Show E FARE I 15 LIVE ISSUE IN I I GOTHAM I U Uppermost in In Closing Clos- Clos ing ng g D Days ays of of MayorI Mayoralty Mayoralty Mayor Mayor- j I alty Campaign I N YOnI Nov Iov 4 I The 4 The nickel Mickel fare tare tareI gars ears to be a very real Issue In New Mars stirring mayoralty campaign now now w ng J to a close I ere are arc many other weighty Issues I all al u the candidates may not admit that Ire tare rare pr problem blem I Is uppermost but It is 1 72 sUbject most most talked about just now I j several millions of per perel persons sons have to to el to an and d from work each day on the I way elevated or surface lines the st on hits the pocketbook and and ac- ac for the general Interest I It John r F F. F H Hylin is seeking seeking on the Tammany ticket long proclaimed himself the original cham- cham i the cent 5 fare He fought at- at I Of the various companies to to raise fare tare In war days davs and carried his t tEa to the legislature Is opponents however have not been I l Jig Ing j in political sagacity and they I have pledged themselves to a nickel K- K But put the mayors mayor's supporters claimed I l I en enemy my stole stoIa his thunder and have ged that the promises 0 of some of the 9 dates have been made for campaign oses only I MOVE CHARGED I d interest was created recently 1 t the transit commission appointed I Uie a to investigate the trac- trac lines recommended that the cent 5 be 73 retained for one year 5 car pending a decision The recommendation was wasa i p in a preliminary report and the theor 1 or ores s supporters promptly raised the i that that- the report was issued to rotes otes otes They asserted that a loop- loop was left whereby the fare might j t 11 be increased The commis- commis n reply denied that any ulterior v was as involved e commission ll c i In Its report also receded rec- rec rec-I rec eded ded that the lines IInes be municipally cl 1 This caused another hot reer reer reer re- re I er from the majors mayors adherents who i j the mayor was an advocate of city I J jor Henry H H. Curran the Coalition candidate favors the nickel and has Indorsed in the main the I j pal features of the transit commis- commis findings But the mayors mayor's I I h harge ge that Major Curran represents I traction crowd and that If he be- be Curran denied he represented anys any- any I be-I s mayor or the fare will be increased i td d said he would stand by his hise e es s if elected I. I j E RULE DESIRED a to the fare i issue sue the theIon theon Ion on I on of home rule is involved 1 hr HYlan an has claimed that the city I Id un its own affairs that the farmr farm- farm r n the legislature do not know the I 1 of the bustling metropolis He has d ode at the charter restrictions im- im tiby the legislature and his appeal I home rule has been echoed organization But Ma- Ma too has come out for more i 1 rule by the city other issues have been developed tune lime extent by the findings of the native committee headed by Senator I. 1 M. Sil Meyer Mejer which was named to the Hj Hylan Ian administration The Thet t friends fiends have claimed this comp com- com p 13 e was was appointed to get something lan Ian Ian a charge which was denied denied Although the principal of- of of the city ha have va been called upon before the committee and some tony cony has been adduced tending to 1 irregularity In the police dock andS and S i t departments no indictments I been l been een asked lor or-Curran or Curran who has long been con- con the the city government in varl- varl has claimed that Mayor Major Ji g administration has been in- in fint nt that the vast problems involved too to weighty for a a. short sighted ad ad tion to handle han dIe He has pointed hat the running expenses of New A amount to to nearly a million dollars I and that the business of being imply means the Immediate ate ap- ap o nn n nf of business method s with I ap-I a U I SU t alto planning for future growth and r I or ore Curran has pleaded for more morel s1 pointing out that thousands of are re on part time time and and has called methods in handling the problem g 1 five jve other candidates have so 50 far 1 l ut ut little active part in the cam- cam discussions The Socialists how- how through t rough their mayoralty candidate Irate Jacob have come out I cent it fare |