The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-03-04
TRAVEL AT THE NEW FARES.
DOTH THE STREET RAILWAY sYs-
TENS SAY 1T II BETTER THAN
WAS EXPECTED.

The City and Suburban TO Reduce It's
Fares From g Cents 10 . cents
when Transfers Are Gfven-The
Straight Fare VIII Remain ,
Cents-Mr. " rcnne Puts in an Ar
gument for > Cent Fares An
ArOund-IIr. Parsons Thinks the
Effort 10 Force His Lines TO In
crease the Fares an Unusual Pro-
ceedfnG.
The street railroads reported "a fair
travel yesterday in spite OF the increased
fares. II is fact. nevertheless that The
people do not take kindly to the Increased
fares. II is hardly 10 Doe expected that
they would after riding for months for
l. ana even half cent a trip. though
everyone knew that it was a losing bus
iness TO the roads and couldn't last long.
The attention OF Director Hartman OF
the City and Suburban railroad was called
10 the complaints Of people who had 90
pay double fares for short distances or
the Whitaker and Abercorn lines.
I'VE viii remedy that" said Mr.. Harrl-
man. by making the fare cents for
passengers wishing 20 go from point on
one street 10 a point on the other street
and giving them transfer when they
change cars. This ought to Doe sausfac-
tory, and will put the fare at the old
rate. For those who do not wish trans
fers, it VIII only cost cents a trip. We
had no idea Of violating any city ordinance
when we made the new rate. Our inten-
tion was 10 make a Scent fare for peo-
pie riding only short distances. which We
think is enough for a ride of a mile or less,
which is about the extent Of our short
lines. ] don't suppose the average ride
OF passengers on our city lines is as
much rs q mile"
Mr. George Parsons who arrived In the
city yesterday morning from Charleston.
said. in reference to the order issued by
Judge Speer to compel his line 20 show
cause why they should not Increase the /
fares charged by them that It was some
thing unusual in his experience.
Il never heard Of a railroad being COM
PEELED to raise It's rates at the request of a |
competing line" he said. Il always
thought a railroad was privileged to make |
as low rate as 1t pleased"
Mr. r. W Wrenne, one Of the directors |
OF the electric railway, said In speaking !
of the question Of fares that cents Is |
the established street car fare all over |
the United States and he did not see |
why 10 should be otherwise in savannah. /
The rAcant extraordinary low rate /
of fares in Savannah" said he, twas the |
result Of a throat cutting rate war be- /
tween the two street railroad companies /
and can In no wise be considered pre- /
cedent 1t is useless TO contend that |
street railroads can be operated in Savan- |
nah for less than they can elsewhere in |
the country 1t is all pretence to contend |
otherwise"
one result of the increased fares on |
street railways is going to be an imme- |
diate increase in the use of bicycles |
While street car fares were down to one |
cent II was cheaper to patronize the cars |
than to keep bicycle I'm repair, and many |
bicycles were given a rest on this ac- |
count The cold weather had something |
TO do, of course. with the retirement Of |
the bicycle, as 1t is not a popular We |
hicle in such weather as Savannah has |
experienced since January. The number |
of bicycles on the streets decreased grad !
ually with the decrease of street ear fares |
and the approach Of cold weather until |
recently ii has been rare sight, compar-
atively, to see a bike" on the streets. |
The increased car fares and the pleasant |
weather will bring them out again in a |
hurry.