Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-09-07
BROADWAY BARS Street
CARS IN FAVOR OF BUSES
'lOtor Vehicles RclcSntc Other Forms
of Passenger Carriers to
Junk Heap.
no LONGER EXPERIMENTAL
ears of Successful Operation Of
Fifth Avenue Lines COnvinccS
Mayor HyIan That System Is En-
tircly Dcrcmdablc.
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| NEW YORK. Sept G--Broadway
known street in the world is to do
way with .ts street cars and have
motor buses exclusively Tor passenger
arry.ng on the street surface.
Mayor IiNlan. Of New York City. has
Iicclarod that the day OF the street
urfIcc car has gone forever lie
a""tF enc esttb lishnent Of bus lines
1vrrywhcrc in the five buroughs and
he complete eradication OF the street
Rnr lines. tracks. traffic blocking ~
rowdcd cars. and evc-ythnE associ-
l,ted with them
New York was tho last big city to
llbandon the ancient horse car line,
suit about the first 10 adopt the under
1;founh cable and trolley systems for
uEfaCc cars.
The building. maintenance and con-
tant repairs OF these made the for
uncS OF many contractors and the
men hiEher NJ, and kept Broadway
constantly torn up for years before
nc subway came ia continue the noise
nj nuisance for further dozen
ears.
Has Bccn Ortcn Rebuilt.
rcFhaps no street IN existence has
Poem torn up. put back again. ex-
awaited and rebuilt 50 many times over
period OF forty years. while business
oncerns patiently paid rcnt and taxes.
ION uptown lcf, whole sections OF
Nae great thorou@hiarc deserted and
y Practically dcai
lts famous. old buildings, too old to
truction, too fax from the new rail-
~ay centcrs. deserted and falling into
-li'is, merely marx an era Of bygone
;rentncsa ana progress.
Motor buses are running Droftably.
n mort Of ~" big cities OF Europe.
otaniy London and Paris for fifteen
ears. Their records Of coyr, mileage
nd pnssenrcr-carry.N have proved
~.
Turfhcc trolley cars and tho savings
IN The cost Of laying tracks. roadway.
Ponstr.ction and repairs are enormous.
ess but for the Dependant. magnet
Shi'ion with which. without cxccp-
t,io0 80 Tar ne tho writer knows, all
fnotor buses arc equipped.
+ Although trolley lines are .till used
n tho suburbs and iutcrurhan serv-
pes, these ais" ar" giving way 20 tn"
'dNanoo OF the more popular motor
Sns which In England particularly
ne country for hundreds Of miles and
ourncN"d In every direction
Mayor Winch Impressed.
Inc MaNo- was impressed by tho -o
ports Aui hr tic success and very
|nsnhtabl" growth or tho Fifth Av.ni;n
|notor buses 90 Soy YORK In tho past
Thirteen years by the clamor o: IN.
puhl!c for h"tter service, and the de-
rauhs OF the lntcroorough sub~ay.
r-face and cievateI lines Tor IN :
creased farcs
Thc continuous ;rips " the Fif,h
avenue buses numbering ,rrr" than
ion in al. Averaging ahou, go niles
lori!y throughou, tho Year hnf n
frtetn yca-s' sorvisr U.nN' n. -
ability Of tho rntcr"'o. rhis (. a
ma clcctr!e g"rern'o~ that provid =
he park iu th" engines and enables
Them 20 develop thcf- full power in All
IEin's OF weather and over all coa,li-
IONS OF road. ana made the general
| tnn'ica'ion Of Mayor Hylan's plan pos
yur'g: ~" past i've years the Now
+ -, Chinatown ana Coney Island
i :tght.s seeing" cars carrying aI0uI
passengers each, have steadily In :
r'HsrI in numbers These proved the
2oSSlhil Tics Of carrying cror-inCrcas
nr numbers %: passengers through
ne ,ro"ded streets and byways Of the
-r.Rt city and far Into the country.
| Inc Mayor further siascs that while
ne Is not a. inc moment contcmpia,
}nE any city-o~nct motor truck ser
A'ice for the markets. 20 help bring
2thoui reduced prices o. food and closer
ouch between The farmer and public
Wli1 N" markets, II viii undoubtedly
b"comc poSSihl" as soon as the new
Riui3on River tunnel for vch!cular
rattle is completed
THE entire street railway system Of
10 state OF New Jersey is controlled
d1y the Public Service Corporation OF
New Jersey and they have after re :
featcdly a!sinE the fare adopted a
zone basis Of fares. In some cases This
means as much as 81 cents -or a sinpi.
are-yet masne' equipped motor
luscs in New Jersey and elsewhere
AIRY million Of passengers daily a,
'-cent fares. and earn magnihcent
}prQfits fo- their owners