New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-12-04
FOR THREE CENT FARES
Supreme Court Decision FaUors
Cheap Car Rates IN Clcveldnd.

,-,.,,.iand Dec ; lSpeciaD-The decision OF the
7ho sunren,e Court al Columbus Tuesday, IN Which
the Injunction against the Forest oity haII"ds
e,on,nanv was dissolved, paves the way LOT tite
cont car fare lines in Cleveland, and II IS oeleFed
,bz+ within = year there will be a low fare railway
- cor,ne+e With the five cent lines There remains
now hut one more obstacle in the way OF COM
petinE the construction of the low fare me On
Denison-aye and that is regarded as a leeIIh-
cality. it is assured that the railway viii De con
structed.
The decision IS considered one of the most I'M
portant that has been handed down in years on
street railway franchises Because Of ITS power IN
constituting laws the Supreme Court in sense
prse4ically makes street railway laws Inc court
decree finally settles that the Forest City Halfway
c-nrnnanv has full legal right 10 operate railway
Denison-ave.
The Forest City Railway Company was organ
ICED by local capitalists several years ago 10 con
s,ruc+ low fare lines II had and has the moral
hacking of Mayor Tom L. Johnson who suggested
the formation OF the corporation when he promised
the people of Cleveland three cent rare. Two
wears ago the company was granted FRANCHISE
10 cperste a line on Denison-ave.. but after mile
and a half of the track laid A. j. Day, TAX
raver renresentns the Cleveland Electric Railway,
operating the FIVE cent lines in the city, sought
and obtained an injunction in the Common Pleas
Court claiming that sufficient consents from prop
erty owners had not been obtained, and also that
some of the consents not secured IN a proper
manner The Circuit Court dissolved the lnjunc-
ton and Day carried the case 70 the supreme
Court which, on Tuesday sustained the consents
and decided every point in the Forest City Railway
Conpany's favor.
There can be no question but that the Supreme
Court decision is a great step forward for low
fare in this city," said President NJ A. Tanning,
Of the Forest City Railway Company. Because
we we're doubtful about the decision makes the
favorable stand Of the Supreme Court all the more
enjoyable from our standpoint. A legal contro-
yersy of years is disposed Of
Another suit is still pending against the com
pany. and until it is disposed OF, the work OF
construction cannot be renewed. The railway
Sasciais however. believe that the contention is
ret we'll founded and that being mere techni-
caiity Il will be dismissed by the Supreme Court.
This suit was begun by W. u. Reynolds, another
taxpayer, who is supposed TO represent the Cleye-
land Railway Company, and in il he alleges that
there was no proper advertising for bids for con-
structing and operating a line Denison-ave-
He also claims that about SOC feet of the proposed
line lies the city limits and therefore the
City Council had the right TO grant the Forest
City Railway Company franchise
II the suit still hanging against the company
should be disposed of favorably, the Denison- ave
line would be rushed TO completion and would
be running in a few months From the DenisOn-
lines would branch other lines: low fare lines
would be constructed Central-ave., and fran
chises would be granted for low fare lines the
streets now occupied by the Cleveland Railway
Compsnys tracks a the latters grants
pire. 1t is figured that within ten years the city
would be honeycombed with low fare lines. as
cent fares. the issue that carried Tom Johnson
into the Mayoralty chair for three terms.