Salt Lake Herald | 1897-04-16 | Page 2 | Three-Cent Fare

THREECENT FARE Its Inauguration in Indianapolis is Decidedly Hilarious Indianapolis Ind April I5Thc new laws went into force at mianight by the governors proclamation Chief interest here attaches to the 3cent street carfare The Citizens Street Railway company gave no instructions to conductors and untl decision declines to consider the law a cision Is reached in the federal court where a test case Is under argument On a North Indiana car a conductor put a vouncr woma off the oar by force when she declined to pay more than P cents Other conductors have accepted 3 cents and bay they will pay 2 cents out of their own wages rather than have a row The law provides a heavy penalty where more than 3 cents fare is collected During the day peeral persons were forced from cars upon refusing to pa > 5cent fare among them being Police Judge Cox who was violently ejected by the conductor and motorman One damage dam-age suit has already been filed Late this evening exAttorneyGenera J H Miller filed in the United States court a petition for an order restrainlnc the patrons of the street railway company com-pany demanding n 3cent fare