The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1922-02-28
CARFARERATE
CUT TO.6 RIDES
FOR CENTS
Cash Fares Continued at
8 Cents by Order of
Commission.
CHANGES TO TAKE
EFFECT TOMORROW
One-Man Cars Declared
Both Safe and Eco
nOmical.

Beginning tomorrow morning
street railway companies In the
District will sell street car tokens
at for 40 cents, or cents for a
single fare. The tokens. therefore,
will be sold at the rate of 62-3
cents each.
The reduction from the present
rate of five tokens for 35 cents
comes as the result of an order
issued yesterday by the Public Util-
tiles Commission. The official or
der follows closely the forecast
published in The Washington Her
aid on February 1G.
Continue Transfer Charge.
Briefly summarized the order di-
rects that:
l. The initial rate is to be fixed
at s cents cash. or six tokens for
40 cents.
2. The present cent transfer
charge between companies shall
continue as heretofore. This order
does not affect any free transfer
privileges now granted by several
companies. The transfer receipts
are to be divided in equal proper
tion between the companies con-
cerned.
3. The companies are TO hle re-
vised tariff schedules within ten
days of the date of the order, Feb
ruary 27.
4. The present schedule is to be
continued until o'clock tomorrow
morning, SO that the change may
d. To-
would be possible at midnight.
Protection for w. n. 4 f. Co.
In a statement last night Will
lam NICK. Clayton, who represented
the Federation of Citizens Associ-
ations at the public hearing. said:
THE commission evidently found a
mandate in the utilities law direct
ing it to protect the Washington
Railway ard Electric Company
against competition with the Capital
Traction Company at all hazards.
Nothing else would explain the
present finding. have never been
able to Ind such a direction in the
In arriving at the new rate the
Public Utilities Commission states
that it believed 1t best to find a
Uniform rate for all the companies
based on their combined earnings.
The valuations as. of December 81,
on which the Commission figured.
were given as S15.S65,7sS.47 for the
Capital Traction Company and ST.
469.527.73 for the Washington Rail-
way and Electric Company.
Commission Urges Merger.
The Commission estimates that
23,2SS,117 token passengers will be
carried in 1922. The need for a
merger, or some remedial legisla-
tion to solve the difficulty arising
from the disparity of net returns of
the companies, was again urged by
the Commission. Attention is called
to the failure of its attempts to get
legislation through Congress or to
get a voluntary merger.
One-man cars were called both
safe and economical in the order.
The Commission pointed out that
such cars are being equipped with
a number of safety devices. Sepa-
rate entry and exit doors are now
being put in these cars. At present
the Washington Railway and Elec-
trio Company Is operating thirty
FIVE one-man cars and the Capital
Traction Company none.
Will Consider Extensions.
An extension of the Lincoln Park
line of the Washington Railway and
Electric Company from Fifteenth
and East Capitol streets southeas,
to the New Eastern High School
soon will be taken up by the Com
at a special hearing. Other
may also he considered:
In regard to ventilatinG and heat
ing of street cars, the Commission
stated that the regulations were be-
ing followed. Regulations require
that from November 1 until April I
the temperature of closed cars shall
be above 40 degrees.
The companies affected by the or
der are, Washington Railway and
Electric Company, the City and
Railway Company of
Washington, the Georgetown and
Railway Company,
the Washington-Interur Rail-
road Company. the Capital Traction
the Washington and
Railway Company, the
East Washington Heights Traction
Railroad Company and the Wash
Railway Company.