Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-02-22
Well Patronized by Sunday
Afternoon Trippers.
EDUCATING THE PUBLIC
Pains Taken to Avoid Delay and In.
convenience.
NEW LINE TO UNION STATION
From Rock Creek Over U Street,
New Jersey Avenue, Past the
Library to Navy Yard.

The pay-as-you-enter cars which the
Capital Traction Company offers as its
new spring novelty in transportation were
extremely popular to the Sunday after
noon trippers who sought the distinction
of riding on them on their first day OF
service yesterday: and there were many
people who waited this morning for
"p.a.y.e" TO come along so that they
might ride in one to their offices.
Only nineteen of the cars are now in
service, and they are on the 18th street
route. Officials of the road say they will
put more on the line as soon as the cars
are built. Later another surprise in the
way of 'pay-within'' car, in which
the conductor stands in a little box office
arrangement on the inside, may be sprung
on the public.
Educating the Public.
The Capital Traction Company took
some pains to educate the riding public
in just what was expected of a passen-
ger who boarded a p.a-y.e. car. For sew
eral days men have been distributing cir
culars to patrons of the road, giving
pictures and diagram of the floor of
the car The women have found this dia-
gram very fascinating and lawfully
cute little piece of work.
They took their diagrams to the matt
nee and to the soda fountain and to the
other places to which women flock, and
studied them so carefully that after much
thought and consideration it is possible
that nearly every one of them will re-
member to have a fare ready in the hand
when she steps on the platform. Then
the little dotted lines, which. on the dia-
route he must take when he wants to
enter the car and what steps must be
taken to get Off the car, look SO business
like and so pretty that the matinee girls
are just wild over the new arrangement.
The new cars are more comfortable
than the old cars. The platforms are
very large, and the cars themselves are
more spacious. There are plenty Of
straps. The. chronic standee will be
taken care of.
not know about the new cars, it may be
repeated that the rule is that every one
must enter at the rear platform, give the
exact fare, in the form of a ticket or
nickel, to the conductor and enter, going
as far front as possible. OF course. the
conductor sells tickets and makes change,
but the game will be delayed if he has
to do too much of that business. Every
one should remember that transfers on
the p. a. y. e. cars and every other car
from now on must be obtained when the
passenger pays his fare.
AVG" Aluc 10 OulOu SIdL1Ou.
With no formalities, the new line of
the Capital Traction Company running
from Rock creek to the Union station
and the navy yard was put into opera
ton today, and has been running as
smoothly as any Of the long-used lines
Of the road.
Shortly before o'clock this morning
Motorman II. c. Cater jumped on to u
car that was standing in the navy yard
car barn and ratified the control lever
into place on the front platform and
Conductor I. Hobbs switched on the
lights in the motor and trailer of the
train. AT 4:J8 am the starter at the
barn gave the signal, and the first car
over the new route began it's trip. 1t
ran over old lines to LIST and B streets
southeast, there was switched to the
new tracks along LIST street east in front
Of the Congressional Library, ran around
the Senate Office building and down Della
ware avenue to the Union station.
Emerging from the plaza on Massachu-
sets avenue, it was switched at LIST and
G streets to the new tracks on New Jer-
sey avenue, and then went whizZing
along the unfamiliar route, as If 1t had
been running there for years, to Florida
avenue and thence to 7th street, where
1t ran upon the tracks of the street
line and continued to the Rock creek
loop at goth and Calvert streets
During greater part Of the day cars
have been run at intervals of six min
utes. Many residents along the line took
a ride on the early cars, and the patron
age during the day has been good.