The Company's Reply To the Biter of the "NonritsChina' Dany News" correspondence. appearing. in your Sam—Wit terence tothe recent Columns on the above subject, it is faired" to bring' the. following aspects of the matter" before' the note. of the Public.
Owing. tothe com tions almost peculiar to Shanghai, the problem arises at cer faliy_of transport being. required for practically the enrive business community within the space ery short period, say 16 mines, Tu onder to meet the demand for transportation Under more' comfort able conditions, ie wil be necessary
Operating during these periods very nereaue Th ber of yehiles considerably, and es those extra Schicles wold have' to. stand For the rest of the day, economic heceanty would compel the charging ery much higher fare than at Present, Te'has been found by experience—and an extremely expensive ex. porienco—that there fe not a suf: desi Pai Owing to the congested state of 'A our streets, caused by the number and type of vehicles making use of them, the pace of such traffic ha: become slower and slower till now buses can only operate in the Central District at speeds of 4 to 5 miles per hour, a fact which must limit the number of buses employed.
The solution of this problem is to be found by the utilization of Vehicles carrying a larger number of seated passengers per vehicle, and our, Company will in the course of some months make a trial of a double deck vehicle of the latest type carrying probably 70 or more seated passengers.
On Route No. 1, which runs from Jessfield Park to Hongkew via Bubbling Well, Nanking and Szechuen Roads, efforts have been made to relieve the congestion by the joes' og "eae ree employment of subsidiary services. the Garden Bridge "to. Jessfield Park, on which a higher "fare is charged, was only utilised by the Public during rush hours and as a consequence is now only operated Garing these periods, 7 Route No. 8 was then instituted in order to relieve the congestion on Route No. 1, operating from the south end-of the Bund to. St via Nanking and Bubbling Well Roads. Exactly the same fares were charged and the same stopping, places used, but passengers prefer everovd on to No 1 vehicles ren although urged by ign Inopeetors to. utilise No. & buses Within @ few days, it is Proposed
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