Show bus lines in illinois big transportation aid aice operating fleets of busses with an organization with nearly invested ln ested 78 bus lines now blanket blank et the state of illinois allied aided ably by the states system ronda per imps tile the best itt in the union these busses last year operated li miles alles and ca carried aled d passengers thee figures agures ore are taken from a report made by chester G more the five vice president of the motor transportation association for an interstate commerce hearing hearin of the 78 63 i operate intercity busses only while 17 havo have interstate operations of the lie bussei eisses ply between the hie cities of 1111 illinois the rt rest opera operating within the limits of the cities of illinois itow how the bus bug lines compare with avith tile the steam lines Is shown by the fact that in illinois during the year 1025 the railroads carried fare pay ing passengers at the average fare of 78 cents per passenger while the carried fare paying passengers at nit an average fare of 22 35 3 5 cents per passenger at As the city busses operating in cities only carried nn an additional 08 68 passengers it Is shown the report states that 47 45 4 5 per cent of the passengers carried by the steam railroads and busses basses combined were handled on blis blasses ses rind and 52 15 1 B 5 per cent on the |