Evening star., 1935-12-15

promised a special hearing would be
called on revision of fares after rerout-
ing was accomplished.
Uniform Fares Is Issue.
y The question would be whether the
commission should order uniform
fares on all mass transportation lines
Of the District.
The commission yesterday raised
the threat of prosecution of the COM
pany for violation Of commission or
cers If the hearing shows regulations
have been fagrantly violated. This
was listed by Chairman Elgen as one
Of several possibilities to be followed,
II found necessary. The law provides
hnes for the company for each specific
violation of rules.
6 Elgen said evidence as to violations
taken at the hearings would be turned
over to the commissions general coun-
sci, Corporation Counsel E. Barrett
Prettyman, for legal study.
y Further, the commission plans to
order any corrective measures that it
finds should be issued to provide
proper service The question Of
whether present rules are adequate
and proper will be considered, he said.
new regulations will be promulgated
or present rules modified as develop
nents of the hearings may dictate,
commission officials declared.
Will Submit Complaints.
Both commission experts and Peo-
ple's Counsel Roberts will be prepared
to submit hundreds of specific COM
plants regarding past service. These
will deal with charges of overlooking,
failures to keep on schedule, safety,
cleanliness, personnel, routes, stops
ahd platforms, and equipment.
From the group of citizens also will
come demands for a diagonal cross
town bus line which would connect
Southwest Washington with the
Chevy Chase area, passing through
the Kalorama and midcity sections.
@Oficials of the Capital Transit Co.,
Under plans of the Commission, will
be given opportunity at the conclu-
sion of the protests to state their
case.
sRoberts, who called the citizens
meeting last night to outline their
case against street car and bus serv-
ioe, promptly raised the issue as the
scope Of the hearings as planned by
the Commission, and asked for in
structions he should follow as their
counsel.
z will Defend One Cars.
a'The Capital Transit Co, will pre-
sent strong case for one-1nan cars
at these hearings he declared.
THE question is whether you wish
To go into this question finally now
One-third of the complaints have
received concerned demands for uni
formity of fares. Then there is the
question of transfers to the Washing
ton Rapid Transit Co., the service Of
the w. R. r., and the service on the
Washington -Marlboro-Annapolis line. -
several. spokesmen favored making
an issue of fares and oale-man cars.
Roberts responded that the Commits
sion, in its order for the bearing, had
restricted the hearing to Capital
Transit operation"
William NICK. Clayton, chairman
Of the Utilities Committee of the Fed
Grafton of Citizens Associations, said
he had not understood this weeks
hearings would deal finally with the
one-man car question.
This is your hearing on one-man
cars" said Roberts.
Clayton then agreed to ask at the
opening Of tomorrow's session that q
special hearing be held later on this
uhestion. Lacking Official information
as to the Commissions plans, the
group planned finish fight" on the
ohe-man car proposal tomorrow:
May Be Propaganda"
Clayton suggested the one-man car
talk was to some extent propaganda"
intended to make street car transpor-
tation so unpopular the Capital Transit
Co. would be allowed to replace all its
street car lines with buses.
Charles NJ. Maize of the Kenilworth
Citizens Association, and @. G. Deg
man Of the Southeast Citizens Asso-
citation, led In demands for prompt
attack on the one-man car problem.
Roberts said the differential in
wages granted recently by the Capital
Transit Co. to operators Of one-man