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Title: The Street railway journal
Year: 1884 (1880s)
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Subjects: Street-railroads Electric railroads Transportation
Publisher: New York : McGraw Pub. Co.
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ervice. The farming country along the national pike in thisdistrict is noted as being among the best in the State. It wassettled very early, and the people are prosperous as a rule.The towns along this route are: Reynoldsburg, 400. Wagram, 150. Etna, 350. Kirkersville, 300. Hebron, 650. The steam lines to Columbus do not come within 3 miles to5 miles of these towns, and the electric road carries practicallyall the business, both passenger and freight. The rates of fareon the present line are shown in the accompanying table: Stations A. M. Fare 1 RoundTrip MilesfromColumbus 6.00 Thereafter Capital University _ 6.25 every hour 5c lOc is Doneys 6.30 until 10 p.m. 10c 20c 6.9 11.1 6.40 Running 15c 25c Wagram. . 6.50 time between 20c 35c 14.9 Etna 7.00 Columbus 25c 45c 17.3 Kirkersville . 7.15 and 35c 60c 21.9 7.30 Newark 45c 75c 27.6 Ar. Newark 7.50 1.50 60c $1.00 36.9 In Newark the company gives fifteen-minute service over 8miles of road, connecting all parts of the city. The local cars,
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HOTEL AT BUCKEYE LAKE together with the Newark & Granville car, connect with theinterurbans in front of the companys waiting room facing thepublic square. City tickets are sold at the rate of six for 25cents. These are also good on the Granville line, the farebeing 15 cents one way or 25 cents round-trip. In the cityof Columbus the company handles the local traffic, as it isobliged to do so, and sells seven tickets for 25 cents, but theCentral Market Street Railway, which operates over the sametracks, takes up the greater portion of this business, since itsells eight tickets for 25 cents; of course, the tickets are notinterchangeable. The company sells round-trip tickets only atticket offices, which are maintained in all towns. The interur-ban cars have no fare registers, and duplex cash fare tickets areused. In connection with all the Columbus interurbans thecompany sells mileage books, which are transferable and afforda rate of 1% cents per mile. PLEASURE RESORTS As a route for

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