New-York tribune., 1912-01-25
REDUCED FARE PROMISED
Rumors of Half Rate to COney
Island Confirmed.
B. R. T. SETS EXAMPLE
School Year and Business Day
To Be Favored Times-0ther
Line May Follow Suit.

An official confirmation OF the rumored
.'norning and night" five-cent fare between
Couey Island and Manhattan to DC con-
ceded by the Brooklyn Rapid Transit Com
many. the formal withdrawal or seVerai
complaints and the announcement OF the
probability that the Coney Island Brook
lvn Railroad Company would soon foilo"
suit with a half-fare rate were the results
~ Yesterdays hearing before the Public
Service Commission.
Ex-Judge owen Finnerty. representing
the Van Siclen Taxpayers Association an
organization which has been conducting the
q agitation for the five-cent fare, opened the
proceedings yesterday by withdrawing the
complaints against the Rapid Transit com
many. He said the company was prepared
70 make concession permitting persons 10
ride for a five-cent fare from Coney lslano
to New York from to I'm the morning
and to make the return trip between the
hours of 4 and in the evening. The new
rate will apply from September 10 10 May
IS and 10 school children while school Is IN
session. Books will be sold at the rate OF
81 % for twelve round trips. The concession
will probably apply, however, TO elevated
lines only.
The complaints which have been standing
against the company were based prlnclpall!
1Ipon the precedent created by 1t during the
last Coney Island season, when reduced
4s ra was established. Under that arrange
-,ent the five-cent rate applied southoounn
from & to q in the morning and northoound
from 2 to in the afternoon. The van
Siclen Taxpayers Association argued that
Conev Island residents were entitled 10 the
game privilege and lodged the complaint
xrith the Public Service Commission.
John J. A. Rogers, a lawyer. VINO also
xsnre sented some complainants at the hear
t,s said his clients would withdraw their
,or,nlajnts IL the company put the new
.cbadrle into effect, and that they Would
h. satisfied with the arrangement, at least
Cor +he wear 1872 Jonas Monheimer. on
whose complaint various proceedings look
ing IN a fve-cent fare have been introduced
a1so sIgnified his willingness to withdraw
b,s complaint. An adjournment was then
,al,s,, ,ntiI Monday TO give the company a
chance to work out the details OF the
scheme. A..
cnorea n Yeomans, counsel for the
prooklvn Rapid Transit Company. and q.
n Meneely. vlce-president and treasurer
outlined the pIan which will be pursued in
n,,+tIng the new rate into effect. According
IN their suggestion. 1t is probable that' De-
.,6es the books for twelve round trlps'
tickets will be sold good for only one round
tr,n and good only on the day on which they
.ra sold. In the case of school children the
return ticket would be good at any hour IN
the afternoon. although for other passen-
gers the hours for southbound trlps "oulo
be from to only
The communication rates VIII apply on
every business day-in the ordinary sense
but not on the days when Coney lsland
business is the biggest. Sundays and holi-
davs will be excluded from the arrange
mont When Commissioner McCarroll asked
a. the experiment which was tried last Au-
Gust and September for communication re-
,urn trim from the city 10 the island would
he put I'm force again Mr.. Meneely replleu
that he would not be able 70 answer that
question without comforting with president
Williams.
c.omrlaints similar TO those which were
v,itbdrawn Yesterday are now pendins
against the Coney Island & Brooklyn Rail
road Company. II is supposed by the COM
pIainants that any plan which the Brooklyn
Ranid Transit Company may put into et-
feet will be followed by that company with
such differences as may be deemed neces-
sar, In view of the fact that all of the lines
of The smaller system are surface lines.