The Cordova daily times., 1922-03-15

| pre-War level for several years at least, and higher earnings must be maintained accordingly, J. w. Nc Cardle chairman of the Indiana Pub l lie Service Commission, declared to- day. He was addressing representa- tives of 800 companies at the mid year meeting of the American Elec- tric Railway Association.
 MT. McCardle also strongly assailed issuance of tax free securities and pointed out that electric railways now must pay much more for their money than ever before.
 Continuous advertising of the pub lie utility situation through news papers and other mediums was in- dorsed by MT. McCardle.
 "There is reliable authority for be- lieving that the new price level-one that will be sustained for many years will be very much higher than the pre-war price level" he said. "There is some authority for believing that it wal be fifty per cent higher than the pre-war price level
 "Whether it is fifty per cent or forty per cent or thirty per cent higher than the pre-war price level regula- tory bodies may use average unit prices as the new level is found to be higher than the old
 How trackless transportation - either bus, truck or trackless car riers run on trolley Wires-may be co-ordinated with regular electric rail- way service will be discussed thor oughly by the association here. Rep resentatives of more than eight hun dred electric railways will participate.
 This is the first time in the his tory of the Electric Railway Assoca- tion that the question of trackless transportation has been made major subject on the program of it's an- nual meetings.
 "The field of mass transportation doubtless will continue to be left largely to electric railway operation" said Robert L. Todd, president of the association. Nevertheless, we should determine how far the bus can be successfully employed as feeder to electric lines, to supplement rush. hour service and to act in other ways as an auxiliary to the fundamental rail system.
 ''It should be plain that the asso- citation believes that one co-ordinated transportation system should have charge of the traffic in each commun- ity and should be free to develop the physical agencies best suited for the service desired. The irresponsible and piratical jitney certainly has no place in such progressive plan."
 Investigation of transportation methods in London and other foreign cities where buses are in operation in conjunction with electric cars proves the motor bus cannot sup plant street railway systems in the larger cities, c. D. Emmons, presi- dent of the United Railways & Elec- tric Company of Baltimore, declared.
 MT. Emmons, who uses both motor buses and electric cars on h&s Balti-
 
 an extended European trip.
 Other conclusions reached by MT. Emmons as a result of his trip were as follows:
 Satisfactory transportation sys- tems at minimum cost can be ob- tained by American cities only by placing the control of all city trans portation agencies in the hands of one management
 English transportation systems, with the exception of the London Underground and London General Omnibus Company, are very much out of date.
 "Citizens of London, Birming- ham, Liverpool, Glasgow and Edin- burgh think that there should be only one transportation system in each city, whether operated by private company or the municipality itself.
 "One of the outstanding facts de-  ve1oped by MT. Emmon's investiga- tion was that all local transportation in London is operated under the zone system and that each ride costs, in American money, from three to forty eight cents. Collection of fares under the zone system, he said causes long delays. He also found that owing to congested population about three times the number of people are l.. xNoS l.. o