Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1916-08-30
FREE TRANSFERS TO
new Castle RAILWAY
New Schedule From Fourth
and Market Streets in
Effect on Friday
DELAWARE CITY LINE
GETS BETTER SERVICE

Through service between Whining
ton and New Castle on a Commute
schedule and between Wilmington
and Delaware City on one hour
schedule, with transfer facilities in
Wilmington, will be started by the
Wilmington and Philadelphia Trac-
ton Company Friday morning. No
tice Of this was issued from the Of
fees Of the traction company today
Fourth and Market streets will be
the city terminus for the lines.
The New Castle cars leaving VIII
mington between the hours of 6
o'clock and 7.20 O'Clock in the morn
ing and between 3 o'clock and 5
o'clock in the evening, will run as
far as the plant of the Bethlehem
Steel Company.
The first car will leave Whining
ton for New Castle and Delaware
City from Fourth and Market streets
Friday morning at 6 o'clock. The
last car for Delaware City will leave
at IL O'Clock at night and the last
car for New Castle at midnight. Re
turning, the first car from New Cas-
tie will leave at 5.15 o'clock in the
morning and Delaware City at 6
O'Clock I'm the morning. The last car
from Delaware City will leave at
1920 o'clock in the evening and New
Castle at 11.15 o'clock in the even
ing.
The fare between Wilmington and
the lower end Of New Castle. Dobbins-
vile, will be 10 cents; between Will
nrI &c
Fare between New Castle and Della
ware City will be rs cents. Transfers
will be issued on all lines In VIII
mington to the New Castle line, max
ing continuous trip from the
farthest city limits Of Wilmington TO
Delaware City for 20 cents, or to New
| Castle for 10 cents. This is equivalent
TO a reduction in fare, as free trans
fcrs were not given before
Running time between Wilmington
and Dobbinsville will be As minutes.
The fivc-cent limit will be Rose Hin,
about halfway between Wilmington
and Dobbinsville.
Running time between Wilmington
and Delaware City will he one hour
and twenty minutes. The distance
Is is miles. II is announced that
all communication tickets formerly for
sale over the New Castle line have
been withdrawn. Freight and OK
press service will be operated also
between Front and Market streets.
and both New Castle and Delaware
City.
Route OF the new line will be from
Fourth and Market street by way of
the new River Front Bridge and New
Castle avenue. Passenger service
/ from Front and Market streets will
be discontinued
The new service will be fully up to
the standard maintained now IN Will
mington on all lines OF the Traction
Company, il is declared. William A.
Heindle, general superintendent of the
Traction Company. declared today that
additional cars and power facilities
will be provided and the entire system
has been given a thorough overhaul
ing. The old storage battery system
between New Castle and Delaware
City has been discontinued Power
Will be supplied from the company's
main power houses on the Brandywine
Creek. New machinery has been in
stalled at these stations 10 meet the
additional demand for current.
The new service. Il is pointed out
will provide direct service from Della
ware City and New Castle to steam
boats and ferries in Wilmington. IL
will also enable Wilmington people TO
board the boats for Chesapeake Bay
points and Baltimore at Delaware City.
But not only will the new service OPP
crate TO make access 20 Wilmington
easier for people outside. but II will
serve to bring the surrounding coun-
try more closely within reach of VIII
mington people. This feature of the
new system was explained at some
length by Mr.. Heindle this morning.
Establishing Of 20 minute schedule be-
tween here and New Castle. he said, Is
almost local service" and should con-
meet the city more closely with the dis
tricts lying between here and there.