Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-12-18
l. C. C. BUS AND TRUCK REPORT
SOON MAY REACH CONGRESS.
Proposals for Regulation of Motor Trans
portaton Eagerly Awaited by all
Carriers in Nation.

them will not like the law. no.noatter
who administers II. Some OF theea
truckmeu who think the Stats corn.
missions, because they propose le1fm.
lation, want 10 destroy their husipsma-
say that when legislation comes they
want it through the Interstate Com.
merce Commission.
Final Federal Control.
"They overlook that il this A,i,l
passes every order or decision made
under it by State board can he re-
moved on appeal to the interstate
Commerce Commission; So there il in
fact complete ultimate control bv a
Federal board. If / understa nd their
position, they think they would be
better off with Inters' ate Commences
Commission regulation, because that
commission would not he subject to
the malign influence of the railroads..
as they intimate the State commits.
sions are"
Lucius s. StOrrs, managing director
of the American Electric Railway
A ssoCiation, whose members. the sIec.
trio railways, form the chief rorrrA
tition Of the motor bus, took The
view that unreeulated motor bus
transportation. interstate. would con-
multiply until stopped BY some form
Of Federal legislation. Referring TO
the den.Philadelphia Bridge and
| the New York Nehicular Tunnel he
said:
III Congress fails 10 act. it will then
| he possible for any one, without The
necessity Of obtaining any license
from any public body, 10 operate
motor vehicles carrying passengers
/ for hire over this bridge from anv
| point in New Jersey to any point In
! Pennsylvania and through this tun.
/ mel from any point in New Jersey 10
/ any point in New York There win
/ be no requirement that such A serv.
/ ice shall be permanent. or reliable.
! II this situation is permitted to be
/ brought about. the whole transporfa.
! tion system in the territory referred
/ to will he thrown into chaos. The
/ cities Of New York and PHILADELPHIA
will he powerless 10 protect them.
/ selves against the invasion Of q horde
Of these indiscrminate operations, and
/ these States. which regulate and con.
troll ali interstate operations Of com
/ mon carriers, will be unable 10 con.
troll the situation, 1t seems 10 US
obvious that Congress should provide
some form Of regulation over the in.
! terstate operations referred to- We
are more interested in having Con-
gross provide adequate regulation of
the interstate transportation Of pas
| sengers than in any particular form
or nature Of such regulation
Railroads Operate Buses.
Now the railroads themselves have
become very large bus and truck
operators Here in Washington both
street railway companies realizing
the mobility and effectiveness Of bus
transportation as an adjunct to their
rail service. have gone into the bust.
! ness of transporting passengers by
bus, giving transfers from their
husses to their cars and vice versa.
Bus and truck transportation is
feature Of modern life that cannot he
laughed down or pushed lightly aside
| as a thing of no moment.
Even the mastOdons of transporta-
! tion-the trUnk-line railrOads-have
/ recognized the mobility Of the truck
and bus experimenting their regular
! rail service by store door and home
| delivery operations by truck. On the
/ bus side the recent move of the Balti-
more & Ohio Railroad in putting into
| service n motor bus line between
! Manhattan Transfer and New York
/ is case in point. The railroads
| themselves. although the truckers be.
/ lieve the measure to be a railroad
measure, are using the very weapon
/ the truckers and bus operators employ.