PAGE i6 . WINNIPEG-FREE ;PRESS,' SATURDAY. 'SEPTEMBER-17, 1953 Era Ends Another Be The Final Run Crowds of Winnipeggecs will s witness a colorful, if slightly nos- algic procession down, Portage :avenue and Main street between ;230 and 3.15 p.m. Monday. ' The final street 'cars will leave the St. James loop at Polo Park it approximately 2.30 p.m. In the >rst tram, which will be decor- ited with, a banner reading- We've Had It — We're Heading '•or The Last Roundup," "will be he RCHA band." operate over Main street pany with the transition being Actually, the general public will bridge_ so they could consolidate completed Dec J, 1952 mained. - --,, thei...r. operatiowfswi UOtUlnJ --confin (.UllfJUte their lines on both :ides of the to. Mam street and Portage av> nave their last opportunity to ride river. 1 he new transit• company was nue. There were 134 trolley buse a street car sometime- after mid- The bells on the streetcars above will ring- out the short-lived,.. The city , and sur- night Saturday The final street But it was four years, 1898, be- 191 motor buses with another 10 old and ring: in the new this week-end. They'll be riding: rounding municipalities were given diesels on .order, to replace th car making the run from Sharpe the rails for the last time at a special ceremony on Mon- fore council finally gave the per ar option, .to- expire. May 31, 1953last of the sitreet cars.- boulevard to the end of the North day, bub actually a fleet of gleaming- new 52-passeng-er mission. They were .afraid-'the to -take' over the svstem Main line early Sunday will be the bridge wasn't strong enough ,anc The option was taken up and And so it is that.-on- Monday diesel buses like the one at the right will take over when the north Winnipeg ca last one in regular service. Start- that haying trolley, wires strung on June 1, 1953 the Greater Win ing Sunday morning diesel buses reg-ular service on Sunday morning-. The tired old trams across it would, result in anyone nipeg Transit Commission was house doors close behind the las will take over . the route, • . •will fold up their trolleys early Sunday morning and walking over the structure being foimed For the first time in its street car_ the.^..jy . wil,1-iill wbce JUajusLt a noisily steal away to the darkened north Winnipeg car electrocuted. The .bridge didn't fal history, Winnipeg s mass transpor surely closing an era 73 year It will be followeJ by a sweeper yard. * and no one was killed. tation system was publicly owned long — an e:a in which Winnipe car vvlt a banner reading: "We're W H Gaiter, former president of grew from a small' .town' on. t h Making a Clean'Sweep -—This Is banks of the Red and .Assiniboin Our Last Run — Buses Take Network Grows the Winnipeg Electric company Over." •-•••. became commission chairman, river to a mighty city — grew be W. E. Bradley, GWTC, As Winnipeg grew so did the cause the stieet car was there t In the final car, old No. 793 and Cordon Sinclair street car network. By 1901 theDiesel Fleets open streets and highways, indus will be Mayors of- Greater Winni- company could proudly boast their .rial locations, suburbs and parks peg municipalities, 'GWTC officials Last Street Car» Rolls Collaborate On cars had carried 3,500,00p. paying Modernization plans were pushed and press and radio. It will bear Quieter bu^es will replace them < A 73-Year History passengers in a year. The follow- aheid Fleets of gasoline diesel )ut the clang of the. gong, the rat >anners reading: "Take-Your Last inug yeaw r th-..ve- Maiii.ii.uini streeOLICCLt. caU a rI and. trolley buses continued to S*|«|« ------,-v^-,-0~-.ru-.ru, .,,. .le of -the wheels, the swoosh -OL Look — I Won't Be Back — Mo- house was built to provide needed shove street car»-««-s« wilof.f thmec HJCllroad. Fi •eleased air the flashing of the dernization Has Forced Us To Re- many sleighs in the winter. storage space for the 42 cars in nallv oniv 85 street cats ire." operation. rolleys will be long remembered Into History Monday A. W. Austin, who owned the The cars will stop at Portage horse-drawn street car charter In 1906 a strike took place Ac nd Main for a brief ceremony - A whip cracked in the crisp morning air, a creaking horse car jolted down Main soon -saw that his system was to cording to one transit .old timer GWTC Has 410 Buses, vhen civic officials will lift out street from Fort Garry to the city hall and Winnipeg's first transit service was born quickly become obsolete when he George Calcott, now retired: "It Covers 150 Route Miles a section of track to cut for ever learned that Edison had developed didn't last as long as the 1919 With the departure of : street tie street car line. ' ' ' Oct. 21,1882. strike, but it was .wild and bitter an electric tram which, moved cars, • the- GWTC is left with '410 Following the ceremony the cars along without visible horsepower. while it lasted. Two street care vehicles 296 motor buses: and 134 Next Monday, 73 years less one month later, the last: street car will vanish from were burned in spite of police pro 1 -ill proceed to the north Winnipeg He urged city council to allow trolley buses The motonbus fleet ar field. Those who travel on the the city's street, sacrificed to the same progress that saw horse cars replaced by elec- tection and the inside of others will consist of 161 diesels and 115 him to electrify his system but for were wrecked.*' ast car will bo returned to the tric trams and they in turn lose their predominance to gasoline buses, then trolley some time aldermen balked at-the gasoline units ,- - rahoit'commission'stiffice at Fort idea of having wires, loaded with The golden era of street cars They will operate over a dis- treet" and Assiniboine avenue by buses and now diesels. enough current to pull cars, hang- was fast approaching. Tram rails tance of 150 route miles (one way) shiny new diesel bus which will It is fitting' that the two last ing over their heads. were, drawing a growing city m the Greater. Winnipeg' area, ake -over the Portage 'and Main street cars and a "sweeper" that closer together. serving 12 cities and' municipal- un' Sunday morning. will rattle through Winnipeg and Trolley Venture. The T. Eaton store was opened ities having a population of 370 - to the "graveyard" Monday at drawing .crowds-of shoppers; Elm )00. During the past year 12,400,- 2.30 p.m. should follow in part the Mr. Austin persisted and finally and River parks were centres of 000 miles were operated, the equi- GWTC EMPLOYS 1,300 ' same route that their ancient pre-received permission for his trolley attraction; a race track and pro valent of •- 498 trips around the The GWTC has close to 1,300 decessor took. wire venture. But "try it," he was fessional baseball drew crowds world. mployees and pays out over $4,- told 'in the Fort Rouge bush." and the Exhibition was in its hey 00,000 in wages during the year On that sunny October day 73 At 7.30 a.m. on Jan. 28, 1891 day. Most haddock caugh" t in Canadia. . n , - ..h. additionaMUUIVJUI.IUJl. $2,000,00V"iWJ«J,UU0U iisd spenOPCiltl years ago it is doubtful that even acting Mayor T. W. Taylor pushed vaters are the most optimistic of Winnipeg's In - the west-end, Deer Lodge under 10 pounds in locally for the purchase of goods the switch and the first electric weight. and services. 1.5,000 population foresaw the day car rolled proudly along River had Chad's Hotel with animal and when the city's transit system avenue, an area which at the time bird attractions; Happyland would grow to the point where it was outside the city limits. amusement park was established on Portage with a roller coaster operated over 150 miles of routes, As the car's carbon lights W. J. JONES ' serving 12 cities and municipali- flashed on they dimmed forever as a major attraction; Assiniboine .ies- in a Greater Winnipeg of 370,- the weak, nickering light of the park was opened to the 'public Superintendent of transportation 000 persons. old oil lamps and jubilant citizens and by 1910 the transit system for the GWTC who will drive the if .to'. . , The motive power for the 1882 rode free for the first day. was serving a population of 170 - 000. last street car to travel over the rs was imported from Ontario— On Dominion day the same year Portage avenue and Main street GREATER WINNIPEG 22 horses sound in wind and limb the first street cars operated to who munched their hay and oats Elm Park. With a population of Common Centre route Monday between 2.30 and n a big barn at Assiniboine ave- 25,000, Winnipeg was set to cele- 3.15 p.m. On the car will be civic TRANSIT COMMISSION Outside of Winnipeg, other and GWTC officials and press and lue and Fort street, appropriate- brate the greatest picnic in its towns were appreciating street y enough in the shadows of the young history. radio representatives. The way May You Have Continued Success in the Future cars. Headingley, St. Norbert, Sel-will be led by another street car new headquarters of the transit News reports of the day stated: kirk, Stonewall and Stony .Moun- Viiit Our Showroom for Office Furniture and Supplies commission just established at 10 carrying the RCHA band.'' This "It had been expected that a tain were joined to a common tram will be piloted by Mrs. Fran- i^ort street. fleet of eight cars and trailers centre by rails, radiating from would be ready for th.e picnic ces Daly, one of the three, women The one-horse transit - system Portage and Main like the spokes drivers left with the company, in DESKS — CHAIRS — FURNISHINGS This open-air type street car will be remembered by an on a double track which kept crowd but' a ' 'strike delayed de- from a wheel hub. livery of six cars so the task of between will be "sandwiched " a For Winnipeg's old-timers who used to ride to family picnics at he cars above the Main street As the transit company grew so swe'eper car. . EXECUTIVE and GENERAL OFFICES mud and, at the end of the line, carrying 2.000 persons fell on two grew "the" need for office space. Selkirk and Elm parks. Young: people used to ride them to ie driver would get out, move cars and three trailers. ALSO GIFTS OF REMEMBRANCE Happyland amusement park. In the summer, the open-air In 1913 "a sky scraper'' was built Dobbin to the opposite end of the "By crowding the cars' inside, on the corner of. Notre Dame ave- .IOB FOR THATCHER cars were appreciated by those who wore'-the heary serg-e ar, -start the-return trip collect- outside, on the platforms, roof and nue- and Albert street:; It re- NORWICH, England (CP)—Nor- suits so popular in those days, for a gentleman seldom re- ng his 10 cents fares as he went: steps 250 passengers were carried mained the company's headquar folk ,-reed .thatcher W. H.-.Farman moved his coat and a cool breeze was'a blessing-. on each trip ..." ters until this summer when the is off to the United Sta't-.a-to super- £fflLALL9QN ST Jinky Cars vise-the thatching of a mansion " f 9-COMPAJMV— <^— offices were moved to their ,pre-, ; Franchise Eost sent site.. for chairi store .heiress Pamela! Although the horse cars made Woolworth. She "fell in love with! 222 McDermof Ave., Jusr Off Main St. oor time, carried only a handful Barely one year after Mr. Aus- The year the first world war :m operated his first electric tram ended, 1919, also saw the first the old-world charm" of thatched 93-4561 — PHONE — 93-4561 f passengers, Winnipeggers of roofs while visiting Britain. lat day were'as proud of their he lost his franchise to a strong threat to the street car monopoly transit system" as we are of the well-organized company headed by of mass transportation. Gasoline 955 model. They believed the the builders of the Canadian Nor- buses began operating on West- nky, creaking cars gave the city thern railway. In 1892 the newly minster avenue and two years "metropolitan appearance" and formed Winnipeg Electric Street later the first electric car route eely predicted their quick ex- Bailway company operated the on River avenue was abandoned. EARLY BUS ansion. first electric street car in the city The same year, 1921, a disastrous SUMMER BUS , of Winnipeg .along-Main street. fire destroyed the Main car house Cosy In Winter Cool And Breezy In that they were correct. With- The first franchise called for and 21 trams. two years the original Fort the .cars to run along Central arry to city hall line had been Just as the burning of .the horse DETROIT DOES IT TOO avenue (Notre Dame) from Por- stable 27 years earlier ' signalled xtended up Portage avenue to tage to 14th street north (Sher- the end of the horee cars, so the DETROIT CAP) — Detroit's troit street railways commission ennedy street' and south to brool;), then to 8th avenue north 1921 fire, in a less drastic man- streetcar — all 134 of them — may roadway where a new legislative (Logan) to Main street. They were has. voted to abolish all-street car uilding had just been completed. ner, foreshadowed, the decline of go. south of the border soon for service. Mexico City has offered also to operate along 17th avenue the street car. ' • Detroit $1,104,000 for the streetcar Sixty horses took turns pulling north (Selkirk) to the main gate Short feeder lines and lightly service in Mexico City. The De- e 12 cars along the route in the of the Exhibition grounds; along used suburban .routes were con- summer and dragging at least as Portage -avenue to Boundar; verted to rubber. Efionomy mea- street (Maryland) and' along Main sures transformed the street cars. street from the bridge to the nor Two-man trams became one man them city limits. cars, first in the outskirts and At the start there were 14 then finally throughout the city. closed cars, three open cars anc six trailers. South of the Assini- $87,500 Robbery boine river, the Austin company continued operations with three It was in this period that Win- double-track cars. nipeg's greatest unsolved robbery Along Main street there were took place. On Aug. 13, 1925 rob- four car tracks — the inner two bers snatched $87,500 in an un- for horse cars — the outer for paralleled daylight-holdup! electric trams. Other streets had By the dirty thirties the street single tracks with passing cars were giving way more ra- ROLLS ON switches. )idly to buses. Even so, 1934 was .he peak year for street car track- $30 A Month age with a total of 121.15 miles. But shortly after, street cars dis- In those • days conductors re- appeared from Selkirk, Heading- ceived $30 a month, motormen $35 ley, Stonewall and St. Norbert. and they worked a 10% hour day- Buses rode the roads in t-.heir six days a week. Today operator place. get a top wage .of- $1.58 an-hou Competition of'28,000 -autos oh Although passengers in the win Winnipeg streets demanded more RUBBER ter had a stove in the centre o improvements. In 1938 they came. the car for heat the crews had n The Winnipeg Electric company such protection. The vestibule became the first transit utility in were open and the motormen Canada to use trolley, buses. To- There'll be a touch of nostalgia mingled with wearing heavy coats, thick mitts day the future of the trolleys is pride in the emotions of Winnipeg citizens this warm caps^had to scrape ice an doomed. Rising power rates and frost Irom the windows contin the improvement of diesels fore- week as the lost of the trollies disappear from uously to" keep-a'peep-hole open shadows the disappearance within city streets. During the first few winters o a. few,years of the trackless^ trol- the new electric tram the horse leys. ' -.-••- In cities all across Canada the pattern is. being Greater Winnipeg Transit car held the advantage as the; During the second world war, repeated. The clang, clang, clang of the trolly'", is '" could be put on runners. Electri the ' replacement of' street cars being replaced by the quiet, comfofrtable efficiency ' car ax:les, brittle in the severe ; with buses, was slowed. down% The. ofta transit system that rofis.on ruDDer. : - cold, broke easily.. It's easy fc crowded city taxed transportation User| of imagine the derision of the' horsi facilities to .the limit and in 1946 The Goodyear Tire and Rubber - Company .-.of '•• car drivers as they passed stallei :he peak was reaohed -when 105,- Canada offers congratulations ^fo the Greater, Win- electric trams. 000,001) paying passengers rode But the bitter rivalry between cars and. buses. nipeg Transit System for a gigantic job well done. the two companies paid off for As. the halfway mark of the cen- We are proud of-'the- fact .tha,f;a!l -of^inrjipeg's'- the riding public. Tickets sold as .ury passed the company was sud- bus passengers will travel safely- and -comfortably^ low ;as, 50 for ?1. '/ denly torn apart; when, the. Mari- on. Goodyear tires. '.. , . . . • toba government took over the ITE ROSE Tragic End power-developments of the Winni- The • horse-car era came to ng Electric company. -. - - GASOLINES and MOTOR OILS sudden and 4ragic' end in 1894 when a fire in the barns killed 44 Triple Service CONGRATULATIONS FROM of the faithful, animals. The Aus- .Since 1895 . the.,transit .-.system tin tompanyvsold out'to the Win- had been generating -.its i-civil nipeg Electric Street Railway lower. In 1898 it'acquired the company and the new owners Manitoba-Electric and Gas Light bought River Park as. a traffic ompany which made it a triple- attraction. ervice. utility offering transpor- GOOD Canadian Oil Companies Limited They also purchased the 40 acre ation, gas and electricity^ . site, whtre the -south; car barns When, ".the ,pjjwec utili& was "The Al'l-Canadian Company" now stand, for their shops-and car taken over ;by the province a sepJ IN WINNIPEG AS IN THE WORLD OVER storage. Part of this property will rate private'company was formed be put up for sale within the next — the Winnipeg and Central Gas .month or two. ompany — to. run the gas utility, MORE PEOPLE RIDE ON GOODYEAR TIRES At the-same time the company, he- transportation utility becamei N ANY attempted-to-receive permission te.Greiferr:Winnipeg; Transit com-', 9 OTHER KIND WINNIPEG'FREE PRESS, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 1955 PASSW NEW MASCOT HE JUST KEEPS ROLLING ALONG OTTAWA (CP)-A falcon from Rabat, French Morocco, has been acquired as mascot of No. 430 'Retiring' At 82 To The Construction Business (Silver Falcon) fighter squadron,of the RCAF's No. 2 wing at Gros * * Tenquin, France. Frankie the fal- * •* * con .takes the place of Henry the In a spacious, panelled of ifthe civic auditorium and the do- fice on the second floor of l rninion public (federal) building hawk, whose recent death left the the transit building sits the •Mr. Carter has also been asso- squadron without a mascot. He was ciated with many of the leading found by FO S. E. (Sam) Me- man who knows the answer industrial and- commercial: devel- Cracken of Kirkland Lake, Odt., to a question asked rather opments in Canada. v After serving as vice-president while No. 430 -was in the Rabat frequently during the. past of the Winnipeg Electrip-.Co.,.' for area on a target-shooting exercise. two years. a number of years, he was elected president and general manager-'in William Henry Carter is June of 1940. Congratulations 81 Vi years ' old, and some Prosperous Years people have been wondering The war years created many when, or whether he plans problems for the transit division to retire. of the company, but they were al- BROWN & so prosperous years in which it Mr. Carter suggested some time managed to pay.its own way.-In ago that when the last street car MURRAY Ltd. one o£ those years, 106,000,000 pas- 337 F.rt St. clatters into whatever resting sengers were carried. Today the Ph. 93-tSSS place has been appointed for it, figure runs around 75,000,000, and, A good crowd could always be expected for the High- he might bow out of the transit Mr. Carter says, "we lose about land games and Winnipegrgers without any vehicles of their business. per cent a year. Downtown own were; grateful for the streetcars which were sure to be Now this streetcar named "re- parking problems don't seem to crowded with sports-lovers. And proud were tile lucky few (-~onfrra.tula.Uon4 . tire" like its brethren, has some- hdp very much.". who could sit up front near the operator. These sterling' times been referred to, jocularly, Problems have multiplied since •men in their dark suits and hats could be counted on, be- Greater Winnipeg Transit Commission as a "Carter cab," and so the the war, with the tremendous in- Free Press inquired once again crease in automobile ownership j tween jolts and bumps, to furnish conversation as colorful increases in operating costs, bur as it was philosophical. Mr. Carter says he's enjoyed the Asbestonos MONTY PILLING work. FLAUNT PIRATE FLAG REDS BUILDING SATELLITE "There's a certain amount of RICHMOND - HILL, Ont. (CP)~ Bonded Brake Shoes Exchanged Interviews A Uv ro er flew 225 fe£ LONDON (Reuters) — Moscow "MR. TRANSIT" construction work involved, and J° • S t above Radio told its young listeners We specialize in Clutch Assembly Parts, 1just enough politics to make it in- Richmond Hill Monday. As far as Tuesday that Russian scientists :eiresting '----. this Toronto suburb is concerned, have alrsady started building an Drum Turning, Flywheel Refacing. In fact,' Mr. it can stay there. During the week- Carte" r enjoys his artificial satellite of the earth. It whether Mr. Carter's name might work so much, that )ie has no in- end, pranksters tied the flag bear- claimed the idea of an earth All Makes of Brake- Bands. be on it. Officially. tention of retiring.' : . ing the pirate .insignia of skull and satellite was first conceived by G The fact is, Mr. Carter is in bet- crossbones to the top of the Rich- Tsiolkovsky 'in Russia some 50 ter shape than any of his street- He'll Keep Working mond Hill water tower. Police years ago. ' WE ALSO HANDLE ANTIFREEZE cars, and the question didn't wor- chief R. Rbbbins said he,-for one, . When the changeover from isn:t interested in bringing it down. and BRAKE FLUID ry him much. His serene and ven- I street ears to diesels is completed, BIG CATCHES erable contenance was disturbed, and everything is running smooth- "WINCHESTER,'England (CP) — perhaps, only by the merest sug- ly, then Mr. Carter will give TOUGH EEL Last year was the best since the gestion of a twinkle. thought to the malter of retire- SIDMOUTH, England (CP)—A Second World War for fishing in ment.—from the transit commis- six-foot, two-inch conger eel with Hampshire rivers, county officials Doesn't Worry a 19-inch girth, weighing 44 AsbestonoTradTr e Mark s sion—not from active working. report. A record total of 1,552 pounds, was landed at this Mr. Carter doesn't believe in "When I retire, I'll go back to salmon were caught in the river BRAKE LINING worry. "Worry kills more good full time construction work, or Test, and 354 salmon, also a CLUTCH FACINGS n;en . . . I've never worried a course. gle with an angler. record, in .the river Itchen. 189 Jamei Av«., East, Winnipef, M»n. heck of a lot about anything." Doing a bit of crystal gazing, He has a sturdy, erect figure, for1 a moment, Mr. Carter remark- and an unclouded brow, which ed "if there is any future for the add weight to this statement. One •\ transit business, it lies in giving •of the pioneer builders of Winni- Photo By Gerry Cairns th« people a seryjce they'll like." peg, Mr. Carter ran a gigantic "We'll Miss Him When He Leaves H& believes the new diesels will do contracting business in addition to t just that. And he doesn't believe his other interests. Next to rail- for a contractor and the contrac-iat the time," that in retrospect Winnipeg will see any subways. road dispatchers, advertisingmen tor wanted a bookkeeper. "I didn't] were revealed as turning points at least in this century. and newspapermen, contractors like book keeping either, so I went I Mr. Carter is a "good man to must develop more ulcers per [out on the job." Liked Winnipeg wqrk for," an employee confided square foot of stomach lining than "Contributin"Contri g to Winnipeg's Progress" From his youthful experience "Like coming to Winnipeg, foi Nearly 82, he "always knows any other group of people. But splitting ties with a local section what's going on both in the office ' Mr.' Carter has an excellent di instance. Lots of people who came igang, Mr. Carter got the urge to here didn't like it, but I liid." Win- and on the job. We'll miss him gestion. and eats what he likes.. (work in the contracting business. when he leaves." He could not always make that nipeg, was growing, and needed Which is certainly a tribute. PEAR claim. He was born on a 60-acre In 1900, he went to Chicago as builders, and so in 1907, Mr. Car- PEARSON CONSTRUCTION farm in Bismarck, Illinois, in 1874. construction superintendent for ter founded the firm of Carter- LAD JILTED, PA SUES There were 10 in the family, and William Grace and Co. Sent to Halls-Aldinger, Ltd. TOKYj.WIVAOV vrnr/—un
.OSSTOPSMJDOWNTOWN-'' ^^^"^ *° *« *™ »"'~ * the Curb BUS STOPS IN DOWNTOWN ARIA last and North Bound On Portage at Vaughan — by the Bay South and West Bound Portage at Edmonton On Main St. at Henry Portage at Don a Id— by Eaton's The inauguration of buses on the Portage-North Main Main at Logan Portage at Carry route marks the completion of the conversion of Greater Main at Rupert Main at Lombard Winnipeg's transit system from street cars to rubber-tired Main in front of City Hall Main at Bannatyne vehicles;. Main at McDermot Main at Market To accomplish this conversion 100 new buses have been Portage, between Main and Notre Dame, by Childs Main at Rupert Portage at Donald addisd to the transit'fleet. These buses are the largest and Main at Logan Portage at Carlton most modern vehicles obtainable and represent Hie ultimate Main at Henry m passenger comfor and safety. Portage at Kennedy Portage at Colony, by the Gaiety Theatre Winnipeg now can Jboast one of the finest and most m passenger comfort and safety.
THIS FULLY MOTORED SERVICE WILL PROVIDE .. THE GREATER WINNIPEG AREA WITH THE MODERN TRANSPORTATION WHICH. A GROWING COMMUNITY NEEDS. j GREATER WINNIPEG TRANSIT COMMISSION PAGE 13 WINNIPEG FREE PBESS. SATURDAY. SEPTEMBER 17, 1955
"SHIP BATIONS WATER NAZI ACE IN U.K. REDS SHELL QUEMOY PERTH, Australia (Reuters) — LONDON . (Reuters)—Adolf Gal- Traffic Engineers Are Dry-Eyed Water has been rationed "aboard land, '43-year-old former : German TAIPEI, Formosa CAP)—Chinese the 9,786-ton Norwegian vessel ace credited wit'h shooting'down Communists guns'Tuesday shelled Skaubryn which is heading here at the Quemoy area across the strait 104,; Allied planes during the Sec- of Formosa for the third straight two knots with a broken propeller, ond World War, arrived here Wed- Over The Streetcars' Farewell reports from the vessel said Thurs- •day, the official,Central News ; nesday to visit Britain's annual air agency reported. Red gunners day. The ship, with 1,132 im- show at Fariiborough..He flies now By TED BYFIELD the subway — now used exclusive- : rained 40 shells on the two tan side or take a chance on waiting migrants aboard, is due here a "only as a - hobby," . and is The demise of Winnipeg street- ly by streetcars — will be opened out in the middle of the street,' week from today—one week late. ] islets, 2% miles south of the Red cars will bring no tears to the tci traffic. says Mr. Burns. "After all, we employed as an industrial adviser port of, Amoy, Central News said. eyes of the city's traffic engineers. The experts can't-say how much have to do it on aE the other •^ . The experts look to removal of traffic. They hesitate to' push two- streets." the streetcars to open up two new way movement through the centre , While removal of the islands wil vitally-needed traffic lanes in the portion due to the danger of head weigh against safety, the .arrival o centre of Portage avenue and Main on collisions. A .probable. solution buses will, present a counter-factor street and make it possible for would be to make the centre por- in favor of it. both streets.to move four lanes of tion an alternating one-way " Gone will be the days when the Keeping Pace traffic in either direction. thoroughfare — one-way south in transit passenger has to negotiate . i . Another factor, of course, will the morning, one-way north in the. his way — occasionally through offset the advantages of the new evening and throughout the rest pf moving traffic — to the curb. lanes: The new How of diesel buses the day. SUPPOSED TO—BUT * will be thrown into the curb traf- PAVING STARTS NOW This is a particular hazard in fic stream to cause added conges- Paving of the centre portion is the suburbs where there are no With Progress tion there. expected to get under way imme- safety islands and in places no SHOULD EASE PROBLEM diately after the streetcars are re- boulevards either. Mothers with All things considered,. however, moved. children have difficulty reaching the problem on Main street north Another rush job is expected to the curb. Though traffic is sup- should be somewhat eased by re .BULMAN BROS. LIMITED ha« o very special reason to congratulate th«- be ordered as soon as the safety posed to halt for a streetcar, it Old-timers—and some not so old—will remember the Greater Winnipeg Transit Company on Its splendid moderniiatien pro- rnoval of the streetcars, says traf- islands are rendered useless. In often doesn't. fic engineer Harry F. Burns. Headingley street car line. This picture shows an unidentified Way. -"back .in. 1923, gram which has now culminated In complete conversion to an all-bus fact, city engineer W. D. Hurst Adding another complication is Wlnnlpez transit tickets The North Main jam is now con- has'ordered crews to stand by for iystem. For over thirty years — since July, 1923, In fact — Bulman's the fact that the children are not street railwayman standing- beside his vehicle. Why?—Prob- were produced'by Bul- sidered the city's worst. Its great removal of the Portage and Main heavy enough to operate the auto- mah Bros. Limited on has'been privileged to print all street-car tickets, transfers and passes. rival — the tieup at Osborne and island immediately after, the last .• this 'flatbed press.' matic treadle which opens 'the ably to show the gieat depth of snow which sometimes Behind this simple statement there Is a story of civic enterprise, civic Sroadway — has been solved by streetcar goes by on Monday. streetcar doors. This meant spirit and civic loyalty. • the Midtown bridge and highway From a safety point of view, mothers must guide their children covered the long stretch west of Winnipeg-. thoroughfare. however, thp islands are not ex- • The jam occurs daily at Higgins off ahead of them, sometimes into . - In 192p, the Winnipeg; Electric Railway Company (as It was than actly useless. Pedestrians use them a moving stream of traffic outside. • called) wanted :d guaranteed tocol source of ticket supply for on ex- avenue and Main street when the tor a'haven in crossing extra-wide "No," concludes Mr. Burns, CPR subway stifles the northward Portage and Main streets. The 'we're not too unhappy to see the • pending transit, service. It was felt, then (and It is still felt) that mere flow of traffic. haven will no longer be there. streetcars go. But it will take more ;" business placed In th* elty would -give more employment to mere local It is here that a second advan- HAVE TO RISK IT than removal of the streetcars to people — and would maks a substantial contribution to Winnipeg's tage v.'ill accrue when streetcars "I guess people will just have clean up the North Main traffic ' ever-all progress. . ' .'' • ' are removed. The central lane of to learn to make it to the other problem. .The late W. J. Bulman, president and founder of Bulmen Bron. limited, agreed so uutall'ln his printing and lithographing plant th» «peclal ticket-printing equipment needed, and he guaranteed to produce of the tickets under specially safeguarded conditions. A completely new department was net up at Bufman's which was kept under constant lock and key. Only authorized personnnl were per- mitted'to enter this-department which was operated by. specially system... selected, bonded employees. Every precaution was (arid still it) taken to.prevent any-possible irregularities In the production ef what really amounts' to "printed money" In tlck>t form.
Down the years, many changes have taken place In both our organ-" THE OPERATORS: Izatlbns — more and better equipment, more efficient operating meth- ods, better iervice to the .public, the provision of more and more em- ployment for Winnipeg's' increasing population. . . . and since 1906, we have been proud to supply official In 1923, when street-can were the only transit vehicles en'city uniforms to all street car and streets, Bulman's were printing tickets on the old flatbed type of press. bus-, operators. Today, while a fleet of handsome buses swiftly serve an ever-expanding population, Bulman's are pounding out yearly million* of transit tickets, transfers and posses on a streamlined modern press, the last word In The measure of the system's service is speed and accuracy. . . the man . . . and the man is mea- Today, this streamlined : ' ' . ' v • ' . - • ". sured by the expert custom tailors at Dress pounds out mil- Manitoba Clothing. The Bulman Organization Is proud to salute an -old cemrade-!n- lions at Winnipeg tran- eammerce.which has done to much to keep the wheels ef Winnipeg sit tickets, transfers and passes every year. business turning — and, most important of all, help lay the foundation Confrocf Uniform Division of what promises to be an Industrial Empire In the Keystone Province of Canada. Established 1877 BULMAN BROS. LIMITED
Member Lithographers, Printers, Artists,- Ticket Specialist! A.C.W,A. Local 459 PHONE 93-7311 , iw 50-passengrer streetcars were in service on Winnipeg streets Jn 1919, and 20 more were ordered. They were considered a great advance on the older type McDermof, Frances & Gertie, Winnipeg, Man. of car. They look very much like the street cars that will take their last trip in Winnipeg on Monday. * * 550 MAIN ST. at Rupert
The Very Latest in Transit Equipment for Winnipei ','•'' i • . -^.. . ..'.• '. ..» Buses and Trolley Coaches replace Street Gars throughout the City
Keeping pace with the rapid growth and expansion of our city, The
Greater Winnipeg Transit Commission has completely replaced street cars
with i a modern, smooth-running fleet of buses and trolley coaches—the
finest and most modern equipment obtainable. ' . . :
Proven by test under.all weather conditions, the new fleet pro-,: ' 11 vides a faster, smoother service for our citizens which is easily adaptable i
for extensions of service as needed. Canadian Car & Foundry Co. Ltd.
takes great pleasure in offering its congratulations to the city and the '
Transit Commission on this major improvement in transportation facilities; j j ' - • . ; I- • ••*..- Transit authorities from coast to coast have also chosen Gan'-Gar buses The Greater Winnipeg Transit Commission 19 now operating 180 and trackless trolley coaches Can-Car buses and trolley coaches. Can-Car is proud to have been the major equipment contributor to Winnipeg's modern transit system. AUTOMOTIVE DIVISION Canadt Foundry Co. Ltd. HEAD OFFICE: MONTREAL, Q.UE. .-WORKS:" FORT W I L L I A M , O'N T..