Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-03-13
Crowded Condition on Many
Lines Shown by VoIuminOuS
Report of Power Co.
MANY PEOPLE FORCED
TO STAND EVERY DAY
Railroad Commission Must Dig
Actual Wrong Out of Great
Mass of Figures.

Buried in a heap of papers a foot
thick. in the office OF the Georgia rail-
road commission, lurking behind long
columns Of bare figures, is a story of
AHanta's street car facilities which is
startling when dragged to light.
The figures are the traffic report Of
the Georgia Railway and Power Com
parv For a week, from February %
10 March 1, the company detailed
force OF men to take the readings Of
Tho registers on crosstown cars in the
middle Of the city. A large Office force
tsbulated these statements, and also
the trip reports Of the conductors on all
lines. The trip reports give the regis
ter readings at the ends of the lines.
Page after page of unadorned figures
are presented in response to the COM
missions request. There is no COM
mert The commission will make all
necessary comment when the figures
have been digesAed This work will
lake an employee of the commission
ten DAYS OF uninterrupted study. When
the digest is complete, the commission
Will study it, and, if it thinks neces-
ysrv. will order better service.
There are % street car lines IN At
lsrta. the report shows Without eX-
cep,fon. there is overcrowding on every
're during the rush hours. This Is ap-
parent on casual examination and with
GU, waiting for the study of the COM
mission.
Some examples are especially. glar-
ING Car No 227 arrived at Inman
Yards at 1925 o'clock on the morning OF
February 26. which was Wednesday, an
average business day. Car No. 227 has
seating capacity of Is. At Inman
Yards the register showed 107 fares re-
csived for the trip. Car No. 227 start
ed from White City on this trip, and,
in the center of town, Broad and Ma
rietta streets, at 6:55 a, m, had 81
Passengers.
So Coming in Town.
Assuming that all of these persons
got off at Broad and Marietta, which is
not probable. 81 persons were picked
up on the 2S-seat car to Inman YARDS.
At this hour the passengers are men
going to work. It seems fair as
sumption that most of them rode to
the end of the line-probably all but
five or six. 1t seems equally conserVa-
tive to say that about half OF them
stood up for the long ride.
On the same day, car No. S35, carry
inc crowd home at the end Of the
davis work. this time on the Peachtree-
Whitehall line. reached the end of
Ps0oatreo street at 6:35 -. IN. with the
.eg'etcr showing 13l fares. At Five
Points. it had - fares This shows
that coming from West End, 36-soat
."~ picked UP - fares TO Five Points
7nd 1s from Five Points TO the end
gf '.o Fclchtree run.
ETcg assuming that tHs entire load
Was changed in the middle Of the city,
-I.ougb it was not, that car had use
for its lull supply Of straps.
Car No. 357, going to West End at
IN. close of the day, arriving at the
5aH of the Whitehall run at ESQ p. m.
showed 1870 fares foI the trip. At Five
Points the reading was 81 fares. i
brought, then, 81 persons from the
oth side to Five Points. and took So
."n the center Of town to West End,
#s7fn assuming the entire load was
changed in the center of town. and
again remarking that the car had seats
f.. 56
1t is easier to see the congestion in
me cars whose run does not extend
trough town. The main Decatur line
''r Instance, s crowded. Car No. ia
..'IFtng in the center of town az 1856
'. Wednesday, February 20. brought
Issseneers. It has seats for -. Cas
j.. -oinS out. arriving at the end OF
"oe AZ 6:45 p. M. carried 50 pas
-fIS. u has seats for As
Inc East Point line has schedule
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