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A Y P. R. T. is now supplying better service for a lower price than any
. other comrmnv. but must have immediate relief, not onlv to meet the. already
& overdue wages of its men, and other increased costs of operation, but also
to enable the Company to properly handle the rush-hour traffic of the coming
winter, and to later operate City-built lines.
Practically every other street lailway in Pennsylvania has already been
permitted to collect a flat increase in fares.
Pittsburgh 10c Reading 7c
Scranton 7c Wilkes-Barre 8c
P. R. T. has requested a straight 5c fore for each single ride, without
exchanges or transfers, a3 being more equitable than a flat increase to 7c or 8c,
which would be required to overcome the loss of short riders, who would not
pay more than 5c a ride, and to produce the added revenue necessary to
the continuance of present service, under this Management.
P. R. T. cannot continue to give two rides for 5c, as the cost of carrying
a passenger using a free transfer is just twice as much as is the cost of carrying
a passenger who completes his 5c ride upon one car. The discontinuance
of free transfers as planned will, it is estimated, make available the equivalent
of 300 added, cars for use to reduce overcrowding; this because of an esti
mated loss of about 10 of present passengers who now use the cars on
free transfers for very short distances, because of the fact that the second
ride is now supplied free.
All free transfer and exchange tickets are to be eliminated, but the
physical transfer in the subway, at Juniper Street, will be continued as at
present.
P. R. T. has adopted the straight 5c fare plan as being simpler and pre
senting fewer inequalities than any other, short of a zone system, which, as
a measure of temporary relief, is considered impractical at this time.
P. R. T. asks this temporary relief, pending completion of valuation,
for the reason that it cannot await the determination of property value by
the Public Service Commission, which, from experience at Pittsburgh and
elsewhere, will take many months to complete, under most favorable
conditions.
P. R. T. presents this map, upon which the black lines represent through
routes, showing that practically every section of the city is connected with
the central business district by direct lines, and will still be served, without
change of cars, for a single 5c fare.
No change in routes, which will increase the rate of fare during the
Pl n ur c t?mprary larif wW be undertaken without first applying to
the Public Service Commission, which has the power to order public hearings
on the question.
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T. E. MITTEN,
President.
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