Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-01-02


| can convince Al least a ma iority
Of Your board that this bill should
pass.
Cites Original Agreement.
The right TO run a street railway
through the streets of Washington
is most valuable right and when
the privilege is exclusive the right
becomes doubly valuable These
rights and privileges belonged to the
people and to the Government. When
these street railways secured their
charters they procured from the Gov.
eminent and from the people very
valuable rights. indeed And in part
pa yment for such rights these street
railways agreed with the people and
with the Government and It was so
specifically expressed in their charters
that they should never charge more
than cents fare. They should he
held 10 their charter contracts.
Il expect to show YOU that the
stock OF both compa MES has been 60.
ing up constantly for several years
that il is now higher than ever before
in Its history, and that II IL higher
than any comparable stock in the
United States.
II expect to show you that. respect.
repair work for both companies there
is an average of as many as Two
thirds OF them idle ALI of the time.
and that waste. Indifference and ex-
ira raeance has gone TO seed. beca use
The Public Utilities Commission has
decreed that they shall have fair re.
turn above all expenses. MIR. H. l..
Bushons Of 12ll East Capitol street
who Is the president Of his citizens
associa ton, will tell YOU that he ~ "
Is la borers and their foreman sit idle
FOR on" hour ana five minutes on
street car repair work without mov-
ing a hand
Cites Loss Of Patronage.
Your Secretary Fisher shows in
The letter he prepared for you disa o.
proving my bill that the Ca pital Trac-
ton Co. carried 2.160.153 less pa s.
sensers In 1923 than ii do in 1922.
and that it carried 1892 1855 less pas
seneers In 1924 than il did In 1924.
and that for the first 10 months of
1925 il carried 1l.51S.1o1 less pas
sensers tina il do in 1924
Secretary Fisher also shows in his
letter which he prepared for you to
sign disappearing my bill that the
( Washington Railway and Electric Co
gers in 1924 than # did in 1923. and
that for the first 10 months Of 1925
il carried 7.600s16 less ia ssensers
than it did in 1924.
To his mind this indicates that We
ought to continue paying them &
cents fare. To my mind il indicates
tnat YOU are permitting these rail
roads to rob the people to such an ex.
tent that they have rebelled. and
many have stopped riding street cars.
whereas If we restricted them to their
charters. and permitted them 10
charge only cents. which they
agreed they would charge. and would
never charge more. probably twice q c
many people would Use the stre.t
cars. and at : cents fare these r.i1.
roads would have the chance Of tax
Ing in 10 cents for every 8 cents thev
now receive. 1t is far more convenient
10 use street cars for shoppinp tba n
II Is automobiles. on account Of scarce
parking space. and II they weren't
rohhed the people would use the cars
generally.
Receives Survey Report.
When on April %. 1925. the Wash.
| inston Post carried the headlines .Rie
New York Corporation Quietly Starts
work of Fact Finding and went on
TO tell us that the North America =
Co. of New York had opened or1ces
in the Earle Building and had hesun
traction survey upon which It was
TO spend $4,000. and that your com.
mission was to supervise the survey
incidentally watched PROCEEDINGS
was interested because in the
Slxty-eighth Congress I had introduced
similar bill to restrict these com.
| panles to their charter authorization
OF cents. and immediately there cams
from the office of Col Bell simila ,
strong argument against It, but q,
that time | didn't know that II IVES
an ONCE secretary who was acting
both as the embalmer and funeral
director for my bill But I then ex.
h1bited such strong determination r.
! try 10 pass II over Col. Bells veto tina
| rather expected some new move r.
head me off
so the Summer passed. and when
Congress met on December in
| troduced my new bill fNo. H. r. 3S05)
! and the committee sent COPY TO YOU
commissioners. Within few laws
there was delivered at nv office by
special messenger two very large
! splen mildly bound in full morocco
leather volumes. each 81 by II inches
and nearly inches thick. with the tor
! OF the pages entitled: Public Utilities