Evening star., 1921-06-12
|. &C. AUTHORIZES
VIVA. FARE RAISE
Flat Rate of 3 Cents a Mile
May Be Charged Instead
of rs Cents.
TRIP BOOKS TO COST MORE
Higher Cash Payment to Terminal
Here Unjustifed-Road Found
to Be Overcapitaized.

Increased fares on the lines of the
washington-Virginia Railway Com
pany were authorized last night by
the Interstate Commerce Commission.
The commission ordered the rail-
way company to withdraw. on or be-
fore July IL. present schedules pro-
viding increased fares on the COM
pany's lines. 1t also authorized the
company to file, in compliance with
a report issued concurrently with the
order. new schedules on not less than
five days notice to the commission
and to the public, providing increases
in the fare rate and changes in the
communication rates as outlined in the
commissions report.
The company may Immediately with
draw the proposed schedules, now
under suspension, and may immediate.
ly hle supplementary schedules with
increases in compliance with the find-
ings OF the commission. Fares con-
tanned In the new schedules would be
effective soon after filing.
Under Suspension Since February IL.
The proposed schedules have been
under suspension by the commission
since February 13. They asked for an
Increase in the nat fare on the lfhe Of
the company from IS cents 4 mile to
cents a mile; an increase Of about
25 per cent in the cost of the fifty-
tvo-trip Communication book; discon-
tinuance of the twenty -five-trip fam
lily ticket. and an increase of one cent
in the cash fare added to the ticket
rare, from Rosslyn. Va. to the 18th
street terminal of the company.
The commission, in its report made
public last night found that the pro
posed interstate single fares. which
approximate cents a mile. have been
justified; that the proposed fifty-two-
trip Communication fares, including
communication fares from points on the
Falls Church division to Rosslyn.
when used as part Of the interstate
fares to 18th street. have been justi-
fed, except that from Clarendon the
fifty-two-trip interstate rate to Ross
lyn should not exceed $s.22.
Regarding the proposed discon-
tinuance of the twenty-five trip family
ticket, on which attorneys for the
railway company placed emphasis at
hearings before the commission, the
commission held that the discontinu-
ance of the ticket was not justified
by the evidence. but that the ticket
should be continued at not to exceed
70 per cent of the single fare and
may be limited to use by i've mem
bers Of a family for two months.
under conditions similar to those now
existing in the use of the ticket.
The commission found that the
proposed increase from S to 6 cents
in the cash fare charged in addition
to the Rosslyn transportation coupon
for transportatiaa2 to the 18th street
terminal of the nmpany from points
on the Falls C,.ssch division has not
been justified.
The report was made by Commits
sioners fB. H. Meyer, c. c. Mcchord
and C B. Aitchison.
Road Overeapitali.eA.
The record rs a whole plainly in
dicates that the road is greatly over
capitalized" tho report said. "and
affords no tangible basis on which
alone to determine what should be
the measure Of reasonable system
Of charges on . basis Of the fair value
Of the property devoted to the public
use"
Total outstanding stocks and bonds
of the company are $7.4s2.o0o. the
report said. adding that the consult
ing engineering company now oper-
atinE the road claimed a fair yalue
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