The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-08-16
TRANSIT COMPANY
WANTS INCREASE

An application for permission to
increase fares five cents between
Wilmington, Winter Park, Wrights-
vile Sound and Wrightsville Beach,
filed by the Safeway Transit COM
oany, has been suspended by the
North Carolina Utilities commits.
sion pending a hearing in Raleigh
September Is.
News of the filing of the supple
ment to its tariff by the Safeway
company on July 10 was received
here today from H. M. Nicholson,
director of traffic of the commits
sion.
Copies of Mr.. Nicholson's letter
were forwarded to Mayor w. Rom
aid Lane, of Wilmington, Wrights-
vile Beach Mayor J. Russell Wood,
the Greater Chamber of Com
merce and the Wilmington Star
News.
The Commission has invited all
of these parties to present any in
formation they wish in connection
with the matter.
The docket, in part, reads:
at is ordered, that the Commits
sion upon complaint, without form.
al pleading enter upon a hearing
concerned the lawfulness of the
fares stated in said schedules con-
tanned in said tariff
sit further appearing, That said
schedules make certain increases
in the fares applicable to the trans
portation of passenger via the Safe
way Transit Company in appear
ing to be injuriously affected there
by, and it being the opinion of ele
Commission that the effective date
of the said schedules contained in
said tariff be postponed pending
said hearing and decision thereon.
ut is further ordered, That the
operation of said schedules con-
tanned in said tariff be suspended,
and that the use of the fares there
in stated be deferred until the 18th
day of November, 1945, unless
otherwise ordered by the Commits
sion and no change shall be made
in such fares during the said period
of suspension unless authorized by
special permission of the Commits
sion.
1T is further ordered, That if
this proceeding is not concluded
and the final order made prior to
the date to which suspended in the
next move above ordering para
graph, the operation of the sche-
dulles contained in said tariff which
on that date have not been affected
by vacating orders or which have
not been cancelled under authori-
ty of special permission of the
Commission, be further suspended
and that the fares so suspended be
further deferred until the 18th day
of February, 1916, unless otherwise
ordered by the Commission, and nc
change shall be made in The fares
so suspended unless authorized by
special permission of the Commits.
sion
''It is further ordered, That the
fares thereby sought to be alter.
ed shall not be changed by any sub.
sequent tariff or schedule until this
investigation and suspension pro.
ceeding has been disposed of or
until the period of suspension or
any extension thereof has expired
unless authorized by the Commits.
sion.
ut is further ordered, That a
copy of this order be filed with
said schedules in the office of the
Commission, that that a copy here.
of be forthwith served upon the
Safeway Transit Company and thai
said carrier be, and is hereby
made respondent to the proceed
ing.
1t is further ordered, That the
matters here involved be, and they
are hereby, set for hearing in the
Commissions Hearing Room at Ra
leigh, N. c.. on the 5th day of Srn
TENDER, 1945, at 10 o'clock a. m
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