East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1920-01-29
LINES WILL
ASK STILL HIGHER
FARES DURING 1920
In Poll of So Cities, Only 10
Are Charged Same Rates and
in IL of These Steps are Be-
ing Taken for Advance.

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NOW YORK. Jan. Nineteen
land twenty is destined TO Witness re-
newed efforts on the part OF officials
OF electric railway systems throughout
the United states to obtain authority
to charge stil higher fares than We're
lgranted the public service corpora
tions in 1919 and 1918.
In "a poll OF 90 cities taken by the
4 United Press, reports showed that in
only twelve cities fares have not been
raised, while in the other Al mceras-
os of from n fraction of cent to or
3 cents have been granted.
In eleven Of the twelve cities where
the cost of n car ride remains the |
samo. however. either definite steps
have already been taken looking to-
ward n revision of the fare in favor of
the operating companies, or advertis- |
Ing campaigns are being put on to pre- |
pare the public mind for a later de- |
Nand In only one citv has there !
been an actual downward revision OF
| the fare.
l Costs Soaring.
n INCREASED cost of labor. steel cop
H per. wire and the hundred and one
other kinds OF materials necessary to
the operation of an electric line has
II teen the one outstanding reason ad-
\ for more money. The old nickel that
\ used to be enough to pay all expenses
4 and then produce a respectable profit
4 now pays only about . l. 2or cents
4 toward the upkeep and operation of
a tho roads. officials argue.
5ll IN several cities notably New York,
a municipal 80 llges have been put i'm
Il loreraticn. .bstitnting for various car
a routes New YorH's riding public has
q several moaths been bombarded with
5llpropasanda for an advance in fare on
al surface, elevated and subway lines
II The fare has remained at cents,
III However. although two or three COM
Il lBenies suspended transfer privileges
81 land ceased to operate cars on a few
a iinss.
ain Increases withdrawn. ....
jlI In Chicago the state public utilities
al commission granted the surface and
81 elevated lines authority to raise their
Al fares from cents to seven and eight
=il cents respectively. Recently, howev-
al er. when examination showed the com
al panies prospered too greatly on the
jl advanced rates, the increases We're
ri withdrawn and now the cars may be
jl ridden in the lake metropolis for six
81 cents.
All Fares in cities which have not seen
al higher transportation are: Dallas,
III Tex, 80 rides for dollar: Des Moines
j Iowa, cents; st. Paul. Mimi, cents:
al San Francisco, Cal. cents; Los An
Il geles. cal, cents; Columbus, o. eight
4 rides for 25 cents: Cleveland, o., six
II tickets for rs cents with cent extra
81 for transfers: Buffalo, n. Y, cents;
ji New York 5 cents: Philadelphia, Pa.
n 5 cents with accent exchange tickets
= and free transfers; Nashville. Tenn,
III 3 cents. and Rochester. n. y. cents.
FL Present Fares High
81 Present fares in cities whose cleo
II trio lines have been given higher fares
n are:
9l Chicago ILL.,, 6 cents.
I'll Kansas City. Kan, cents.
jll Madison, Wis, c cents.
81 Wasau, wis, cents.
all indianapolis, Ind, cents twas SIX
81 tickets for 25 cents.)
jll Lincoln, Neb., cents.
ali Denver. Colo, G cents.
all stockton. Cal. cents.
Eli Portland Ore, cents.
jiI Cincinnati o., cents.
ali Springfield, Ill, cents.
Eli Kansas City. Mo. s cents
III Lacrosse, wis, cents.
ali Janesville, wis. G cents
jlj Milwaukee, Wis, cents.
an San Jose, Cal, 6 cents
all Fresno, Cal, cents
]ll st. Louis, Mo, cents.
I'll Toledo, o. 6 cents.
all Syracuse, ". Y, cents.
jI Atlanta, Ga, 6 cents.
Eli Washington. D. C., cents
]ll Boston, Mass. 10 cents.
jl Pittsburgh, Pa. 10 cents.
Eli Albany, N. r., cents.
5l Richmond, Va, cents (was tick
II cts for 25 cents)
jll Birmingham, Ala, cents.
]lI Harrisburg Pa, cents.
BIZ Hartford, New Haven, Stanford. New
Eli Britain, bridgeport Conn, cents 1ni-
81 tiaI fare under zone system.
jIl Jersey City, Newark, Hoboken, Cam
81 den Trenton and Bayonne, n. ]. pay