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COURT TO BE ASKED
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Mr. Hartman. who Is acting for the
Voters Non-Partisan League, the entral
Labor Union. the Taxpayers League.
Chairman Robertson, OF Councils n
nance Committee, and sundry other
organizations and individuals, VIII then
petition the court for a stay IN the opera
ton of the utility commissioners 1-cent
order and there doubtless viii he argument
from both sides Of the controversy. II
i understood that the reasons to be adj
vanced By Mr. Hartman for asking the
restraining order viii be the same a. those
advanced in the application 10 Chancery
for an injunction-ba faith on the part
al the commissioners in a number OF ways
In granting the traction company
request for the right 10 charge an increase
Of fare. An immediate decision Is expect
ed from the court If restraint Is granted
the traction company will not be allowed
to charge seven cents until the whole
matter comes up in the special session
ordered for sitting on June "A and Is
settled In the company 5 favor Should
the company lose then there Will Of course
bn no more seven cent fares collected at
aH
Yesterdays order for sitting OF court
tomorrow does not affect the original
special session except so far as TO provide
an early date for the asking for temporary
relief measures and II Is not likely that
snv OF the main points at issue viii be
gone into at great length, that being
deserved for the later sitting OF the court.
THE UTILITY coMMIssI oNERs,
good deal of talk is heard concerning
movements looking toward the ousting
If the utilities commissioners Just what
action. If anv, is TO be taken in this re-
spect bv the organized opposition TO the
7-cent order Is not known
II Is said that misconduct IN office Is
attackable upon three grounds NAL
feasance In office, or the wiIful doing Of
wrong official acts knowing them TO be
either wrong in public policy or criminal
ar against the welfare Of the people. mis-
feasance. the doing OF wrongful things
without the sufficient knowledge or in
vestigation of them 10 determine their
wrong character. and nonfeasance. or
failure TO take action a. all Il is
further said that the head unoeT winch
action might be taken in the present
matter would be that Of nIsieasance
That the increased street car fare 10
natrons OF the Brandywine Springs and
Marshauton division OF the Wilmington
and Philadelphia Traction company Is not
unlikely TO halt development in that
attractive suburban section IS the opinion
Of men who have been interested IN the
development of some 81 the sections
reached by that division.
II now costs % cents TO Marshallton
and return where it formerly cost Is
cents. considering the tickets formerly
sold and the ones sold now.
Villages and settlements reached by
the Springs and Marshallton division
include Elsmere, Forest Park, Brack-Ex,
RoseIle. Prices Corner, Greenbank. Clear
view. Cranston Heights, Falkland.
Brandywine Springs, The Cedars and
Marshallton.
Under the old rate a Communication
hook Of twenty tickets good from Viii
nington to Brandywine Springs was
sold for 81 thus making the cost one
wav five cents or 10 cents round trip
From the Springs TO Marshallton strip
tickets reduced the fare Of five cents
straight to two and half cents Now
the only tickets are the four for 25 cents
This big increase has hut the patrons
of this division hard. most all Of them are
workingmen who are struggling along TO
nav for homes which they haze erected
in the settlements along the line. Some Of
the riders are declaring they will sell their
properties and move back 10 Wilmington
because Of the increase
There was talk In circulation Yesterday
TO the effect that an attempt will be made
10 operate bus line III this city, reaching
suburban points as well IL Is understood
that some local capitalists az we'll a.
those Of other cities have been approached
In connection with financing such sys
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