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Show I CLOSING DOWN STREET CAR LINES. Nine street ear lines in Brooklyn, New York, have ceased l operate, although the public service commission had directed that they be operated by the receiver. On an appeal to the federal courts, the receiver was sustained in his derision to indefinitely close down the service The New York World says : Exclusive of taxes, the nine lines were losing, according accord-ing to the receiver, $503,000 a year Their plight illustrates the Fact that company policj and citj policy inevitably conflict. con-flict. City policy, the uniform fare aud prompt pnblir improvements, im-provements, favors spreading out the population for light anil air and for home ownership Th mpany can '-r'-t more nickels from a mile of track in congested districts of tall tenements. Yet the Inn s must run They are necessary to the city It is probable that some arrangement may be made, by ent-Laa ent-Laa off -o n i- f . . - ni mil A rrrto , ti.l , ,Kol- rninnrAniicac ( V. n f .will I I 1 'Ml (I .11' II 'l A ll'J.-lllllYl UlUVI "llll.T O, HUM j penmt resumption Whether so r not. this is another in- H stance in proof that the citj mast tackle its transit problem H in earnest and treat it as a whole, upon broad principles of H the public policy, or wreckage may become irr parable. J This emphasizes the fact that street ( ar lines throughout the United States are being crippled by conditions over which their own ers have no control. Of late years the automobile has made street car lines unprofitable except in congested districts and trolley roads H are going into bankruptcy where traffic is not at a maximum. ia the World says, this question of providing transportation facilities within cities is a serious one which must be solved by B H broader poliey than has been followed in the past. Street ear erv- H iee Ls essential to a city's growth and general advancement, and 1 when revenues fall off to the point of financial ruin, tome method must be found to avert disaster. 1 I I jr sM |