rd and Leonard M. Daggett.
AWALTER C. 'NOYES _
’32 Nassau street .7
’ New York v '
Oct. 28 1921.
36h RICHARD T. HIGGINS.
. ’Josnrn w. ALSOP. 7
lie Utilities Commissioners of
~.
The Trustees of the Connecticut
fen mini consideration to your
V’miz‘tendation that for a limited
” and as a team. they put into
in ‘the City of Bridgeport lower
rates of {are for passenger transport? -
than those existing in other parts
a State the adoption/of a five-
tfare instead of the prevailing
«cent fare being one of the sug-
made.
policy of thé Connecticut Com-
my while under the direction of the
' has always been that its lines
dbe treated as an entirety and as
unit. and that rates of fare should
stand on the same basis throughout
the State This policy has been before
your honorable commission for con.
dhasuniforinly been sustained and
,approyed. .The trustees believe that
its continuance is not only for the
public interest but of vital importance
to the company. .7
; A reduction of fares in the city of
Bridgeport to a. point below.those pre-
vailing in other cities and communities
11111. in the trustee's opimon, tend
to estro; the unity of the System
‘to give a perfer’ence and advan-
tags to one portion of the state over
1- portions. Indeed the Trustees
that such action would treat with
mess those cities of the state
’11 have been most helpful to the
company and have especially co- -oper-
ated with it. The trustees are acting
in a. fiduciary capacity and cannot
undertake experiments which they re-
1 gard as so likely to endanger the pro:
perti‘es entrusted to their care. Con-
sequently while they are most reluct-
ant not to accept any recommenda-
tion. of your honorable commissioners
they cannot See their way clear to un-
dertake the experiment suggested.“
‘rIt'is. perhaps. needless to say that
ngaease. your honorable commission
make‘ an order that the test in
Bridgeport be made the ‘trustees will
see to it that such order is fairly and
f Viv complied with. Of course. the
V0 toome of such a test might depend
111,110 inconsiderable degree upon the
number of jitney litenses outstanding
atth—e time it iskuade.
In conclusion the trustees desire to
say that they recognize that the in-
creases in fares which have been made
consideration. A .
respectfully, ‘ .
WALTER C. NOYES 7
' Connecticut Company. .
Test of CommisSlon's Letter
Messsrs
Charles Cheney.
Morgan B. Bainai-d.
Charles G. Sanford.
» Leonard M. Daggett,
Trustees of the Connecticut Company.
Gentlemen:——— _ . -
' The street railway and simil1r
Transportation serviFe in Connecticut
during the recent past has been in a
Very serious condition, and in certain
confirms during the past flow weeks
the situation has become very acute.
Emis‘JCommission' in the exercise of
that it believed to be good judgment
21.11 consonant with legal provisions,
’ very materially eliminated unfair
d destructive jitney competition.
:I‘he main issue involved under all
' complicated conditions is the ren-
ditlon of adequafie transportation sex 1 -
1611 at reasonable rates The protec-
tion of honest investment and legallv
chartered rights is important, and
should be observed and yet these in- t
terests are in a my personal and pri-
‘wate, and must be subservient to the
paramount interest of the public. C
The average observer cannot un-
derstand whv the public should
eprived of an acceptable form of
transportation at one-half of the rate
', mility The only warrant for
street: railway service, under res
conditions, coupled with the pth'egr;
that with the elimination of unnec—
weary and destructive competition, the
trailway company will be able. to
adequate service at reasonable ‘
dials. amaasmvorableto f
, as an independent opera-
come in and permanently
111:3;an have received and have gir- ‘
of the state even for a limited period '
_ments. and the
ten- cent fame is apparently resulting
in loss of business and revenues 'to the
company: and failure of acceptable
transportation service to the public.
namely:
ing lines where a
walk rather than pay ten cents, and
also resenting what appears to be dis-
crimination in favor of certalnrsec-
tiens Where a five cent service is ren-
dered by authorized jimeys. ‘
sern'ce had become well ..cetablished
and patronized, and where now a 113‘
tnral resentment
patronizing some other facility charg-
ourSe is to assume superior ‘germagq- system:
ency stability and adequacy for the, be made on certain I
footing the entire sch
that frequent short
sibility of frequent
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The Wayside Cross _
When the Honeymoon Was
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I Wonder if You Still Care
Remember the Rose
Tuck Me to Sleep
Plantation Lullaby
I’ve Got the Joys
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charter to supply transportation serv»
ice should carefully consider and be
prepared to adapt itself to changing
conditions.
/ “ here Ten-Cent Fare Falls.
The function of street railway and
similar service is to serve the great
mass of urban and Suburban. but prin—
clpally urban. population. “quietne-
quent and dependable service for short
haul transponation. at reasonable
rates. The public is better served,
when sufficient net revenues are de.
rived from small profits on a large
volume
profits on a small volume of business.
When the rate is “more than the traf-
fic will bear." or when. the rate is so
high that the ordinary short ride pas—
senger will walk rather thaurpatronire
the transportation agency. the result
is loss of revenue and failure to ren-
der adequate service. The present
ten cent fare now maintained by your
company throughout its entire system.
while deemed necessaryratr the time it
was authorized. is,‘ under » Changed
conditions.‘ more than the traffic will
bear in certain populous centers, 9.111
apparently results in short riders
walking.
The foregoing is more. or less funda-
mental and academic, but {the last
paragraph, it correct. reveals the nec~
essity for some kind of immediate ac-
tion.
The legislative relief alforded to the
company and subsequent falling
prices, Warrant. the public in antici;
pating some measure of relief from the
maximum ten; cent fare, particularly
in urban centers. It. that relief is not
forthcoming at an early date, the
company in my opinion will have fail-
ed to meet the transportation require~
independent jimey.
supplying service at a lower rate. will
inevitablv take its place
There are certain points where the
New Britain. with its short radiab
large percentage
Bridgeport. where five-cent jitney
has arisen against
ing to ice the fare.
Norwalk on the short and heavily
reveled line between Nor-walk and
South Norwall; a distance of about a '
mile and a. quarter.
ompany charges ten cents.
It Must Be Someone Like You“
Saturday, two pianos . K i :7
for which your "
:«3§:«:»°«; ”.uzoo’»:»’»’«'eo’oo
through its officials, have been do.
mending 'a five-cent fare.
that with such tare the trolley com~
pens would be patronized and
service would be profitable to the com:
pany. The company has been oper.
period of time at a. loss to the com-
pany and at the expense of its more
profitable territory. The ten-cent rate.
does not bring the. necessary revenue.
If the company cannotmanage to sup-7
tel-native,
perlment or test. for a. limited period
of time.
fare without transfer on all city lines
radiatlng from the centerrof the city:
This might on certain lines necessitate:
a change or the outer zone point, The
revenues} on expenses of such opera.-
tion in the city of Bridgeport and for
the Bridgeport division to be carefully
kept separate from other divisions and.
to be considered in connection with
the cost and maintenance of rthe
Bridgeport division.
ment could not put the company may
much worse condition than now exists;
and in the absence of some prompt 11c-
mission will feel obliged 111 the inter.
ests of the public to authorize addi-
tional jltney routes and grant addi-
tional certificates.
As to Norwalk. install a five—cent
service on the short local line betWeen
Norwalk and South Norwalk, keeping
an accurate account or the revenues
and expenses of such line and or the
Norwalk division. If such service on
the short line is found to be profitable,
‘ claimiu». '{
ating or attempting to operate a. screw ,
ice in Bridgeport for some considerable * _ '
, ply service in Bfldgeport‘withont .a'
of businem than from 'largemontlnuing 1058. there is only one alt
' I would suggest asan exog
the adoption 01" a five-cent,
Such an experi-v‘
tion or relief in Bridgeport. the cams ,
-...: HAVE YOUR Moron TROUBLES oven.‘
‘__ , ~ COME BY REGRINDING
We regrind the cylinders of any style motor 111;: furnish Pistons,
,_ . Rings and Pine ' ,
17" "W o LECOUNT TOOL? WORKS .
31, 80 110an
man": 81'” OF? CHESTNUT
' greate
tan-skid quality of the
the shorter the life of the fire
it remained for Kelly-Springfield:
_.pertect a tire which not only
glad: long mileage but aflords
maximum protection agath the
danger of skidding on we: and
upper! streets. Try this Ram
‘ 2N3" 13°" m b“! Kelly; up
he same prices you will have to
. The quality of Kelly prod ~
is better than ever. The :13:-
cut is in the price '
5 Garage
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90 North Main St. Phone 436.
ACCESSORIES
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but not sufficiently so as to maintain"
all the lines in the Norwalk divisio,
it may then become necesary
tain of the non- paying lines.
At this moment I have no concrete
than that contained in the next 312
eral suggestion.
As a measure of relief for oth
tions, consider the retention '01 *
ially reduced price, or sue
system as will afford the ’
of the present 11111 ‘ "
the company’
beithat it is easier to point out troub
than to suggest remedies. I.
the time has arrived when certain
of fare charged by the authorized or localities and divisions m‘
that adj amen
either increase rate or abandon he ‘» ‘
suggestion as to New Britain. otho
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