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." '
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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
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