Show Traction Experts Talk Fare Boost B o o s t Imp Imperative L T THREE experts in traction service before the public public- utilities commission J- J yesterday presented facts and figures to show why the thc Utah Light Traction company should be granted anted an ail increase in fares fare from 6 to 7 cents with an ad addition of 1 cent for transfers The Thc experts were H. H F. F Dicke general manager of the company Y V Y Davoud oud valuation engineer and S. S R. R Inch vice vicc president of or the tile company nfl I rp rio rio- rb i or T H n lr I. I lo an Cn H of nl I HJ d U. U b ca cash r faro fare to 7 cents 4 cent faro fare r for I students and 1 cent for transfer Mt Mr Dicko DIcke was vas called caned first and read an exhibit which set forth the valuation alua on of the plant June 1 1 1918 as a baso base for rate making purposes Judge JUdg-e John F. F MacLane l general at attorney attorney attorney at- at torney for Cor the the- company in his statement statement statement state state- ment presenting presenting- the caso case to the commission commission com corn mission said that demands of oC car men call caB for an additional to per year rear which means 1 cent on each passenger carrl carried d and this must come from car riders Unless the increase increase in increase in- in crease is granted continued continued Judge Judg-c MacLane the service must deteriorate until the collapse comes If tho the street streetcar car fares were increased to 10 cents it would be no more than 5 cents was five years ago ato The Tho company Jud Judge c MacLane said asks that the case ho considered not from the standpoint of temporizing but from a standpoint which will win enable the company to not only keep up the tho minimum service but to keep up with demands of or the city and its needs He then thon presented several exhibits which contained a mass mass of or figures and tables Will H. H Folland appeared for the thc city and R n. V. V Hartley county count attorney also was wa-s present E. E A A. A and T. T B. B Walton Walton Walton Wal Wal- ton appearing for tor some somo protestant nn cd d on Earnings In his statement General Manager Dicke predicated the advance asked bythe by bythe the traction company compan upon the present earning requirements which in turn determined upon the present prices of ot labor material and capital account funds The latest statistics compiled by tho the census of tho the United States show that that thirty companies with a milage of miles 1130 have c been abandoned sixty companies with a a. n mileage of oC miles have ceased operations and slit two sixty two companies with a mileage of ot miles at present are arc in the tho hands of or receivers reedy ers era Manager Dicko submitted as the rate base upon which the company's earnings earn earn- ings and requirements for operation and maintenance depreciation and re return return return re- re turn the valuation as 36 found by the commission as ot of June Jun 30 1918 1913 at He then detailed the re results results re- re suits of operation January 1 1 1915 to December 31 31 1919 1911 results of ot operation from January 1 1909 to December 31 1914 gave an analysis of ot receipts and arid exp expenses on the tho basis of ot per revenue passenger as also an analysis of av crage rate of or fare necessary effects of or Increased rates of ot fare on traffic was also elaborated upon In which ho showed that It was estimated that on a straight cent 7 fare there would be bo a loss of oC 5 per cent for tho the first year Ho lie then presented a table showing results in revenue passengers carried exclusive of ot revenue transfer passengers gets gers for various subdivisions of the period January 1 1918 to August 31 1 1919 In comparison with the revenue passengers carried for tor the same period in the year preceding Comparisons were presented of ot other cities clUes showing showing- where Increases had been granted and also a compilation of ot cities clUes in which fares have havo been raised for tor or the purpose of showing that the Utah Light Traction company did not stand alone in Its petitions for relief relict Tabular statements were presented by jy Mr Ir c containing a mass masi of ot figures figures fig fig- ures which cover a period of ot years in which was shown property Investment receipts disbursements etc as also capital requirements for tor Improvements for the year ending December 31 1 19 1921 1 V. V L. L Davoud followed Manager Dicke Dicko and ho he was followed by Vice President S. S TL n. Inch both f t whom explained cx- cx the tho figures contained in the exhibits ex ex- hibits which were presented The protests against as the tho granting of oC an increase in fares were signed ned by 1250 1260 persons Without concluding the testimony for the traction company an n adjournment was taken until this morning at nt 10 |