Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-11-16
HARTz APPRAISAL T..
~0F.P::R.E. SCORED
Business Mems Body Says Fare
Rise Has Benefited En-
ployes, Not Public
NEW LAWS" TO BE ASKED

More direct control Of the L. Il. r.
o.. by tho Public Service Commission
and City Council will be advocated be
fore the next Legislature.
NThis was annDunccrl today on be
half of the Clivcdcn Improvement Asso-
citation and the United business Men :
Association by e. Oscar Boasley. COun
sci for those associations.
In n statement issued today members
of both associations declared there iS
danger to the public in the fastening of
the appraisal VI tho L. K. r. lines now
Under way.
The recent fare increase granted the
company. they say. benefits the company
stockhoIdcrs. the underlying employees
and the trQlleymen. but the public de-
rive no added benefits.
the statement follows:
1.-The transit situation SO far aS the
iqSercst of the public. is concerned is now
probably in the most critical condition
il has ever been in Tho public is vitally
concerned with moro rars and extern
sions. One of the main arguments used
ip, the recent drive Cor higher fare was
that the higher fare would enable the
public to get increased facilities.
No Improvement Found
r"Rnt nov that an increased fare has
been granted, giving til" operating com
pany apparently inCrraaCd gross revenue
" $1,000. 900 per annum. the. Mayor
hng ~ ,annoupcrd after attending Il meet
ing of the L. X. I. board. that MIR.
MittPn was standing where he had stood
before, unable to make amy expenditure
for extensions.
I'm other words the increased fare
Ia,
men from ST. IL 10 $500 a day. and
will pay the +. r. r. cos dividend Of
5 per cent, and pay the rentals. The
public. in the meantime. remain where
they were except thnt they pay in
creased fare. The Mayor has cor
reCtly stated that the availability OF
the underlying companies to help on
any of these lin"s--rxtCnsionS anG
improvements in service depends on tho
rPsult of the valuation which has beer
undertaken by the city in conjunction
with the company. | am anxious t,
hasten the valuation I'm order that thC
number Of disputed questions. the per
mancnt rate of fare the justice Of thu
rentals of tho underlying companies, for
instance. may be determined.
Meanwhile. it also = announced thn
the valuation is to be FASTENED. an,
the hope is expressed that it will b.
finally ended by December II. Th
Cliveden Association and the United
Business Mems Association. nS repre-
senting the public apart from the cit.
as Il corporate entity. prtltiunrd tn
Public Service Commission for luuv
to intervene in sic valuation now go
ing on.
Objects to Smyth's Stand
''To this petition for intervention tn
city objected. aud in an answer sign"
by City Solicitor Sfnyth he says tina
he objects to being hamperrd il an
way in tn" full control of tine cas"" "Whic
the city is presenting in tn" said valua
ton proceeding.
"llyc commission announced L In
refused our petition for intcrvcntio
solely because the city objoctcd RI
unfortunate part of this situation
that the valuation proceedings. whic
were already being carried on by III
commission on the petition Of the Give
den and the United business Mems As
socintions at thr time the rity put in II
special petition for the present v0iuatiu
was stopped by tn" supcrScd"as order
the Superior Court, and now. by Il
special objection Of the city. We al
cut off from now going on as Il part
to the present proceeding by the obicc
tion of the CitVa