Show BENEFIT OF ELECTRIC TRAVEL quick transit relieves congestion of large cities A rather striking phrase was used by prof E A ross a visiting lecturer at the university of chicago in the course of a recent address steam massed people he said but elec Is despe 45 them and not quite so continuing when the mechanic comes to think nothing ot living ten miles from his work the slum will vanish and the city will dit fuse itself into the country the ob to this Is that in american cities the slums are not made up of mechanics nevertheless the cy of the electric railway to extend the distance between the shop and the home is undoubtedly of the greatest benefit to american workingmen As a simple problem in arithmetic a twelve mile ride for 5 cents Is cheaper than a mile and a halt ride for 2 cents but the difference in standard of alv ing made possible by the longer hauls and uniform fares of the american street railways as compared with the shorter distances and graded tares in great britain is even greater than the proportionately cheaper transports tran alon chicago western electrician |