Arizona republican., 1916-02-29
NEW RATE
 FUR GLOBE TRIP
Corporation Com m n Makes Price Schedule, Sets Running Time and Limits Passengers for Phoenix and Dam Trip

In an order issued yesterday by the corporation commission travellers on public stages which operate between this city and Globe will be compelled to pay the sum of SIS for the round trip between these points and s1O for the Gne-way trip.
 The order containing the rate schedule between points on the route was issued by the commission in con nection with the investigation of con- ditions surrounding auto stage acti.'- ities over the Phoenix Roosevelt Globe load. The matter came to the atten 4h of the commission in Octo- Der last. at which time complaint was made that the stages travelling over this route were overlooking their autos to a point where the lives of the passengers were imperiled. and also that the machines were run at such high rate of speed as to fur nish additional dangers to the occu- pants thereof. Complaint was also made at this time that the cars were piled full of baggage, much to the detriment of the human cargoes The commission, after an investigation of the conditions mentioned in the com plaint. made ruling regulating the number of passengers to he carried in the auto stages, the speed at which the cars should be operated and also ruled that only a certain amount of baggage should be placed on or in each machine.
 Freeman Fike, who operates one of the largest lines plying between this city and Globe. made a protest that under the provisions of the commits sion's order the profitable opera ton of the cOmpany's autos could not be carried on, and asked that the ruling be modified so as to permit the cars to be run in a remunerative man. ner. The Union stage line. also op- erated over the same road. made a protest against the enforcement of the provision of the order, which di- rected the stage companies to file a bond to indemnify any persons who might be injured in any way by the cars
 Tn yesterdays order, the commits sion stated that after investigating the matter. it did not find any new evidence that would tend to show the former order should be modified. In making the new investigation, how ever, the commission found that one condition now prevalent demanded at tention and regulation. It was learn ed that a number of companies which the commission is pleased to designate as more or less financial ly irresponsible" had begun to operate cars over the Phoenix Globe route and had established a rate schedule much lower than that of the older established companies. such rates be- ing materially lower than the rec ords show to be the cost of render ing service. Consequently. the com mission felt justified in declaring a rate sufficiently high to protect legiti- mate industry from failure and loss The new regulation provides that all tickets between the terminal points of the line shall he sold for | not less than the established rates as above mentioned. and that the | uHhihS iliilt ol all liSul tdTS Sfldll | not be less than ten hours for the | trip and the time of the trip hv heavier cars shall be nine hours. No | car shall be allowed to carry more passengers than the number which it
 was originally designed to seat. and light cars are prohibited from carry
 ing more than 150 pounds of bag
 gage Heavy cars may carry $50 pounds of baggage or property.
 Each transportation company is re-
 duired to file a bond for the sum of
 S25O0 for the first car of their line
 and bond amounting to 5000 for all
 other cars operated.
 Commissioner A. w. Cole filed a
 dissenting opinion. He contended that I if some of the companies wished to | operate at a lower rate. they should be allowed to do so. for it was large 1 ly a matter of their own business as
 to what charges they made for the 1 trip. His statement sets out the fact | that if the same rate is established | for all cars making the trip, the pas sengers will naturally shun the light
 CT cars and ride in the more luxurious l autos and consequently the little cars 1 will be compelled to quit business or account of the lack of patronage.