The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-07-26
EVERYBODY RIDES NOW.
The Penny Fares Pack the Street Cars
to Overlooking.

Conductors on the Habersham Street
Line Loaded Down With Coppers.
The Electric Railway Abandons the
Barnard Street Belt and Runs Only
From Drayton and Bay Streets Out
Barnard and Anderson to Habsr-
sham-The Belt Only Started as an
Experiment and Never Paid.
The introduction of the 1-cent rate on
the Broughton and Habersham streets
line yesterday was marked by a large in
crease of travel The cars were crowded
all day long. A large percentage of the
passengers were children, many of them
accompanied by their nurses, and often
by their parents. The children seemed
to regard street car riding as quite a
trip, the parents can readily afford to
crafty the children in this respect.
The Electric railway cut out its Bar
nard street belt yesterday morning and
the Barnard street cars were run only from
Bay street to East Broad and Anderson
streets. This does away with three cars,
as it requires only half the number of
cars TO operate the Barnard street line
that it did to run all the way around.
This does not interfere with the service
on the main belt anyway.
THE BARNARD STREET BELT OFF.
Mr.. T. G. Reid, secretary and treasurer
of the Electric railway, said that the ex-
pertinent of converting the Barnard street
line into belt, and running the cars all
the way around by East Broad street, had
not proved a success. 1t was begun sew
eral months ago, shortly after the Flee
trio railway secured control of the old
Belt line property, in the hope of increas-
ing the travel on the Barnard street
line. Mr.. Reid said the receipts had
not shown any increase in travel
by running the Barnard street cars all
the way around and the experiment was
discontinued in the interests of economy
as it saves the expense of operating three
cars. One car was also taken off the
Thunderbolt line only two cars being
operated on that line instead of three
cars as heretofore. The same schedule
between Savannah and Thunderbolt will
be maintained, however, as formerly
1t was reported yesterday that two
cars had been taken off the main belt and
that two would be taken off the Price
street belt to-day. Mr.. Reid said that
this report is unfounded The same num-
Der of cars as at present. eight on the
main belt and six on the Price street belt,
will DO continued, he said, as the travel
cannot be handled with less number of
cars. The three cent rate, Mr.. Reid said,
has resulted in a large increase in travel
on the Price street belt, and the result of
the reduction to ten cents in the fare to
Thunderbolt has resulted in almost quad
rupling the travel to that point,
GETTING TuETp MONuy'S NvOpru
The colored people are having a great
deal of pleasure out of the war between
the lines. A ride for one cent has called
out the entire colored population, little
and big, male and female and those now
ride who never rode before, and those
who always rode now ride the more"
Up to yesterday the limit of this
enjoyment was confined to some
extent to the population on the
west side of the city, through which
the City and Suburban, Barnard aud
West Broad streets line runs, but the re-
duction on the Broughton and Habersham
streets line gave the eaStsiders chance
for cheap recreation, and they awaited
themselves of it. The passengers did not
care whether they had seats or not so
long as they could ride for little copper
cent.
Half the population of the city spend
the afternoons in riding now, and
those who cannot get on the
l-cent lines, take the Scent lines and
those who are determined to get a long
ride and don't want to go TO Thunderbolt,
pay the big belt cents. This summer
will be as memorable in the history of the
city as that of the earthquake or the
great storm, as the year when the
street railroads had their frolic, and the
public shared in the fun.
Both Mr.. Parsons and myself said
Mr.. Hartman yesterday, feel gratifed
that Mr.. Collins comedies to Mr.. Parsons
the right to do as he pleases We have
had many sleepless nights over that mat
ter, and thought upon it has given us no
little trouble. Now that it has been set
tied, and Mr.. Collins comedies that right,
we feel very much relieved"