El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-05-31
'SKIPST0PS To
BEGIN JUNE 8
New System of Street Car
Operation Starts on
Boulevard and East.

The skip stop system OF street
car operation VIII be iuaugurated in
FL Pas0 Wednesday evening. June 8.
and after that date, all Fort Bliss.
Government Hill and Highland park
cars viii stop at every other corner
on Boulevard. according to announce
ment 10y the manasement Of the Fl
Paso Street Railway company. Start
ing at Oregon and Boulevard streets.
all cars viii make headway Of two
blocks without stopping. Highland
park cars viii resume the system Of
stopping at every block al Cotton
avenue. but Fort Bliss and Govern
ment Hill cars viii retain the skip
stop as far IS the Fort Bliss Govern
ment Hill junction, when the cars
VIII revert TO the stop at every block
From 8 o'clock 10 $3.50 o'clock in the
evening the skip stop system viii be
in force on these lines but at all
other times the old system OF stop
ping II every block viii be used. The
management stated thar If the new
system proves popular the skip stop
would be used all the time.
VIII Notify Public
The corners at which cars operat-
ing on the skip stop plan will stop
VIII be designated by metal signs sus-
pended from the sDau wires overhead
with the words. Cars VIII Stou Here"
On the day before the enforcement
Of the new system. cards viii be
handed all patrons Of the street car
company, notifying them that on
" Wednesday the skip stop goes into
effect. On Wednesday the cars viii
continue TO pick up passengers wher-
ever they hail the cars. but each pas
senEer picked uD az other than the
designated corners VIII be given @
card notifying him that while the
company accommodated him 20 the
extent OF picking him MP az the
wrong corner. IL would cease TO 90
so after Wednesday.
POPULAR in other Cities.
Supt. ". T. Woods stated that FL
PasO is the last Texas city 70 adopt
the skip stop system of operation.
TEN had been tried out. and proved
popular with the public. Speed IN
making the round trip viii be greatly
increased by the new system. Mr..
woods declared saying that five min
utes viii be cut from the schedule
Of the Fort Bliss line
A Conservation Measure.
"One Of the reasons for introducing
the system in FL Paso." said general
manager Harry $. Potter. has been
the pressure brought TO bear upon
rs, in common with all other street
E
US 10 conserve fuel and power. one
letter in particular from James J.
SrOrroW. OF Boston. Mass. member
Of the fuel administration. urged US
70 reduce the number OF our stopping
places 10 not more than eight 90 the
mile i'm downtown districts. and %
six TO the mile in the suburbs. and
one every quarter Of mile In the
country. Mr.. Storrow stated that iu
cases where the skip stop system had
been put into effect. 10 had vastly in
creased the service 90 the public. aud
resulted I'm a saving Of 90 uer cent
N the coal ordinarily consumed by
these companies
"A circular letter issued by p. p.
Noyes. chairman Of the bureau Of
conservation. OF the fuel administra-
ton. cites a number OF instances OF
eastern cities which have inaugurated
the skip stop system with success. ef-
1eftinE both a saving OF fuel and IN
creased service 10 their patrons"
Location Of stops.
Street cars using the skip stop sys-
TEN viii stop at the following street
intersections: on Boulevard. at ore
Frain. Octavia, Brown. Austin. Dali
las. Cotton Z. p. & S. W. railway.
Palm. Maple. and Magnolia streets.
On Piedras street cars VIII stop az
Boulevard and Tularosa streets.
On Tularosa stops viii be made az
Raynor. Estrella and Luna streets
Luna and Montana street viii be the
next stop. and Hueco and Luna streets
next
The last skip stop viii be made al
Hueco and Copia streets, the GOvehn-
meut Hill junction. FROM this point
on all cars viii resume the stops Al
every block.