The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-02-18
APPROVED.
That is What the Mayor Did With the
Street Railroad Ordinance.
The Two Fare Imposition on East
End People to be Removed.

To the Honorable Board OF Public Works:
GENTLEaEN-As your meeting to-day is the first
since the Street Railroad Ordinance was acted
upon by me, have the honor to forward the same
to your body approved" Ny course being die
tated by the following causes:
The present ordinance is for five years shorter
time than the one vetoed.
The present ordinance greatly reduces the fare
IN fayor OF the working classes by the selling of
tickets in packages OF 25 cents, so cents and 81.
inns Will compel all roads, whether they accept
under the ordinance or not, to be able to CON pete
with other lines to sell tickets in the same man
ner, thereby working general reduction of fares
all over the city.
The Consolidated Companies have agreed to ac-
cept supplementary ordinances since the passage
OF this ordinance, changing the phrase in the
present ordinance ''2la per cent on gross earn
ings to '22 per cent on gross receipts, by which
the street repairing fund will receive considc cra-
BILE addition. Also that the car license shall be
increased to be equal to what is now paid by the
company under the old ordinance.
The Consolidated Company have agreed to make
extensions towards Sedamsville. Paramount and
Lick Run without an increase OF fare The Com
pany could not be expected to and would not
make these extensions for the benefit of the peo-
pie living in the suburbs was there an unsettled
to run.
The Consolidated Company agrees to take up
the present Objectionable track on Elm street, and
replace 1t with one satisfactory to the Engineer OF
For many years the people of the East End have
borne the heavy burden OF paying two fares to or
from their homes to the business part of the city,
which has caused their property to greatly depre-
ciate, so much so that if the present ordinance
from any cause failed to become law, at the next
reappralsement Of real estate our tax duplicate
would show great falling off
By the adoption of this ordinance the people
can ride from Pendleton, in the extreme East End,
to the bellevue House at the head of Elm street,
for one fare, lor which they have to pay three
Fairmount or Lick Run, to the Ohio River for a
single fare. while under the old ordinance two
fares are exacted.
The Consolidated Company agrees to making
free territory the section of the city lying between
Main and Elm and the Ohio River and Seventh
street. that is that passengers can continue to any
part of the territory included within the bounda-
ry named without paying an extra fare. Council
has granted extra privileges to the Eghth-street
line, to the Main-street line, the Mt. Auburn,
Clifton, and lines running over the river. and l
old companies than from the Others.
Very able lawyers have decided that the old
companies have a perpetual right to the streets
where they run, but by the present ordinance the
Consolidated Company agrees to give up such
right at the expiration of the ordinance, and as
the charters Of all the companies expire about
the same time, the reletting can then be thrown
open to the brOadest competition.
The fares under the new ordinance are rs rea-
press, as well as the people generally from all
sections of the city, have united in requesting my
approval OF the ordinance. If we have not secured
all we desired, the present ordinance Is great
improvement on the whole over the old one.
r. NJ MOORE, Mayor.