民国初期北京城内的交通工具非常落后。人们出行的代步工具主要是人抬的轿子和骡马拉的轿车以及人力车。随着北京城市人口日益增加,住户遍及四城,“交通滋形不便”[1],急需发展公共交通事业。北洋政府为解决交通困难情形,决定兴办北京电车,成立了官商合办性质的北京电车股份有限公司,筹备电车开通事宜。北京电车公司克服重重困难,经过三年多的筹建,于1924年12月17日举行了隆重的开车典礼。到场者有内务总长龚心湛,交通总长代表陆梦熊,俄国大使加拉罕,中法实业银行董事贝尔,及中外来宾数百余人。电车公司职员作为招待员,他们都 In the early Republic of China, the transport facilities in Beijing were very backward. People travel means of transport is mainly carried by the sedan chair and mule pull cars and rickshaws. With the increasing urban population in Beijing, residents across the four cities, “inconvenient traffic ” [1], the urgent need to develop public transport. In order to solve the difficult traffic situation, Beiyang Government decided to set up Beijing Tram and set up Beijing Tram Co., Ltd., a joint-venture between the government and businessmen, in preparation for the opening of the tram. Beijing tram company to overcome numerous difficulties, after more than three years of preparation, in December 17, 1924 held a grand ceremony. The attendees included Gong Xinzhan, chief of internal affairs, Lu Mengxiong, director of traffic chief, Galahahan, Russian ambassador, Bell, director of Sino-French Industrial Bank, and hundreds of guests from home and abroad. Tram company staff as receptionist, they both