Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-05-14

nt to Twining in
~ of Plea for Six.
Cent Fare
SAYS LEW is

I/7@R4 ATausU company tniS art
repaired a financial statement
~sented to the city in support
1>foposal that the five-cent fare
~ one cent to allow II TO in
1e wages of its carmen.
epcsaI or the company In it's
kprm Is too indefinite. according
William Draper Lewis. Mayor
Transit adviser.
- men in several sections Of
are preparing to fight the pro-
re boost unless the company
90 abolish the eight-cent ex-
ticket
e. Mitten. president of the
4y defended the proposal as
4ry war measure. declaring the
ny's pledge 10 limit its dividend
er cent should silence all further
pus. and that discussion of the
~ ticket now would muddle the
mich. he said. is clear-cut.
pfA1 hundred employees of the COM
khreaten a lockout" In their fight
cognition Of the union button.
- were the outstanding features
4y's transit situation.
4. X. t. late this afternoon will
~ TO Director of Transit Twining
Nh estimate OF its financial status.
md by the Director This move
lSned to gain support of the city
nletration for the proposal. which
oe srSmitted TO Councils thurs
Hipore detailed statement is being
~ for Thursday. TO be used in
Councils demands IT,
4eciaring the company's proposal,
9tands now, too indefinite to allow
lament upon 1t, Doctor Lewis said
>9oubtedly the company will clear
- Indefinite nature of the proposal
Aot imagine that II would expect
r1<y to enter into an agreement
on the information thus far pub
zeten Defines Company's stand
@~1(dent Mitten, asserting that the
"a sent dividend TO which the COM
" limits Itself should be sufficient
ut to all queries as to wha, is TO
Youe with the increased earnings
Ming from the proposed fare in
~, said:
ne crux of the matter is that we
the money, that 1t will be expended
|4ly. half for increased wages and
TOR improvements and that what
remains will be in the situation
<(no good Of the public. Further
Hons are merely chasing a rainbow,
ing after something that does not
tluciples of good business would be !
X4d, he said. II the increased wages !
paid out Of the companys surplus. |
- it was suggested to him that the |
D1oe be paid out of the surplus as a
<fary arrangement until the transit |
with the city is approved by the |
e 8ervice Commission. he said that |
Utnpany was not assured that the !
4would be approved.
Surplus insufficient
E 1fitten said that the present sur
~ the company available as actual
S0 &2,000.000 and that Doctor
Director Twining did not
lis afforded a sufficient mar
1kfety for the company to I'M
~ lease OF the city-bullt lines,
operated in the beginning at a
<Asked II the surplus was not in
NJ and IL 100000 was not added !
|Fih April. he said II was true, but |
Il was just as true that 1t is being |
Dffed into improvements. i
, Geclined to go into detailed figures,
~ that the estimates as far as they
& Iipfogressed are rough and are not
1nl>e to be made matters of record.
nu example of increased expendi-
n however, he cited wage increases
1n1ing to s1.750.000 yearly TO off,
Hereased receipts.
1efle more than half of the proposed
1,7Bo, 900 wage increase to be paid
kthe desired fare increase would
70 motormen and conductors. he
koAd the remainder about equally .
II among wages for clerks and |
'<&es In shops, barns, power houses
III the road.
$4,000 Conservative, Says Mitten
W -, 500, 900 estimate Of increased |
~ undeS the proposed one-cent
8 $cet is conservative. according to
lltsn.
1n 1t not be larger" he was
"a It could" he replied. "On the
1and. It could be smaller
<4kchange ticket question, he said. |
rot be discussed now. because II
rpany leveled all fares-eight-cent |
- tickets and five-cent tickets
oonts. West Philadelphia patrons. |
1ying fve cents, would protest |
discrimination in favor of North |
l1iphia patrons, now paying eight |
NJ questions must be settled now |
- exchange ticket question decided |
Uuder the lease" he said.
1fitfen was asked IL the company |
X<epare an analysis showing the
It's receipts according to classes
mber OF passengers on each line
percentage of gross receipts
n wages. He replied that such
1u,aire several weeks.
-. II would be immaterial." he
$the statement being prepared
ncils contain such informationT"
Anked.
~ not been submitted to me yet.
oh't know the exact nature OF It,"
11Eality of the company spending
lined by increased fares for In
IN rolling stock and the like
~ this afternoon by Ellis Ames
&ounsel for the p. r. T.. on
~ that circumstances alter
Wy such investment would be
bond issue he said. But
rfesent conditions II would be
uo(hIa t. !