El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-01-19

I street cars, which were not heated
I owing 70 the scarcity Of coal The
J semaphore system. which was tried
I here Is used in Cleveland.
Motoring was practically out OF the
I question when the writer was in Buff
Z falo. Snow had fallen all the previous
l night and subzero weather added 20
/ the discomforts OF motoring The
I streets had not been cleared and
snow was piled from one TO four feet
deep except where the street cars
were running. One noticeable thing
about the motor traffic in Buffalo
I was the large number Of Franklins
/ operating for the owners didn't have
their light weight made them the best
car for the hard travel conditions.
Park In Street Center.
IN some OF the smaller cities OF the
middle west. II seemed rather strange
to see cars parked IN the middle Of
the streets. with traffic passage on
both sides. This was the case in sew
eral Illinois and Kansas cities.
The St Louis traffic cops seemed
TO have a fairly easy time. Despite
the fact that there was little snow
in that city and that all the downtown
streets were clear. few passenger cars
--asi lie from taxis-seemed TO be in
use though 81 Louis has an unusual
ly large number of motor trucks.
cities-as wen as FL Paso-were
wrestling with the 5itney problem
That now seems to have solved Itself.
In the big cities the Jitneys are prac-
tically unknown. Chicago has q line Of
motor buses which travel on Miehi-
gan avenue and through the loop"
district but these are far different
from the 5itneys we have in FL Paso.
These buses are huge undressing
trucks, with g low hung body that
N9~~a f-~-r
es, only. They carry about 20 pas
sengers in the enclosed portion. while
as many more may be accommodated
on the upper deck" when weather
conditions permit
The only passenger bus operating
IN the downtown section OF Detroit
was a large White truck with an
elaborate body built like miniature
street car. This Is operated by de-
partment store and carries passengers
from the ferry landing at the foot
Of Woodward avenue to the store,
four blocks above Grand Circus park
Lansing Favors the Busses.
Lansing, Mich, has the jitneys yet
but rs percent Of the cars operating
there are the 16-passenger Studebaker
buses, Of which FL Paso had a couple,
one on the Shelter line IN the cold
weather. these buses are heated by
oil stoves and they have practically
the flivvers from the jitne
business. The Fords which were
operating had a unique arrangement
which made them practically semi
enclosed Instead Of side curtains. 9 |
metal and glass arrangement enclosed |
the sides and there were no curtains
to pull aside when passengers got IN |
or out Akron. O.. also had some OF
these cars in the jitne business but |
again the big traffic went to the
Studebaker buses and Few big
buses which operate between the |
general and Goodyear plants and the
business sections These buses are
very much like the big sightseeing |
cars operated here by the City Serv-
ice company. They carry big loads |
to the plants in the mornings, back TO 1
town at noon and out after lunch and /
then back in the evening. The writer /
saw several in front Of the Goodyear !
plant waiting for q noon load when
he was there.
JItneys in Detroit Suburbs.
On the outskirts Of Detroit, there
are number OF jitne lines. Detroft's
street car system IS the target for
Ind the city council, and several Jftne
ines seemed TO enjoy a good traffic
n the Highland park district, around
he huge Ford plant. whore 10000
men are now employed. On the seven
nile road. quite a number OF Stude-
1aker buses are operating.
Jitneys flourish IN Alma, Mich, the
lone Of Republic trucks Alma has
'een made By the huge truck fac
DRY and. as yet has no street car
ines As q result. the iitneys have
,hings an Ihelr own way and do a
Iourishing business The cars oper-