The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-03-02
st. Louis Transit Company Adopts
a Single Ticket for Adults
and Children.
SYSTEM ALREADY IN EFFECT.
New Arrangement simpliies the
Conductors Work Important
improvements in Transparent
Signs on Certain Lines.

A new variety of transfer went into effect
on all the lines of the St. Louis Transit
Company yesterday. The same transfer
will be issued to both children and adults,
and two pads of transfers will be issued to
conductors daily. These are marked Win
the day of the month and a. m. and p. nj.
AS soon as the printing department OF the
company is able to get the work done the
slips will be marked with a child's head
which will be punched by conductors when
the transfer is Issued to a child.
This arrangement will greatly simplify
the work of conductors, who. until yester-
day, carried two kinds of transfers. one
for adults and one for children. Until the
new transfers are printed those Issued to
children will be indicated on the slips by
punching the first letter of the name OF
the line by which they are given. other
more material alterations in the transfer
system are under consideration py the Hull
agement of the company. -.
A. b. Dupont. second vice president OIL
the Transit Company, said yesterday thae
it was the object of the company to cor
rect the transfer system, SO that its patrons
would derive the greatest possible amount
of good from it. He said that the old sys-
tenn had many errors, which were beng
| gradually remedied. BY May i. he saiu'
the new system will be in effect on all OIL
visions.
Change in Broadway Line.
Beginning with next week the Broadway
cars will run through from Gano avenue
IN Jefferson Barracks. AS heretofore Two
fares will be collected, but the new arrange.
ment will give patrons the advantage Oh
\. through trip. AS soon as rolling-stock
can be had the Olive street Inc VII NC
| changed from cable to electric cars. se'eral
other changes are under consiaeIasion "
" Ia 81 DRen t1hS1l bpSA
them. $50, 10 h.d given
! orders for the construction OF new liz
larger transparent signs for some VI tths
| cars. 1t is mis- intention to introduee Tue
signs ali over the system as rapidly as
practicable. ~ ,.-ser end
| much palmer than the ones now IN USE,
said MI. Dupont. .'They will be put on tne
| broadway cars ~frst.perhaps within iess
Of other lines as rapidly as possible.
eft is our intention. to have Transparent
| signs on both ends. al at present, sho r aas
| will be practically the same as those
| which are in use IN Detroit and lnalanap'
| oils. and which were described IN Inc fse-
The CONSTRUCTION Of the signs is simple,
There is a black board with large ie.ters
| sawed in it; back of these letters Is trans.
The letters out plainly in the daytime. ana
as the signs are attached close to the iran,
soms of the well-lighted cars. the ceiluiolo
| letters stand out boldly and from foui
| sides of the car after dark.
New Transparent Signs.
1--WE shall not put side signs on all GU.
| Broadway cars at first, being content &c
| use only the end signs until we can com
, plete the manufacture of the others.
IT am well acquainted with the Detrol.
| and Indianapolis signs. and like them very
f, much. My experience with them in De-
! troit was most satisfactory. They can pe
read at a long distance by a person WITT
average eyesight: and by being placed on
| the sides as well as at the ends, give the
man who is standing beside the track as.
surance Of the identity of the car that Is
in front of him." 49,
With the new signs 1t is expected tha'
| much of the difficulty of distinguishing be-
| tween the Transit Company cars Will be Cd
waited, The letters will not only be larger
as the signs cover a larger surface. but they
| will be white against a black background
| and the letters Will be of celluloid instead
| of canvas. -
| Some time since an investigation made by
| THE Republic showed that the signs were
| giving excellent satisfaction to both the
| Company and the public In Detroit and In.
disnapolis, and the matter was called to the
| attention of st. Louis street railway man.
ayers. Mr.. Baumhoff, general manager OF
the Transit Company, stated at the time
| that experiments would be made with .
view to adopting them for the st. Louis
cars, and now Mr.. Dupont, who has haG
practical experience with them. announces
that the will be put on as rapidly as the
| obonyo CON he practirally effected.