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J I 4 w i 1 v I M q f ft t 4 fJ r. r i oV 1 A A Statement S t a t e men t by b the th Utah Ut h i liiL i 1 a rr s rap n tt nd Traction TJ r fYI r r 1 r t. t f and f. f i. i f r rr y A t I Light a. a Company 0 J 0 tc 1 c L f rr J I y 7 j 1 Ever er cr since since J January ariu ry 15 5 you you ou hay c known n that the Utah Surely T th the C value is is something t g more than the fare you Y ou the l Public Publio lG flip in ill th the coin coin box Doesn't t it it strike you i as a pre pretty ty big has Company lias ila C m Traction G 1 1 C r light Liht service the 1 fact that III in our everyday living living- T we need the serVIce Utilities Commission of or Tt t r r 1 p 1 c l sion to lo charge a J street c car cal gives Ives 2 seven cent fare f. f are n 0 S Fare Fe Nickel MOk t e S lC S a re a J s r And within S the he t past eek c ilk yon Tell have seen seen n 1 counts 1 1 f t For Tor v t tweet nty T ears the street care fare fare has been the car car t JT years tile the tl of he f o r c the Coin Gomm li ss on ion on newspapers Jle TI riders rider's d er s c equivalent 1 cat ent f for or a mc nickel k e 1 S matter matte 1 In Int those SC sc a accounts 01 s you l have T caught such 1 l G i In the old days a good cigar col could b be e had for two for o ten aYs eels as Valuation l o olion n Results of or O Operation pc lat a Deferred Fair il 1 Pate Rale of Return e 11 c cents copper wire and beef steak e cost ost twelve cents a aa a i tion lion 1 1 1 l r hat po pound polled md for a dollar you could get net a good a regular 55 and others s shirt a room loom ill in in a fi hotel or of a d days day's ys y's work in In track labor I of all an this t the habit of thinking th 1 1 Nothing is is left this except except a i a Many an Y of you von on have e ic those terms term because C tho they u I o 0 of f fare f f arc c as a n nickel and nickel 1 e ean an 1 and d th the tha e t tradition ra dit Ion th that a t cc f fare fare are is IS 1 I in particular r business But to many fair when it from from it old the five-cent five t r rother are are arc current m in your your P pa u 11 strays stray crony others other they have appeared highly technical t l I. I piece S L J r. r 3 3 1 1 i. t. t I 1 t And yet you are are- ar e entitled c I d to know know ancl and ought a to i W Inadequate Revenue 1 exactly what each l one means For they T arc are all intimately For Tor several years e the Utah Light and Trac Traction on Company om any connected with the thc request being made through the thc OO Com Commission l- l has not been able to earn enough nough money to meet its fixed fire mission to you Tott that you oti pay pa pay a seven cent fare L expenses because bec use the fare it has bas charged has not Dot paid the l cost of a ride To o know their full significance b anre you yon must have many i What that condition to to the man w who ho finds his facts in n than the tho daily s a el means more r your P possession os s o newspaper I salary insufficient to me meet et his b bills h it means eans also alsoto accounts can possibly P bl J give y you ou u. u For that reason we wo I pro 1 pro pro- to the Utah Light and Traction Company 1 i similar to to this to la T bet before be Hc a t. t pose ose in rn a series series f statements t 1 a r lay t ti f f fore o re r e you of 1 the Cho full ful l ca a r e. e c as as it lt was a S put put- before the thc How near neat bankruptcy o or rec receivership the Traction Com Com- r V f pany anY P has been the pu public generally T does not know v. Commission s sloe v l i. i 1 r f Disaster was averted only onty bl by Y y dof deferring a maintenance b by Y tb i v i 0 Or f course curse o you ou do not want to to pay pay a T a higher h fare fat e borrowing g to meet ot other er obligations and by refusing g dividends divi- divi deeds to those whose investment nt mae made d possible the modern 1 street car s this city cit r now nor enjoys en r that all fill e- e system 3 3 Joys f for 1 Yet Te t you ou are just and when you olt understand t we I are ash asking ing b for is is a fal fare e that is equal ual to the actual cost The Utah Light and Traction on Company Jacino o a nY facing a certain crt c aln and of furnishing furnis gin you ou a st street r eat ca car r rl ride rido do you rolt will a agree that I swift t financial disaster unless the thc Company GomP anY can an immediately immedi immedi- increase its has asked Public Utilities f increase earnings has earnings t your rc our re request 1 cast merits fat favorable 0 0 CO consideration n Se id i ii Commission for permission ermis sloe to charge char e a seven cent cash i There There al are e a num number ber of definite nl tc items of expense P that a go go o fare a f four cent cen t student tt ticket ek f and one ne cent for transfers important im The rhe ComP Company an T has submitted l complete f figures ibur g es and facts to to make mane up u the cost of a c car 1 ride Tide One of the th most the I Public n U Utilities G Commission 1 1 In in support of its petition of these items is rs the wa wages ages es we r 0 are paying T rr at at for these new rates I f present The Th e Company's 0 ComPa nv s petition 1 for a seven-cent seven fare is IS based the 1 resent scale seLle lc and ld material materia mate And Ana hec because us e the thc question I touches the daily lives of the tho f a u upon P on t P present wage rae c t Ll present I t cs great ma majority Jon ty T 0 of f Sa Salt Lakers Jl k e rs wh who w-fo o dePe d pond de-pond epen nd d upon aPon th the cars ar of oj all 1111 of fth these items i p prices Aces r and as the thc cost air tiny any one oils 0 n e or of 0 ese s go goes the v-the Gem Company pan T 1111 has s cle dec decided t c 1 cd to o set f forth ina in in a series series of brief i it so does the cost of a car cal ride and if we are ale n not t. t pcr- pcr up the in public statements statement's exact act f facts In the presented case sc c. c as as- j. j P r e mIte t d. d to increase the tle 1 price of a n ride according V bankruptcy bank bank- f ml Increase bJ l J het Je ore the h Public P u b. b he Utilities Ut iliac Commission Gam m 1 scion 0 follow n must soon f J Many in Bankruptcy E 4 What Would 0 You 0 Do 2 i k O OU I will will see lOW nearly ne ry the thc Company r came to o f follow follow- ell ow- ow J ang in t in the thc footsteps of 15 oth other rall ter which h ong foo steps s of 2 r railway raT ny er enterprises 1 rises 1 J Without mOth l OU t. t Cars C ars 0 j 4 gave C rl C il up the fight again against st the impossible j i r Thirty l t eon coral companies pa P 1 ies in th the e United 1 States h have l c recently r ran gone an gone gonet one 7 fit Street c t cars are arc a community T nee necessity S i I as Vital to 1 to the I C city city- r out opt of business business- s. s Sixty S 1 others rs hat lia have c e suspended sus ended operation o J f t I hont i as railroads arc are to the entire count 1 j ho hoping l g to resume c when hen their pro problem b un can be solved Six Six- I 1 I 1 two ty-two o oU other r com companies nies es are o operating fiting under receiver receiverships hips P Rain aln in or shine da day clay or night g with nth m many man ny r passengers eta in effort vh In an n to o sal Sil save e C 1 what v t the they c can n from the wreckage r m e i iI Ic none the street cars cars' pl e fast and ana safe transit Ian lt I. r These I l lese statements It s ar are e from government e r reports e of ts I I What is is it 11 worth orth to to yon this you t ott this his utility that fo for r hI t e twenty l ty T years r cars The 1 he conditions In in S SnIt Salt lit Lake o to toda today av t r arc ac tl the e sank same sa as s made d f. f f increased fares in in other Ame Am American titles cities fes J has s been so intimately T interwoven r cn 1 with the cit city's s growth a ro r necessary a I In I l these 4 c cities tics fares s have ha 1 e l been peen r raised raise a sad d to six sly seven seven 1 r en How OW much less less' o would ll your nur home be le worth orth today if the eight elg ht and ten Gen cents nearest street car line was ten blocks away aYay awa T Suppose Sup pose T TI The Ie subject u nb b. b JOC act t O of f t lemon l s statement will vill b be e t th the 1 le e much Id 1 discussed dis- dis 1 there thole were no cars cals to link the suburbs of Salt Lake to cussed question 0 of f Watered W r a t CIe I otoe Stock total 1 ail and d its relation to toy 1 I rr w the l' l heart h cart of 0 f our city what hat would happen haPP Cli to our city's r. r Ph Physical J l Valuation tilt the u actual ct 1 investment i In y T os t Tn cn tom of f mope money 0 n e y T on oli 1 1 t 1 d development e c 1 P ment w Jr 71 J Sri i V l. l f T I w k lal I. I r r. r 1 S. S the COUll company Un r T 7 see sects seeKs c to t to 0 eal carn na i. i Ii 1 air Return d r r v S 1 i fL S ViV if S a d b d v The Utah and Traction J Light Company y 1 ra 14 F i. i II t. J I c c. sll L i nr f c. c r IJ i a t rf r 1 fy L. ry tv d U i r u- u 1 rv s r v- v t I I I t t. t 1 I |