The San Francisco call., 1896-02-22
VIN|NG'S PLANS
FOR ECONOMY,
The Street Railway Man
ager Reduces the
Service.
UNJUST TO PASSENGERS
UNJUST TO PASSENGERS.
Western Addition Electric-Cars
Will Not Run on
Sundays.
ALTERNATE CARS TO THE PARK.
People Must Look Out for Odd and
Even Numbers and Yellow Cars
With Red Signs.

Manager Nining of the Market-street
railway Company has taken another
radical step IN his march of economy, anc
1t may be expected that next Monday vii
see patrons of the Western Addition lines
OF the company angered beyond expires
sion at the changes then TO be instituted
Already matters have become so com
phcated in regard TO transfers and routes
over the new lines of the Market-street
system that suffering citizens wonder il
Mr.. Nlning is not trying some mystic
Chinese puzzle upon San Francisco.
A man gets upon a car believing that he
Will be carried on the transfer system to
his destination, but finds that old transfer
systems have been abolished for some
new-fangled notion. Or he may neglect to
ask the conductor for transfer ticket a;
the moment he pays his fare, and as this is
a new rule the result is the same. He
must pay second fare on the other line.
And SO 1t goes on, one complication fol-
lowing another, until citizens cannot pos
slbly understand the new system intro
duced for the sake of economy. A book
accompanied by map of the City has be-
come necessary to inform people on up-to-
date rules OF the railway company.
Notices were issued yesterday from
Superintendent Nining' office referring to
the future operation OF the Sacramento
street and Film Ore-street lines, which
further complIcate matters. The Sacra-
mento- street line announcement is as
follows:
On and after Monday, February "a 1896 the
Sacramento-stTeet line will be operated as fol-
lows: All westbOund cars leaving the ferry be-
tween and 6 P. NJ. VIII run through to the
park.
Onweek days. at other hours of the day, cars
viii make their western terminus alternately
n the park and at the caThouse, near Central
avenue, even-numbeTed cars going only TO the
carhouse and odd-numbered cars running
through 10 the park.
The last car running through to the park
will leave the ferry al II 80 P. NJ, all leav-
ing the ferry thereafter making their western
terminus at the carhouse.
On Sundays, Sacramento-strect cars will run
through TO the park as heretofore.
Regarding the Devisadero-street electric
system the following notice viii be posted
IN all the cars Of the company to-day:
On and after Monday, February "a 1896, a
line OF. cars VIII be run upon weekdays, from
& :02 A. NJ. SOP P. n, at 10-minute intervals.
Running from the corner OF DeYissdero and
Jackson streets, via DeYisadeTo and Page, TO
The corner OF Fillmore and Page streets. Re-
turning via Fillmore, Oak and Devisadero
streets. These cars Will be painted yellow and
Transfers-Passengers wishing transfers to
other lines must ask the conductor for them
when settling for their fare. Passengers tray
cling upon transfer tickets viii not be given
transfers 10 the cars OF another line bound in
the opposite direction. Subject to the above
conditions transfers will be issued and received
as follows:
Cars bound south and east viii issue trans
fers from the corner OF Ellis and Devlsadero
streets, via eastbound Ellis-street cars: Oak
and Devisadero streets, via westbound Oak
street cars; Page and Fillmore streets, via
southbound Fillmore-street cars.
Cars bound south and east viii receive trans
ferS ct the corner OF Jackson and Devisadero
streets from Westbound Jackson-street cars /;
Sacramento and Devisadero streets from east
bound Sacramento-street cars; Page and Devils
adero streets from eaStbound Page-street cars.
Cars bound north and west will issue trans
fers from corner OF OaK and Devisadero
streets, via westbound Oak-street cars. Sacra-
mento and Devisadero streets, via westbound
Sacramento-street cars. Jackson ana Devisa-
dero streets, via eastbound Jackson-street cars.
Cars bound north and west will receive
transfers at corner of Oak and Fillmore streets
from northbOund Fillmore-street cars. Ellis
and Devisadero streets, from eestbound Ellis
street cars. O'Earreu and DeViSGdero streets
from westbound OFarrelIstreet cars.
y. B-rhese CARS will not run on Sundays.
From these official statements it NAV be
seen that, for the sake of economy-at any
risk-the Market-street company has de-
vised:
a half service.
An intermittent service.
a limited special Sunday service.
A special weekday service, varied morn
ing and evening.
No service at alias, for instance:
IN. B.-These cars Will not run on Sun
DAYS"
Here is an instance where the Market
street company declares it will not operate
large part of its system on Sundays
The franchise demands that cars must be
run daily, but for economy-as viewed by
Vining and the directors of the Market
street companv-an important part of San
Francisco is to be left without streetcar
communication every Sunday. Travel is
heaviest on Sundays, SO on those days
passengers will have to travel by other
lines for reasons best known to the COM
pany.
Again Winnings extraordinary economy,
which is altogether foreign to California,
compels people who wish to travel over
the Market street Western Addition lines TO
look out for
0dd-num bered cars.
Even-num bered cars.
Yellow cars with red signs.
Transfers "when settling for fares"
And they must carry watches (railroad
time) or be lett in the middle OF their