The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-10-17
ANOTHER RIDE FOR APENNY.
The Fare on the Price Street Belt One
Cent To-day.

PTeslQenI COLLINS 1aAhs BACK at mr..
Harriman-No Prospect Of a Let-up
in the FiRht-Everybody Can Ride
Now and Save Shoe Leather-Where
the Big Fight Began-The Electric
Railway Started It on the Thunder
bolt Line.
Another reduction in street railway
fares goes into effect to-day At meet
ing Of tie directors of the Electric Rail
way Company last night 1t was decided
to reduce the fare on the Price street belt
to 1 cent. The reduction to so into effect at
once.
This is not a limited reduction apply
ing only 20 certain points, but includes
the whole Price street or inner belt. Pa
irons of the line can now ride all the way
around if they wish for 1 cent.
President Johnston of the City and
Suburban will probably put tickets on
sale now at one-half cent each, good
for a ride on any part of the CITY ana SUI
burban sys.am.
The street railway war Is the talk of the
town. Whatever the directors aaI stock
4iDANCAS VI tAA1 ~ N'ESA bASf may ia I'm -N-AN
it. the people have no complaints to make.
They are enjoying the cheapest riding
they ever had in their lives, or that they
ever expect to have for that matter, and
they are taking full advantage Of it. In
spite of the fact that the cool and braCing
air yesterday was conducive to walking.
the street cars on the / cent lines We're
crowded all day. Everybody rode, es-
pecially children and nurses. Parents
have discovered that it Is a great scheme
TO send the little ones out with their nurses
with few cents in change, and let them
ride it out. 1t is great fun for the chill
dren and pleases the parents as we'll, as
a few cents will furnish entertainment for
a whole afternoon. The piccaninnes are
having great fun, too. Every little darkey
that can get hold of a cent rides on the
street cars now. The West Broad street
line is their favorite and they ride up and
down all day long.
President Collins was seen yesterday
by a Morning News reporter and was
asked what he had to say in answer to
Mr.. Harrimans statement in yesterdays
Morning News. He replied that in all
probability Mr.. Hartman would have the
pleasure of inaugurating the half-cent
fare on all Of the City and Suburban
lines, as he fully intended to make the
fare on Price street one cent.
Referring to Mr.. Harriman's statement
that he did not start the rate cutting Mr.
Collins said that the public is we'll in
formed as to who stated the war. LAS
TO the City and Suburban Railway Com
pany being a home enterprise" said Mr.
Collins, 'ft is true that the bonds of the
City and Suburban Railway Company are
owned in Savannah, and it is also true
that if 1t had not been for the coming
of the Electric Railway Company, Mr.
Harriman's principal would have long
since defaulted upon these bonds, and Mr..
Hartman has so stated, Mr.. Hartman
failed to state in this connection that in
every proposition looking to a consolida-
ton of the street railways in Savannah,
the effort had been made by him and
Mr.. Parsons, whereby the City and Subur-
ban railway bondholders would be
squeezed. As a matter of fact Mr. Par
sons owns very little interest in
the street railroads of Savannah
if the City and Suburban Railway Com
pany is eliminated from its holdings, and
yet in every trade that he has proposed
he has made provisions for the bonded
debt of the City and Suburban at the ex-
pense of the Electric Railway Company,
which, of course, we could not agree to-
1t comes with bad grace from Mr.. Har-
riman to undertake to create the impress
sion on the public mind that the proper
ties which he represents are owned by
our citizens and that he is trying to pro
tect them when his every effort has been
TO squeeze them"
What about the trade that was made
by Mr.. Wrenne and yourself in New
York, ana which your directors repudi-
ated -
Both Mr.. Wrenne and myself stated to
Mr.. Hartman and Mr.. Parsons that we
had no idea that the board would confirm
the trade, said Mr.. Collins. Speaking of
trade, Mr.. Hartman failed TO state that
MIR Harry paFanne q nd 10 -,
trade which their principal, Mr.. George
Parsons, repudiated. Neither Mr.. Par
sons nor Mr.. Hartman has ever made a
proposition to trade on anything like a
fair basis, but both have endeavored by
every unfair means to force the Flee
trio Railway Company to accept propo-
sitions which no reasonable business man
could agree to-"
President Johnson and Mr.. Hartman
were seen in reference to the status OF
the fight from the City and Suburban
side.
The matter is getting just where W,
want it," said Capt. Johnson.
we are going to protect our property
at all hazards" said Mr.. Hartman
whatever may be necessary We be
heve the people appreciate what W.
have done We were first here, and tn,
other side is not going to run us out"
As to the beginning of the cut in fares
who began it, The cutting was begun
on the Thunderbolt line by the Electric
railway people.
Neither Capt. johnson nor Mr.. Harri
man had much to say about the fight
The Electric people have announced tina
they are going to be the aggressors iron
now on, and it is for them to do the talk
ing.
The street railway war in Savanna
probably breaks the record in that line
There have been street car wars before
but never one where the people could rid
several miles for a. cent or buy two ticket
for cent. Many people are asking wher
II is going to end. There is certainly n
money in It for the railroads and tn
general expectation is that one line or ia
other will have to cave in. Both side
are full Of fight, and there Is not niue
prospect Of a compromise now Fac
seems determined TO fight TO the bite
end, and the abuormally low fares ma
last all winter. IL is well known tina
the street railroads never make none
in the winter season anyway, and the
can better afford TO fight as they ar
doing now at this season than in III
summer. It is possible that with III
large increase in travel by reason Of m
low fares the railroads may come out &