El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-01-10
MORE TRACKAGE
FOR BOULEVARD
Street Car Company Is In
stalling Three Turnouts
to Speed Up Traffic.

'The street car company, realizing
that its great problem is providing
better service to the suburban resi-
dence districts east OF Cotton avenue.
many Of the inhabitants Of which
have been without jitne service the
past few days while the new routes
are being arranged. IS installing more
trackage, as well as speeding up cars,
has begun the construction Of three
long turnouts on East Boulevard.
from the Cotton avenue junction 70
Piedras street and may arrange to
give more track room between Piedras
and the Government Hill junction at
Copia and Hueco." said ". E. Wood.
traffic superintendent OF the FL Paso
Electric Railway company. Thursday
morning
Practically Double Track Boulevard.
Our worst difficulty IS between
Cotton avenue and COpia street
( where the track is single, with turn
outs The company will practically
double track the line between Cotton
and Piedras, putting in one switch
between the FL PasO and Southwest
ern crossing and Cotton and two more
! between the Southwestern rails and
Piedras at cost Of SIS, 900. We have
% cars IN the service east OF Cotton
over these tracks during rush hours
I have not been Informed II the COM
pany has the idea OF building the
Highland Park line 70 a connection
with the Fort Bliss line in the Grand
view addition, or OF extending the
Government Hill track to connect
with Fort Bliss loop.
Trying Hard to "Speed Up
efThn Efraar rnru have nVmarfnnrad
no difficulty in handling the people
on the smelter or Arizona street
lines" said Mr.. Wood Thursday nom
ing. though a number Of extra cars
had to be put on the Washington Park
line 20 carry crowds who had no
litne transportation The storm nat
urally slowed down the entire syste1
Tor few hours We understand the
iitnes handled about 10000 people per
day here. Now that East Rio Graude
street and Montana street jitne lines
are operating again, many people viii
probably ride them. but the crowds
along Boulevard viii continue TO eZ-
pect our best service, which we are
trying as hard as we can 70 improve
to meet the conditions"
Mr.. Wood said there are 81 motors
and six trallers used during rush
hours over the whole system o. the
traction company here
Luke Bradley, district manager OF
the StOne-W ebster cooperation. re-
siding in Houston, has arrived here
on a short visit
Derailment Causes blockade.
Derailment OF an inbound Govern
ment Hill street car at the junction
OF that line with the Fl Bliss line at
Hueco and Copia streets wednesday
afternoon blocked six carloads Of
people from proceeding TO the city for
more than an hour. while the wreck
ers OF the company worked to clear
the track. More than 100 persons.
many OF them women and children.
left the stalled cars in the cold wind
to observe the blockade There were
no jitne buses in sight on Montana
and Bliss streets, passengers reported
Auto Mechanic HeraiIs Car.
At the corner OF Tularosa and
Piedras streets the derailment OF a
Fort Bliss electric motor tied up the
traction line upward OF an hour.
neither that crew. another on Fl
Bliss car inbound. nor another on a
Manhattan Heights car having the
proper rerailing frog" a merchant
reported A mechanic from the Gao
tus garage brought out a four BY
four timber and helped Slew" the de-
rallied truck. while the motorman
applied the Juice" resulting in the
wheels going back on the rails. The
mechanic said he would send the
street car company q bill for his
timber, badly cut.
Car sDoes a SnIit.-
Highland Park electric street car
90 went two ways at the junction OF
the North Oregon and Texas street
lines Thursday morning at $3.50
o'clock. the front truck going ID
Oregon and the rear east on Texas,
all wheels remaining on the track.
Wreclling experts soon got both
trucks on the Oregon rails.