The news-democrat. (Providence, R.I.) 1906-1909, 1907-12-28

Because OF desire for ECONOMY I'm
ming schedules OF several ear routes OF
the Rhode Island company are announc-
ed by Superintendent OF Transportation
r. Roscoe Anderson of the Rhode Island
company The lines affected include the
harrington Warren and Bristol, the But
tonwoods, the Centredale and Greystone.
the Watchemoket square and Rumford
and the Brook and Hope street lines.
though on the. last-named route the SER
vice will be more frequent and rapid than
In past winters.
IL is declared that i'm various cases,
twice as many seats as there are passen-
gers carried have been furnished on sew
eral lines. tending 10 a curtailmert OF rev.
enue on certain routes, and the new time
tables are so arranged as to give the
best service consistent with prudent
business policy In every way possible.
IL is declared by the railroad officials, the
convenience of the public has been con-
served
General Traffic Manager A. B. Smith OF
New Haven conferred with the officials
here yesterday on the subject of new
schedules on the lines showing falling off
In revenue. The results of the changes
decided upon were later given out by the
superintendent OF transportation. who
thus explained the reasons for tho
changes I'm the schedules
In explaining our reason for making
the changes IN schedules / will say that
our earnings have shown that we were
giving tco much service on a good many
OF our lines; accordingly, we have been
taking ~ tl. -
gers on cars at certain points and find
that In good many cases we are fur
nishing more than twice as many seats as
there are passengers carried.
For instance, on the harrington, War
rem and Bristol line on which we have
been running on n half-hourly schedule
we found that on a large number OF trims
we were carrying only eight or 10 passen.
gers. Cars on this line seat Sc messengers
THE BUTToNWOODS LINE.
'On the Buttonwoods line we have SIM
ply put our winter schedule into effect
In all previous years we have gone on 10
an hourly schedule early I'm the fall This
year we continued the summer half
hourly schedule. hoping that the patron
age would warrant It, The patronage,
however, did not materialize; according
~ we put or our regular winter schedule
ON the RivcrpOint and Button woods
nne the patronage is very light, espe-
Cidlil pelWecn Apponaug and Button
woods, and the schedule which we are
providing Will considerably more than
furnish seats for all who ride; and there
are good connections at Ruttonwoods with
tne fIovidence cars. Between Riverpoint
and Apponaug there are two cars an
hour, which Is the same as heretofore.
"On the Centredale and Greystone line
via Smith street we Increased the s.svice
70 l5-minute headway some time ago.
hoping that there would be an increase
OF business. Business. however. does not
warrant the increase; accordingly, we
have arranged a new schedule, which
gives the same service between the cpn-
tre OF the city and the state home. with
half-hourly service TO Centredale The
residents OF Centrcdale. however. will
have l5-miuute service TO the city. inas-
much as cars on the Contrcdale VIA Man
ton avenue line alternate In leaving Cen
tredale with the Smith street line.
The Watchcmokct square and Rumford
lins II SIMPLY being discontinued owing
60 lack OF ratronagr. On good many
trips ON this line we would not carry "A
single passenger We will furnish trans
fers 60 all OF our patrons In the town OF
East Providence enabling them TO ride boz
tween any two points I'm this town for ono
fare.
Tho change IN tho Brook street end
Hope street lines was hrought about hy
lengthy petitions which have BEEN pre-