The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-08-25

ss &s## %xM zN Statistics ga
s&4M1 thered by ex-
S = = haustive surveys
III w e show that SaE
eSz@8$M #as Francisco street
SEss cars have rec
ord OF passen-
FORTERF.IELDager E per car
mile GREATER han any other Am
srt cam ci ty Of anything like its
heshi11s are not the onl y reason.
ssss thousand workmen and visit;
oTss crossS the bay daily from trans
ssshay cities and. arriving at the foot
:sSofs Market street. have to take the
ThatsgiveS$a big haul
Wns fifty thousand other
peop1eshaSeto come downtown ev-
morning ito shop and factory
Them fly thousand transbay
WdSmusts sgoEback to the ferry in
81 afternoon nd fifty tn ousand
ot1leTs,@ ho5wents across the bay
notwithstanding, must ride back up
TOWN @Onsthe e returning cars.
0ther words; San Francisco's
stree #carS5l lines get the haul both
sSss sayss q al nearly all hours OF the
People Get Em
twenty wears ago, all this being
arecognized, land the service being
M NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.; agitation for
ssnunj cipal n ownership began.
Itaf ina1 Iyi5cnlmi mated after many
s defeats IN Dec.< 1909, in an cleo
issf ION byaSWh 1chathe people by a big
voted bonds to take over
and rebuff q and equip the Geary
Manyscfti have undertaken mu-
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES ~, and oner
sssations ofsstreetAra threads. The chief
difference between these and San
SSsSEsranciscO%is that the undertaking
Succee ded here, has ucceeded
beyond sthe ost sanguine expect
ssatzonsgofs he smuny'' boosters. To
ysgfhere is a total muny" mile
ss Rgesofss6 7.I2s mil esin about 20 lines
8muny carsAsrun side by side
thsst heiS:privately owned cars on
sasMaEkets street the hand and
ostspicturesque business. street
Ameri ca
And the fare is five cents with
fers. From anyone
the $princtpal hotels or the prin-
ssssc IA zsstoFes ,syo7, can step aboard
hes car$an $50 direct without
change to the ferry for five cents.
Key. half Al dime. the twentieth
par IN of til e "a ol1ar
ask Beyond question OF
dpubt three or four principal.
HnesA doSp ays not only a handsome
s9profiIaS ter setting aside ample
for betterments and re-
spairs. but they also pay enough
lust o$coyer the loss on the un
fable lines.
Are Success
GID ButSSand here you must pause
ssssyateiy owned they would pay an
s&enOrmous amount into the state
Teasuryains the form Of corporation
taxes, theEentiTe cost of state gov
aHnmentSin California being defray-
sSsdsfrom&corpor taxes and lev
other than ordinary property
axS-th here being no state tax on
prlXa tel property eS
he gross TeXenue of the muny
lines for he last fiscal year wa
616.4O o. The regular expen-
sssd ftures were $2,116,975.5
interest on the funded debt was
aM$224,453,ssI leaving an apparent net
sprofitasof $572,7S
SoW,Ait has been decided to set
aside the Very generous reserve Of
n percent OF gross receipts for
accidents. etc. which
81 leaves saS met profit of $56.469.5O
5ssS1oJ1.81SsslhS8SCSlS& Tne1n never SOnS
SsatelyB owned they would have pail
Szsi nto the state s245,1 SO.93 in the
form Of taxes Therefore, on the
sssbasisf Of al a privately owned line.
ssthe%1o loss ainAoperati ton to the people
asa whole apparently S1SS,S11.-I
sSS433
butts the cltyl had never gone
into the street car business. San
~ Esranciscoawould today undoubtedly
S1bess paying 1-2 cents instead of
live forS presidential zones as they
otain8 San Diego or six cents flat
safheySdo on the Huntington lines
TN LOS Angeles.
Ons the W hole I think any fair
mind edS citizens you'd say that mu-i
sMicipalSs Gears in San Francis
Eco are splendid success and the
citizens wouldn't dream of going
ackato# private ownership.
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