The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1915-02-17
DUTTON ANNOUNCES IMPORTANT
CHANGES In TRACTION SCHEDULE
BOTH DIVISIONS OF ". NArS
l. {. LINES TO sc
AFFECTED
Ten hinite Service to Elm Grove, with
Five Minute Rush" Service
old Men Called Back


As usual about this time OF the year
reports are coming In that robins are
appearing Another sign OF spring.
and welcome one 10 many OF the
residents OF Wheeling. Il the report
that the West Virginia Traction A
Electric Company IS TO add car ser
vice on all lines commencing next
Sunday. Upon inquiry at the Eth
street ofnce AR DuttOn made the fol-
lowing statement:
The receipts OF both the Vim Grove
division and OF the City Railway have
been showing increases daily since
shortly after the first OF the month
This does not OF course apply so much
20 the City Railway. where We cannot
hope for material improvement until
! the metal industries are working full
handed. We shall OF course have
some snow and rain. and the winter
Is not over just because We have had
some sunny days.
One swallow does not make a sum-
mer. I wish. however, to provide so
that we will be at least two weeks
ahead OF time intead OF being late with
spring service. and TO the end have ar
ranged. effective Sunday. the 21st, TO
restore the old schedule on all lines
with some material additions. which.
| am sure, will be appreciated by the
public. A street car schedule explained
In detail Is about as interesting to the
average person as Is a Wagnerian
opera to one who does not know any
thing about music-except that IL Is
good form TO applaud the opera
Briefly, the non rush hour service
throughout the day and evening will
. m -
this through to Elm Grove. The ten
minute interval viii be operated also
during the evening shortly after seven
until midnight-this instead OF fifteen
minutes, and similar provision has
been made for morning nOn-rush
hours
Under the old schedule II was diff
hcult TO provide adequate accommo-
dalton during the period OF about two
hours. morning and evening, when a
large proportion of people were going
10 or from work. Instead OF operating
a seven minute interval at this time
we have provided for a 1--WE minute
interval. This applies TO both morn
iDg and evening week days. and sum
imer church service viii be operated
on Sundays.
/ We have notified a number OF our
men. who. when the service was re-
duced In September last. because OF
decreased traffic. secured positions
elsewhere, TO return 10 work. and
have also employed additional men
and put all of our car equipment in
shape for the new plan of operation.
II have mentioned the fact that daily
reports show Increases IN receipts for
the past two weeks. This is largely.
II not wholly, in non-ruch hours, and
take IL that a good many people are
going out the pike to look at some OF
the attractive building sites, which
are now on the market. to arrange for
house building and generally to make
plans for the summer. This may all
appear TO be a little too optomistic.
but there are unmistakable signs OF
improvement in business conditions
both here and 1t Morgantown. There
may be some psychology in It. but we
all know that the way TO get business
Is to hustle for IL. and surely II we
all believe that better times are here
we shall see them just as surely as
the robins"