Evening star., 1933-11-26
TRANSFER FIGHT
WILL Be RENEWED
KeeCh to Press Free Univer.
sal System at Hearing on
February 5.

Peoples Counsel Richmond B. Keech
said yesterday he would again endeavor
to secure free universal street car and
bus transfers February S, when the
Public Utilities Commission considers
the question of public hearing.
The commission yesterday issued an
order continuing the plan suggested by
the new merged street car company,
with the reservation that the whole
matter be inquired into after trial
period.
During the long legislative history Of
the merger agreement, Mr.. Keech strove
to secure a clause In the resolution
which would require free transfers
throughout the street car and bus SyS-
TEN. Both the commission and the
companies opposed this, and the nearest
he came to realization Of his plan was
to have it written in the minority re-
port submitted by Senators Blaine and
Capper when the merger resolution was
pending in 1882.
When the merger resolution was
finally passed, however, the free univer-
sal transfer provision urged by Mr.
Keech was left out, and instead Con-
gress merely required free transfers
among street cars, leaving the question
of transfers between buses and street
cars and among busses up to the COM
mission.
Federation Joins Fight.
According to the company's scheme,
all street car-to-Street car transfers are
free, as they must be under the merger
agreement, but in general where rider
now must pay transfer charge to get
from a bus TO a street car, or vice versa,
the charge will continue to be made.
Details of the order appear below.
The transfer order reads, in part:
"On payment of a 7la cent token fare
on any street car line or any feeder bus
line upon which a 712-cent token fare
Is accepted and on which the trans
fer privilege to street cars Is now free,
passengers will be issued a token fare
transfer which will be accepted for a
continuation Of the ride on any street
car line, or on such feeder bus lines sub
ject to general transfer regulations as
given herein.
"On payment of the 1O-cent cash fare
for a ride on any street car line or bus
line upon which the fare is not more
than 10 cents, passengers will be issued
cash fare transfer which will be &C
cepted for a continuation Of the ride
ON any street car line or bus line OF the
company on which the rate of fare Is 10
cents or less, subject to general transfer
regulation as given herein.
Two Cents on Transfers.
Passengers paying a 711 cent token
fare on those bus lines where a 2-cent
charge Is now made for transfer be-
tween the bus line and connecting
street car lines will be issued token
fare transfer upon the payment of 2
paid. A token fare transfer, when ac-
companied by the payment of 2 cents,
will be accepted on such feeder bus
lines for continuation of the ride, sub
ject to general transfer regulations as
given herein.
"On those bus lines where the exist
ing rate of fare is 10 cents cash, or six
tickets for so cents. passengers paying
the ticket fare who now have the privi-
lege of obtaining a transfer good at
certain transfer points upon the pay
ment of a transfer charge of cents,
will have this privilege continued and
extended to all established transfer
points with connecting or intersecting
street car or bus lines on which the
fare is not more than 10 cents. To
accomplish this. cash fare transfer
will be issued to passengers paying the
ticket fare and 2 cents. which transfer
will be accepted for the continuation
Of the ride, subject to general transfer
regulations"