Denver labor bulletin., 1917-08-04
Tram 'o-Grams''


different layout for its p-a-y-e system, depending,
of course, the local conditions and the type of
cars in use at the time of adopting the scheme.
Some cities have seven eight different systems
on account of having that many different kinds of
cars. Invariably the passengers on the Cherokee
p-a-y-e would tell. the conductor or some other
passenger how the p-a-y-e was worked in
city they had lived in travelled thru and advise
that we adopt that way of doing it. The Tram
way secured plans and diagrams of the methods
used on practically every street railway in the
country and studied all of them before settling
the being used-which fits local
traffic conditions and type of center entrance
and is working satisfactorily.
FEW HINTS.
When you get off the car on the near-side, do
you some ones lawn to get the sidewalk?
Have you ever realized
I. That you walk just as far from the
across the lawn to the sidewalk you would if
you didn't cross the lawn, but went to the cross
walk and then to the sidewalk?
2. That you helping to spoil someone's
attractive lawn by walking across it from the car?
8. That you wouldn't like have the other
fellow spoil your lawn by walking across it when
he could just as easily and quickly go around it?
In editorial entitled "P-a-y-e Cars Mark
Progress" the Commercial, official organ of the
Denver Civic and Commercial Association, says:
Giving up a nickel as one boarded street
brand new and not little disconcerting to New
Workers. in whose city it first tried 1t never
occurred to the average street transportation pa
tron that the separation process at the car door
could be sufficiently prompt to allow street car
to maintain anything like proper schedule in its
rum The advantages of the system both as con-
cerned the operating company and the travelling
public, however, were soon apparent. In large
majority of the cities of the country nowadays it
would seem incongruous for conductor to
be visiting all parts of his train in search of fares
1t only natural that the Denver Tram
way Company should fall into line. With the
shifting of certain stanchions and the placing of
fare boxes, our enterprisng traffic medium will
be ready to impress Denvertes with the conven-
ience and even the necessity of having nickel or
the change thereof well in hand before mounting
the car"
Experience has shown that passengers board
the and pay fares much rapidly than
anyone anticipated One of the most satisfactory
results shown in actual practice has been the
better maintenance of schedule time.
In Syracuse New York, for example, it
thought at first that slower operation of p-a-y-e
would require the running time to be increased,
but this proven false alarm after the first
week. The same schedules have been maintained
with p-a-y-e were in with the other system
Of fare collection.
1t makes, Also for better distribution of the
load and keeps passengers out of the entrance
that people don't have to brush around them in
getting to either compartment of the car.
ACTIONS SPEAK LOUDER THAN
ANYONE'S WORDS.
Features that improved service track and con-
venience for the Tramways customers during the
year:
Giving each line a number and putting large
route number signs on top of each car for conve-
nience of the public.
Near-side stop campaign of publicity to avoid
confusion and accidents when change made.
Placing signs and painted bands poles at
each of the $500 street stops for the direction
of public and visitors to Denver.
Placing of Stag and cinder platforms at stops
which were especially muddy in bad weather.
Use of skating and football signals for infor-
nation of sport-loving public.
Betterments increases of service the
following routes:
Numbers p 3, 4, S, 6. 7, 8, g. 10, II, a. IS, 20,
28, 2o, 33 81, 3S Al, so, 3d. 81, 63 sc, e. rs, 3d.
Replacing old-style carbon lamps in with
tungstens, giving better light.
Increased privileges on transfers.