The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-07-14
DOWN TO ONE CENT NOW.
The Electric Railway and West Broad
Street Line Cut Fares Again.

/ The Electric Railway and West Broad
Street Line Cut Fares Again.
Savannah now has the cheapest street
railway fares on record. Passengers can
ride from the market TO Battery park,
! distance Of over mile, for l cent. On the
Whitaker and Abercorn street belt
I tickets can be obtained at the rate Of u
I cents a trip.
On all other lines Of the City and
/ Suburban railway the fare is cents a
trip. On the Barnard and East Broad
street and the Price and Duffy street
/ belts OF the Electric railway the fare is 3
/ cents The latter reduction was made
yesterday and goes into effect to-day.
/ The only line upon which the fare re-
/ mains at the old rate Of cents is the big
/ belt Of the Electric railway, formerly the
Belt line The fare 10 Thunderbolt is 10
I cents for the round trip. 1t can be safely
/ said that there is no city in the union bet
/ ter provided with street railway accom-
modations. or which enjoys such cheap
/ fares. las Savannah.
The street railway war is getting very
! hot indeed. Two decided moves were
made yesterday. President Collins an
nOunced a reduction To 3 cents in the fare
/ of the Price street belt of the Electric
! railway. AS soon as this was announced
! Director Hartman who has been con-
! Quoting the fight on the part of the City
| aud Suburban railway, made the boldest
move since the fight begun. He an
nOunced a rate of | cent a trip on the
| West Broad street line Of the City and
! Suburban. Both rates go into effect TO-
day.
MORE MONEY IN LOW FARES.
The street car lines have been literally
patronized since the reductions begun.
! The travel on the West Broad street line
| since the reduction to cents has been
/ very heavy. What ii win be to-day and
| tomorrow it is hard TO estimate. The
! conductors aud motormen do not view the
reductions with favor IL means big
| increase in work for them without in
| creased compensation. A City and
| Suburban motorman declared yesterday,
when he heard of the one-cent rate, that
| he would throw up his Job. My arm is
| almost worked OIL now he declared,
stopping the car at every corner along
the whole route This working brake
| handle is no easy thing, and when we
| have TO do it so constantly it soon wears
! man OUT
| Mr.. Hartman said last night that since
! the general reduction of fares on the City
and Suburban lines the increase in travel
/ has been remarkable. 1--WE have actually
| taken in more money during the last two
| months than during the same months last
| year. The increase in travel has been
very nearly double what it was. This
| old story about Savannah people not car
| ing for the coppers and being as willing
| 10 pay cents for ride as 3 cents is an
exploded theory The Electric railway
! has at last been forced 10 recede from its
! position that IL would not meet our re-
| auctions. We are in this fight for business
| and we are here to stay. IL is only ques-
tion as to which line can hold out the
! longest, and there is no doubt in nv mind
as to which line that will be- We were
here first. The other people came in and
built roads parelleling our lines, and
which, by reason of competition, made
both lines Improbable. They now begin
to see their mistake in doing so, but they
will have to take the consequences.
Savannah has moro street railway lines
than there IS any need for, and more than
there is patronage to support. The sooner
some of them are abandoned the better.
We were here first and we intend to keep
our patronage, no natter what the cost. :"
MAY BE l CENT ON ALL LINES.
Mr.. Hartman intimated that the 1-cent
fare might be extended to other lines be-
sides the West Broad street line, but
WUAAh hDb ohy ppoAhAhNl9. 40 AOI biib
| Thundorbolt business" Mr.. Hartman
| said "our line does about four-ffths Of the
| whole, being The most attractive and pop
ular of the two routes on its merits"
| A director of the Electric railway in
| formed a MORSING News reporter that
the travel to Thunderbolt by that line
! had more than doubled since the tickets
| were put down TO 10 cents. The reduc-
tion TO 3 cents on the Price street belt was
made necessary, he said by the reduc-
tions in fares on the competing lines in the
same territory. The Electric railway peo-
pie are not worrying about the l-cent fare
on the West Broad street line announced
| by Mr.. Hartman. sit would take long
bank account" said director, ito run
a street railway with fares at l cent, and
pay for wear and tear Of rolling stock,
along with other expenses"