Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1918-09-27
PUBLIC SERVICE GET
SEVEN CENT FARES
Utilities Board Grants Raise
to Company Up to March
REVERSE FORMER RULING
From Apr. |, 1919, on, Six
Cent Fare viii Start Trans
fer Charge Remains


TRENTON, Sept. 27-The Public
Service Railway Company was today
give npermission by the Board OF
Public Utility Commissioners 70
Charge a fare of seven cents on all its
lines beginning October 1s and contin-
uinr until March 81, 1919.
0n. and after April /, 1919, a fare
Of six cents is 70 be CHARGED until
further order of the board. Tnese
increases are In addition to the one
cent now charged for initial transfers
and thew follow the recommenoatlon
of the war labor board tnat tns So
pany be permitted 70 obtain adoluonal
revenue to meet the increase In wages
given to the employees OF the rupne
aervice following the awards OF the
labor board, increasing the wages oL
the employees In excess OF the emomne ,,.1l
allowed by the utility poaro. 1e ne
Public Service has until OCTOBER ~
- Ale its acceptance of these increases
The foregoing increases are allowed
upon the following conditions:
That the Public Service Company
agree to file with the board Ior eacn
calendar month, beginning with the
,,enosh of October, 1918, SO long as
ti,5e surcharge is added TO Its scneoule
OF rates, a statement giving .ne sa eosai
e.,onnt Of wages and salaries palu.
6r,1v classified BY character OF serves
rendered to the company ana tne saeSs 49,
per hour. day or period ~ "s,- ,sisa-
nc wage or salary Is payable, ike
ssts. clSrsified. and indicating any
dhenpe in classification OF emRloyes
ana the wage rates resulting there-
from. r.a aiso 70 file
With the board for each montn.
ginning with October; e nt for the
current and preceding years .. ,ss
1890 4sons showing revenue ana rev
oS,,e deductions, classified In accoIo-
ence WITH the uniform system OF ac-
counts for street or tracuoh ~, ~
utilities, (first issue), PTescrro,uieea o,ieaee
the hoard. together with aa y.
trsf,,c ana miscellaneous statstcs az
rsnssired in annual reports 70 De nieu
Win Tze W noard win retain jurisdiction
90 fha emergency or war suIsn.s s
az approved for the purpose q - tbe
ifvfnr or abrogating II ms
conc'uonS ..o renort Of July 10. in which
a. ai,awed the Public Service 70
charge one cent for each inlual ..s
Gnu hoard OF Public Utility COM
si..snnere ordered the railway com
.s ii ale and submit to the poaro
- or before January ] next plan
whereby the method OF cnarss
present IN force may be revised " an
eouitabIe zoning system over us a,, en-,
fire territory, proper consluela.i., -
hSsno given to all Of the elements 70
,,sore nroperly relate the cost OF serV-
scs With the length OF haul and vaiue
OF service. 80,
The company is now and he's been
co. some time past gathering uata OF
traf1c on it's lines to be used IN tne
nreparation of such a plan ana the
nreetdent of the Arm ssures the utii-
sfv hoard that sucl4 plan Will pe
fied and submitted TO the uuilty
commissioners early in January next
ANY plan submitted viii necessarily
have 10 be Investigated BY experts
r,niovad nv the board before adop-
tou. 10 ascertain the fairness of the
: scheme and the probable results OF
n Is anticipated by the utility COM
mission that II may be possible 70
adopt some plan before April ! next
The plRn with its schedule of rates
when adopted win be substituted for
the then existing rate
The award made by the War Labor
Board is retroactive. in that the ef-
fectire date OF the award Is as OF
June 4. 1913. This makes It impera-
tive for the railway company not
only TO pay the increased scale OF
wages as they become currently due,
but in addition wages IN excess OF
those already paid, accruing since
June last. in accordance with the
same scale. Having ascertained the
amount OF these as accurately as pos
slble. consideration must be given TO
the time within which the necessary
revenue must be raised. This vitality
affects the amount OF the increase al
lowed. II the additional revenue
were required 10 be raised during the
balance OF the present, year an In
equitable and certainly prohibitive
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