El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-01-22
ELECTRIC CARS AND MANY JITNES
GIVE E PASOANS RAPID TRANSIT
Modenly Equipped Electric Car Service Reaches Prac-
tically All Portions of the City and Extensions Are
Being Made With a Cross Town Line; Jitnes;
Strictly Regulated, Compete With Car Lines.

1.-THE rapid transit facilities OF FL
Paso are equal TO those Of any
= city in the state OF the southwest.
The excellent street railway system,
one Of the best paying properties Of the
Stone & Webster syndicate. is supple
mented by an independent motor bus
service that operates to practically
every section of the city and is under
regulation TO properly safeguard the
interests OF the public
The FL PasO Electric Railway COM
pany, one of the several Stone & Web
ster properties in Texas. is a thor
Oughly modern rapid transit system.
More Than 30 Miles of Railway.
Exclusive of nine blocks Of track now
under construction on Piedras street,
affording a new cross town line. the
company owns and operates 50.15 miles
of railway in and around FL Paso. The
city system proper is composed Of 5S.15
miles Of track, reaching practically
every section Of the community with
frequent service. The service EMBRACES
the Washington Park line. which is
the section south Of the G. H & ;. A
tracks as far east as Washington park
and Evergreen cemetery: the Second
Ward line, which serves the Mexican
district south Of San Antonio street and
east OF oregon street; the Mexico line,
operating between the business section
cement plant districts up the river;
lines operating over East Boulevard
to Highland park, Manhattan Heights,
Fort Bliss and Government Hill; line
extending north on Oregon street to
the top OF the mesa: a line running
east on Arizona street to Golden Hin,
and a line to Sunset Heights. The
Mesa line also runs out on Myrtle ave
nue., augmentinS the Park line service
on that avenue
New Cross Town Line.
The cross town line on Piedras. from
Alameda avenue to the intersection OF
Piedras with Tularosa street. is the
one large Improvement undertaken by
the company during 1915. and one OF
the most important undertaken in sew
between the districts lying north and
south Of the railroad tracks The i'm
provements now under way will repre-
sent an expenditure Of at least $780,
0O0
The line will give residents Of the
Alta Vista and adjacent districts in
the northeastern part Of the city
new and more direct line TO the bust
ness district and eliminate transferring
to a large extent. The line will prob
ably be made a part OF the Manhattan
Heights car line. and the cars will
operate both ways on Piedras, making
a loop through Manhattan Heights
and returning by way Of Alameda and
~ tie avenues, 10 the transfer piazza
The outbound trip will be made out
san Antonio street
Interurhan to Tsleta.
In addition to the city system the
stone & Webster interests. under the
name OF the Rio Grande Valley Trac-
ton company. operates Il miles Of In
terurban between the city and fsleta,
IN the lower valley. An hourly service
IS maintained between 6 a m and II
p m.
The FL Paso Electric Railway COM
pany operates the only power plant
IN the city for public service. It sells
current for lighting and power. sup
plying the entire city. including outly-
ING additions Under contract with
the city IL supplies the current for
street lighting. The company has been
very active in promoting better light
ing system for the city and is making
various movements for the creation OF
white ways" in both the business and
residence districts.
Jitnes for More Than n Year.
Fl Paso has now had over a year OF
Jltne' service and has come to regard
u as permanent feature Of the rapid
transit facilities OF the city. The jitne