The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1909-12-03
PAY-ENTER CARS
ARE SATISFACTORY
Not a Hitch Reported In Running
New Style on Woodward
Line.

Sualp ~ C4oNh ANuishas huA !"
ms. car No 1881. the INST OF the
pay.enter variety 10 MAKE us appear
auce OH the streets OF Detroit IN
actual commission, leIt the Wooawaro-
ave. car barns aud FoAed IT'S nose
northward for the initial Zip. carry
Ing comfortable luaa OF passengers
The car Was IN chas sc OF MVtolihan
Herman Solder anu 4 onductot NJ l..
Bauta, and was followed from the
barn. al close intervals by IL other
pay-enters, intcrspersed here ana
there With the regulation double TRUCK
cars.
The public took kiI/ly 10 the inno-
Walton. IN the trip out 10 the High
land Park loop, just beyond the city
limits. and thence down town not
hitch occurred Although II Vas the
nrsI appearance OF the ne" cars, pa
irons ~ the me seemed TO he pre-
2areG for Tie occasion and the major
lty OF those Who climbed aboard had
the riEht change ready ana droppeu
their nickcls III the box without ask
ug any questions. Onl! ah occasional
passenger asked for change, Tut no
laree bills were flashed. ne change
made. the conductor would hand over
to the waiting passenger the nun
amount and the passenger himself
would drop mCke. IN tse boA AZ
all worked like clockwork. lhc public
evidently has been reading the ad'
vance dope on the pay-ehier cars
and has made all necessary prepara-
tons For the past TWO days the
company has noticed az unusual per-
ceutage OF nickels M the leCelp@s
turned in by the conductors.
X. x. Dundas. agent for the facH'.
Express Co. Al its North WOODWARD
branch No. l452 Woodward.ave, en-
lows the novelty OF being the first pas
sepger 10 drop his nickel in the niue
glass fare box He was waiting Tor
the opportunity. apparently Tor Dc
had only a couple or blocks 10 noe
bur he fgured X was worth me
money Right behind him came tne
hrst woman passenger. MISS Minnie
Little. No. - Laorosse-st.
ar course the occasion would not
have been success unless every type
az street car patron was represented
Petrolman Mark Baker, OF the cen
ttal station. was there. represenauS
tbe free riders. ana claims the homo.
az being the first policeman 70 roe
in the pay-enters. The hrst fireman
Was Can't. Cyeman, OF Engine Co No.
~,
II so happered that jacob Brett
never No l6+ Williams ave, cousin
OF The mayor, ana his Little daughter
l.eona. aged 3. were among the hrst
Messengers. SO the city chief eXecu-
tive was also represented.
The nrst smokers we're encountered
AZ LNestminSter-aye, on The down
trip. They we're NJ +. Melvin, or No.
90 Westminster-aye.. and George
I.uey. OF Ravenswood. Mich. who
we're smoking a cigar and pipe re-
spectively. Thcy offered no objection
when they learned that smoking vas
not permitted and passed on into the
car with their respective smoking
materials. I.ijey simply let his pipe
aie out while Mr. Melvin threw his
half smoked cigar away. with the re-
mark
Il can see this is no place for smoH
ere
The new cars seat - passengers
each. They are three feet longer than
tile ordinary douhle-trAck cars and
there is a great deal more room at the
front than formerly When the first
car reached the center OF the city. on
The initial trip. the register showed a
assengers and the car was about
filed TO capacity.
40 difficulty was encountered over
bundles on the rear platform. Those
who had parcels carried them into the
car With them.
The passage OF the car through the
streets attracted much curiosity and
many waiting passengers were disap
pointcd when The car ran by them
Not 20 with one man. however. He
Wa smoking a cigar ar ParsOns-st. and
passed Up he pay-enter for one OF the
old style cars, which followed just be
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