Evening journal., 1911-02-03
TROLLEY AS
TOWN BOOMER
New Castle Co. VIII Give
WOrkinCmen Low Fares
and Advertise Town
DOBDINSVILLE PROBLEM
PUZZLES THE LINE OWNERS

]. e. Wallace, superintendent of tho
Wilmington Southern Traction Com
pany, gave out the following state
ment this afternoon relative to fares
on the road:
There appears TO have been vari-
Gus rumors and reports circulating in
relation to changes of fares between
Eden Park Junction and New Cas-
tie. The intentions of the Wilmington
Southern Traction Co. are to abolish
the method of collecting two fares go
ing south and one fare going north,
making 10 cents round trip. Instead
two fares Will be collected each way
and a round trip ticket viii be sold
for 10 cents which will give exactly
the same result as is obtained now
TO round trip riders. Transientsv
however. will pay 10 cents for riding
In either direction
''It has been reported to the man
agement that worldngmen riding be-
tween South Wilmington and New
Castle are apprehensive of being made
70 pay additional fares, which Will
not be the case. At the present timo
the custom Is TO let workingmen ride
on certain cars for one fare and
charge all other passengers two fares.
The method Is unsatisfactory from
collection standpoint and is unfair
TO conductors since they are COM
PEELED TO discriminate between pas
sengers. In this connection. the in~
tention is TO sell workmen's ticket
for 10 cents which will have cour cou-
pons good for the two fares I'm each
direction. and be good only ON certain
cars.
''It has been reported that the
workingmen's tickets between Dob
binsville and the Baldt and Brylgon
steel plants will be renewed. The
management finds itself somewhat
embarrassed IN this connection. II is
perfectly willing to grant the work.
men the concession, but It involves
the use OF special tickets which are
expensive unless printed in large
quantities. At the present time the
trackage south OF Seventh and South
streets, New Castle. TO Dobbinsville,
is operated by the company under an
agreement with the receivers of the
line 10 Delaware City, which agree
ment will not be renewed aud has
only 30 days TO run. The management
not knowing whether II will continue
TO operate cars 10 Dobbinsville does
not feel warranted In making the ox-
penditure for the tickets unless the
workmen will be satisfied with a
southern limit of ride at Seventh and
! South instead OF at Dobbinsville III
d - ~. 49,.
views OF the workmen In this conne6.
ton Il would be glad to act.
1T has been reported TO the mah
agement that certain residents OF New
Castle would have liked to have seer
the name OF their city In the It'll,
OF the company. When the title wa.
chosen the ruling thought was K
make Il short and it was even desired
TO use Co. instead OF Company, but
the statutes OF Delaware compelled
the use either Of Company or of Cor.
poration. The management believes
that a policy has been adopted that
will be more beneficial to New Castle
than any words in a title. Il iBAln-
tended 10 make the slogan Of the Goa
pany New Castle Line. Take t
New Castle Line. Tho words will af'4
pear on a red diamond shape bordered
with black and the insignia will BE-
used on all stationary and painted on
all cars. Signs. when used will say
New Castle Line and the title Of the
company. II used. will be less con-
spicuous. The reason is apparent.
New Castle Line will stick in ones
memory much longer and will be
spoken much easier than Wilmington
Southern Traction Company"