The Minneapolis journal., 1901-12-18
CAR SERVICE IN DETROIT
Some of the Lines There Have Car Every
Minute During Certain Hours
Service Throughout the Day on All Lines Av-
erages Better Than in Minneapolis.

In view of the proposed betterments In
street car service announced by the Twin
City Rapid Transit company, a compari-
son of conditions existing here with those
in other cities will do much to show what
can be accomplished with advantage both
to patrons of the street cars and to the
company.
In Detroit city in much the same
class as Minneapolis, and similarly stu
ated SO far as topography is concerned
there is but one street car company, as
there is here. However, the present De
datiOn of, two corporations and the cars
are, therefore operated under two sep
arate franchises, one Of which provides
for Scent fare during certain hours Of
the day.
For purpose of comparison the various
Detroit lines may be divided into two
classes, residential and workingmen's
lines; the former running into the CHIEF
residential sections of the city, and the
latter into districts occupied chiefly by
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Minute Service-OwI Cars.
The principal retail street in Detroit Is
Woodward avenue, a thoroughfare that
corresponds to Nicollet avenue in this
city. 1t has, however, a street car line
throughout it's length. Continuing out
Woodward avenue fine residence district
is found. The service on this line is as
follows: From $50 to a. m, six
minute service; from to 7:30, a four
minute service; from 1880 to 9, a two
minute service, from to II 80 a four
minute service; from 1870 a. m. to p. N
three minute service; from to a two
minute service; from 5 to $50 minute
nd-a-half service; from 80 to $40, one
minute service; from 6:2O to 1880 a three
minute service; from 1880 to a two-min-
ute service; from to IL a three minute
service; and from IL to IL a four minute
service. After midnight, cars run al
1910, 1920, 1926, 1855, lis and ther
every forty minutes until $50 a. m.
The minneapolis Service.
A comparison of this service with tn,
revised time schedule on Minneapolis resi-
Dental lines shows that Minneapolis il
at a decided disadvantage. The Como
Harriet line, for instance, has only a fif
teen minute service during the time tn
! Woodward avenue cars in Detroit are run
nlng every minute. On the First avenu
| line, there is a three minute service be
! tween 4:o0 and GAO p. M, on three lines
! the Washburn Park and Camden Firs
Avenue S and Twentieth avenue N, an
! the First avenue short line Resident
whose homes are beyond Thirty frs
street, however, must be content with
twelve-minute service. The service O.
| this line is the best in the city, vet it
far inferior to that in Detroit
On the Fourth avenue s line the servic
is ~ minutes apart between the hours 0
$50 a. m and p. m. This includes tn
service of the "Short Line" which doe
! not run to Sixth avenue n, residents i
that section of the city getting only
| fifteen minute service. During the bust
est hours Of the day the service is f1v
minutes apart In Detroit it is on
minute.
On local Henenpin avenue lines, from
| Thirty-frst street to down-tow point
cars are run seven and half minute
apart. There is one extra car in tn
morning, but none at night In Detroi
! the least service on the Woodward ave
neu line is four minutes. In Minneap
oils the best service on the Henepin ave
nue. lines is seven and one-half minutes.
The Eighth and Central line provide
five minute service on the Eighth avenu,
end between 7:15 and a. M; and from
4:45 to p. m. At other times the car
are fifteen minutes apart. Central ave
nue. has the customary fifteen-minut
| service, except that there is ono avtro
sent out during the rush hour. At tbi