Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1919-10-05

Sidering tnem total loss. or must go
to the expense of taking them up and
restoring the thoroughfare to its for
mer condition.
The motor bus is mobile. If some
thing should occur which shuts traffic
off from one or more blocks of its Gus
tomary itinerary the motor bus does
not suffer from the blockade; 1T merely
changes it's normal course. If. after
bus route is put into operation, the
operators find the line improbable
they can select another route, transfer
their equipment and begin operation
within very short time. No essential
and expensive equipment Is lost and
persons living on the abandoned or new
route are not Inconvenience by dis
figured or impossible streets.
TRANSPORTATION NEEDS
DEVELOP
I AS a community develops it's trans
portation needs develop. The COM
mon electric carriers of our modern
cities either under or over develop their
service. Overdevelopment results in a
greater outlay of capital than is es-
scntial Service which Is maintained
beyond the areas of need Is not self
sustaining and forces the service in
the densely populated areas to carry
the losses The passengers of the prof
table part of the line therefore do
not receive the best service that their
fare might purchase. The motor bus,
on the other hand, can extend its route
Just as slowly or as quickly as require
ments demand, thus giving it's passen
gers a full return for their fare. Cities
may become overcrowded and, while
there is territory for expansion, this
expansion does not occur or is very
slow. Such conditions may be caused
by deficient or too distant transporta-
ton. A person prefers to live within
n comparatively short distance from a
transportation agency that will take
him to his work without delay and in
comfort.
/ Where traction officials have been
short-sighted city expansion has been
/ retarded. The motor bus unit is so
cheap in comparison to other transpor-
tation units that 1t can be sent into
! territory for development purposes at
q fraction of the cost of traction units.
With the present congested conditions
| in cities this is an important consid-
GRAFTON.
! The motor bus, being smaller in size
and lighter per passenger in weight
| than the common electric carrier is
| the logical transportation agency in
crowded or narrow streets. In such
! streets surface cars running down the
center crowd traffic, causing conges-
tion and accidents. Motor buses run
|
MIXING congestion. Where the storage
| battery cars which were run through
the crowded east side of New York
| City were taken off by the New York
| City car lines receiver Mayor Hylan
Immediately substituted motor buses.
These buses have been in operation
only a short time, so that while def
mite conclusions cannot as yet he
drawn indications are such as to con-
firm the previous statement.
| While the schedules of electric car
riers have on the whole been quite
satisfactory there are certain impor-
! tant lines that are complained of con-
stantly. A certain large bus company
operating In one of the largest cities
of the United States has so stand
ardized its schedule that it Is able to
run a bus every twenty or thirty Sec
onds over a distance of most mile
and a half. That Is better time than
any electric carrier has been able to
!, make.
MOTOR BUS CLAIMS
The most prominent advantages of
| the motor bus are:
/. Greater mobility.
?. Absence of tracks.
g. Ability to continually extend Ire
routes to meet newly developed needs.
! a. East with which routing can be
shifted without loss of equipment.
). Confirming of service delays to the
one vehicle affected when there are
mechanical troubles.
| 6. Possibility of maintaining better
schedules and intensive service.
/ 7. Less weight OF vehicle per pas
senger as compared with common cleo
trio carriers.
8. Greater efficiency. for certain
kinds of traffic.
! O. Admission to residential thorough