The Sentinel=record., 1912-11-20
|CAR SERVICE | WAS EXCELLENT
LOCAL COMPANY coMPLiMENTEp ON MANNER OF HANDLING
 STATE FAIR CROWD.
Not a Single Accident or Delay Dur. ing the Week--Good Service and
 Courteous Treatment.

With tine passing of the splendid 1912 Arkansas State Fair into his-
 tory 1t would be an oversight on the
 part of the press and public not to
 give due credit to the Hot Springs
 Street Railway company for it's part
 In making the big fall exposition the
 success that it was. Without this ex-
 cellent public utility and the magni-
 ficent service it rendered during the
 week the success of the fair could
 easily have been marred, and the real
 success of the state institution is due
 as much to the manner in which the
 big daily crowds were handled to and
 from the fai9 grounds as to any other
 single feature.
 During an entire week of big
 crowds, of hurrying throngs, of the
 thousands of visitors from the coun- try districts unused to modern rapid
 transit and its usages, one naturally expects to put up with certain
 amount of annoyance and delay. The eongested crowds and the hurrying thousands, all anxious to reach their destination at the earliest possible
 moment, invariably presents to the transportation company a problem difficult to handle. a situation as del icate as it is vast in proportion. Over taxed capacity congested traffic and difficult problems of moving vast crowds all anxious to secure the first
 car out or in is the rule on such oc- casions. It is not to be wondered
 at that ordinarily there is delay, min
 or accidents and annoying incidents
 every hour of the day.
 But this was not the case with the local street railway company during
 the State Fair just closed. Nctwith-
 standing the fact that the crowds
 were greater than ever before, that the tax on the capacity of the com pany was heavier and that the regu-
 lar service had to be maintained ia
 addition to handling the big State
 Fair crowds, it is questioned if a difn-
 met and week of big crowds so sat
 isfactorily handled as during the last week.
 It is easy to conveice that advance
 organization, that pre-arranged sys- tenn and schedules had been worked out to a nicety; that employees had
 been schooled as to their duties, as to courtesy. and systematic work ing arrangement that throughout the week fitted into every groove with precision.
 The schedule of regular and exera
 cars was admirable. well conceived and closely adhered to. The many ex
 tra cars, which usually congest the
 regular traffic were handled on a time schedule in the hands of com potent men, the service was so timed there was rarely an overcrowded car, yet the big crowds were moved to and fro with a certainty and clock work precision which speaks volumes for the management.
 To the superintendent Joe Butter fiel. and corps of excellent assistants, from the manager himself down 10 the man who tended the switches, is due the credit for this excellent ser vice It was case where every maa
 had duty to perform, and how well each and every one performed their respective tasks Is reflected Tn me fact that the crowds were handled without the slightest delay during the entire week, that not the slightest accident marred the week of heavy traffic conditions that courteous treatment and intelligent information and advice was to be had from each and every one of the army employees
 that every slight misunderstanding was promptly corrected and lighted, and that as whole the local street railway company mode for itself rec
 ord in transportation work that was
 the marvel of both local people and visitors. The company well merited every word of favorable comment ex-
 pressed by the thousands who had oc- casion to use the local street railway facilities during State Fair week. | TAKEN UP-By MT. w. w. Ridgev, | 2 70 y,itac fron pitv on Mill Creek