The Washington times., 1925-07-21
limiting at Higher Street Car
Fares for D. C..
J By BILL PRICE.

Corporation STEPHENS recently announced that
counsel for Public Utilities Commission he would ap
peal the higher against large valuation allowed
District Mr. stephens stated that tie excessive valuation
fixed by the stands Capital Traction Company
will be entitled to much higher car fares.
Then we have public statement from Major E. B. CovELI
assistant TO the Engineer Commissioner
lie utilities District public utility corporations especially
the two street companies paying exorbitan taxes
which are OF course paid by the public through these
panies.
street companies by earning fair
their value, and "a reduction in would
little bit closer to getting fair return their fair value
In matters of city paving and paying crossing policemen
the street railways unfairly taxed their other
electricity telephones pay these indirectly all
public operating expenses passed to the
The idea that public utilities are relieved of
million dollars year in taxes their will
they relieved be paid by the public
some other form the needed by the District
street companies and the other public utilities would
large in taxes which would swell their revenues
net go to extra dividends and melon cuttings
All hints to higher fares in Washington
going to be alphabetically received by Washington people,
meet with the drastic legislative action Congress
handed out The strong feeling in Congress against higher
DGE and higher officials generally should be borne mind
Any proposition for higher fares will encounter the most de-
termned resistance ever known in that body.
No matter what the opinion any District official citizen
anybody else as to returns fair values there
enjoying magnificent prosperity with their stocks advancing
in prices their bond obligations fully met and in
pany sufficient surplus funds hand pay recent 20 per
cent melon cutting
During the period afterward public utilities
all the United States going the wall financially
because Public Service and officials
give them increased fares and rates the local corporations
strong and sgnay favored by the Public Utilities
Commission of the District prevent them becoming fnan
cialy weak. There receivershps failure
stock and bond obligations to the stock
concern since made the famous melon cutting No
stakeholder or bondholder lost dollar in money.
These much stronger today than they
around days and there public objection their pros
perty.
When this country entered railways
the District charging scent fares tickets for
% cents Today they charge cents six tickets for 40
cents That increase in keeping with the rising The
street companies had asked for higher
the fare cents They not then talking
getting fair returns fair valuations Whatever
there has been in their valuations through initiation since the
they have been allowed returns in Scent fares
It utterly impossible to claim that these companies have
been unfairly treated Nobody however rising I'D to
protect the street rider and submit figures indicating
that he is not getting fair return This salary town
where the great majority of people live salaries little
above days In the of of Government
employees for instance their annual
$500 above days Does this square the increase
in fares allowed the railway companies DAYS?
The prosperity of ALL the people District should be
considered along with the prosperity of public utilities
dollars invested in corporations think
that they not getting adequate returns they rush
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