El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-01-26
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CARS To.
THE SUBURBS
Car Lines Extend to. All
Sections of City and
Jitnes Also Operate

Only an unreasonable man WoulC
complain about Ell Paso's transit IA
ciHties. Any point in the city or thC
suburbs may be reached for five
cents. War conditions have caused
most everything bought, sold or PAID
for to climb the price ladder from 81
to 100 percent. yet street car ant
iitne fares remain the same. Wher
it be considered that most every
thing concerned in maintaining anc
operating both electric cars and
iitnes has advanced in price, the gen
eral public has cause to be thankful
that the transit fares have not also
| taken a sky trip.
The high price OF operation IS hav-
/ ing its effect. Notwithstanding fares
remain stationary a man VINO OPP
| crates a jitne nowadays runs a harder
gauntlet than Capt. John Smith ever
did when he dashed down between
the Indian braves with CLUBS uescehu-
/ ing on his Uranium at every step,
said a driver of a local Jitne recently
! in discussing the situation relative %
| jitne bus operations in FL Paso-
JItnes Have Heavy Expense.
Now see If I am not right" con-
tinued the jitne owner. First we
must get a license. which cost $50 per
year. we are 4G5dAAg 4N4NA-S1 ~
give $1,000 bond to operate. The Dono
costs US 81 per month in one OF the
companies. or S12 in another. That
costs US from S132 TO IA per year.
Then there is $3.50 for a chauffeur
license. City tax comes to $3.50 Tor
me and county and state tax SOU.
State license costs SO. and must give
81 to have the card filled out. War
tax on a new car comes to from SIS
to S23 on a jitne. Mechanical repairs
amount to from SIS to 500 per year.
Say, don't you savvy that IL takes
high heap Of nickels to meet all this
expense and have enough left TO 1--we
on2
Besides that, gasoline has gone
up from II cents to p cents per gal
lon and tires that formerly sold for
s14 now come to s2A25- Without
'histing' the price, conditions are such
that even a smooth running Ford
seems to Jolt a driver when he thinks
Of it."
street Railway Lines Extended.
Constant growth of the city is to
account for lines Of the FL Paso Elec-
trio Railway company being extended
as well as several new Jitne routes.
Notwithstanding tho difficulty expert
enecd in securing building materials,
the street car company has completed
an extension. beginning at Campbell
and Baltimore streets, thence north
easterIy on Baltimore to Madeline
park. Although the Stone and Web
ster company pushed the work from
the start. much blasting and work in
rock was necessary making progress
difficult and slow. The work cost
1925. 900. By this line jewellers in
Kern place and neighbOring localities
are given the same careful electric
car service as other portions OF the
city receive.
The street railway company, in ac-
cordancs with its plans to always be
prepared for all demands electrical
made by FL PasO concerns. has a plant
generating power sufficient TO supply
all the electrical wants OF a city Of
twice the size of FL Paso- Power Of
fered to manufacturers here is very
reasonable. as compared with that
given in other cities. Special rates
are made TO manufacturers according
to a sliding scale of charges. de-
used The street lighting system is
also furnished by the railway COM
pany-
Interurban Adds to Trade
As the suburbs near FL PasO have
grown. there has been an increasing
demand for interurban service. Ever
since the construction Of the Rio
Grande valley line there has been a
constantly increasing trade between
FL Paso and Nsleta. terminals of the
line On THIS line an nOurly service
is given from o'clock a IN. to IL
o'clock p m The distance Travelled is
u miles.
In addition to the interurban line
10 Ysleta there are II city circuits
in operation They constitute the
following lines: Fort Bliss, Govern
ment Hill. Manhattan Heights, High
land Park. Juarez loop, Second Ward,
Arizona street. Mesa and Myrtle,
smelter and cement works. and the
new line to Kern Place and Madeline
park San Jacinto plaza is the transit
center OF FL Paso. All outbound cars
leave from this point and all jitnes,
except those of the park route, depart
from some point on the plaza Park
jitnes start and stop at the city hall.
FL PasO's First Car Line.
FL Paso's first street car line was
a route TO Juarez and return. An old
timer telling of it recently described
it as "a playthinS of a track. "ar
that would hold 4 dozen men II they
were not too fat. and power that was
shut off every time a mule baked"
From this mule line has grown FL
PasO's electric system Of today
With excellent street car service
to all parts of the city and suburbs,
and jitne routes as greatly diversi-
fled, FL Paso's citizens may reach any
part OF the city desired without delay.
we have from the first issue are
those issued by the Children's bureau.
The EthnOlogy bureau has sent very