El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-07-26
CAR
SERVICE BAD
Commerce Chamber Com
mittee Seeks Remedy
from Manager Potter.

/ In an effort TO ascertain the causes
and possibly one or more remedies
| for the reported dissatisfaction on
1.-THE part Of residents Of FL Paso with
I the car service furnished to the pub
I lie by the Fl Paso Electric Railway
Z company. committee from the
F chamber Of commerce composed OF
10. G.. Coles, chairman; B. l. Farrar'
George p. Ryan, George H. Clement Is
and C. c.. North. d representauve OF
/ the FOsdick soldiers recFeallol,
board. met with r. = Potter general
MANAGER of the street railway com
pauy Thursday morning 10 discuss
ways and means.
Among the complaints presented by
the committee was that OF poor SCI
vice on the Fort Bliss line. especially
during the busy periods ln the morn
ing and at o'clock IN the eNeuin e
when the soldiers are coming 10 the
city and at the time q their return
later at night when all the cars are
overCroWded and On many cases TO
such an extent that no standing room
is available. After "a day Of tlresone
drilling and work on the drill ground
the soldier certainly has an aversion
20 standing for a three or four mile
trip several times a week, the com
miLree asserted
Admits Post Line Crowded.
In answer 20 the complaint Mr. Pot
ter stated that a 5 minute car service
existed throughout the day on that
particular line and that during the
busiest portions of the day the cars
came TO town every i . minutes, but no
admitted that for the most part the
service did not meet the demand
Propose camp stewart Extension.
The proposition Of building an eN-
tension of the Fort Bliss line 20 Camp
Stewart was discussed with M Pot
ter. At present the street car line
ends az the entrance TO Fort Bll@s
and the Camp Stewart soldiers have
70 walk about a mile and a half To
was pointed out that only single
track extension was needed and the
car service would not have 20 be as
great as on the other lines However,
no decision was reached The mat
ter viii be taken UP al a conference
saturday morning by the committee
with Gen George Bell, 5r- and Mr.
Potter with the view Of arriving at
some definite plan.
Claim Power short
s. suggestion was made that prO-
vision should he made by the electric
company providing for more power
on the Fort Bliss line within the
past week five ears were stalled at
one time on Fort Boulevard because
or the lack OF power and an addition
or Two or three new transformers
would IN all probability give more
available electricity" said one OF the
coUuir-eemen.
install More Switches.
To was pointed our that extra
switches would greatly facilitate the
runs Of the cars without loss OF time
TO either the railway or the occupants
OF the cars Mr.. Potter said that three
new switches have been installed on
the Fort Bliss line during the past
week
The lack OF car service 70 the camps
north and east Of the city has been
reported as one Of the reasons ad-
vanced by the government iu its de-
clsiun not 20 establish one OF the milf
tary cantoumeuts az Il Paso. after
the experience with the national
guard troops last winter The street Z
car traffic from that section was
much greater eheu than 10 - az
present