Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1901-12-30
Will Help. Remedy
Delays.
They Will Soon be Here,
'Tis Said.
Steam Cars Responsible For Much
Trouble.

General Manager Chas. Currie, Of
the N. o. L. Co. has sent the following
reply TO Mayor w, B. Doyle, in an
swer to the latter's letter declaring that
the company must grant better service
pr suffer tire loss of its franchises.
Akron, o., Dec. 2S, 1901.
Hon.. w. b. Doyle, Mayor City Of
Akron, Ohio.
Dear Sir: beg to acknowledge re-
ceipt of your communication dated De.
cember 23rd, which only reached our Of
fee yesterday and was received by me
oh my return to the city this morning.
Although the communication is dated
Dec. %, for some reason it was de-
layed in reaching this office.
have carefully noted your criticism
relative to the cal service given by
bur company ANA in reply would say
That we are using every effort posi-
BILE to give the best service to the cit
Eens OF Akron.
We have been very much handicap
ped by reason of the shortage of equip
plents due entirely to the car builders
being unable to furnish us with equip
ments as per contract with them in
August last. this contract calling for
the delivery Of the cars on or before
the 18th Of November, 1901. We have
been urging the builders to rush the
order forward with the result that
few Of the equipments are arriving
daily and being pressed into service
Immediately. l dnd further that the
cars have been shipped from Philadei-
phia some days ago, and are now in
the railway yards at Pittsburg, the
Railway company claiming that on
account of the tremendous amount OF
freight at this point, it is almost i'm
possible to obtain relief ON account of
the shortage Of switchmen to handle
: the business at that point.
merely refer to the above incident
to endeavor to explain to yourself and
the public, that The Northern Ohio
Traction Company is doing everything
possible to have the equipments come
forward at the earliest possible mo-
ment. rt r.
The service at present in operation Is
Rs follows:
Main and Market street line, seven
minute headway with three and a halr
minute extras morning and evening
and six-minute headway on Saturdays.
Loop line, ten minute headway.
North Hill line, ten minute headway,
lexclusiye Of the A. b. & @. and the
Kent & Ravenna cars) that operate
pver this route.
Grant and West Exchange st. line,
Ten minute headway.
Barberton line, fifteen minute head
way.
Kent and Ravenna line, 80 minute
headway.
A. B. & @. line, sixty minute head
way, with thirty minute extras from
cleveland to Akron. morning and even
Ing. ~
Akron and Cuyahoga Falls line, via
Rapid Transit line, 80 minute headway
You will see by the above that we
are giving the headway required under
the franchises and OH some of the
Zines even better.
Referring to the uneven headway on
The Loop line, would say that it Is
caused entirely by the blockades at the
various steam railway crossings. our
cars being detained from five to 20
s-.nutes, these delays occurring daily
You can readily understand that un.
der these conditions 1t Is absolutely
Impossible for us to operate an even
Roadway on these lines with such de.
hys as those above stated.
We are endeavoring to overcome
bese dificulties by having extra crews
IT the terminus Of the lines to meet
The regular crews with extra cars in
Wter to operate as regular a headway