Evening journal., 1914-03-26
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ABObISHES THE
STRIP Tickets
Ten Cents to Brandywine
Springs, Too, Unless Spe-
cial Books Are Used
Communication Fare
There TO Be NICKE

Richard w. Crook. manager OF the
Peoples Railway Company, announced
today that the company has found il
necessary to discontinue the sale OF strip
tickets lsiN for quarterl, in order 10
meet the running expenses Of the road
aud the increased pay of the conductors
and motormcn. The plan to increase tho
trullcymcn's pay, IL was learned has
been under consideration for several
months The company had hoped To
carry IL through without amy change in
policy, hut after months of figuring, in
which the gradually increasing prices for
supplies were a factor, 1t was found ini-
possible TO increase wages and give the
SIX for a quarter fares. According TO
the management. there is no Alternative
but TO abolish the strip-tickcts and the
the company has fixed April g as the last
day on which those tickets viii bc sold.
lAl commutation tickets now outstand-
| ing and all purchased between today and
! April g win be goou on all Peoples lines
/ in the city, the same as in the past.
After April 6 strip tickets will not be is
sued, straight live-ccnt fare being re-
quired. The usual transfer privileges
will prevail
For the same reason Il has also
been found necessary, the company's
announcement states, to charge two
fares to and from Brandywine
Springs. However. commutation
tickets, good only on the Springs
line will be sold at a rate that will
enable the holders to make the trip
to the Springs, and also TO the Cit
from the Springs, at the present rate
of five cents for the through trip
f.. 90
and will be sold for 81 each. Begin.
ming April 6 they will be placed on
sale at the following places, I'm addi
tion TO the companys office, which is
located at Sixth and Hawley streets
John II. Jones' cigar store. at Sixth
and Market streets; Lynam's store
. al Elsmere; John Adams. at Rosollc;
, tho Cedars. and McCullough's store
J., at Marshallton. The books viii not
!. be sold on the cars.
: Tic order Increasing the pay OF the
y conductors and mot0rmen has be.
come effective. as was announced q
/ few days ago. The company had
1 hoped to increase the pay OF the
conductors and motormen last sum-
, mer, not only as a reward for their
, faithful services, for which they were
, paid high compliment today by Cen
eral Manager Crook, but also be-
, cause the company realizes that the
cost OF living Is greater now than II
was a few years ago, and because the
! company has no desire TO ask the
/, men to work for less than their SER
vices are worth. According to Mr.
p Crook. the employees have been com.
r mendably faithful and loyal. Not
, withstanding that some other com.
/, panies, better able than the Peoples
4 Company TO do so, have increased
4 their mems wages within the pas
. few years. it is a fact Mr. Crool
Z says. that i'm nearly every case where
this was done il has been founf
l. necessary to discontinue commuta
= tion rates for transportation, as th'
7 revenue under this policy would no
n warrant the increase in pay.
r Long ago. Mr.. Crook told a re
porter, "the company decided to ad
p vance the wages of the men. and the
advance would have been Forthcoming
!, several months ago. though il was no
II asked for by the men, had the com
# pany known how to grant the in
s crease without changing the policy
@ Ever since that decision was reached
h we have been trying to work out
G plan. While working on the PROPOSE
It tion. supplies have been bccominl
l. more costly. until now we are payini
i 60 per cent. more for some MATERIAL
n we use than we had to pay 10 year,
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