The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-04-13
FIRST PAY-AS-YOU-
ENTER CARS TO
run WEDNESDAY
Broad Street Line Chosen to In
trOduce New System
to Newark.

Newark will have its initial introduce
ton to pay-as-you-enter cars on
Wednesday, when the service will he
instituted on the Broad street line.
This afternoon a trial trip of one of
the new cars is being made over the
of the Public Service Corporation with
u party of newspaper men as guests.
The start was from the Market street
loop. In discussing the new type of
cars. Colonel Edwin w. Hine, secre-
tary of the Public Service. said:
1.-THE value of the 'pay-as-you-enter'
car to the travelling public is in the in
creased comfort in boarding and leav-
ing and in the decrease in time con-
sumed at stops. A large entrance
platform is provided, SO that a number
of persons may board the car at one
point without delay, and separate exit
passages are provided, one at either
end of the car, SO arranged that per
sons boarding do not interfere with
those leaving the car, To further ia
c~ilitate the movement of the car, and
at the same time insure that the COLI
ductor ma always remain upon tee
rear platform, The Public Service Rail
way has provided a 'fare-receiver,
which is placed on the rear platform
at a conyenient point near the en-
trance door, in which passengers viii
deposit their exact cash fare or tickets
before entering the car, Persons pay
ing fare with transfer will unfold aud
hand it to the conductor, and under
no circumstances will they deposit
transfers in the 'fare-receiver. This
arrangement permits the conductor -
make change or issue transfers to other
passengers without delaying the steady
flow OF passengers into the car. Inc
conductor will note the fares deposited
into the 'fa~re-receiver' and ring them
up on the register.
Operations of Receiver.
This receiver is a rectangular box,
on top of which is a glass box having
a marrow opening at the top in which
nickels and car ickets may be de-
posted. The fare thus placed in the
bex drops upon a glass slide in full
view of the conductor and passenger,
and remains in sight until the con-
ductor, by operating a lever on one
side of the box, drops the fare into a
receptacle below. from which it is re-
moved at frequent intervals by agents
Of the company.
1.-THE rear platform is divided by w
ratings, n separating the exit from
the remainder Of the platform. and the
other divides the entrance platform
into two sections. The rear section pro-
viding a convenient ~passageWay for
persons who desire to pass around those
waiting for change, and thus be able
10 drop fare into the receiver and pass
into the body of the car. Passengers
desiring transfers will ask for them
when paying fare and before entering
the body of the car. 1t VIII be neces-
sary for passengers to carefully scfu-
tinize transfers, as several changes will
be made in the form OF transfer used.
Passengers should see that the diree-
ton of travel, as well az the time, is
properly punched. Passengers will find,
conveniently placed each win
dow, a p~ush-button connected with an
electric bell on the platform. one ring
of the bell given in sufficient time be-
fore reaching destination will be a sig
nal to the motorman TO stop the car.
Passengers VIII leaNe the ear by front