Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-02-02
UNIVERSAL TRANSFERS
DISTRICT COMMITTEE WILL DE-
eide QUESTION TOMORROW.
Amendment Will Retain Present
Ticket System-Universal Trans
fer on Cash Fare.

At a special meeting of the House Dis
trict committee tomorrow universal
transfer amendment will be reported to
the full committee from the subcomnit-
tee on street railways. The amendment.
will no along the lines outlined in The
Star the other day-that is the sale of
tickets viii not be interfered with, but
the railroads will be compelled to give a
universal transfer. or transfer to the lines
Of the unrelated company, upon the pay
ment of a five-ccnt cash fare
II IS not ny any means certain that this
amendment will be adopted by the full
committee and reported to the House The
subcommittee made no recommendation.
favorable or uufaVoraDle in reporting the
amendment. having merely been instruct
ed by the full committee TO draft the pro-
vision N question.
The text Of the amendment in fun fol-
lows:
All street railway companies now oper-
atinS or hereafter operating their sys-
TENS. or parts of their systems in the
District of Columbia are hereby author
lied anu required and shall. in said Dis
trict. make or cause TO be made ana
given, and shall receive at all times to
all passengers of any street railway in
said District. free reciprocal, continuous,
universal transfers interchangea BILE to.
from and over the line or lines of every
stree railway company or companies in
said District good and receivable at all
Junction points intersections or connec-
tons of every said street railway COM
panN with the line OF lines of every other
street railway company. for one cDntin-
uous passage. in one general direction, for
one cash fare of > cents: provided all
street lp-9N or mics
continue to sell six tickets for p cents,
good for one fare. And il shall be the
dry of the Commissioners of the District
of Columbia to fix and dete rhine by rules
and regulations. which they may alter
amend from time 10 time. the period for,
and conditions on which. said transfers
shall remain good. and the course or
courses of the said general direction to be
taken by passengers using said transfers
And the Commissioners of the District
OF Columbia are hereby authorized to en-
force compliance With the provisions here
Of in any court Of competent jurisdiction
by nandamus.- or other remedy. either at
law or in equity. in the name of the Dis
trict Of Columbia.
Any street railway company which
Shall refuse To issue or receive transfer
as provided by this section. shall forfeit
and pay the sum of SD, 10 be recovered
by the party to whom such refusal is
made. by action brought within one year
ton thereto every officer agent of any
street railway company who shall violate
any OF the provisions of this section shall.
for every violation thereof. be punished
by a fine of not more than S1CO by the
Police Court of the District of Columbia
on information filed by the corporation
counsel or any of his assistants
The second amendment reads as fol-
lows:
mo transfer ticket or written or print
cd Instrument giving nIIrnnrtipcv n give
the right of transfer to any person from
public conveyance operated upon one
line or route of street railroad, or from
one car to another car. upon the line of
any street railroad. shall be issued, sold or
given, except to passenger lawfully en-
titled thereto. Any person who shall is
use, sell or give away such a transfer,
ticket or instrument, as aforesaid, to a
person not lawfully entitled thereto and
any person not lawfully entitled thereto
who shall receive and use or offer for pas
sage any such transfer ticket or instru-
ment to another. with intent to have such
transfer ticket used offered for pas
sage, after the time limited for its use
shall have expired. shall be punished by
a fine not exceeding Sd. Prosecutions for
violation of this section shall be brought
in the Police Court on information by the
corporation counsel or Sany of his assist
ants.