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THURSDAY, JANUARY 31, 1963
MKDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFOHD, ORLGON
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Streetcars Diminishing on Streets of American Cities
I P'W". Uc bus was the, cteco have streetcar systems. , for a handful in Boston, all i Th. ....
United Press International
A group of youngsters from
the prairies of Kansas recently
gawked in amazement at a
streetcar rolling down Forbes
avenue in Pittsburgh.
They had never seen one be
fore, which is understandable
because only 11 U. S. cities
now have operating streetcar
systems.
And the number will he re
duced by one or two more in
the next year or two. The elec
tric trollcy-oncc the marvel
of urban transportation - is
ncaring the midnight of its ex
istence in America.
The disappearance of the
trolley car has become so com
plete it is hard to realize that
only 15 years ago nearly every
sizable city in the nation had
streetcars, and there were still
a number of electric intcrur
bans. Passing Era
The intcrurban list is down
to but three in 19811- and one
of these has petitioned for
abondnnmcnt. Truly, an era
is passing.
ihc electric streetcar, in
vented by a New York engi
neer named Frank J. Sprague,
made the modern city poss
ible. Before electricity began
to be used successfully for
propulsion in the late 1880's
plodding horsecars took Amer
ica's workers to their jobs
and their wives shopping.
Cities were constricted and
couldn't expand beyond the
UfOful range of a horse or
mule team. The electric street
car changed all that, fostered
the first development of the
suburbs and changed our liv
ing habits.
A second-and far more important-revolution
overlook
the American mobility only
three decades a tier the first
electric trams. It was symbol.
Izccl by Henry Ford and his
nuxlel T. By the end of World
War I streetcar riding began
to decline and the trams were
in trouble.
Buses Take Over
By 1D30. buses were taking
over in the smaller lowns,
picking up what traffic hadn't
gone to the private autos. By
1040. even the big city street
car systems were converting
to rubberliird transport.
Streetcar men didn't give
up without a fight, however.
In 1038 the Street Railway
Presidents' Conference Com
mittee came up with a
"dream" streetcar design, pop
ularly known as the PCC car.
Sonic 4,500 of these stream
lined, comfortable and quiet
street railway cars were built.
Streetcar building enjoyed a
modest boom right after
World War ll-as a few transit
firms decided to retain cars
on the more heavily-travelled
lines.
Orders for new trolleys
lapcrcd off. however, until
1U51 when 75 cars were built
for Boston and San Francisco.
No trolleys have been built
in the U. S. since.
Private cars made even
deeper inroads on public
transit than even transit men
feared, and by 1054 lines
which had supported sheet
cars would not even support
a bus.
The decline of the street
car merely foreshadowed the
general decline of any form of
public transit. Today, bus
lines In many cities arc in
deep trouble.
Transit men agree, gener
ally, that the modern street
car was not conquered by
technology. Far from it, for
except for subways the street
car remains the quietest, fast
CM. more efficient wav to
move large numbers of people.
The trouble is, those large
numbers of people disappear
ed into their own automobiles.
With some lines carrying only
2(1 per cent of their former
Diets, Incomes
Receive Credit
Washington IITO- Heller di
els, along with higher in
comes and belter medical
care, have produced sturdier
and taller Americans,
Today's nineyear-olcl boy
Is an inch or so taller than his
father was at that age.
At manhood, lie stands two
Inches taller than the average
young man at the turn of Ihc
century - fie feci, 10 inches.
And his weight is about III)
pounds more.
The U. S. department of ag
riculture noted that womrn
are about Iwo inches taller,
on the average, than they
were in ltiOO. They stood fne
feet, two Inches then. Bui the
ladies arc watching their
weight.
At the same ages, they
weigh less for their height
than their grandmother did
-by some sis to eight pounds
Recreafonci Cosfs
Over Forty Billion
New York - ITU - Ainei icans
spend between Mu and 54,'
billion annually filling in the
ever-lengthening hours of leis
ure due to tile shorier work
week reports Alexander
lliimillon Institute, Inc.
Direct expenditures for rec
reation were close lo mi
lieu In HW2, u,, from m i u
billion in 11132.
passengers, tlic bus was thc)Cisco have streetcar systems. , for a handful in Boston, all
only answer. Los Angeles has the only re- other U. S. trolleys arc
streetcars remain m opera-, maimng narowgaugc trolleys streamlined) and New Or-
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tion in 1 1 U.S. cities. In most
cases there were special cir
cumstances which made the
trams rctnin their usefulness
or made them difficult lo re
place. Streetcar Flcots
Philadelphia and Boston
operate large fleets of streetcars-all
of the streamlined
type. In both cities the trolleys
travel underground for long
distances, free from traffic de
lays. And on some lines the
traffic still is simply too
heavy for buses.
Los Angeles and San Fran-
3'6" compared to the utanH
ard 4'8'i". San Francisco
also operates its legendary
cable cars on three lines.
El Paso, Tex., has one oper
ating car line-it goes across
the river Into Juarez, Mexico,
and is the only international
streetcar line in North Amer
ica. New Orleans operates two
heavy streetcar lines which
are distinctive on at least two
counts. The Crescent City
still is served by huge non
streamlined trams dating back
lo the early 1920's (except
leans still has cars operated
by two-man crews.
Cleveland and Newark both
have streamlined trolleys run
ning on private rights-of-way
in semi rapid-transit service.
Business is so heavy in the
Cleveland lines to suburban
Shaker Heights that four or
five cars are frequently coup
led together and run as trains.
Baltimore and St. Louis still
have a handful of trolleys
each, but the Baltimore lines
arc scheduled lo bow out this
year and the St. Louis trams
may go soon afterward.
The last streetcar In Wash
ington, D. C, ran in late Jan
uary. Pittsburgli has an extensive
trolley system that is the
mecca of every trolley fan in
the U. S. Retention of trolleys
in the Steel City has been dic
tated by steep hills, narrow
streets, tunnels, bridges and
many miles of private right
of way which would be diffi
cult to duplicate by bus line.
Pittsburgh's trolley fleet is
relatively modern and in
cludes a number of semi-air-
conditioned cars.
U. S. trnllrv fans nftnn
journey across the border to
visit me Busy streetcar sys
tems of Toronto and Mexico
City, both of which operate
large numbers of cars hnimht
from U. S. lines.
Black as the future seems
for streetcars, most railfans
guess that a few lines will
survive in such strongholds
as Philadelphia, Boston and
San Francisco for perhaps
another 20 years.
Three of the biggest are the
Branford, Conn., Kenncbunk
Port. Me., and at Washington.
Ohio. Trolleys of all ages and
types are operated on week
ends by traction enthusiasts
and are lovingly preserved,
rehabilitated and maintained.
Rubber Mattresses Are Boom To Cows
New York-'lTli-The coun
try's 23 million dairy cows
one day may be bedded down
on rubber mattresses.
This possible first major
change in dairy barn house
keeping in more than a cen
tury was thought of six years
ago by Mrs. Dan Stroup, a
farm wife of Medina county,
Ohio, when she designed an
experimental two-inch mat
tress filled with foam rubber.
The Latex Foam Rubber
council said that since, the
new bed for Bossy has been
undergoing tests at the U. S.
department of agriculture
farm in Bcltsvillc, Md Test
officials report the cows sleep
ing on the rubber pallets give
five per cent more milk and
chances of their gelling uiDer
iculosis or mastitis are 80 per
cent less, the council said.
I Similar reports arc coming
I in from the Cornell university
1 testing laboratory at Ithaca,
N. Y.
U.S. farm land is being con
verted to other uses at the
rate of about 2 million acres
per year.
After textiles and tobacco,
timber ranks as the third big
T in North Carolina industry.
The state is first in the coun
try's production of wood fur
niture, hardwood veneers and
plywood.
Sunshine Is Claimed
Damaging to Laundry
new loru-nni-The fjrst
nuns moo iiumemaKcrs dn
on a Mondav morninn i .
out the window to check the
weather. If the day js brink,
and sunny, they consider it
good wash day.
But, while the sun is dry
Ing their clothes, it's also af!
fectinc the fabrics anA
not too favorable. Bright sun.
shine causes fading of color'
bleaching, loss nf who,.-. '
, v . ,ii-iies5,
and weakening of fibers, say
iiuiou ciuiiuuiisis ai me Okla
homa Stale university'
cultural experiment station."
Chow dogs and polar bean
are Ihe only animals known
to nave uiacK tongues.
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Missourians Take Their Own Choice
souri a,v duHV" " m"de ,0 ' the pro
nnn "?? P" ! nimclailon, are correct.
incir a u I'
HtUr'OnU Iv.AlL InlBUlr:. MLUr'CHD. GntUult
Some say Missouri-' mlir
"MissouiHh '.
Tony HieslxTser, Univer
sity of .Missouri journalism
sludenl asked Ally. Gen
Thomas F. Eagleton to Kive
him the correct pronunciation
because out-of-state students
wanted to know,
"Surely our forefathers,
when adopting 'Missouri' as
the name of our slate, left
some indication as to how the
name would be pronounced,"
..lliesberger said.
Eagleton said he used the
"Missourah" p r onunciation,
although no research had been
So, Missourians take their
choice. "Missouree", or "Mis
sourali." But, .Mrs. Virginia Terry of
nearby University City want
ed to know, "if Missouri is
really Missourah, is Missis-sippi-Mississipah?"
Americans spend about 15
per cent of their food dollars
for dairy products but get
back about 25 per cent of
their total food value in these
products.
About three-fourths of the
states engage in growing to
bacco crops.
Aboof 70 Million
Expected at Fair
New York-il'Pl - The number
of visitors expected at the
New York Wurld's fair m
19b'4-65 is the rough equiva
lent of th combind population
of Chicago, Philadelphia, San
Francisco, Los Angeles, De
troit, Pittsburgh, St. Louis,
Cleveland, Seattle, Dallas, At
lanta, Boston, London, Paris,
Moscow, Hong Kong, Rome,
Leopoldville, Brussels, Dub
lin, Glasgow and the countries
of Greece, the Netherlands,
Norway, Austria, Sweden and
Denmark.
That's about 70 million.
IriUHSDA.Y. JANUARY 31. 1962
New York raises about sev
en times more ducks than any
other state.
Shopping Centers in Suburbs Give Face-Lifting to Country
By LEROY POPE . dise sales up about five per. Today almost 70 nor cent, include rP.tm,rnnu il...-i..r . ... t, iS? n-u... . . . . . .
Unitc-d Press International
New York - itPU - The 10
year migration of retail trade
to the suburbs and country
side accelerated in 19H2 and
now is giving the country its
greatest face-lifting of the
century.
Retailing had a good year
for the most part. Sales of all
stores gained about seven per
cent over ltlb'l. and by the
time the last Christmas pres
ents had been exchanged,
the year's volume topped $232
billion, according to Standard
& Poor's.
Durable goods rolled up the
biggest gains-perhaps 10 per
cent - with general merclian-
cent.
The gains in sales were not
generally translated into bet
ter profits for merchants,
though. Intense competition
and rising costs prevented
that.
Centers Created
But the big story in re
tailing is the creation of 600
new suburban and rural shop
ping centers and a 40 per cent
rise in sales of discount stores,
virtually all of them in the
suburbs and countryside.
As recently as 1952, about
60 per cent of all new stores
were opened downtown -whether
on Fifth avenue or on
Main street in Podunk.
Today almost 70 per cent
of all new stores open in the
stihnrbs or on the highways.
Rural and suburban shopping
centers grossed $55 billion
during the year - almost 25
per cent of Ihe retail dollar.
The number of centers has
grown to a fantastic 7.200.
Enclosed Mall
The most dramatic aspect
of the face-lifting retailing
changes have given the land
scape is Ihe enclosed mall
shopping center. About 20 of
these have been built. One at
Moorcstown, N. J., and one at
Huntington, L.I., cost S20 mil
lion each. '1 hey are complete
ly air-conditioned and beau
tifully landscaped and often
include restaurants, theaters
and other recreations. The
whole family can park Ihe
tar and shop and amuse them
selves for hours without be
ing exposed lo the weather or
traffic.
Naturally,
of retailing
and countryside creates prob
lems of "wasteland" and
shrinking tax revenues in the
downtown areas.
Yet there were no big
downtown department store
closings in the country dur
ing the year - although little
department stores closed
every week. I!ut the big dr
partmen: store companies
clearly have adjusted to the
new fads of lilf. They now
draw far more sales from
their new suburban branches
than from the central store
downtown.
Record Sales
Most of thejn renort record
this huge shift j or near record total sales for
to the suburbs I the year. Federated Depart
ment Stores expected to rack
up a gross of $900 million, for
e x a m p 1 c. Associated Dry
Goods, of vchich Lord & Tay
lor is the Fifth avenue lag
ship, added $05 million to its
volume ai one clip by acquir
ing the great Stix, Baer &
Fuller store in St. Louis
Rullw.'ks", the west coast
chain, continued its rapid ex
pansion and, countering the
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general trend, had much Im
proved earnings. Interstate
Department Store, Sears, Roe
buck & company, J. C. Pen
ney, Montgomery Ward and
Hie other leadini! enmnanifo
all had good volume gains.
volume in the 2.500 dis
count stores jumped to $8
billion, but behind this facade
of prosperity, discount oper
ators had to grapple with
problems as serious as those
that began toppling depart
ment stores 10 years ago.
discount stores
A horde of new discount
stores, many of th Pm CP rim it-
ly undercapitalized with in
experienced m a n a g ements
and often bad locations in
creased discount store com
petition to the breaking point
in many areas.
Two big chains in the dis
count field - Maxwell Gluck's
Grayson-Robinson stores and
Bargain City USA, Inc.-were
forced to file under Section.
1 1 of the Federal BankruDtcv
laws. At the year end, Dun &
Bradstreet reported 10 to 15
discount stores were closing
monthly - and there is no
such thing as a small discount
store.
The supermarkets and other
food chains had a sales gain
of about four per cent. They
also experienced a profit
squeeze and an expensive
trading stamp war, but their
rate of building expansion
definitely slowed down, giv
ing their shareholders a hope
of better earnings in the next
few years. Variety and drug
store sales were up 9.5 per
cent and 8.4 per cent, respec
tively, through October.
Credit Grows
Credit business grew at the
expense of cash business in
all types of retailing.
This trend was enhanced
by the eagerness of banks,
finance companies and credit
card clubs to earn interest
and fees financing the sales-
and by credit automation
which cuts the cost in time
and money of credit operations.
People naturally ask, what
is all this doing to the inde
pendent merchant? Is he
doomed?
By no means. New inde
pendent stores are born as
fast as older ones close or are
brought up. But the public
doesn't always recognize in
dependent stores - they look
and function like chain stores
because so many of them are
franchise operations or mem
bers of the what are called
"voluntary chains," a group
ing of a dozen to several hun
dred independently - owned
stores who hire management
experts to direct their policies
as a chain.
The last stand for the old
fashioned small totally inde
pendent merchant may be In
the tiny shops of the teeming
neighborhoods of New York,
Boston and Chicago.
Builder Predicts
All-Plastic Homes
New Y o r k-IIIPIi-Bv ih
1980's builders of Dlastic hnua.
the will Dour from a barrel
materials for awalls and other
parts.
Henrv DeVore. the elastics
expert who made the predic
tion, said also that continued
progress with the man-made
building material will result
in many dramatic new tech.
nlques In home construction.
In town for the ninth na-
tional plastics exposition, De
Vore, of Allied Chemical
corp., cited an experimental
building constructed bv Armv
engineers at Ft. Belvoir, Va.,
as one example of advance
ments In plastics.
The building, about the size
of a two-car garage, was con
structed of plastic panels,
molded and shaped from foam
sprayed from a 55-gallon
barrel.
DeVore listed other plastic
building materials alreariv rn.
ceivlng attentlon-polyethyene
cold water piping, plastic sew-
age pipes, and translucent
plastic panels for industrial
skylights, windows, room
dividers, shower stalls and car
ports.
Food Purchasing
Survey Is Made
New York-IUPD-The man
who Invented canned pork
and beans made his own con
tainers for them.
Gilbert Van Camp, a former
tinsmith, produced the first
can of this now staple vege
table and meat combination
In 1861 in the back of his
small green grocer's shop in
Indianapolis. Two years later.
he began canning the combina
tion under government con
tract for the Union armies
during the Civil War,
By 1882, the output had
reached six million cans a
year. Today, the company he
founded produces that many
cans In four days, and the
canning Industry, about 800
milllon containers a year.
Enough material Is con
tained in the ttibeless tires of
a Boeing Jet a'rllner'i land
ing gear to produce 100 auto
mobile tires.