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1652-1 Transportation Newspaper Accounts of Early Transportation in Dade County, Florida (The following article appeared in THE MIAMI HERALD on January 25, 1920) WORK ON CAR LINE IS BEING RUSHED Miami Beach Electric Company Hopes to Have 15-Minute Schedule in Operation Before End of Present Season Street car service across the new causeway between Miami and Miami Beach during the present season is the aim of the Miami Beach Electric Co. , and work on the construction of the new line is being rushed in order that the two cities can be connected by trolley at the earliest date possible. Every arrangement has been made and perfected to have a most complete and elaborate service. Only the finest up-to-date cars are to be in use, built by the Cincinnati Car Company, of Ohio. The route arranged by the Miami Beach Electric Company covers the whole of Miami Beach and touches at every important place, and the causeway drive will be one of the finest street car rides in the world. The cars are to be of the very latest safety design of the pay-as-you-enter system. Each car will be operated by one man and the entrance and exit will be in front and to insure absolute safety the doors cannot be opened until the car comes to a full stop and likewise the car cannot be started until the doors are again closed. The rear door will be used in case of emergency only. They will be absolutely noiseless in operation, with a seating capacity of thirty-six passengers. The cars will be immaculate in color and cleanliness and the uniforms of all operating will be white. The car barns will be equipped with the latest washing and compressed air apparatus for cleaning and each car will be thoroughly cleaned daily. The route is to be from starting at Twelfth Street down to Avenue C to Rickmers Street, across the causeway to Miami Beach, south along Alton Road ,to First Street, then to Miami Avenue, then along Miami Avenue north and Sheridan Avenue to the canal, across the canal to Dade Boulevard, then west on Alton Road to the causeway and back to Miami. Cars will be run in both directions, the tracks being provided with turn-outs for passing. There will be a fifteen-miunte schedule from Miami to the Beach and from Miami Beach casino will be made in twenty-six minutes. Ten cars will be in operation to begin with, which number will be augmented as the conditions demand. (Note: Miami Avenue was renamed Washington Avenue and Sheridan Avenue was renamed Park Avenue. )