New Britain herald., 1920-03-02
At Least Income Will Have to Be
 Considerably Greater
REMINGTON MAKES PROTEST
Deficit of $177,11O.O2 in That Time. Despite Greatly Increased Revenues, President StorrS RepOrts-SeryiCc Being Used More NOW.

Hartford, March 2.-Thc Connecti- cut Co., had a deficit of S177,11O.O2 in the first three months of operation under the zone system, despite greatly increased revenues, 1t was said at the final hearing on the zone system be- fore the public utilities commission in the capitol today. Greatly increased costs of operation were responsible for this condition, according to President LuciuS $. StOrrS who said that a state ment on the situation would be issued by the company shortly. He and Wal ter J. FIickinger, his assistant, eX- pressed the belief that under the six cent system the loss would have been much greater.
 Income is Necessary.
 In every month since the establish ment of the zone system on November of last year the company's gross revenue has shown an increase over corresponding months of the preced- ing year. The past month has been Q banner month so far as gross receipts have been concerned, but the graet eN pense of keeping the lines open dur ing the series of storms that has swept Connecticut has eaten into this in creased revenue and in some cases more than nullified it.
 More People Riding.
 During November the first month of the zone system, the deficit of the company reached $S2.999.31. In De- cember the deficit was only $11O.71, because of the great volume of holi- day season riding. The January defi- cit was 4,00O. From February 1 to 26 the volume of riding was 20.4 per cent. greater than during the same period in 1919 but no figures as to net revenue Were available. The volume of riding during the period, February to 26 of this year, was 25.5 greater than during the same period in 1919.
 Hartford, March 2.-Oral argu- ments summing up the statements of the Connecticut Co. and of the towns protesting against the zone system were heard by the public utilities com mmission in the capitol today. The commission set a limit of , minutes to each of the arguments of the at torneys With Harry M. Burke. Man chester commuters counsel, getting half an hour, and Joseph F. Berry, company's attorney, limited to one hour.
 Corporation Counsel Dryhurst of Meriden claimed the Connecticut Co had failed to treat patrons of it's lines anke. lie Sa1d the com panNS stand in the six-cent fare was directly op- posite to that now taken. He quoted from the company's brief to the effect that there was no delay in boarding the cars. and answered it with the statement that there was delay day and night in every city in boarding cars.
 The claim that the company in suited the commission and the peti- tioners in it's brief, was made by MT. Dryhurst. The particular part in the brief complained of was that in which the statements of the vice. president of the Manchester commit ters' association were a ''dream.'
 R. l.. Gideon, appearing for New ington, in place of Judge Joseph P. Futile. asserted that the arbitrary raise" from six to ten cents in the rate between Hartford and Newing- ton was ineQuitable.
 Judge N. C. Downs. representing Stamford. asked that an impression the Connecticut Co. brief had given, that the whole population of Stam- ford was not against the zone system be corrected. He asserted ''glaring instances of jacked-up fares" He claimed the company had taken care of some industries and had ignored others.
 Judge Alexander -Arnott. counsel for the town of Manch ester, declared that the company did not play fair, with the commission in putting the zone system in operation without put ting the matter of increased fares be- fore it.