Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-11-14
NEWARK IS NOT
HIT BY RAISE OF
PENNSY RATES
Passenger Fares to Remain the
Same as at
Present.

PHILADELPHIA, Nov. "A
general increase in long distance and
suburban passenger rates. promised
August 81, but held up temporarily
when the railroads secured a new
hearing of their application for In
creased freight rates, was announced
last night by the Pennsylvania rail-
road, the new tariffs Il ed with the
Interstate Commerce Commission to-
day, to become effective December
10. The Philadelphia and Reading
railroad also announced that 1t would
make increases similar to those OF
the Pennsylvania.
"As the Interstate Commerce Com
mission has declared 1t to be mat
ter of public policy" declares the
Pennsylvania, that each branch OF
the railroad service Should contrib
ute its proper share to the cost of
operation and of return upon the
property devoted to the use of the
: public the Pennsylvania resolved
upon readjustments in passenger
rates"
+, Ihis is understood In railroad cir
Giles here to mean that the Pennsyl-
vania officials have adopted this
course in order to Offset the deficiency
in freight rates which the Interstate
Commerce Comm ssion would not al
low them to make up.
THE policy of the company" the
Pennsyivan a statement Odds us to
embody the policy established by the
commission and so sqreai e
changes in fares that the burden will
fall but lightly on any single trav-
eler."
Some of the suburban fare increases
follow:
The sixty-trip monthly ticket Will
be advanced % cents above the pres
ent rate.
The vice-president trip school ticket
will be advanced 20 cents.
The 100-trip ticket will be- with
drawn
The 1SO-trip quarterly ticket will be
sold at three times the monthly rate.
This ticket will be kept on sale for
the convenience of those who do not
care to purchase a ticket every
month.
The ffty-trip ticket will be with
drawn.
Strip tickets will be withdrawn.
Excursion tickets to Atlantic City,
Cape May and other seashore points
will be advanced 25 cents.
All excursion tickets, except those
to resort points. will be withdrawn.
Through or international fares
have been evised on a basis of 21s
cents a mile as the maximum ate.
Following are two of the principal
changes. Philadelphia to Chicago. old
rate, 1922; new rate, 1910; Philadel-
phia to Cincinnati old rate, $15.22;
new rate, $16.4S.
This general increase In long dis
lance and suburban fare rates an
nounced by the Pennsylvania Rail-
road viii not affect Newark COM
muters or those N northern New
Jersey committing to New York city.
The new suburban rates at present
affect only Philadelphia and the
"estern divisions of the railroad.
The New York division will be
affected by the withdrawal of ex-
, cursion long distance tickets, how
ever. These tickets will be with.
drawn on all divisions of the rail-
| road, except where they apply to
seashore or summer resorts.
The return trip fare or excursion
rate between New York and Phila-
delphia now is 81, while the single
fare is $225. Beginning December Il
the return rate will be $3.50, but the
single fare will not be changed. The
price of the Is, so, 100 and 1870 trir
and the monthly Communication tick
cts, however, will not be changed
under the present new schedule. The
railroad authorities declined to state
their reason.
The railroad authorities refused to
state why the New York division
was not included in the increased
fare regions. 1t is understood that
the other railroads running into New
York from New Jersey refused to
raise their rates at this time, and
this induced the Pennsylvania Rail-
road, 1t is declared, to maintain their
present original rates In this section
| The rates on the Hudson and Man
| haitian tubes between Newark and
| New York will not be affected by tbs
new schedule, either.