Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-02-25
PUPILS CAR FARE
CUTPREPARAT|ONS
HIT DIFFICULTIES
School Officials Refuse to
Assume Burden of Sell
ing Tickets.
SUGGEST TRACTION LINE
AGENTS VISIT CLASSES
Transfer Arrangements Also Are
Undecided, With Scent Limit
Agreed Upon.

Preparations for putting into effect
the new law calling for reduced street
car and bus fares for school children
ran into difficulties today when Assist
ant Superintendent of Schools Stephen
Kramer informed the Public Utilities
Commission that it would be impossible
for the schools to undertake the re-
sponSibility and the labor of distribut-
ing the tickets in accordance with pre-
urinary plans drafted by the commits
sion late yesterday. A second confer
ence between the commission and rail-
way and bus officials was to be held to-
day to cope with the sudden change in
plans.
The first scheme was to sell strips of
10 tickets for 80 cents through the
schools. Mr.. Kramer told the commits
sion today that the schools would be
willing to allow company representatives
70 WISH the schools once month and
sell 40 tickets for S120 In case any
child found himself unable to make an
investment of that size at the beginning
OF the month, then the school would
| furnish him with an identification card
which would allow him to get the tickets
In smaller numbers by applying at the
ot1ces or car barns of the various
operating companies.
Fare Set at 3 Cents.
This second scheme, as well as many
details left unsettled at yesterdays con-
ference, will be gone over by the COM
mission and company officials today.
1t has been decided, although no formal
order on the subject has been issued,
That the fare shall be cents, the maxi
mum allowable under the law.
Transfer ARRANGEMENTS are still q y,aof
ter for debate. One proposition adj
vanced yesterday was for the sale of
books OF transfers, 10 for cents, for
use by school children at points where
adults can now get transfers between
cars of the Capital Traction Co. and
the Washington Railway & Electric Co.
This point was left undecided It Is
fairly certain that there will be no inter-
company transfers at points where such
are not now in effect. Thus, if a child
now has to pay two full fares in order
to get to school, he will have TO pay
two 3-cent fares under the new law
Time of Use Limited.
While it has been decided that two
local street car companies and the
Washington Rapid Transit Co., which
operates the Sixteenth street and other
bus lines, shall issue printed tickets In
sets of 10 or more, no decision has been
reached as to the method to be en-
ployed by the Washington, Marlboro
& Annapolis Motor Lines. That con-
Germ now operates a bus service into
the District for HyattSville Hills and
has in force regulation under which
certain of its patrons riding on reduced
fares present the bus driver with
ticket which is punched to show that a
ride has been taken, the same ticket
being good for several rides The COM
pany is anxious to retain this system
and the commission has asked its off,
Gals to work out method for applying
it to the reduced fare bill and report
back.
The problem of handling reduced fare
tickets for parochial schools, which also
come under the terms of the act, has
not been gone into. Utilities Commits
sion officials were trying today to get
into touch with representatives of the
parochial schools. The commission un-
derstandS that besides the Catholic
parochial schools there are such schools
connected with several of the other re-
l1giouS denominations, and are anxious
to include all proper schools within the
terms of the new law
Tentatively, it has been decided that
day pupils may use their tickets only
between 7:30 am. and 5 pm, and pupils
at the night schools between $50 and
1890 pm and that the tickets will not
be good on holidays.