The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1922-05-23
MODERN CARS FOR
EAST HILL LINE
Receiver Holtzeiaw Talks Interestingly
Of Contemplated improve
ments In Service.

Real improvements in the street
railway system viii be carried out in
the near future, according to an an
nouncement of J. G. Holtzclaw, receiv-
er for the Pensacola Electric Company
yesterday This is especially true of
the service on the East Hill lines
where eight new cars of the latest
safety types viii be put on. and pass
ing track facilities installed so that
a two-way service win be possible.
Three of such will be put in. and mod
ern equipment and automatic electric
block signals installed.
eve notified the City Commissioners
at their meeting today that plans have
been completed for the purchase of
eight new modern high speed safety
cars, and the re-inauguration of the
two-way service on East Hill line, said
Mr.. Holtzclaw yesterday. The COM
missioners have requested us for a i
long time to endeavor to improve this
car service, and we have Of course,
realized the necessity. but inability to
finance the expenditure necessary has
prevented our doing so. Even at this
time, the receiver could not finance
to make the entire outlay in cash, but
this is not necessary, due to arrange
ments whereby the cars are secured |
on a lease plan and paid for over a
long period of time.
I'VE believe that the public has real |
lied that our street railway business is
small, and that automobiles have cut
heavily into the earnings of the cars.
Even with the increased car fares, the |
gross receipts from car operation are
now about equal to those of pre-war
days, whereas expenses are double |
what they We're in 1914.
1T is therefore with the hope of
increased business FROM faster, better
service, and OF reduced operating ex-
penses from saving at every possible |
point that this new service is to be |
inaugurated. We hope and believe
that If we can afford faster reliable |
service on East Hill, with cars operat- |
ing in both directions around the loop, |
a large number of people now using
automobiles for travel to and from
business will go back to the street |
cars and save the expense of automo-
bile operation which is of course
greater than the expense of car fare. |
And it is with this idea that the re-
ceiver has recommended, and the court |
has approved the arrangements where |
by we are able to announce this i'm
provement
1.-THE cars which are TO be secured |
are the latest type Of modern city cars
and are known as safety cars. Six or
seven thousand Of these cars have
been put in service in many of the I
cities of the country within the past
few years and their operation has met |
with great success and the service |
with the universal approval of the
public In various cities.
ITO make the service possible, 1t /
will be necessary to install passing
track facilities, and It Is our intention /
to install side tracks of such length /
as to obviate long delays in meeting /
that are sometimes experienced in |
service of this nature. Two side tracks /
over a quarter Of a mile in length will
be Installed on Moreno street and |
Jackson street. and the intervening /
single track will be protected by au-
tomato electric block signals, so that |
1t will not be possible for two cars to
be on the same single track in oppo-
site directions at one time. We also
expect to do considerable repair work /
on our tracks so that when this new
service Is started everything win be in
first class shape.
As we said before, the expenditure I
In connection with this service is t
large and we sincerely hope that the /
change will meet the approval of the /
public and that our hopes as to in
creased business viii not be found /
over estimated. Our plans now call
for delivery of the new cars about the
first of August, SO II, will probably be /
safe to say that the new service should
be inaugurated about August 18th.
Some time viii be required to train our
men on the new cars, for the operation
Is very different from that OF cars now
in use, and also II will be necessary
for the public to get used to them in
order to take advantage Of the mans
innovations which have for their OBJ
ject the saving Of time and therefore
for faster service. When the time ar
rives, we shall endeavor; through the
proper channels, to acquaint our pat
rons with the various new methods
employed on these cars and to solicit
their assistance in making our efforts
to i'm tove this service the success we
hope it TO be-