The New York herald., 1922-11-03
SAYS SHAM ABOUNDS
IN HYLAN FARE TALK
Chairman McAneny of Transit
Commission Calls Mayor
Deliberate Faker.
FIVE CENT RATE TO STAY
Repetition of FalsehOOds Is
Declared Continuing
Disgrace.
FIVE CENT RATE TO STAY

Replying 10 some OF Mayor Hylan's
campaign assertions. George McAneny,
chairman the Transit Commission,
said yesterday:
I'm his talk OF last evening Mayor
Hylan repeated several of his stock fic-
tions about the Transit Commission and
its plans. The situation requires that
he be again called to account. He again
declared that the commission stands for
higher fares.
"As I have had occasion 70 say be-
fore. the repetition Of falsehoods of this
sort, sponsored by the Mayor of the city,
is a continuing disgrace.
when the members of the Transit
Commission took office they found fine
mess awaiting their attention. The five
cent fare had been preserved in name
only Most of the roads had broken
down financially and were in the hands
of receivers. Those that had not gone
into receivership we're on the edge of it.
Under situation forced by the Mayor,
the surface lines were charging double
and triple fares for the old five cent
rides and free transfers had practically
been wiped out. So far as the public Is
concerned, these hidden extra charges
had added one cent to every fare pre-
viously paid on either surface or sub
way lines.
"The Mayors only remedy appeared
to be to break things up still further, to
multiply his double fares and to Keep
things in mess.
THE five cent. fare to-day is saved
now receivershps have been avoided and
~ things
past. Added to all this the commission
IS working out its plan for the reorgani-
zation of all the lines, provides for re-
duction in interest payments and sums
payable for taxes and other public
charges amounting to not less than
S25,000,000. The plan then provides
that the companies to be reorganized
shall take no further profits of any
sort--that they cannot in short, profit
by any savings effected either now or in
the future.
I'm the entire eighteen months that
the commission has been at work there
has been but one formal application for
an increase of fare--that of the Inter-
borough company. made on March %.
last. That the commission promptly
denied, aided by the action of the Gov
ernor upon the same day In signing the
bill that forbade any change in the COM
pany contracts save those made in the
interest of the general reorganization.
The Interborough company has made
no appeal from the commissions denial.
On the contrary. it Immediately after
ward accepted the inevitable and pro-
ceeded with its own reorganization. just
accomplished. under which millions an
nually are taken from dividend accounts
and devoted to better service at the five
cent rate.
ITO any intelligent mind the question
naturally occurring would be: What
use In the name of sense could now be
made of revenues from a higher fare?
Each cent added to the present rate
would add s25.o00.o00 a year. The
paper and straw eight cent fare about
which the Mayor has ranted would yield
an extra $75.000.000 a year. Where
would any such monstrous sum go? The
companies could not take it, or any OF It.,
for the reason that they would be cut
out of all further profit.
ITO sum up. the commission, instead
of merely talking about the desirability
of the five cent fare has worked out
the way to keep 1t. and the commission,
moreover, will make II n real five cent
fare and not the fictitious one now exist.
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