Suburban Residents Have Stake In Profitable Commuter Railways
Friday, April 26, 19M
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By RAY CKOMLEY
Newspaper Enterprise Assn.
CHICAGO NEA'-If you live
in the suburbs you have a multi
billion dollar stake in whether the!
private railroads can run com
muter lines at a profit.
The average rush-hour speeds
o automobiles in major cities
the size of Chicago! Baltimore.
Delroit, St. Louis, Younqstown.
San Francisco and New York is
down to between 6 anj 10 m.p.h.
It now seems clear to traffu
engineers that even it tens of
billions are spent on new super
highways, street widening and
new parking lots in the next 15
years, traffic in and out of the
growing cities can't be kept mov
ing even at a snails pace unless
highways are supplemented by
high-speed commuter trains.
These trains either will be pri
vately owned, earn profits and
pay taxes or be publicly owned
subsidized, lose money and
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periente suggests, could be a bil
lion or more dollars a year. Here
are the hard facts:
One passenger line can carry
48.000 commuters by rail in one
hour. A Brookings Institution stu
dy shows that it would take 20
highways of four lanes each to
carry the same number of per-
sons that can be carried on two
railway tracks. The Chicago and
North Western Railway carries!
40.000 commuters in a n d out of
Chicago each day. It is estimated
the extra parking space needed if
those passengers came by auto
mobile would cover the Loop.
The cities have found they can'i
build highways fast enough.
The Hollywood Freeway in Los
Angeles, opened in 1954, was de
signed to carry an ultimate vol
ume of 100.000 vehicles a day.
In one. year the traffic jeaehed
168.000 a day.
The Southern California Re
search Council estimates that be
tween 1937 and 1970 Los Angeles
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ing railroad commuter lines inlpouenls have estimated the pro-
the city. The city-subsidized cor- gram will eventually cost the U S.
poration sets schedules, collects Government $10 billion. Oppon'
cuts estimate the cost will be
County will have had lo invest'control of Pennsylvania and Read-ing cities through the nation. Pro-
S7.5 billion for streets, roads and
highways. Vet a Los Angeles traf
fic engineer estimates that "ir
1WI0, metropolitan Los Angeles
even with approximately 900
miles of anticipated freeways and
300 miles of expressways in oper
ation, mav well have worse traf
fic conditions than exist today
Philadelphia engineers estimate
it will take SI. 3 billion to build
the freeways and downtown park
ing needed by 1980.
Washington. D.C.. engineers es
timate that a commuter system
that relies on highwavs would
require $2.6 billion by 1980 and
engineering standpoint. New York,
San Francisco and Chicago high
way cost estimates likewise run
astoundingly high.
bo city fathers are turning to
public ownership or public sub-
idy of rail commuter systems,
sometimes in connection with
public bus systems.
Philadelphia has established a
noil - pro! it public corporation
which in effect has taken over
revenues, pays tre roads for serv
ices rendered. The citv makes
property improvements, purchas
es coaches and leases them to
the contracting railroads.
The Boston and Maine Rail
road, with the aid of several mil
lion in state and federal fund
has increased its commuter runs
into Boston by 85 per cent and
reduced fares from 23 to 40 per.
cent.
Voters in the San Francisco
Bay area have passed a $792
million public financing program
to develop a complete transpor
tation network.
The Los Angeles Transit Au
thority is asking (or power to
tax Los Angeles Colin'; residents
to help pay for a $M9 million
transit system.
President Kennedys bill now
before Congress asks for $300 mil
lion as a starter to improve com
muter rail services in cooperat-
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But Ben Heineman and his Chi
cago and North Western Railway
may prove wrong the men argu
ing in Washington that commut
er lines can't live without subsidies.
Heineman is a persuasive man
with a fine eye for public rela
tions. His office is sleek and
functional. Heineman . approved
paintings are on the walls. His
waiting room reminded me of
the ante room of a private inti
mate art gallery.
Heineman In, ins his commut
ers free umbrellas on rainy days,
arranges in the spring, summer
and fall for connecting HO-seat
sightseeing boats to take com
muters who work near Michigan
Avenue from the station down to
their offices in seven minutes on
the Chicago River.
He carries his commuters in
iltractive, immaculate, electric-
heated, air-conditioned, fluores
cent-lighted, two-decker cars that
mad with subway-car speed and
carry commuters to work faster
than they can drive. I found the
eats comfortable.
Heineman put his commuter di
vision under public relations,
sends his men around asking peo
ple who park their cars down
town why they drive instead of
riding the C. and N W. He hasl
devised monthly tickets that com
muters receive regularly by mail
like the telephone bill and
pay for by the 10th of the month.
His monthly commuters can ride
free on their commuter passes
Saturdays and Sundays. He has
added trains that run every hour
in off-rush-hour periods so his
commuters and their wives can
get to town or home again at
any time in the day or evening.
He gives bargain rates on the off
hours.
The C. and N.W. commuter
lines were losing $2 million a year
and the tab was going up. This
year, bv coddling his commuters.
Ben Heineman expects to end up
in the black.
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The Court Records
DISTRICT COURT
APRIL I J. 11
TRAFFIC CASES
DoufllM Le Ward, no operalor'i 11
cem leplfn, guilty pica. HO tine
paid.
Jane Emily Giffm. disobeyed traffic sig
nal. QU'lty niM, 110 ,uipende1.
Margaret McCrae Heyden. (allure to
dim hendiianM, guilty pien, no tine paio.
Duarte Gerald Konopar-ck, no vehicle tl
cen.e (expired), guilty plea, M One paid.
Haiet Ellrabeth O'KceHe, violate basic
rule, guilty plea. 3S line paid.
Orert Lewii Storey, violate basic rule,
guilty Plea, 1J line paid.
Roy Lee Ferraira. violate bask rule.
oulltv olea. IIS fine paid.
Fred Warren Coles, no vehicle license
fexnired). oulltv olea. SS line paid.
Joe Almanzo Robinson, no fixed load
license, ouilty olea, IS tine paid
Mary Frances Van Keuren, failure to
dim headliohfft. gultfy plea, 15 tine paid
John William Kessing, violate basic
rule, guilty plea, HO line paid..
David Scott McComb Jr , disobeyed
stop sion, guilty plea, 115 line paid.
William Lerey Lewis, disobeyed traf
fic signal, guilty plea. MS tine paid
Lawrence Erwin Sowsll, violate basic
rule, guilty plea, HO fine pad.
Howard Harf Ford, no PUC ptrirtl
(cancelled), guilty Pea, StO fine paid
Garold Herbert Hill, failure tf- dim
headlights, guilty plea. HO fine paid
Frances Wae Campbell, violate basic
rule, gu'llf pica, HS line paid
Ethet Oi'on. disobeyed stop sign, guil
ty pica. T 0 fne patd
Dale Everett Mueller, violate baU
rule, guilty plea, SJO tine paid
Henry Leon Wilson, reckless driving,
gu'lty plea, ISO fine pa-d.
Delbfrt Everett Case, no tan light,
guilty pie. HO fine paid 1
Douglas Raioh Miitsap. disobeyed
tic signal, guilty plea, HO fine paid I
Oavtd Lowis Bruiey. no ooerator's li
cense, guilty pica, ts fine pad
MISDCMEANOPI CASES
Jrneoh Adam, selling a'cohoi'c liouor to
mmor, ju'y trial set for May '
E C Hrqhley. permitting gambling In
building. O'miiieo on motion by district
attorney i stale faied to allege owner
ship Bruce Alfred Ps'iy, tals appitcaiion
angling license, changed plea tn
guilty. I'M line of which I'i was sus
pended; S2S fine paid.
Ellis Ray Roach, sharing assistance
with recipient of aid, trial wiihout tury.
Found guilly. Four months In county ell.
FELONV CASES
Julia Ann pruitt, assault with a danger
ous weapon, dismissed on motion ol dls
trlct attorney,
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TRAFFIC CASES
Matthew Edward Slaybaugh, violate
basic rule, not guilty plea, trial with'
Out jury set tor May J.
Ralph Edwin Kenison, violate basic
rule, not guilly plea, trial without Jury
set for May .
Jerry Howard Uhllg. violate basic
rule, guilty plea, HO fine paid.
James Everett Franklin, violate basic
rule, guilty plea. 2i line paid.
William James Hamilton, truck speed
Ing, guilly plea, HO fine paid.
Joseph Robert Booth, violate basic
rule, guilty pica. 170 tint paid.
James Larry Howvrton. void foreign II'
cense, guilty plea. IS fin paid
Urbane James Rogers, no venicie li
cense leipired). guilty plea. HO fine paid
Evelyn Lucille LaVeiiey. failure to
dim headlights, guilty plea. HO lino paid
Rodono Lopei Arseo. oisooeyeg nop
Sign, guilty plea, HO tine paid.
Joy Fair Ptnney. disobeyed slop lgn.
guilty pie. HO fine paid
Gordon Wayne Petersen. OverwKJ'n.
gu'lty pie, US fine pad.
tomonrj a Dies, no uregon operator s
licence, guilty plea, tS fine paid
John Leroy Palmer, no operator's
license, gu'lty Pe. HS fin or on day
in county lail in leu of fine.
MISDEMEANOR CASES
Gary Parr, atiau't and battery, rjit
missed on motion bv district attorney
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