The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1922-01-16
TROLLEY 60.
 TO CUT FARE
 ON MARCH l

Confirming dispatches regarding new car fare schedules, effective over
 all the lines of the Connecticut com
 pany. March 1, Manager J. B. Potter
 of the Bridgeport division also gave
 out the pleasing information that ! looping the loop will also be out of
 date locally. The Barnum State
 street; North Bridgeport-South Main
 street; and Seaview-Stratfield lines; ] have been hooked up of yore for i several weeks. Yesterday the old or 1 der of affairs was put into effect on 1 the BrOOklawn Oak street line. This 1 leaves the Beardsley Park and South i Park avenue lines still looping, in
 The Fairfield and Norwalk cars turn
 back, as do the North Main street l cars.
 l The five cent fare in Bridgeport and i Norwalk has been failure for two l out of three elements. It has been a 1 failure as far as revenue to the Con necucut company was concerned. It has been failure far as many local and surburban riders were con- cesned, who had to pay as much or more as under the old system. It has been a success from the stand point of the comparative few who really enjoy a five cent ride.
 Locally the old fare and transfer privileges, with car routingS, will years previous to the late f1uctuating of car fares. The flat fare of 10 cents will return. But tickets or tokens, similar to those in use in Baltimore, will be sold, three for a quarter. This will mean to the majority of riders that old 70 cent zones and transfer privileges will be effective with fare of eight and one-third cents.
 General satisfaction 1t is believed will be satisfied with this arrange ment until other operating expenses, 1 notably the cost of coal, takes a mark | ed drop. This is expected during the | fenT inc -IIT1 aI- further drop in fares before another l year. I've have got to stick to old ac- 1 cepted arrangements, and lower fares l gradually, the same as the price on ] sugar and butter gradually came back | to normal. We may reach the old 1 mark some day, but it cannot come ! of the situation by Potter this morn | ing. : The Hartford dispatch explains the l new fare rates, and system of collec- l tion.
 Hartford, Jan. 16-Fares on all 1 lines of the Connecticut Go. will be 1 reduced 16 per cent March 1 through 1 the sale of three tokens for 25 cents. 1 This reduction will recognize the diff l ference between the casual rider, who l will pay 10 cents, as at present, and 1 the regular patron, who will use the | lower rate token.
 Tokens will be sold by all conduc- tors or may be bought at the com | pany offices and agencies at twelve for | $1. A token. or 10 cents, will be ac- cepted in payment for one fare with l in any of the present fiat fare area, | with all transfer privileges, as at present. | yesterday by Nathaniel J. Scott, man. 1 ager of the Hartford Division, fol- | lowing advice5 from LuciuS $. Storrs, l president of the Connecticut Co. Mir l Scott said the reduction would be | good news for the company's patrons. |
 Conductors told of the coming | change intimated that it would mean | less trouble to them, as it would save | the trouble of making change.
 What Storrs said.
 Following is the statement sent by | President StorrS:-
 At a meeting of the directors Of l +he Connecticut Co.,, held on January 1 :, it was decided to announce a re- l duction in the rates of fares. This had 1 in November, that if conditions dur | ing the winter were favorable, such | action would be taken.
 Due to the present industrial de- r.resSior, the revenues are less than last year at this time, but by reason 1 of an per cent. reduction in rates of wage and decreased in the cost | of coal and other materials, the ex- penses are slightly less than last year, still more than twice as much | as in pre-war years.
 Tt may be that reductions from | the present rate of fare will induce an increased use of the cars and thus | offset to a certain extent, the reduc- ton in revenue accompanying a low CT rate of fare.
 Effective on All Lines.
 "On March 1 a reduction of 16 per cent. will be made effective on all lines through the sale of three tokens for 25 cents. A ticket, or 10 cents, will be accepted in payment for one fare within any of the present fiat fare areas, with all transfer privileges as at present. These tokens will be sold by all conductors at three for a quarter, or may be purchased at the | company offices and agencies at twelve for S1.
 This method of reduction recog- II nizes the difference between the cas- ual rider, who will pay 10 cents, and the regular patrons who will, of II