New Britain herald., 1919-09-24
IT LAMVZLLE NEVIS ?. A. Y.L. CARS TO
 BE USED IN TOWN Zone System May Also Be Put in
 Effect on This Line NO DEFINITE STATEMENT
Albert J. Conlin, Injured Aviator, Ar f1VeS Back HOme-PIeaSant Party Held in Honor Of Miss Mary Prior
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Th7 "pay-es-you- Ieave' system of collecting fares will be paced in oper- atlon on the trolley cars between here and New Britain as well as in other cities and towns about the state at some time during next month. This was confirmed by Superintendent Frank R. Beardsley at the New Brit s'ln office of the company this morn Ing. In this system of fare collec- tlor' the passenger recei1 es a ticket rom he motorman when he enters lne car, the ticket being punched on the name of the station where the passenger enters the car. When leav- Ing the car the passenger hands the lickeC TO the conductor who com- put2s the charge for the ride basinr nls calculation upon the number of miles between the two stops accord ing to a given scale. The charge per mile has not been announced.
 There is 1umor that the zone systen will also be installed on the local lines. The s3 stem has been tried with more or less success in massachusetts, and Rho 1e Island. Tn New Jersey it was the responsible for the dis?ontinrance of nearly 200 trolley lines.
 A discussion of the zone system va gong on last evening in a more or less public place in this town and a stranger who heard the talk and who claimed to be native of Massa chu- sets entered the argument and de- scribed 1he zone system as fo11ows.
 The passenger pays seven cent up- on the first collection and two or three cents thereafter for every time he looks out of tEe window"
 IT such system is put into opera llon on the trolley lines in this sec ton of the state it is probable that the fare paid for a ride on a trolley car will exceed the fare charged for the same ride on the steam railroads. IT th1s proves to be true it may re- suit in boycott of the trolley com pany's cars to a certain extent As the trolleys run from Plainville to New Britain every fifteen minutes tt IS obvious that patrons will in many cases ride on the electric cars rather than wait fer trains
 The increase of the trolley fare from live to six cents last year raised a storm of indignation in this state and it is practically certain that q new mere: SC and enc or as large a scale as the expected increase, will raise :~ tempest in the teapot" At a point near the Connecticut Company's power trar sfer station between here and New Britain two iron stakes have been erected with line stretched across and it is believed that this marks the point where enc of the new zone lires will be located.
 Albert Conlin Home.
 Albert J. Conlin is spending a fur tough of 30 days at his home on Whit ing street. He was injured in an accident at an aviation field in Wash ington, D. C., several weeks ago, suf- fering a fracture of a small bone in lis back He was removed to. the Walter Reed hospital and has been there since the accident. It was er- roneously reported that Conlin had fallen from an airplane at the height of I ,0O0 feet. Conlin's own story of the accident is that he was making some repairs on a plane for the com officer of the field when the r'achine collapsed, crashing down @pon his body and pinning him to tte ground. He thinks the accident was a fortunate one affirming that if he officer. had made flight in the 'oa chine, it might have collapsed in inid-air. with more serious results Various army officers have assured Conlin that he has good grounds for 2 suit against the company which the defective machine. The company is located in England, However, and ,Conlin says, "I have a swell chance of getting any money out of anyone in England, when I can't get any here.' Conlin served in the aviation corps in Texas for two years