the combination
| cars, if smoke is offensive to & lady. she
where smoking IS prohibited.
There VIII be no difficulty in telling at
a glance just where a car is going. The
cars running out j street viii carry green
| flags and green lights, while those that
go up Nj street will carry red flags and
red lights. These can be seen readily as
the car approaches and will prevent all
mistakes.
CATCH EARLY TRAINS.
''The cars will commence running at
80 A. NJ, from Oak Park, to connect
with the 6:l5 train, and up to 10 O'Clock
will be in charge Of The motor man, pas
scngers depositing- their fares in the cash
box. After 10 O'clock A. NJ. all cars will
also carry conductor. Cars will be run
! so as to meet all trains up TO IL O'Clock at
night. All OF them viii be used up to
1890 p. NJ, after which time q sufficient
number viii be kept on to accommodate
travellers, theater-goers and those whose
| business or pleasure calls them out late
at night.
Daring the morning hours, UP to 10
O'Clock, every other car will run to Oak
Park, and after that hour every car will
make the full trip. This will give first
class recommendations to the people re-
| siding in the suburbs of the city.
zone Of the most important things
under the new system win be the fact that
the cars will be run on exact schedule
time. Time-cards viii be issued, show
| ing the passing points, SO that persons
living along the line will,llnow to a min
ute when they can expect car in either
direction, at any given point on the line.
Thus person desiring to take certain
train will know just what car to catch in
| order to be at the depot on time.
''Of course all this will not work
smoothly the first few days, as new men
must be broken in to handle the cars, but
in very short time everything viii be
working smoothly and we will give a
service that will be appreciated by the
people,"