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About Herald and news. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1942-current | View Entire Issue (Oct. 14, 1952)
TUESDAY, OCT. 14, 1UIW HKHALD AND NEWS. KLAMATH FALLS. OKKGON HAUK NINV failing Municipal Transit Systems Blame Private Autos For Decline NEW YORK Wl-What' wrung with th nillnn'i bin-oily liana ptrutlon ajlnis "Pltnly," ay In million who flint their way Into Jam-packed buaa, lretur md auuweya virjr working tiny of Ihelr liver "livery yr luf service fin wor.io Willi lh (iea to hlher." Trifult mnimnui, Iruinllnn I (at eut of tlx red, complain ol mounting labor and equipment :oata, "ruinous federal, state and lcl taiaa," "Inadequate leree," rompatlllon of taxpaytr-aubal(tlr.ed city transit aysleina, cmniieilUnn ol private autoiimblleu, ana growing tratflo congestion, "It' murdering us." aaya John . McCarthy, prt.ildenl of New York Clly Uiunlbua Corp., which nnaraUa 31 bus roulaa In crowded Manhattan, To proba the why and wherulme f lh aatlon'a transit wov.i, and to find out whal'a being dona about It, 'I'll Aaitoolaled Piea queried transit eaecullvea, municipal Irul fio expert and alraphangeia In lg major cilia acrou tne United Btatea. Tha nlntura tiloi ed tmetlirr Hum Ih aurvay is on of growing finan cial dllllculllei for both municipal and privately owned transit ya tema and of ateadlly deteriorating aarvlo. Bom of the companies ar bankrupt. Bom othrra ar In (llr Itninclal alralta. All but a bandlul aay they ar loalng money. High on transit managements lll of gripe la the huge postwar increase In onehlp of private automobllea. "The private automobile," nrya rraldint t'nti Oaaanne of 'I win Oitle Rapid Tranalt Company, Minneapolis and St. Paul, "naa wrecked number of Iranjit com penle and will wreck Dir. rest of mem. too. unleaa public opinion I groused and enlightened." Met people driving to wcik mean fewer bua and atreetrar rider, Mor utomobilea pouilng into narrow, bora-and-buguy era downtown atreu add to trains He. up that alow trolley and btuca to crawl. Rldera, maUdrnrd Ly Ih Inuimlnable delaya, quit pun lie transportation for car pools or take their own cara to work, lite iull I mor congestion, more disruption of bus and trolley ached ulea, mor disgruntled ridera. Management offera a three fold amotion: Restrict private car ut-e nf downtown etreeLa. Han all down lowe parking. Build big parking ramp en the city' outaiciru. WU downtown traifto Jama , and Ui resultant decllru in rush 1 kyiur patronage are bad enough, many companies ar worried even mora by non-use of their faclllllia aVirlng oonruah houra. Thy blam televialon. which kp people horn at night. They blame suburban branch stores and outdoor movlra. An olflclnl of the Portland, Ore., Transit Company points out that "we can't maintain fleet of extra buaea to handle peak loads that last only four houra a ri-iy and let them run empty IB or 20 hours," One of the big things transit com pany olflclals aay worry them la higher operating costs, A big dlesel-uowerrd bus with hydraulic alearlng could be bought In IU0 for about $111,600, delivered In New York, Today the same bus with a few minor Improvements In Intel lor lighting and decor costs 21,000-an liicreane of mora Ulan 60 per cent, Replacement purls and dlesel furl cost about to per cent more than In 1840. Labor costs In aome clllea are up aa much as 118 per crnt, and as living casta rise, mnro wage demands and new strike threat are In the oiling. A new federal excli.e lax re cently put Into elfect will add still more to the costs of parts and fuel. There are a bo public utility tastes, franchise taxes, corporate Income taxea, letter! trannuorU- Hon taxes, state gasoline taxes and other levies, niany ot which ry In dllierent localities aim atatea. Tnat'a the universal complaint ol the transit people, particularly when they are pleading with pub lic regulatory bodies for higher lares. Ollen the regulatory com- missions deny the fare boost re quests on the ground that th op erating deficits claimed by the ap plicant rc.nilica irom poor man agement or were exaggerated. Oeiplte frequent refusal, prac tically all of the 10 cities surveyed report two or more fare Increases sine 1044. The same trolley ride that cost 6 cents In Detroit seven yeara ago costs 20 rents today. Twenty-cent fares are llkewlte In effect In Chicago and Kansaa City. The going rate In most other cities la 16 cent. Olflclals of competing private bus companies predict New York'l municipally owned transit acui ties. Including the entire subway system and a few bus lines, will pile up a year'a deficit of 126 mil lion dollars. It's common knowledge among transit olllclals that every fare boost results In a decline In the number of rldera carried. Up to certain point, the decline In rldera la more than otl'et by the In creased revenue. Then th law of diminishing returns comes Into Play. Atlanta, (In., bus riders Imvc Just experienced Ihelr second lure Increase in two yeara. The. Illrm Ingham, Ala., Transit Company hiked Us fares 60 per cent In April and has been lumu t&.lxm a mouth alnce. Ilonlon'a public tiuns porlullon systems navo rflcclrd lara Increases averaaiuu tier cent III the last few years. Uetplte fare Increases. 8( hence- lady, N.Y., experienced a com plete breakdown of public trans, portratlon this year when the IK construction Finance corporation liquidated the bankrupt Schenec tady rullway company. What other solutions are beinu ollered? 'fhe American Trnnmi Associa tion la waging war nun Inn lice riding privileges enjoyed by police, firemen and postal employees In many cities. To boost truffle during evening hours, Twin Cltlea KaPhl 'finnsil Is ollerlng "family nlitht" plan. On family nights vou ride free into the Umn districts of Mliuienpolis or Nt.l'aul. You pay regular lure going home. Monorail transit lines are re reiving the serious attention nf 1 authorities In Los Angeles and Ban I Francisco, Han Francisco Is alro considering reversible one way streets, rhllitdelphla'a city planners are suggesting new zoning laws which would require builders of large residential, commercial and Indus trial structures to make piovision for off-street parking. ntUibUrgh'e Mayor David Law rence wants bigger parking lots around commuter stations and stepped up commuter service on the many railroad lines which erls-cro.a the steel clly glrdlron fashion. Boston Is building CO-mllllon-dollar thruway to (is crowded downtown aecllon, A fed-up rider In Philadelphia olfered tlua auggestion: "Streetcars,, buses, subways Phooey." he said. "The only an swer to thla mesa and all big cltlea have It, I guess Is heli copter service." ' f ' ', i'. I . ' 4 BLUDGEONED Jean licit) and Judy Young, nqe seven end six rotpoclivoly, were the edoplcd daughters of grocer Gerd Young, 43, who wcro found benten Jo death with their father end a playmalo noar Clieitor, Clif. Another of Young's chil dren was also beaten but ii still alive and may be able to idontify fhe maniacal murderer. Woman Takes Tiny infant NEW YORK ft A 6-dsv-oid j Mrs. Hernandez, being released girl and nn Unldenlilled woman j from the hospital. a:kcd for her who took her from a ho rplti v ;Td ' l.aby and the child could not be before the mother could claim hrr','""1"'; . RR Wants Better NW Rates WABHINOTON im The Inter- state Commerce Commiaalon will hear Wednesday a second full dress legal argument on the plea ol Denver and Rio Orande Weat ern railroad for Joint rate with the Union Pacific railroad on freight moving to and from the Pacific Northwest via Ogden, uten. The Commission called for re argument for the benefit of two new commissioners who look of fice after the original argument was made last October. The re argument Is expected to continue through Thursday. The caae is so notiy contested that It Is virtually certain to be appealed to the courts, no matter who wins. For this reason, It Is understood that the commission felt the esse should be decided by a full 11 member eommlslon to avoid a possible legal flaw when the mat ter gets to court. After the hearing nearly three yeara ago, Chief Examiner Frank T. Mullen proposed that the com mission order the Joint freight rate established for freight moving over the tracks of the two raiirc through Ogden, The Union Pacific, opposing the joint or discount rate, contended that It would be an Invasion of the Pacific Northwest territory which it developed and would re ault In a 60 million dollar annual lose of revenue by diversion of business to the Denver and Rio Orande. The Rio Orande contended, on the other hand, that Union Pacific was discriminating against It by refus ing to establish a lolnt rate, al though It had established Joint rat witn many other railroad. After Mullen'a proposed report of Dec. 11. 1S40, finding that the puono interest and shippers In Utah and Colorado would be served by establishing the Joint rate, Sen ator Johnson 'D-Colo.i. In a ra dio speech In Denver publicly en dorsed the examiner's findings. 'flaaaftf rniw-r- ,.4,40 noa WoY '.'.. an two railroad were Miuuht today by polite. New York Clly polite sent out a 1.1-state alarm lr the pair vev lertluy after they were inform-d n! the child's disappearance ftiiiiday Irom a Dellcvue Hospital ward. Police said the tnliint. ti e thll'l of Anna and Raphael Hernandez, was claimed, bv nn umdentilird woman who ttavc a hospital sit'.oii dant Uic Impressions that she was relative of the child's parents. It was not until yesterday tlmt Hie disappearance became known uaiftB1! -i Prerent Fergery Prettet Payee lae Payanaster C heck Prteetr Call r Writ D. II. 'Del' Joara, RepreseBtatlr The ra master Corporation nos 671, Ortlech, Or, rb. 6M EISENHOWER'S BIRTHDAY PARTY "DUTCH AUCTION" - COFFEE - CAKE TUESDAY-OCTOBER 14 8:00 P.M. " 234 MAIN ST. PUBLIC INVITED M. At. Br Hum III C. tmi (ll.y rnmtilt Ij YOUR STOVE BLOWS UP will you cleon tip the mess or will we do it for you? SEE US FOR WINTER PROTECTION! IH.OIRS0NU,,,,,. 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