Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-10-25
NEW TRANSFER SYSTEM
The Washington Traction Company Has Its
Plan Completed.
Slips viii Be Different From Any
Heretofore Used in This
City.

The new transfers to be used by the
Washington Traction and Electric Company
on the street railway lines under its con-
troll have been designed and the plate is
row being worked out preparato to the
printing of the first consignment. The
transfer sips will be different from any
ever seen in Washington, and. 1t is claimed,
will be a vast Improvement over those now
in use. Simplicity has been the aim of the
company officials in designing the trans
fers. The transfer schedules to be posted
In the cars of the various lines have been
made up and are now in the hands of the
printers. These schedules required deal of
detail in arranging for the various lines,
but are now about ready for issuance. Just
as soon as the printers have completed their
task the new schedule will be announced
and put into effect.
When the new system is placed in opera
ton all conductors will be instructed to is
sue transfers Immediately upon the COL
lection of fares or first transfers. where in
the latter case, an additional change is
permissible. There will be no deviation
from this rule, and the passenger must see
that the transfer is in his possession and
reads properly before the junction where
ne is to change is reached. This rule will
not only be the means of preventing DELAYS
at transfer points. but will also be a guide
to conductors issuing exchange sims to
&C mpanys rules. The simplicity of the
transfers will enable the ticket collector to
issue them rapidly and easily allowing him
10 complete his work in the car or train
almost as quickly as now in the simple
collection of fares. Where six punch holes
must be made in the transfers at present
In use but two will be necessary under the
new system. In the old transfers punches
are required separately for month, day
hour, fraction of hour, junction, and, lastly
direction in which the slip will be honored
by the intersecting line
Issued Twice Daily.
To do away with the necessity for so
many punches, the new transfers will be
issued twice daily, bearing in print the day
and month with the addition of the letter
AN for the morning transfers and "P
VI. for the afternoon and evening slips of
exchange. The direction in which the
transfer will be accepted for passage will
be denoted by its color. the coupons being
issued in four distinctive shades. In sim
plifying the time punches an ingenious de-
wee has been planned by which one punch
VIII suffice for the hour and fraction
Ihree circles, divided into twelve sections
ana numbered to represent the 60 minute
periods of the day, will inclose in separate
cases the figures 10" go and "45" If
the figure So in the first circle be punched
II Will indicate that the transfer is good
up to 6:l5 o'clock; if punched in the sec
ond circle, 1t will be honored up to $50
o'clock, and so The punch for the time
limit and the junction will be all required
under the new scheme
The Communication school tickets on sale
by the City and Suburban line from Mary
land points into the city and return are
proving very popular, it IS said, with resi-
dents along the route between Berwyn and
the District line, and the people are now
looking forward anxiously to the time when
Communication tickets for adults in ordinary
travel Will be granted by the company and
placed on sale.