New-York tribune., 1921-01-29
Long and Staten
Island Railway
Fares Increased
Increase of 20 Per Cent
Will Become Effective on
Milk Rates; Also When
the Injunction Is Vacated
State and City to Appeal
Communication, School and
Family Tickets Excepted
From General Revision

from General Revision
An increase Of 20 per cent in passen-
ger and milk Transportation rates be
came effective at 1901 o'clock this
morning on the Long Island and the
Staten Island Rapid Transit railroads.
Announcement Of the increases was
made yesterday by both roads after the
Appellate Division of the Supreme
Court in Brooklyn had vacated the
temporary injunction recently granted
by Justice Benedict. Of the Supreme
Court, which restrained those road
from inaugurating increases permitted
by the Interstate Commerce Commits
sion several months ago.
The new schedules apply to all pas
senger fares except the sixty-trip COM
mutation tickets, the forty-fve trip
school tickets and the fifty-trip fam
lily tickets and to all one-way and
round-trip tickets and local electric
fares on the Atlantic Avenue. Brook
lyn, line.
/ f> xtlgnC 10 Appeal GRANTED
Justice A. H. jerks yesterday grant
ed permission to the state, the City
of New York and the Queens Borough
Chamber Of Commerce to carry the
fight to the Court of Appeals. but re-
fused to grant stay pending the de-
cision of such an appeal. The Ap-
pellate Division held that the State
Supreme Court, from which the in
junction was issued, had no jursidic-
ton in the case.
When permission to increase rates
was given by the Interstate Commerce
Commission several months ago q
fight was begun in the Supreme Court
on the ground that the Long Island
and Staten Island rapid transit rail-
roads were entirely within New York
State, and consequently not under the
| juri sdictioD of the Interstate Com
mcrce Commission.
Public Service Commissioner Alfred
NJ. Barrett announced yesterday that
the case would be taken at once to the
Court of Appeals at Albany.
When the decision of the Interstate
Commerce Commission on the appeal of
the New York Central and other rail
roads from the decision of the New
York State Commission forbidding. an
increase was announced last November,
Commissioner Barrett took prompt
steps to appeal.
Terence Farley, chief counsel to the
commission, consulated with the Attor-
ney Generals Office and motion was
made in the United States District Court
] for stay. This will be argued on Feb
ruary 10. At the same time the applica-
tion was made to Justice Benedict for
an injunction to prevent the Long ISL
and Railroad from exacting the 20 per
cent increase on the ground that it
would be a violation of the laws Of the
State Of New York.
The action against the increase was
started by f. C. Griffin. Deputy Attorney
Corporation Counsel, obtained perms-
sion for the city to intervene against
the railroads. Similar permission was
granted to the Queens Borough CEam-
Der Of Commerce.
Counsel for the Long Island Railroad
contended that Congress acted within
its rights in giving to the Interstate
Commerce Commission the right to fix
rates for intrastate railroads, as we'll
as for interstate roads. The justit es
were told that the Long Island Railroad
! least by the end of the year unless
tn, Increased rates were permitted.
Long Island Issues Statement
I The Long Island Railroad Company
/ issued the following statement yester-
day:
"The Appellate Division of the New
York Supreme Court, Second Division,
vacated the injunction to restrain the
Long Island Railroad from increasing
its rates for passengers, milk and
cream, excess baggage, ETC., which were
ordered by the Interstate Commerce
Commission on November 13, 1920.
"Thc Long Island Railroad announces
THAI the new fares will become effective
at 1901 a. m. Saturday, January 20,
and will apply to all passenger fares
excepting the sixty-trip commutat ton
tickets, the forty -fivetrip school tickets
and the fif.y-trip family tickets
"The increase will apply to all one
way and round-trip tickets and local
electric fares on Atlantic Avenue,
Brooklyn"
| On behalf of the Slater Island Rapid
Transit Railway Company, Robert II.
Nelson announced that the fares
would be put into effect Immediately.
In arguing the case, Alfred A. Gard
ner, counsel for the Long Island Rail
rond Company, contended that the or
der of che Interstate Commerce Com
mission is not open to direct attack in
the state courts.
Many Tribune READERS have been brne-
atnd by reading Tribune Want Advs. Con-
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