Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1919-01-18
z FINE NEW CARS
TO Be OPERATED
ON DARBY LINE
Will be Placed in Service as Soon
as Market Street Bridge IS
Strengthened.
AN OUTLAY OF $300,0o0

TWENTY-FIVE fine new cars, winch. ac-
cordling so olHcinl announcement, are the
last work IN intcrurhan equipment. are I"
replace the present rolling stock ON ln'
Wilmington Darby division ot the WI
mington Il Philadelphia Traction q hey
represent an OUTLAY of upwards oi S5fi,'Fpl
Tho new cars viii I've placed ~ service
as soon rs Market street bridge over the
Prandyll me can lee strengthened IN
nolIncrrncnt to this effect WAS made todnN
hv Thomas W. Wilson, vice president and
general manager Of thc Traction 20.
"I{arring unexpected delays MI WI
SON said when spoken tuat1out ti'A intf l't.
I'VE will have an entirely neW %ci ~ cars
~ operation on the ilarby or through
hnc carly in February Pursuant to IN
agreement with tho Emergency Fleet
torDoratIon y contract Was made last
spring with the J g lriI Co. ~ Phllndcl-
nina for twcntv-two-s convertible
rars especially Designed for lutenThan
scrvIrc Most of thr new equipment
has been received and as soon rs the
lrIdcr across hc ETandt vInc IT Market
~tr,C Is strrnpthcrctl thew Will lc INT
iu -crvIcc ou the Darhy line rs these
ears vcrc bought during tic height % tie
var. thcv cost about twice rs miicb as ~
normal tunes tho contract rrler hffng
SIa.tNO each hut III additional oqlupmcnt
was seriously needed Ia carry the vastly
increased army rf workers "a and from tie
mumtion and other war industry plants
Iocatcd along our Iincs the cars were con
tractcl for rs stated
"IE ~ new cars are the last wori IN inter
urban equipment aud have hccn com
nrtcd with tho most modern apparatus
lhrv are l5 tcct long, somewhat longer
than the present Darby ears. and arc
heavier than thctr predecessors Auto
matIc devices make It Impossible t.
~ crate TIE cars unless tho doors arc
closed Another dcvlco prevents power
being applied to tho motors unless the
mntorman lad ms band on tic controller
handle The seating capacity " each c3r
Is adults
'l rRrGts HUar m -ftoNo
Il, thcsc cars arc somewhat heavier
thau au, heretofore operated on thcae
limos Il Mas decided e. have i thorough
examination made IT MI bridges crossed
Ana to have any as to The strength Of
nh,h there could possibly bc any aucs-
tlcn reinforced for the sake oi safety.
hCforc putttug the now cars N scfvIcc
accordingly VIC employed a hridgc cngt-
rccr. y to made i careful examination aud
report on all bridges III question and
especially as 10 the particular KIND ot load
inc &c bridges occseloncd bv fhfse tars.
!. .As.-~+rvfrturrs ru ~ffyc Ia~-s~s ss~-fte were
reported 10 lie amply strong. CxcCrt the
one across the Braudyv,nc ~ Narl -
~trrrt Il WAS recommended that ths
span and several N PENNSYLVANIA on
other routes lc reinforced and tic steel
Aud other matcral ncgc-~aD tn clrf1 oai
those Recommendations was ordered IL
once Wc 4rr uuu advised that ho steel
needed iur Market street bridge vii
prnha II ~ delivered within ono vccs
and. barring. unforeseen DELAYS ami with
The cooperation cf the l.cvy Court we
hope 10 have tic Irider STRENGTHENED and
the ucv cars running e3rly ucNt month
The l)arh, Inc traycrSc$ atl ot thc old.
aS we'll III tho manv new settlements
between this CITY and Dartv and fur
uIshc~ TRANSFORMATION IL the cfuriovcS uf
the manl large industries along lie route
free transfers are ,S@ncd 10 and frorn the
lines IN Wilmington and Chester and at
Darby frequent connections arr made
over thc Philadclphla system The COM
panv Increased the service on the Darby
line recently frun .i0-muute intervals be-
tween cars 10 20 minutes and the com-
nany believes the improved >er1lce made
possible hv reason Of the new equipment
and Il Commute headWay will greatly
stimulate further activity al along the
llnc whlch Is equally beneficial 10 tho
city and the rural section travcrsed