The Washington times., 1919-10-30
l-CENT FARE
BEGINS HERE
ON SATURDAY
Iatrons, However, Escape Bur-
! den Threatened BY Zone Plan
Defeated BY The Times.
n, BILL PRICE.

By BILL fnAIE-
- At 1901 o'clock Saturday morning,
d for at least six months thereaf-
ter. you viii fish down into your
purses, or pockets, for cents to pay
ar street car fares. instead Of the
5 cents You have been paying.
There viii be q wee bit OF satisfse-
tion in the fact that you will not pay
so many transfer charges, inasmuch
as intrs-compsny transfers win be
free, and these have been costing you
kroney. For inter-company transfers
will continue to pay 2 cents as
fore, except at about three points
l. the District.
There should be immense satisfsc-
ton to q large part Of the riding pub
ie that the new fares are not to be
complicated with zone charges. which
would have placsd such a heavy bur-
zen upon close to Is per cent Of the
puiaxiou. Doubtless those OF you
10 would have been imposed upon
Us way viii remember with pleas
that this newspaper. single-hand-
q. led the fight which eliminated in
victory against extra zone charges.
Locked Dark often.
The representatives Of citizens as
|sociafions who fought this before the
Gulisies Commission. will be able to
ell you that il looked dark for the
defeat Of the unjust burden of two
zone charges on washington The
Utilities Commission, itself, insisted
On going into this question most fully
and ali things pointed to a decision
s~k 49, e. sf
tory than the one made.
The victory over zone fares was
one OF the greatest ever achieved by
. Washington newspaper for the
public and its battle now ts further
xIndicated from q new quarter by the
Plea OF the New Jersey railways to be
relieved Of the collection OF zone
fares.
Ths Jersey electric railways, which
moaths ago used their Influence TO
obtain zone collections. have now
n that State with a request that they
a. allowed TO return to the 7-cent
are, with q 1-cent transfer.
vs. very U.vsv.l.r.
IN . statement to the New Jersey
lie utilities board. the counsel for
railways declared "the rome plan
- extremely unpopular with the pub
l,e. and is gsnerally considered to be
. failure. This Is evident from the
storm Of opposition IL has met from
pabfic officials, newspapers, disin-
citnetton on the part OF the public to
rsde. Increase In the number of mt
nsyS, and demands for its discontinu-
oeA~
Aeeerding to the attorney of the
-
nssts the approval OF nobody" and
y . practical failure
ns fines FssxAt Alsae.
In some quarters Of New Jersey.
notsbiy around Camden. the zone rate
caused riots, in which ears were over
eurnsd and street car tracks torn up.
Yet proposed zone fare In Wash
mgtoa met only the stout opoosftfon
- one newspaper-The Times-and
ca the other hand. was favored In in.
ruenttai quarters
On the two street car system. Of
Warrington you viii be slSle to buy
rom conductors. beginning at mid
niSht tomorrow night, four tickets
HW % cents. or IL you do not wish
70 buy tickets. you can pay 7 cent.
e.h By December 1. the companies.
,, nn the permission of the Public
ouiities Commission. will sell metal
oo.ens instead Of paper tickets, these
eeAens 10 be good In the cash boxes
"nien the two lines are operating.
rrs,sfeP On Transfer.
TO avoid excessive rates of fare q,
esrons OF street railway lines thar
40 not run cars into the heart of the
y, the companies have suxgested
ne issuance OF transfers on an inter-
speny transfer and reverse at the
loIlowfng points:
from henflworth ana washinxton-
inferuroan lines, free transfers FOOD
AZ rifteenth and II streets nortbea st
sntitlns patrons to purchase 2-cent
masters north or south. at Eighth
~no n strees northeast and reverse
from the Georgetown and TenIey-
town line, free identincation checks
good At Wisconsin avenue and q
street. entiling patrons TO purchase
-cent transfers north at Fourteenth
sases horthwest; also the re-
se. with the free transfer us.rul
Wisconsin avenue and p strset 90
west on the Georgetown ana Ten-
town line
Patrons from the steel plant will
free Identification checks AZ po-,-
street and Nichols avenue goHs
purchase Of 2-cent transfers on
Capital Traction cars at sth ara
treets southeast. and reverse.
Hoping for . Merger.
svery member of the Public Utu,-
Commission is hopeful that
hfn the next six months Congress.
the railway companies will have
zen steps TO bring about a merger
the two systems, which would
he. for better conditions and lower
fares generally.
II DOLLS HOSPITAL