Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-11-19
ONE CENT PERzONE
RAISE FOR v. R. {.
Provisional Increase Granted
by ]. c. c. in Fare Rate on
Maryland Lines.

The Interstate Commerce Commits
sion today granted the Washington
Railway and Electric Company and its
subsidiary companies. the Washing
ton and Rockville Railway Company.
the City and Suburban Company and
the Washington Interurban Company
fiat increase in cash fare of cSM
per zone per passenger in Maryland,
a. asked for by the company M a pc
tition sent to the commiffon three
weeks ago. The new fare3 are efrec-
tive December /, 1919.
Proviso in ordJr.
The oider-of the corfnission pro-
vided. b6wever. thai such increased
faresand charges be limited to expire
Nay l, 1927, and that tariff provision
bY made by the company SO that on
Yhd after May l. 1920. fares not in ex-
Cess of those in effect November 30.
1919, applicable. to interstate trafflc
shall automatically become effective.
The commission also ordered that the
company shall file tariffs with the
commission containing n rule making
the increased Interstate fares appli-
cable from and to all points in the
District of Columbia on the lines of
the Washington Railway and Electric
Company, including the transfer priv
ilege.
Oficers of the company stated i,
their petition and in the course OF a
hearing before the fifteenth section
board of the commission that the solo
object of their petition was to in
crease monthly communication rates in
Maryland to include the increases
granted by the order Of the Public.
Utilities Commission of the District
raising cash fare in the District to
cents.
Bates Of Fare Fixed.
The order fixes until May L 1870. u
rate of fare of IA cents one way be-
tween Cabin John Bridge. Md. and
Washington, or one District car ticket
and cents cash and raises the price
of Communication books between the
two points mentioned to s4.71. Be
tween Washington and Riverdale.
burban railway the same cash far@
will be applicable and Communication.
books Will cost the same. Commute
ton books, containing .twenty-siN
trip tickets. will be sold at Berwyu
for 1914; to Beltsville, for s7.25: 10
Contee, for $3.50. and to Laurel, for
S9.15. An increase of one cent per
zone per passenger on this line is
granted, as on the lines of the other
roads named in the petition.
communication, UOOhS On INC WASH
ington and Rockville. Company be
tween Washington and Alta Vista
Nd, will be sold for 81 46; to switch
No. 4, for $5.6S, to Montrose for $3.50.
and to Rockville for SSH. The same,
cash fare increases are granted on
the Forest Glen line per zone as are-al-
lowed on the other Maryland lines of
the company. Monthly Communication
books of twenty-six round-trip tick
cts will be sold to Forest Glen for
s4.71. Monthly Communication books on
the line of the Washington Interurban
Railway Company to East Riverdale
will be sold at SAT-. and to East Ber-
wyn at S6.14. Transfers will be issued
at 18th and H streets northeast, for
all lines of the company to passengers
coming into the city.
Files New Tariffs in Maryland.
New tariffs in Maryland. amending
the order of the commission today.
have been filed with the public utili-
ties commission of Maryland by the
company.