Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-11-17
TRAFFIC. TRANSFERS
Is What C. L. Magee Says the Two
Rival Roads Have Agreed on.
MORE STREET RAILWAY GOSSIP
The Pittsburg Traction Road Makes Good
Showing for the Year.
CONSOLIDATION STORIES DENIED


The number of passengers carried was
9,479, 1914, against s,276,1 for last year.
This is good increase and greatly
pleased the stockholders. The Sec
retary refused to give out the
net earnings of the line, but stockholder
said the years profit would be about ssh
251. The three-cent fare went into effect
June /.
The Board of. Directors elected is as fol-
lows: William l.. Elkins, p A. B. Wild
low, George L. Elkins J. Y. Wainwright
George c. Wilson. George L. Elkins of
Philadelphia, takes the place of Will
lam H. Kemble, deceased, on the
board. The following officers were
elected: President, G. w. Elkins;
Vice President, T. S. Bigelow; Secretary
and Treasurer, J. G. Troggardt; Solicitor,
George G. Wilson. The same officers serve
for the Pittsburg, Oakland and East Liberty
line. the Atwood electric branch and the
Central Transit Company. which holds the
right of way down Fifth avenue from Grant
to Market streets.
Traffic Transfers Promised.
C. L. Magee was asked last night what
had resulted from the conferences be-
tween Pittsburg and Duquesne magnates.
GA great deal will result" he replied,
"and the people will be benefited in re-
ceiving better and more convenient facili-
ties for travel. Arrangements were made
for traffic transfers on our East End
branches with the Fifth avenue line"
"Does that mean that no consolidation
has been effected?"
eyes, and that there has been none az
ranged for"
"But there is probability that consol-
idation will'come later on, is there not?"
"Well, it would be hard to tell what our
traffic relations may lead up to.
A consolidation is possible at some
time, of course. You can say there
is probability that the Pittsburg line will
restore its rate to 5 cents within a short
time and I'll tell you why. For the past
12 months the road has earned $S5,0 900. For
the past five months they have had Scent
fare. In the seven months preceding, while
the fare was cents, they made more than
$500 This shows the Scent fare has
been losing business"
'Then there is no truth in the statements
that on or about December 1 the Forbes
street line of the Dnquesne will be practi-
cally abandoned, and that both lines will
practically be under one management
Positively none whatever" said the
President of the Duquesne, as he swung
himself on the last car for home.
Belongs to Different People.
D. P. Reighard, President of the Central
Bank, and business associate of Messrs.
Widener and Elkins, jocularly said to
friend coming in on the Ellsworth avenue
cars yesterday morning that he could now
afford to ride ON the branch as it
belonged to his people. When Mr..
Reighard was asked later for some
light on the street railway dicker,
he referred the reporter to President Elkins
for information. He said he was not inter-
ested in the road and didn't know what was
going on. Messrs. Widener and Elkins
went East yesterday morning and nothing
definite could be gathered here.
According to street reports yesterday the
consolidation of the Duquesne and Pitts
burg Traction roads has not yet occurred,
but the papers are ready to be signed.
Everything was prepared for the signature
of the principals October 20, when
the death of w. H. Kemble happened, and
the completion of the deal was postponed
G. L. Magee will retain a small portion of
his stock. The intentions of the Pittsburg
Traction Company, which is said to be the
buyer in the case, can't be obtained, except
by second hand. 1t is gathered that the
fare on the Fifth avenue line will be ad-
The Duquesne Subordinate.
The reports are that the Duquesne will be
made subordinate to the Fifth avenue road,
which will be the trunk line of the system.
The Highland avenue and Penn avenue
branches of the Duquesne will be continued
Several cars will run over the Ellsworth
avenue branch every day, to hold the fran
chise, and practically the same thing will ne
done with the main line of the Duquesne
down town.
The small cars of the Duquesne will be
to the cable coaches, and when
they arrive at East Liberty they will be
transferred to the different branches with
out necessitating change for passengers.
On the Highland and Penn avenue end it is
said electricity will be abandoned, and it is
the intention to put on small dinkey en-
gines to pull the cars over these branches.
These changes can't be made at once, bnt
will come gradually. The above is printed
as the street gossip. 1t is claimed that the
Traction people think that three
lines to the East End can't live, and as the
road won't withdraw from the
field, one of the other two must.