Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-01-04
Difficulties Are Considered.

~ iHSh sum exists IN mary bankS, and
IN view of the difficulties which they
have encount> red because of the i'm
fuenZa and the additional labor I'M
posed upon them by the liberty loans
, this Office now gives notice that the
regulation regarding the closer ac-
| the proposed change will not be maze
compulsory Immediately.
BANKS are. however, requested to
make as close an approx imation Of
/. the items interest earned. but not
collected and Interest and discou I, I
collected or credited in advance of
. maturity and not earned as may be
practicabi under the circumstances
AT future date Instructions will be
issued with view to assisting banks
in making, at the least expenditure of
. labor and money. accurat. computa-
tons OF these two items. SO that they
may be correctly given in each report
of condition"
Public Service News.
The Virginia Railway and Power
Company operating the traction lines
of Richmond. publishes daily and. cir
culates among the passengers on It's
cars small paper which it calls
Pubic Service News" and which il
says is designed as an open forum in
which the company. its patrons and
its employees may discuss their COM
mon problems. and Through a free in
terchange of views arrive at better
understanding OF what is meant by
public service"
lie Service News was given over to a
presentation of the needs of the Rich
/, mond Traction Company for higher
fare. 1t is of interest in this city. be-
cause the problem which. the Rich
.mond company faces is the problem
=, s<.l, 4 ,<.ft< tns, Snf
Washington face.
The following is an extract from the
Public Service News:
tIn Richmond the fares are 5 cents
4 1-6 cents and p. cents and free
transfers. 1t costs the company 4s03
whereas II is hauling 100000 abor'
and school passengers PEE annum on
-. cent fares, representing less than
cost service. What is the logical rea-
son for this special PRIVILEGE These
a .es caYsE with them the free trans
FER privilege. too. which means han
ding the passenger second time
with all the attendant risks of in
jury.
In another part of the Public Serv-
ice News one may read what follows:
Fellow is given a list of 231 cities
in which the car fares have recently
, been increased above 5 cents. these
cities representing over 17.500.000
people who daily use street car trans
portation service. To maintain their
car service in these days of abnormal
prices for labor and materials, these
cities have all alike adopted the one
: logical remedy-raising the fare.
Richmond being no exception. with
respect to the existing unusual con-
ditions. must likewise pay a slightly
increased fare TO maintain its car
service. A scent fare adopted now
I nj fa q nj
Charge Ten-Cent Fare.
/, The table shows that a 10-cent fare
is charged in the Massachusetts cities
of Lowell, Brockton Hayerhill. Law
renee Taunton, Fail River. Lynn,
Gloucester. Beverly. Salem. Quincy.
Chelsea and Spencer and in Tacoma
Wash. on the traction lines operated
by the city. as in Manistee. Mich. !;
Canada. The cities In which Scent
i fare has been adopted are Manchester,
n. H, and the Pennsylvania cities OF
Reading. Scranton. Wilkes-Barre and
Morris town. Seven-cent car fare has
been adopted in Tacoma, Wash, on
the privately owned traction lines;
in Edmonton, Canada. on the mu-
nicipally operated lines; in Boston,
Ocean City. n. j.: Meridian. Miss: Ma
] tick. Mass; Keene. N. H; Waterville,
Me-: Arling ton. Me-: Hattiesburg.
Miss; Somerville. Mass: Newton,
! Brookiine. Mass; Wilmington. n. c.;
Chambersburg, Pa: Carlisle Pa; Jol-
/ let. Ill; Newark. n. j.; Jersey City,
:. n. j.; Paterson, n. j.: Wilmington.
Del: Elizabeth. N. j.: Hoboken. N. j.;
Erie. Pa: Bayonne. N. J.; Davenport,
/ Iowa: Passaic n. j.; Waltham. Mass.
i Charlotte. n. c.: Perth Amboy. N. j.;
Orange. n. j.; Lexington. Mass; Win
ston -Sa lem. y. C.; Raleigh. n. C.; Dur
ham. n. c.; Kansas City. Portland.
] Mass; New Haven. Conn: Albany,
/ n. Y; Bridgeport Conn; Hartford
Trenton N T.: New Bedford. Mass.
: Salt Lake City. Troy, n. "; Water
bury. Conn; Harrisburg. Pa; Port
land, Me; East st. Louis. ILL.,; Johns
Conn; Middletown. Conn: Cohoes
\. Y; Danbury. Conn; Pottsville
Pa; Cairo. Ill; Jacksonville, ILL.,
NeWburyport. Mass. and other cities
Among the cities in which car fare
has been raised to cents are Mon
treal. Denver. Oakland. Cal: St. Louis
Baltimore. New Orleans, Atlantic
| City. Altoona, Mobile. ! Saginaw
Springfield, Ohio; York. Pa; Augusta
Ga: Macon. Berkeley. Cal; Galveston
Chester, Pa: Rochester, Ithaca
Poughkeepsie, Lexington. Ky; Lans-
municipalities. A charge for trans
fers in addition to the regular ca.
fare is made in Cleveland Newark
Columbus. Portland Me-: Toledo
Montreal. Passaic Perth Amhoy. Cam
den. y. j.: Greensboro. n. c.: Pater.
son. Plainfield. Elizabeth and Orange
n. J.
| To Check Stock Sharpers.
That mart of the work of the "a nit a
Issues Committee in guarding the publ,
against the f1otation of fraudulent, high
" questionable and highly speculative
securities was of SUCH usefulness tina
it is proposed to continue the worl
either through this committee o.