The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1914-02-10
Country Trolley; City Airs.

The Burlington County Transit Com
pany is, at present, being the subject of
more ridicule than it is of commenda-
| ton. Aping the customs of the city
trolleys the company has made rules
and regulations which are fair targets
for criticism. ''Pay-as- you-enter" is one
of them. At each end of the platform
curved iron railing has been placed
and passengers go in on one side of this,
handing the fare to the conductor who
stands behind it. If the money rendered
is a bill of one dollar or over, the other
passengers must wait until the proper
change has been made. All in, the car
starts and runs to the beginning of the
next fare zone" Here, to be consistent,
the passengers should be made to file
out the front doors and come in at the
rear entrance, paying as they enter, but
nothing of this sort happens. The con-
ductor goes through the car and gets
the fares in the good old way.
1t was formerly the custom if pas
senger was going through to Burlington
he could pay dime and thus settle all
the way through. The new rules are said
to forbid this, but it is hard to tell just
which conductor is right as some collect
through and some do not.
Reaching your destination you start
to get out by the rear door when your
attention is called to sign which reads
ENTER by the rear door, pass out by the
front door," Following this rule the
lady passenger with suit case and pos
sibly child or two is compelled to walk
to the front of the car and the door is
thrown open and she is allowed to alight
without assistance from any one. Prior
| to this rule going into effect there was
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| that the conductors and trolleymen on
the Burlington County lines have been
polite and accommodating. But polite
ness must fade away when rules are to
be obeyed.
If you are going to Camden yon will
notice quite difference in changing to
the cars of the Public Service Corpora
ton. Leaving-by the front door rule =
the dirty, poorly-ventilated, insufficient
ly-heated, cars of the Burlington County
| Company which have jolted over n poor
roadbed you get into the cars of the other
company and find them comfortable
and worth riding in. No pay as-you-
enter wrinkles but the conductor does
not miss you.
Coming from Moorestown one evening
last week there was lack of light in
the car, with the exception of bright
one in the smoking compartment and
another at the conductor S station. When
Hainesport was reached new bulbs were
secured but they would not spark, some
thing was out of gear and the semi
darkness continued.
There are some things that the Bur
lington County Transit Company car
and should be compelled to do. Ovel
six months ago they were notified tt
repair the switches at Brainard anC
Garden streets. The township com.
mittee, who gave the order, was asked tC
allow the company to delay the matte
until after the Fair. This request wa!
granted and nothing has yet been done
The cars bump over the switches, jarrins
property and nerves. Now the matte
has reached the stage that the regula
stop at Brainard street corner is refused
by the car men because there is a baC
rail there" which makes it troublesom,
to stop.
The township committee has beer
played with and it would seem to be VI
to them to get busy and either shoy
that they have authority or surrender t.
the trolley company entirely. There ar
many other things that could be givel
| attention for the benefit of the publ
rather than putting on city frills on
a road that hardly has country stand
ling.