TRAMWAY MATTERS.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 536, 17 June 1909, Page 6

TRAMWAY MATTERS.

THROUGH tjfiS. As ii means of meeting the convenience of residents of Brooklyn,. the tramway depart* incut is at present giving a five-minutes* son vies a tm« on this line. The ne>v system worked without a hitch on Saturday night; p-lien it was inaugurated, but n slight hlto'a occurred 011 Monday. It is expected, however that with a little more experience the necossarv timo-tnlilo will be able to be maintained, and so relievo the trouble experienced in the wild .rushing for cars at the terminus at the corner of Willis and llanners Stroets £n experiment in. the direction of.running through-cars at 5 p.m. was commenced on the Island l.ay line Inst evening, and, if it is a success, it will be extended to oilier lines, several of which arc desirou* 'of- goltine tho special through instead of having to join in tho general stampede at 5 o'clock. The idea in the Island lav trial is to exclude Courtcnaj Flaco and Newtown tiassengcrs, and so rid the residents . of the bay and vicinity of tha trouble of being crowded out with short-dis-tanco travellers. llio minimum ft,re under the new trial is 3d. from the Government Station and 2d. from Courtenaj-riace, which is the ?'!» SC0 t t,ol \ Bfliampore residents ill bo nblo to travel by Ihe Island Bay 'through', u.-b, *hich cars will bear a di* tinohva sign to sure confusion. In view of tlw fact that a mi.ubcr ot other suburbs are anxious to Mi,a tho now system, the publio should, m their , own tnleresls, lend Mv«i r ...Z sistance in makine the fuvt trial a siuccm.