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 H. a heap of papers foot
thick i'm the office Of the Georgia rail
road commission, lurking behind long
columns Of bare figures, is a story of
Arlsn-a's street car facilities, which is
startling when dragged to light.
The figures are the traffic report of
fine Georgia Railway and Power Com
panv. For week, from February 81
10 March L. the company detailed 3"
ro.u Of mon to take the readings Of
The registers on crosstown cars in the
middle of the city. \ large office force
rabuated 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
at, presented I'm response to the com
missions request. There is no COM
ment The commission will make all
necessary comment when the figures
4 hav. been digested. This work will
8 take an employee of the commission
B ten days OF uninterrupted study. When
& ha digest is complete, the commission
s viii study it, and, if it thinks neces-
srg viii order better service.
There are % street ear lines in At
anta, the report shows. without eN-
option. there is overcrowding on every
inc during the rush hours. This is APP
parent on casual examination and with
on. waiting for the study of the COM
mission.
Some examples are especially Glar-
1s Car No 227 arrived at lnman
Yards at 20 o'clock on the morning of
5rgary %. which was Wednesday, ar
81 average business day. Car No. 81 has
a seating capacity of rs. At inman
Yards the register showed 107. fares re-
a.red for the trip. Car No. q start
cd from White City on this trip, and
IN the center of town. Broad and Ma
reta streets, at 6:55 a. m, had 90
Passengers.
Sc Coming in Town.
Assuming that all of these persons
got off at Broad and Marietta. which is
Dot probable. 81 persons were picked
up on the GS-seat car to Inman Yards,
At this hour the passengers are men
going TO work, 1t seems a fair as
sumption that most of them rode to
'0e end Of the line-probably all but
1--we or six. 1t seems equally conserva-
i've to say that about half Of them
TODD up for the long ride
On the same day, car No $50, carry
Tag q crowd home at the end Of the
lay work. this time on the Peachtree-
Whitehall line, reached the end of
fealauoe street at 6:35 p. m. with the
12.,'ar showing 13l fares. Al Five
Points. it had 80 fares. This shows
coming from West End a 361seat
ar picked up % fares to Five Points
ha IS from Five Points to the end
o. THE Peachtree run.
Even assuming that 1aa entire load
was changed in the middle Of the city,
4'psh it was not. that car had use
' It's fun supply of straps.
Tar No. 357, going to West End at
w. close of the day, arriving at the
-4a Of the Whitehall run at ESQ p. m.
showed 100 fares fol- the trip. At Five
'.A'S the reading was 81 fares. Il
-'''-nt then, 81 persons from the
'.lA side to Five Points, and took So
.'h the center of town to West End
sam assuming the entire load was
hanged in the center of town, and
sam remarking that the car had seats
II is easier to see the congestion in
VIZ cars whose run does not extend
rough town. The main Decatur line.
instance, is crowded. Car No. ia,
wing in the center of town at 1876
I'LL" w ednesday, February %. brought
''NSengers. 1t has seats for 81. Gag
song out arriving at the end Of
, ..s At 6:4J .. m. carried 50 pas
ID has seats for IS
-"' East Point line has schedule
Continued on Pace Two.