The morning news., 1894-10-21
CARRIED FIFTY THOUSAND.
The Biggest Days Travel Since Penny
Fares We're Put On.

The Street Railways Carried Nearly az
Many Passengers Yesterday as the
City Has Population-Presiden John
ston Says the Cheap Fares Are Doine
the Business Now and MayContinue
for Some Time.
Yesterday was the biggest day with the
street railroads since the one cent fares
went into effect. There were hardly less
than $1,000 people who rode during the
day and last night.
President Johnston estimated the num-
Der of passengers on the City and Su-
burban lines at between 1900 and 25000.
and the Electric railway probably carried
fully as many. The Electric railway oper-
ated twelve cars on its Price street belt in
the afternoon and at night. and double
schedules were operated by its rival on
the West Broad street and Broughton
and Habersham lines last night. All the
cars running from the market were
crowded and it was not an uncommon
thing for one car to register up 100 fares
on a single trip.
President Johnston said that he saw no
reason why the present fares should not
continue all winter, especially if the peo-
pie continue to patronize the lines as
freely as they are doing now. The lines
never make any money in the winter any
way, and they are just about as likely to
come out even with one cent fares and
heavy patronage, as they would be with
five cent fares and light patronage.
President Johnston of the City and
Suburban railway and Supt. Mcfarland
day morning from Atlanta, where they
attended the annual convention of the
street railway men They were both
highly pleased with their trip. There were
between LOO and 1850 people in attend
ance at the convention, including the rep
resentatives of the manufacturers Of rail-
way supplies, who numbered several hun
dred alone.
The display of street railway supplies,
President Johnston said, was the finest
and most complete he has ever seen. and,
he thinks, the most complete exhibition of
the kind ever made in the United States.
The various devices on exhibit ran up
into the thousands. All the latest inyen-
tions We're shown, from new style steel
rail to patent air brake for street cars.
All the leading manufacturers had large
exhibits. Some very handsome cars were
in service on the streets as an exhibit of
what the manufacturers could do in
that line.
President Johnston was so interested in
these exhibits that he spent nearly all his
time among them. Several attempts were
made to get the Savannah representatives
TO discuss their one-cent fares the fame
of which had spread throughout the
whole convention, but without success.
The subject probably was too painful.
1t seems that some of the conductors,
not on any particular line but on most of
them, are having so much 0 do in collect
ing the one cent fares that they do not
have time nor opportunity to look out for
the comfort of their passengers. There
has been a numebr of complaints recently,
especially about smokers on the cars
who seem to think they can take any
seat they want on the cheap car lines,
and who light pipes, cigaretts, cigars or
anything else they feel inclined to smoke,
much to the discomfort and inconvenience
Of the ladies who may be in the seats be-
hind them. The conductors have rules
and instructions to keep the smokers on
the rear seats, and while the ladies rarely
call attention to any breach of the rules
they expect the conductor to be careful
enough 10 adhere to them.