Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1921-04-15

The commission also ordered the street
railway company and the interurban
companies to bring before it within, tho
next thirty days all matters pertaining
to the carrying out of plans for the rem
edying Of the inadequacy Of freight ter
minals in the city Of Indianapolis.
ESTIMATE Is PER CENT
OF FARES WILL BE CASH.
The increase IN fares is slight, mas
much as the order provides for a ticket
fare Of cents. which is the same as the
present cash fare. Officials of the COM
pany estimate that only 10 per cent of
the passengers will pay cash and the
remainder will buy tickets and travel at
the present rate. The company was rely
ing for relief largely on an increased
transfer charge, which was temporarily
denied.
The order Of the majority Of the com
mission states that It has found an emer-
gency exists and that the company Is
confronted with raising additional funds
to the extent of approximately S214, 939 10.
The commissioners state they had hoped
to continue to maintain the basic rate of
3 cents but that they found this to be i'm
possible. They also suggest that the
city take some action toward curbing the
inroads of jitney buses on street car pas
sengers.
In this connection they state;
SHOWS STEPS IN
REACHING DECISION.
In efforts to retain a Scent basic fare
for Indianapolis riders, the commission
has given analytical consideration to va
rious possibilities Of raising revenue
through other sources than change in the
basic cash fare. 1t has analysed the
night traffic and found that there are
periods of the twenty four hours in which
the traffic is not self-sustaining. It has
likewise analysed, as hereinbefore set
forth, the jitney competition and also
the skip-stOp.
1T finds that the elimination Of the
Jitney would materially contribute to
the solution Of the present traction prob
lem and probably makes possible per-
manent continuance of the Scent basic
fare. However, there does not lie within
IT to eliminate this competition which, .
serving the few, menaces low fares fo16:
the many This is matteS-th that EetN
within the police powers of the IocaI%
community. As hereinbefore suggested it
should be carefully considered by local
authorities
THE analysis Of effects Of the skip
stop also has been set forth in detail Its
introduction, however, would not alone
make possible the continuance of the
basic 3 cent fare.
THE commission, likewise, has ana
lyzed the traffic Of the street railway
and has found that certain night traffic
is conducted at an operating loss that
must be borne by the traffic within the
other hours"
MATTER OF LUXURY
FARE GONE INTO.
The commissioners state that they con-
sidered carefully the levying of a Tux
ury fare" on persons who use the street
cars at night intent on pleasure or recre-
alton. They state, however, that analysis
failed to show that the possible relief
from this source would be more than
$4,000
This being the case. the commissioners
state, It was impossible to prevent an
increase in the basic fare, but they
point out that the burden viii not be
on the persons who use the cars
regularly but on transient riders.
The order then takes up the conten-
ton of the car company officials that
only Is per cent Of the riders win pay
cash fares and that this will increase
revenues only about S144, 600.
In this connection the order says:
"The commission has found itself us, =
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