MANHATTAN DIVISION Passenger Motor Cars 1016 Passenger Trailers 721 Service Motor Cars 4 Service Trailers 56 ELEVATED EXTENSIONS Passenger Motor Cars 476 SUBWAY DIVISION CONTRACTS 1 & 2 Passenger Motor Cars 785 Passenger Trailers 352 Service Motor Cars 10 Service Trailers 46 SUBWAY DIVISION CONTRACT 3 Passenger Motor Cars 581 Passenger Trailers 217 Service Motor Cars 1 Total Motor Cars 2873 Total Trailers 1392 Grand Total 4265 The longest ride on the system for a single fare is from the terminus of the White Plains Road line at 241st St. near the Northern boundary of the city, the entire length of Manhattan and the Bronx and through the Eastern Parkway Subway to Linwood Avenue, a distance of about 26 miles. The maximum grades encountered are 4½ per cent. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ PHILADELPHIA RAPID TRANSIT CO. The present rapid transit facilities of the City of Philadelphia include Market St. Subway-Elevated line extending East from the 69th St. Terminal to the Delaware River. The tracks are elevated from 66th St. to 22nd St. and pass in subway under the business section to another elevated section on Delaware Ave. This line first began service in 1905 and during the year 1920 handled approximately 80,000,000 passengers. As far back as 1912 an exhaustive study of the city’s transportation facilities was made and a comprehensive program of extensions was proposed for the rapid transit system. Owing to legislative delays, and conditions due to the war, progress has been delayed on this program so that so far only the Frankford Elevated line has been built. This is now nearly ready for operation, from the foot of Market Street to Frankford, a distance of 6.4 miles all double tracked. Other extensions planned for construction in the near future include a four-track subway running north and south under Broad Street, and an elevated line extending from the present Market Street line at West Philadelphia to Darby. The present elevated-subway system is double tracked throughout and multiple unit trains up to seven cars each are operated on headways down to two minutes. No express service is operated, all trains making every stop. [Illustration: PHILADELPHIA RAPID TRANSIT ELEVATED AND SUBWAY LINES] [Illustration: TRAIN ON MARKET STREET ELEVATED, PHILADELPHIA RAPID TRANSIT COMPANY] _Power Supply_