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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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yer & Englunds iron box type. The schedule for the greater part of the day is so arrangedthat every half hour three cars meet at Tatamy Junction,the place where the Nazareth branch meets the main line.This makes it possible to transfer to different operatingdivisions without any waiting. The eighteen miles betweenEaston and Bangor are covered in one hour and fifteen min-utes, and the nine miles between Easton and Nazareth in the dials serves for bills advertising special attractions atBushkill Park, the companys pleasure resort, near Easton. The company also maintains comfortable waiting roomsat all the terminals, in some cases making arrangementsfor space in local hotels. The timetables are printed in allthe local trolley guides together with information concern-ing connections. Among lines in close touch with theNorthampton Traction Company are those of the Slate BeltTraction Company, Bangor & Portland Traction Company,running to Portland, nine miles from Delaware Water Gap;
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CAR HOUSE OF THE NORTHAMPTON TRACTION COMPANY SCIJKHULE DI.\LS AT NAZARETH fifteen minutes. The fare between the latter points is 10cents, while the run between Easton and Bangor is dividedinto five 5-cent zones. A feature of the zone method offare collection on this line is the use of celluloid hat checksof different colors, according to the fare paid. This en-ables the conductor to keep easy track of his passengers,and likewise helps the inspector. As previously noted, thecompany operates over two routes in Easton, and on theseit charges only a 4-cent fare—that is, twenty-five ticketsare sold for $1, good only in the city limits. l^ehigh Valley Transit Company, for Allentown; theEaston Transit Company; the Easton & WashingtonTraction Company, and the Philadelphia & Easton TractionCompany, running to Philadelphia and Willow Grove. A remarkable amount of the pleasure riding on the North-ampton Traction Company, popularly known as the HayLine, comes from Philadelphia via the

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