The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1909-03-02
Public Service
Redeems 1O5,250,
Transfers Daily

A FTER you hal boarded a trolley car, paid your nickel and re-
ceived a transfer from the conductor, did you ever give even
a festing thought to the extent, or value. of the transfer
privileges on the PUBLIC SERVICE lnesf Probably not. Most
persons have other things to think Of while riding and ii, only
natural that you should be like most persons. If you want a
transfer you taks It. more or less perfunrtorlly, because it is
worth while If you intend to continue your Journey on another
car. And that's all there 10 to t-so far as yon are concerned.
But that Is no, all there 10 to It from the PUBLIC SERVICE
point OF view. What's more, II you are not likely to think on the
athouzht whom notriding. unless It Is brought specific ally to your
attention. That's exactly what PUBLIC SERVICE seeks to do in
this talk. Totransfer your thoughts. momentarhy, to transfers
TRANSFERS BY THE MILLIONS
The transfer system came with the consolidation and Develop
nent Of tho trolley lines. In the earlier da $ of street railroad
Ing the separate lines did not carry each others passengers with
cut the payment of extra fares. but with the advent of the trolley
came the transfer. and now millions of them are issued annually.
And transfers are really the equivalent Of cash to every person
who uses them.
Som. idea Of tho value Of transfers to the riding public may
DO had by noting PUBLIC SERVICE records which show to what
extent advantage has been taken Of the system. PUBLIC SER
VICE wa, formed In 1908 and as II had control of Its street rail-
ways during only a part Of that year, the figures given herewith
show the number of transfers actually collected from passengers
during the years 1904 to 1908 inclusive:
l9o4...:....."..., ~50,S7l,54o IF
1905 minimum. 81, 335, lO8
1900 ...............60 90. 1917, ooS
1907 .......... 81, $3.50, 26s
1908 l.7os.s9s
Total for five years. .so2, 900, 2ss
Daily average. 1905. ...1 o5, 2S6
TRANSFERS SAVE YOU MONEY
Tho figures show that 500, oo6, 2ss rders used transfers for
rides ON PUBLIC SERVICE cars during the last five years. II ali
were compelled to pay five cents each for the same ride 1t would
have meant the enormous total Of SIS. las, 3l4. But 1t is not
claimed that such a saving was effected, as It is undoubtedly true
that without transfers very many of those 3O2, 900, 2ss riders
would have walked.
II we suppose that only one-half OF the total number would
have paid the extra nickel, see what a mighty sum of carfare
that would have meant. Why. even ten per cent. of the total
and that's a very small proportion-wouId have been one and
one-haIf millions of dollars In the five years, or three hundred
thousand dollars a year.
There's room for differences of opinion as to how many
transfers represent what other wise would have been cash fares,
but there can be no dissent from the proposition that the trans
for system Is a distinct advantage and a valuable asset enjoyed
by tho public.
Transfers add to the service afforded the
rider by extending the length of the five-cent
ride.
Transfers save the rider money by enabling
him to complete for one fare Journeys which
no one oar line covers.
Transfers are Issued by PUBLIC SERVICE e at
230 different points throughout it's street rail-
way system.
Transfers, incidentally, mean that a five
cent fare Is really not a fIve-oent fare when a
transfer b given. And as nearly thirty per
cent. Of the revenue riders use, transfers
they out a bIa figure In PUBLIC SERVICES re-
-oeIpts. Don't they, now?