Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1914-02-13


u awaukee, Wisconsin
Dear SIS
1onF setter Of Jan, 2e. 1914, rel~tiye
90 the slFsg suburban passenger rates
lin Waus atosa is received. We would
reply % Tue matters You present, point
1 By point As follows:
The Regulations
First: i passenger travelling from
West Main Street west Of the transfer
point 70 Wells Street east of soth Street
would s true, have to pay an eight
TO nine eHt fare The particular loca-
tion of il ride makes ii necessary for
a psesse er to ride distance within
the met politan Hat fare area aud two
suburban zones. The distance travel
led. aceasding TO the agures filed with
us, woald have TO be at least two
blocks ever 0s miles.
seeonsi We do not understand how
tile coHpany can interpret our author.
ization d Ian 2, 1914, to permit fare
of as mi eh as seven cents for any ride
involvis transferin Wauwatosa, un-
less sue tide originates or terminates
east Of ath Street on the Wells Street
/ line IN aicli case fare of eight or
nine ces would be permitted under
Jour recent authorization. Except in
the latter ease no fare in Waup atosa
should xceed Ave cents. we shall
take M his matter with the company
at once
/ fllifd II passenger on the Wal
nut str line ia Nauwatosa wishes to
reach ri ats in Milwaukee, on the Wells
line an, ansfers in Wauwatosa it Is
true i Of from eight to nine cents
would permissible However. If
such Pr er should transfer at the
junctips the lines in Milwaukee, and
this wel seem to be ordinarily more
convert ii en account OF the more FREE
| quentl wlt Ia that city, the fare
would sis seven cents.
Propositions
ana he citizens OF wanwa-
tosa as ~ tsat the city should be
treated an independent entity, as
you dsa here, rather than as a. .snb-
rsslae 4 Z. .snSee, this could be ac-
= isee aaga First. III
moving ahe single fare point OF the
Wells line east from 59th street to the
| aYauwatosa city limits We have had
% reason to believe that this would
fulfill a general desire. A traffic check
made By the Commission on the Wells
line last August showed that for every
passenger riding between Wells Street
in the city of Wauwatosa, and other
points in Wauwatosa there were nine
passengers riding between this portion
Iof Wells Street and Milwaukee The
Commission therefore concluded that
BY far the greater number of passen-
Egers would be Accommodated by leaving
the fare point at 59th Street rather
than bv moving it back TO the city
limits in order to recognize Wauwatosa
as separate entity.
/ Further, as indicating the sentiment
Of Wauwatosa citizens on this matter,
we note the following IN the case Gill
lett VS.. I. NJ. E. r. & T. Co. w II. Ct.
i n. CSC, 7o4, 1907:
."rhe petitioners counsel contends
that there is no reason or logic in draw
ing a line of demarcation between mr..
ban and suburban service, as defined
by MIR. Beggs wiz, at the corporate
city limits: that the boundary lines of
4 the city are mere arbitrary lines, as far
as the transportation problem is con-
cerned; that the suburb beyond the
city limits is ordinarily as popnlous as
is the 5art of the city to which it is ad-
iacent and that as to frequency of cars
and the frequency of stops, the service
afforded the so-called suburban dis
trict is distinctly city service. 1t
was not, however, contended that
there might not be limit beyond
which the single fare should not bs
applied" !"
These and other considerations have
led the Commission to believe that the
interests Of the citizens of Wauwatosa,
so far as transportation is concerned.
lie rather iD the rates of fare to Mil
waukee than in rates for local rides be-
tween more or less separated portions
- tfsa affv,of tEausvatnca
/ The second way in winch Wauwato-
sa might have fat fare between all
points in the city would be through the
continuation of the Overlapping fare
point or dead zone" system. These
dead zones" were temporary arrange
between the time of the various fare