The San Francisco call., 1896-07-31
"A NEW TRANSFER POINT.
Western Addition and Kearny
Street Cars Exchange Pas
sengers.
The Change Will Take Effect on Satur,
day and Many Will Be Bene.
flied.

Over ayear ago the officers and mem
bers of the Merchants Association petit
toned General Manager Vining of the
Market-street Railway Company to issue
transfers to its patrons on several of the
large street-car lines. Several committees
from the association called upon the man.
ager, and in several instances they OBJ
tanned concessions at new transfer points.
Wednesday another. concession was OBJ
tanned from the general manager which
will be hailed with pleasure by large num-
bers living in the Western Addition and
the Mission. The following letter from
Mr.. Vining is self-explanatory:
SAN Francisco, July %, 1896.
Merchants Association, Mills BUildinO, City.
GENTLEMEN-We will, on August l, commence
trial of the plan sugges ted by your associa-
ton OF giving transfers from eastbound Sacra-
mento and Jackson-street cars to southbound
cars OF the two electric lines running upon
Kearny street, and also giving transfers from
north bound cars OF said electric lines to west
bound Sacramento and Jaekson-street cars
subject, however. to the provision that passen-
gers travelling on the Sacramento and Jackson
street lines, upon transfers received from
north bound connecting cars, will not be given
transfers TO southbound connecting cars.
This last mentioned provision seems to be
the only practicable means by which the max
ing OF round trips for single fare can be pre-
vented; and as Kearny and Powell street have
only two streets between them we believe that
1t Will be practicable for our conductors to en-
force this provision without requiring, as it
is necessary to do upon our F1llmore-stre
line, that transfers shall be issued only at the
time when the fare is settled for.
As stated in previous respondence. we
have been very anxious to comply with the
wishes of your association upon the subject.
1t was unfortunately the case, when the
matter was first presented for consideration
that the traffic in transfers then existing con-
stituted so grave difficulty as to make ii i'm
possible for us at that time to comply with
your request.
Now that the attention of the public has
been called TO this evil and it has been SO
strongly condemned by public opinion as to
the traffic In transfers illegal, we believe that
the situation has been so greatly improved
that We can now adopt the aforementioned
change with advantage to all concerned
With pleasure that we are now able, as above
stated, TO comply with your request remain
as ever, yours sincerely,
E. P. VININe, General Manager.
In acknowledging the favor the associa-
tons letter stated:
These additional transfer facilities will Ger
talnly be OF great benefit to and much an
preeiated by the merchants on Kearny street
well as the residents of the Western Ad-
dition, and. no doubt, by the public in general,
and we hope the trial will prove so satisfactory
to all concerned that the service will be
permanent
In order that the travelling public may
not make a mistake one sentence in Mr..
Winnings letter requires explanation. Pas
sengers travelling on the Sacramento and
Jackson street lines on transfers issued on
the Mission or Third street electric cars OIL
Kearny street will not be given transfers
to the Powell-street cabie-cars bound
south nor to the Fillmore electric line
bound to the Mission. This is to prevent
people from boarding Mission-street car
and riding to Powell or Fillmore retrans-
fering so as TO reach Market street or the
Mission on one fare, or, in other words,
riding around the loop.
The Merchants Association officers are
in hopes that before long transfers will be
issued between the Market and Kearny
street lines.