Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1915-10-15
Manager of Street Railway
 Company, Says Better / Service Results.
DANGER ACCIDENTS
 GREATLY MIWIMTZED
Experience of 95 Cities Where One. Ian Cars Are Operated indicates that Traffic !s Handled ill Less
 Time and Better Manner.

B. c. F'owles, treasurer and general Managr r Of the Pine Bluff company, explains to- the public i'll letter to The Graphic the advantages he be- lieves the one-man car possesses over tha two-man car. .,r. Fowles says his com pany las reached point Wnere it is ne ecessary fer 1t to take out ct service mother car and reduce wages, or operate one-man cars, and thus ba enabled to restore to service three cars taken out some months ago. Deere aso in receipts is given as the cause of this situation, and lie declares the company doss not desire to cat wages "as we know it is all the average working man can do to- day to m9ke a living''
 Although MT, Fowl2s deos not men, ton the matter in his communication to The Graphic, nor inas he discussed it with representatives of the paper, it is understood on geed authority that the street car company is dis posed 10 install an ,"owl" ssrvice if the psople display demand for such service, and tho patronage would en- able the cars ta be operated without loss to the company. It is believed that such a, service would be appre- ciated by the people, and it is consid- cred probable, by those in position to knew wIhereof they SD ak, that such a service will ba established if the one-man car proposition meets with the approval Of the people, and there appears demand for street car ser vice between tho hours of Il D. m. and 6 a. m.
 Mr. Fowles' Letter.
 Mir. F'-wles' letter follows:
 Pine Bluff, Oct. 14. Editor The Graphic:
 Fear sir--I note your editorial in Tuesday mornings edition of the great Daily Graphic. You were p2r- fectly5dighp in you statement that:
 'a"'Fhes patrons of the car company, who are also the people employing the public officials, are entitled to cpnsiG~ ration. They are the folks who will be aided or inconvenienced by any change made in the method O. Cpsra ing the cars, and they are the ones to be consulted. The patrons are entitled to the best service their money will buy. and the company is entitled to a r:ascnable r profit On the operation Of it's plant here, which in- cludes the electric lighting, water and street railway system"
 We have submitted petition to the patrons of our car line which has been delivered to the mayor of our city and the city council which bears 692 signatures.
 Service is the first thing a public utility company should consider We have claimed since the rebuilding or ule old Citizens Ligh. X Transit com pany's property that we have a strser ear system in this city which is not surpassed<in the country ill any city Of thre2 times the size Of Pine Bluff. We continued to give a ten and twslve-minute schedule on Our lines for several months after Our receipts b. gan to decrease. Our receipts at the present ttme are lCss than they were during 1911. We were compelled t. remove one car from the East Sec ond and West Sixth street line, one from the East Sixth and West Sacond line, and one from Cherry street, as the patronage did not warrant this schedule With our present expenses. Our expenses have remained practi- cally the same, as it costs nsarly as much to operate an empty car as it .Jn
 There are 95 cities throughout the country who run one-man-cars. some Of them several times larger than Pine Bluff. Street ear .manufactur- CTS now list as standard equipment Gne-man cars. Hot Springs. Arkan- sas, has always run ons-man cars, TeNarkana went to thsm about 30 days ago, and otaer cities in the state are con emplating the same action,
 The handling Of passengers is really quicker with the operation of ene- msn cars than with two men, for the following reasons: We would install on a one-man car the latest type Of fare box, which all large cities use at the present time, and when the pub lie have become educated 70 having the correct fare to drop in the box when they board the car, it is really quicker than handing it to a ccnduc- ter Tho entrance and exit would, of course, be on the front end, and we would then make the "nesr side stop.
 As far as accidents are concerned, there is less liability of accidents under the operation of one-raan cars than there is with two men, owing to ths fact that should the motorman mistake the sound of a hsll on a car passing him or standing still at a junction point. and as ne cannot see Tthe rear platform, and stSrts his car there would be an accident. Whereas, lon thss one-man car tas nnsorman can sea when the passenger has sither boarded or alightcd from the car. 8 t N4 A At@ Our receipts have deersaSed to a nasnt where sws onlyshava ons or two things to do, One of them is to re-