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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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mediate relief can be secured by this means thanthrough any other or through all other suggestions. The Rules of the Road, drafted by William P. Eno, would,if strictly followed, result in material improvement in themovement of traffic. Additional regulation of track obstruc-tion in specific cases would, if wisely administered, work thegreatest good to the greatest number, and need not mater-ially embarass the movement and handling of vehicular traffic. (is) The removal of obstructions of all kinds, including snow,from the public portions of the streets on which our lines run. A heavy snowfall practically paralyses all vehicular traffic,and that which is carried on follows the car track, with theresult that the car service is severely restricted and the capacityfor passengers greatly lessened. Any street obstruction throws additional burden of trafficupon the track roadway, and at a congested point of traffic willlimit the capacity of the tracks for car service. STREET RAILWAY JOURNAL.
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January 31, 1903.) STREET RAILWAY JOURNAL. 183 Many obstructions during building operations assume aprominent nature, often continuing for weeks. Most of thesecould very readily be limited without material restriction ofbuilding operations. (16) The question of the enforcement of public ordinances re-specting ventilation and cleanliness. This question has not been undertaken. (17) The prevention of permitting passengers to stand be-tween seats in open cars. When the traffic demands exceed the seating capacity of theopen cars in service additional passengers must stand or elsewait for a seat in subsequent cars. This latter method is theContinental practice, but the enforcement of such regulationshere would be practically impossible. This is shown by thepresent insistence of the traveling public to board the first car,regardless of the greater comfort that may be obtained insucceeding ones. RECOMMENDATIONS FOR IMMEDIATE RELIEF (1) The elimination of street obstructions wherever possible

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