The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1919-08-02

demand made upon II for the full oper-
alton and expansion Of its facilities IL
Is reasonable and just that il should be
permitted e. this tine to charge in each
OF the Cities of Gary Hammond and
East Chicago d straight fare OF six
cents per passenger with additional
charge of three cents for a transfer
privileges upon its own lines. excepting
that such six cent fare should not
transport passenger in the City Of
Gary on Ninth Avenue west of Engle
wood Avenue and on Fifth Avenue west
Of Clark Road or in the city OF Ham
mond on Summer Street east OF Ken
nedy Avenue or in the city of East
Chicago on Cline Avenue south OF the
Cudahy Packing Company's plant. and
that IL should be permitted 70 charge
a fare Of eight cents per passenger for
each passenger transported over any
portion of its lines on Summer Street
between Enslewood Avenue in the city
Of Gary and kennedy Avenue in the
City OF Hammond and over any portion
of its lines west Of Clark Road on Fifth
Avenue and Cline Avenue in the city
of Gary and south Of the Cudahy Pack
ing Company's plant on Cline Avenue
in the City OF East Chicago. and that
the rate of i've cents per passenger in
each Of said sites now received by your
petitioner Is under all circumstances un-
reasonable. unjust and not compensa-
tory; or that in lieu of the above Of
the above described eight cent zone ly-
ing within the cities OF Gary and Ham
mond and Gary and East Chicago and
the fare OF eight cents which your pc
titioner asks permission to charge
therein. your petitioner be permitted
10 charge zoe or &c per mile or frac-
ton thereof for each passenger trans
ported by It upon its lines between the
cities Of Gary and Hammond and East
Chicago with permission TO sell tick
cts as may be necessary or desirable to
ensure TO it the payment OF zoe or &c
per mile or fraction thereof by each
passenger transported by il between
said cities. and to file appropriate tar
MS Of such rates and tickets with this
Commission.
WHEREFORE your petitioner prays
that the Public Service Commission is
sue its orders granting the Gary street
Railway Company an increase in its
rates OF fare and permitting it to
charge a six cent fare. with three cents
additional for transfer privileges upon
its connecting lines for each pass-ng-
Ell transported upon it's lines in either
OF the Cities of Gary. Hammond and
East Chicago. excepting that such six
cent fare shall not transport a passeng-
er from any point in the City or Gary
to any point on Ninth Avenue wes- OF
Englewood Avenue in said City Of Gary
or on Fifth Avenue west of Clark Road
and on Cline Avenue north of Fifth
point in the City Of Hammond TO any
point on Summer Street east OF KEN
needy Avenue In said City of Ham.r,us
or from any point in the city Of East
Chicago to any point on Cline Avenue
south of the Cudahy Packing Compa-
ny's plant in said CITY Of East Chicago.
and permitting II 10 charge a fare OF
eight cents for each passenger carried
by it between points on its lines on
Ninth Avenr west of Englewood Ave-
nue. In the city of Gary and on sum
mer Street east of Kennedy Avenue in
the City OF Hammond and between
points on its lines on Fifth Avenue and
on Cline Avenue west of Clark Road
in the City Of Gary and on Cline Ave-
nue. south OF the Cudahy Packing Com
panys plant in the city Of East Chi
oago. thereby establishing a zone sys-
tenn for it's rates of fare for passeng-
ers travelling between the City OF Gary
and the City OF Hammond and between
the City OF Gary and the City Of East
Chicago.
That IL the Comm IS of the
opinion that it il undesirable TO estab-
lish such zone fare system between the
cites OF Gary and Hammond and Gary
and East Chicago outlined in this
petition. then your petitioner asks that
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