The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1921-08-01
WIRE. MAY
DR0PLINES
T0SUbURbS
High Officials View This as
Only Means of Keeping
System Running.

Dropping off some Of the suburb
an lines controlled by the Washing
ton Railway and Electric Company
will be the result of the action Of
! the Public Utilities Commission in
reducing the rates of fare and cleo
trio light. 1t is known that some
of the high officials Of the company
view this as the only method Of being
able to keep the entire system on a
working basis.
Deficit Of $4O0, 1000.
The Georgetown and Tenallytown
line of the Washington Railway and
Electric Company is now said to have
an accumulated deficit of more than
100000. This line was taken over by
, the Washington Railway and Electric
Company In the hopes that 1t would be
feeder to its Georgetown and East
Capitol street line. With the order of
! the Public Utilities Commission some
time ago. ordering the interchange of
transfers. the line in reality became
! a feeder for the opposition company,
the Capital Traction Company.
This is one of the lines which the
company probably would drop.
District Line Cars.
Another line probably will be that
which runs from Fifteenth and II
streets to the District line. This line,
II is said, will shortly cost the railway
Company several hundred thousand
dollars. because the District commits
sfoners are going to raise the grade of
\the street and the street car tracks
Yill have to be raised to the District
ne, 1t Is said, to meet the require
ents of the law.
One of the directors Of the Wash
gton Railway and Electric Company
i'd today that IL the decision of the
bmmission was with q view of COM
Hing a merger that they were suf-
lny under a great mistake. for the
ion taken Saturday in lowering the
ties will do more to prevent an imme-
ate merger than anything else the
bmmission could do.
The oBard of Directors of the rail-
ay company will not meet until
|e third Wednesday in August and
is believed that no definite action
III be taken by the company until
ter the new situation has been gone
YER by the directors. The executive
ommittee of the company however,
Will meet before the directors and
he line which the company probably
will pursue may be determined at
hat meeting.
Calls Action Blunder.
One of the officials of the com
pany toady said that the action of
the Public Utilities Commission in
fixing the fair value of the Potomac
Electric Power Company at 10 per
cent below cost of reproduction was
a blunder that was necessary to
cover up and that the chairman of
the Commission has steadfastly re-
fused TO consider the changing of
| that valuation. His action led to
the present controversy which is in
the District Courts.
Colonel Kutz, he said, has tak,n a
very deep interest in the public util-
tiles in Washington and on one could
say that all his decisions were not
the result of honest opinion. Cononel
kutZ, even while in France, he said.
showed an interest in public utilities
problems in Washington and on at
least one occasion wrote fromer Com
missioner Borwnlow regarding a situa-
ton that existed here.
Commissioner Oyster, who dissent
ed from the dicision of Commission
ers Rudolph and Kutz. the other
members of the commission. has been
I receiving many letters praising his
plan as the only fair plan that has
been put forth. The commissioner
said today that while he was not
going to carry on a quarrel with the
ether members of the commission
that he still believed that his plan
was the best, but that the majority
ruled in the decision announced Sat
urday.