New-York tribune., 1922-02-28
Traction Bills
Offered to oil
HyIan Attack s
Amendments TO Public Scrv-
ivc Law Drawn TO Guard
Transi, Board From En-
miiy Of City or Companies
Term Of Service Fixed
Roads Rejecting Plan Will
MOI Receive Benefit oS
Barometer Fare Fund Plan
lnn.. II qtnN Nolr,snondcl

ALBANY. Feb. 81 Important amcno-
sion law dcsiyucd TO for'ify the Tran
SIT Commission against obstructlons
by thc IIssn administration ana
against pos iAlc hostility Of traction
companies TO the commissions plan Of
reorganization Of Now Work City
trnpsit systcma worc introduced Ina the
Legislature tonight
Senator William r. Simp-om oi
Brooklyn, and 4 ,cmblyman George N.
Jesse. of Manhattan. offered 'hc amend
'ue bill which wax rcforrcd to sonl-
mtttoc
70 mcc' any dna resu al OF tho All.
mimstraton to Join IN the plan through
the ai.ro. a;mcnt by .No Mayor Of three
members to 'hc Board Of 1ransit Con
troll a. already pro, dcd ono of the
amcndmont, provide that tho three
transit commissioners oav sorec on tho
board Of sevcu duiinG the FIRST year Of
operation Of tho plan.
Fare EutCs tor companies
Under another amendment companies
vhicl remain out o tne plan would not
roccr aue bcucGt growing ont Of tho
proposed barometer fare fund Break
ing UP OF service wnicn rb' rosult
from possible termination Of tho lease
Of the elevated line to tho INTERIOR
ouph Rapid Transit Company is guard
towering tho commission 20 compel
through operation on all c, sting lines.
TIE amendments drawn b the com
mission Worc brought 70 Albany to day
by Chairman George McAncny, who
outlined them as follow.:
"Tho general provisions Of the act
Of last year with relation to rate lN-
ing arc amended so a to provide that
tho light, III any contingency, to change
or authorize 4 change In the ratc Of
fare hitherto fixed either by contract,
franchise or otherwise shall apply only
to such companies or such midi. idual
road a. ma, be included i'm the com
misslon's plan of adjustment.
"Undor tho act Of last year dlscro-
tionary power IN this regard Wa
vested in the commission. It was also
intended that changes Of rates in any
instance would be permitted only to
meet emergencies under the operation
Of thc plan of readJNstmcnt Itself. 1t
was further provided in tho act Of at
year that such changes should be IN
the d scrotion of the commission. and
that Il granted they should be upon
such terms. conditions or safeguards
as the com mission may prescribe.
"ln the Judgment OF the comm So on
this protection is ample but it prefers
that no doubt exist as to whether tho
companies nj ght or might not gain any
right they have not previously had or
that is not wholly incidental to the
reorganization plan. This question
arose in the discussion Of the commits
sion some weeks ago, and has also re
Gently been discussed by Mr.. De Ford,
who is representing the Corporation
Counsel in certain matters connected
With the plan Mr. Dc Ford has been
acquainted with the nature Of the
change proposed and concurs in II.
No Break in Operation
The act is further amended so as
to enable tho commission to deal with
the possibility Of service broken or
discontinued on any parts Of thc Nne
OF the Manhattan Elevated Railway
Company in the event of tho tcrmina
ton Of its lease to the lrtcrboroush
! Company. The amendment gives the
commission power to compel continued
through operation over all eNistng
lines 1t broadcns the power nov held
in common by the Public Service Com
mission and the Transit Commits sion,
and under certain conditions to re-
quire the interchange OF railway
! facilities for common fare.
"Tho provisions Is TO the valuation
are amended so as to make it clear
That the valuations finally determined
by the commission and incorporated IN
the contracts shall be the basis OF al
lowanccs TO be made to the railway
companies and for fixing the returns
under the plan and the contracts en-
tered INTO thercunder.'
This is designed to eliminate any
doubt upon the question which has
been raised as to whether the valua-
lions fixed under the plan would bc
binding upon companies not finally in
cluded under the plan when it came to
rate 'nakin- ae regulation. The basis