El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-02-09
NEW ELECTRICS
ON NEXT WEEK
First Of Little Trolley Cars
to Run on Washington
Park Line.

Prospects are that the new front
entrance. one man cars OF the FL Paso
electric railway viii be put into serv-
ice next week. The men who are to
operate the cars have been making
rapid strides in the art Of manipulate
ing the novel mechanism, and the cars
may be put on regular runs earlier
than was at first expected.
The plans Of superintendent ". Z.
wood are 70 place the cars on the
washington Park line. where the
track facilities wiz enable the speedy
little cars 10 run 70 best advantage.
At present there are four OF the old
style single truck cars on this run,
--fwlnc ten minute service. Forty
minutes are required for these cars
20 make the round trip.
QuIcszcr Service On Park Line.
lIr. Wood plans 70 take these old
7frle cars of the Park line. and in
their place 70 operats five OF the new
front entrance ears. Beginning at 5
o'clock IL the morning the little cars
VIII leave the barns seven and one
half minutes apart They VIII make
the entire round trip IN 81 II minutes,
instead OF 40.
Al 6 o'clock IN the morning. two
extra cars viii be put o. the line, to
accommodate the morning rush 70
-ovn. and until $3.50 o'clock, the
patrons Of the Park line will be able
70 catch q car IN either direction
every six minutes. This means cut
ting four minutes OF the present
schedule.
~ s.se o'clock the two extra cars
VIII be taken off leaving the I'VE
rcrular cars 10 run on their regular
seven and a half minute schedules In
tie e-enlng. from 4.30 20 1880 o'clock,
VIXEN the honneWard rush begins, the
six minute service viii be in effect
Hold Car In Reserve.
Il Is planned always TO have one
II the small cars in reserve at the
bans. so that in case Of any accident
10 the new cars. the affected car may
l.e replaced with another small car.
This Is necessary because the cars
now being used could not be used
on the same line as the new cars. on
account Of their inferior speed. They
rould block the line. Mr.. Wood said.
lfr Wood stated that after the car
crews and the public have become
accustomed TO the use Of the new
eruiuruent. Il is his intention to still
further reduce the schedule It is
necessary At first 20 operate the cars
at a conservative rate Of speed. to
avoid any complications that might
occur from the novelty OF operation
and schedule
Use Old Cars Elsewhere.
arhs new cars viii supplement- not
eluulant the old equipment" said Mr.
wood. I'VE have no intention OF cut
ting out any Of our old equipment.
mt viii operate the old cars on
other lines. which viii make tbs
-errice better over the entire system
- we see how the new cars take the
traffic we VIII add to them, until We
have nine cars in service instead OF
seven. always keeping one IN reserve
Carl Beck. originator Of the pneu-
matte operating and safety devices
with which the car Is equipped. Is in
the city. assisting the management OF
ths street car system, TO get the new
car properly broken in.
An increase in wages for street car
men was put into effect recently by
TIE company. Conductors and motor
men now 20 into the service at q
cent? an hour. q two cent Increase.
rhfle pay Of men old In the service
goes rs high as 81 cents The average
working day IS about nine or ten
hours