ABSTRACT
A tramway requires a fairly dense and a fairly regular traffic if good results are to be obtained, and herein it differs from the motor omnibus which can thrive on light traffic. In cities where there is a considerable amount of shopping, sightseeing, business and pleasure traffic, a tramway will find remunerative work between the peak hours. Rush hour traffic, of course, is bound to occur, and indeed the tramway is very well suited to cope with such traffic. The underlying economic principles of production are similar to the tramway in gas production, electricity supply, newspaper, book and medal production, and especially railway enterprise. It may be concluded that in many large towns and cities tramways are on the whole the most convenient and most economical method of passenger transport, and that as far as can be seen at present they will continue to provide the best method of dealing with heavy street traffic.
